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Mat Messerschmidt is a Teaching Professor and Postdoctoral Social Sciences Teaching Fellow at the University of Chicago, affiliated with the Division of the Social Sciences and the Committee on Social Thought. He earned his PhD in Social Thought from the University of Chicago in 2022. His research focuses on Continental philosophy from Nietzsche onwards, particularly exploring philosophy of religion, secularization, and Christianity’s intellectual engagement with philosophy.
- Education: PhD in Social Thought, University of Chicago (2022)
His current book project examines Nietzsche’s declaration 'God is dead' in dialogue with twentieth-century thinkers like Heidegger, Derrida, and Marion. This work argues that Nietzsche’s critique of Christianity aims to reclaim the human body from religious abstraction. Mat has taught courses on Nietzsche, Heidegger, and secularization across disciplines, including German, Social Thought, and Religious Studies. He is currently teaching in the 'Self, Culture, and Society' sequence in the Social Sciences Core and a course on 20th-century Continental philosophy.
In 2024, he served as a visiting professor at Deep Springs College. His scholarship bridges philosophy with theology, literature, and comparative religions, emphasizing interdisciplinary dialogue.
