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
Cătălina Condruz, “Mental Illness as an (Un)Limited Experience of Intersubjectivity”. Human Studies, volume 48, Issue 1 (2025).
Cătălina Condruz, “Mental Illness as an (Un)Limited Experience of Intersubjectivity”. Human Studies, volume 48, Issue 1 (2025). Often understood as a dissolution of the ego, mental illness implies a process of deconstruction where the psychotic faces the most...
Cristian Ciocan, “Heidegger and Levinas on the Phenomenology of the Hand: Between Work and Gesture”, The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 2025.
Cristian Ciocan, “Heidegger and Levinas on the Phenomenology of the Hand: Between Work and Gesture”, The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 2025. This article explores how Heidegger and Levinas develop distinct phenomenological accounts of the hand. Both thinkers refuse...
Cristian Ciocan, “Violence and the Limits of Experience”. Human Studies 48, 197–214 (2025).
Cristian Ciocan, "Violence and the Limits of Experience". Human Studies 48, 197–214 (2025). The aim of this article is to explore the question of the limits of experience in light of the phenomenology of violence. I begin by emphasizing the specificity of the...
Remus Breazu, “Sense-Bestowal and Sense-Withdrawal”, Human Studies, 2025.
Remus Breazu, “Sense-Bestowal and Sense-Withdrawal”, Human Studies, 2025. As is well known, sense-bestowal (Sinngebung) is a fundamental concept in Husserl’s transcendental phenomenology. Husserl considers that everything, including nonsense or absurdity, is a result...
Alexandru Bejinariu, “A Formal-Indicative Response to the Question of the Alien”. Human Studies 48, 299–319 (2025).
Bejinariu, Alexandru, "A Formal-Indicative Response to the Question of the Alien". Human Studies 48, 299–319 (2025). One of the central problems of any phenomenological account concerning alienness is that the phenomenon itself seems to constantly avoid both our gaze...
Alexandru Bejinariu, Remus Breazu, Cristian Ciocan, “Phenomenology and the Limits of Experience: Editors’ Introduction”, Human Studies, 2025.
Alexandru Bejinariu, Remus Breazu, Cristian Ciocan, “Phenomenology and the Limits of Experience: Editors’ Introduction”, Human Studies, 2025. This introduction to the special issue Phenomenology and the Limits of Experience explores the complex relationship between...