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Curriculum vitae

Universities Attended

  • 1973-5: University of Marburg
    (Intermediate Examination, 1975)
  • 1975-7, 1978-80, 1981-2: University of Bonn
    (PhD in Philosophy, 1982)
  • 1977-8, 1980-1: University of Oxford, Queen's College
    (Florey European Scholarship; Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service)

Civilian National Service (compulsory)

1982-3 at the national office of Amnesty International in Bonn

Present Appointment

Univ.-Prof. (full professor), chair in the History of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Graz, Austria (since 2009)

Previous Appointments

  • 2008-2009: Reader (associate professor) in philosophy, Australian National University, Canberra
  • 1996-2008: Senior lecturer in philosophy, Australian National University
  • 1992-1996: Lecturer in philosophy, Australian National University
  • 1990-1991: Lecturer in philosophy, University of Sydney
  • 1989: Postdoctoral fellow, School of Philosophy, University of New South Wales (Sydney)
  • 1988: Tutor and part-time lecturer in philosophy, University of Sydney
  • 1987: Research fellowship at the Duke August Library Research Centre in Wolfenbüttel, Germany
  • 1985-1986: Research assistant, Department of Germanic Studies, University of Sydney, and part-time tutor in philosophy, University of Sydney
  • 1985: Lecturer in philosophy, Department of General Philosophy, University of Sydney
  • 1983-84: Visiting fellow, Queen's College, University of Oxford
  • 1978-80, 1981-2: Student assistant, Department of Philosophy, University of Bonn
  • 1976-7: Undergraduate tutor in philosophy, University of Bonn

Professional Membership

  • Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (since April 2013)
  • European Society for Early Modern Philosophy (Vice President, term of office 2010-2013)
  • Philosophische Gesellschaft an der Universität Graz (member of the Scientific Advisory Council since December 2012)
  • Full member of the society Forschungsstelle und Dokumentationszentrum für Österreichische Philosophie (since December 2012)
  • Allgemeine Gesellschaft für Philosophie in Deutschland
  • Österreichische Gesellschaft für Philosophie
  • International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts
  • Österreichische Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts
  • Österreichische Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für die Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts
  • Australasian Society for the History of Philosophy (co-founder, secretary 1993-1995)
  • Österreichische Humanistische Gesellschaft für die Steiermark (secretary 2010-2014)

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Univ.-Prof.i.R. Dr.phil.

Udo Thiel

Univ.-Prof.i.R. Dr.phil. Udo Thiel Department of Philosophy

Section History of Philosophy
Heinrichstraße 33 / ground floor



Consultation hours: On appointment via E-mail

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