About Romanian Society for Phenomenology
The Romanian Society for Phenomenology was founded in 2000 to promote research in phenomenology, coordinate the development of this discipline in Romania, and help constitute a specialized phenomenological community in Romania.
The Society is a founding member of the Organization of the Phenomenological Organizations.
OUR PROJECTS
The aim of the society is to promote the phenomenology in Romania, by organizing conferences, seminars, and workshops, and by stimulating a professional community of researchers. The main publication of the Romanian Society for Phenomenology is the international yearbook Studia Phaenomenologica, founded in 2001.
Latest Events & News
Claudia Serban, “Limits of Empathy, Limits of Alterity ? The Challenges and Shortcomings of Empathy with respect to Children and in Child Abuse Situations”, Human Studies, 2025.
Claudia Serban, “Limits of Empathy, Limits of Alterity ? The Challenges and Shortcomings of Empathy with respect to Children and in Child Abuse Situations”, Human Studies, 2025. The alterity of children seems to raise some peculiar problems for empathy: the child is...
Delia Popa, “Gestures as Archives: Truth, Loss, and Resistance”. Human Studies 48, 391–409 (2025).
Delia Popa, "Gestures as Archives: Truth, Loss, and Resistance". Human Studies 48, 391–409 (2025). In this paper, I develop a phenomenological investigation of gestures that focuses on their temporal formation and their historical sedimentation. My approach combines a...
Christian Ferencz-Flatz, “The Limits to Owning One’s Behavior: Husserl’s Phenomenology of Involuntary Action”, Human Studies 48 (1), 2025, 117-138
Christian Ferencz-Flatz, “The Limits to Owning One’s Behavior: Husserl’s Phenomenology of Involuntary Action”, Human Studies 48 (1), 2025, 117-138. This paper focuses on a lesser-known aspect of Husserl’s theory of action, namely his understanding of “involuntary...
Christian Ferencz-Flatz, “Gesture as Original Abstraction. A Reflection on Bodily Sedimentation,” Continental Philosophy Review 2025.
Christian Ferencz-Flatz, “Gesture as Original Abstraction. A Reflection on Bodily Sedimentation,” Continental Philosophy Review 2025. This paper explores the ways in which gesture participates in our most basic everyday experiences of ideation and abstraction. It...
Dragos Duicu, Ovidiu Stanciu, “Jan Patočka. Anthropologie philosophique et phénoménologie asubjective”, Revue philosophique de la France et de l’étranger, 2025.
Dragos Duicu, Ovidiu Stanciu, “Jan Patočka. Anthropologie philosophique et phénoménologie asubjective”, Revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger, 2025. Les différentes contributions réunies dans ce numéro visent à expliciter les manières dont Patočka a pensé...
Dragos Duicu, “L’éclosion du monde”, Revue philosophique de la France et de l’étranger, 2025.
Dragos Duicu, “L’éclosion du monde”, Revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger, 2025. L’article étudie l’articulation entre le projet d’une phénoménologie asubjective que Patočka développe au début des années 1970 et ce qu’il appelle le troisième mouvement de...