HICO - Centrum voor Geschiedenis van de Filosofie en Continentale Filosofie

HICO
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Department of Philosophy and moral sciences
Department of Literary Studies
Department of Languages and Cultures
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Research Methodology 
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History of philosophy
Continental philosophy

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Activities

HICO Agenda

 

— Upcoming events

Lecture by our honourable member Levi Haeck

Thursday 5 March, 4pm

Location: TBD

Introducing a revolutionary new organizational format!

 

FLAGSHIP EVENT

Lecture by Katrien Schaubroek (Universiteit Antwerpen)

Thursday 7 May, 4pm

Location: Faculteitszaal, Blandijn

Followed by a free reception, kindly offered by: HICO.

 

— Past events (Academic year 2025-2026)

Lecture by Laura Langone (University of Verona): Nietzsche on Food and Wellbeing

Tuesday 18 November, 4pm

Location: Faculteitszaal, Blandijn

If Nietzsche was one of the few Western philosophers to make our food habits a subject of philosophical inquiry, following in the footsteps of Feuerbach and few others, he was the first to advocate for a history of the philosophy of food, as well as for a study of the impact of food on our physiology and our morality. Also due to his own gastrointestinal issues, Nietzsche was particularly concerned with nutrition and read works on physiology and dietetics by some of the most renowned scholars of the 19th century. Building upon his knowledge of 19th-century science, Nietzsche devised a philosophical method to deal with the issue of nutrition so as to pursue the most one’s wellbeing as well as one’s goals.

 

Workshop: “Lebensphilosophie and the Sciences.”

Ghent University (Belgium), 11-12 September 2025

Poster and Program

 

About

HICO aims to foster research in continental philosophy, broadly conceived, and in the history of philosophy at Ghent University. It coordinates, promotes and supervises research on the history of philosophy from antiquity to the present day. It also hosts research in contemporary continental philosophy that centres on politics, religion, art, aesthetics, culture, psychology, science, ... and that engages in a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue with the history of Western and non-Western philosophy. HICO welcomes PhD students and researchers in any area of continental philosophy and history of philosophy.

Researchers

Members

External(s)

Tiziano Toracca

Angela Condello

Adjunct Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Torino; Adjunct Professor, Department of Law, University of Roma

Alberto Farias

Rio de Janeiro State University

Laura Langone

University of Verona

Former Members

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