Serge Margel#
| Membership Number: | 4138 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | FILM, MEDIA & VISUAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.hesge.ch/head/formations-recherche/bachelor-arts-visuels-0 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2014 Visiting Professor, École Pratique des hautes Études (EPHE), Paris
- Since 2013 Visiting Researcher, Jewish Studies and Contemporary Philosophy Department, La Sorbonne, Paris IV
- Since 2009 Visiting Professor, the Geneva School of Art and Design (Haute École d'Art et Design HEAD)
- 2010-2012 Associate Professor, Religious Studies Department, University of Lausanne and Humanities Department, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
- 2008-2009 Visiting Professor, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA
- 2007-2008 Visiting Professor, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon. UNESCO Chair
- 2006-2007 Visiting Professor, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- 2004 spring semester: Visiting Professor, Universidade Federal Fluminense de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 1999-2002: Visiting Professor, the International College of Philosophy, Paris
- 1996-1998: Visiting Professor, École des Hautes Étdudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris
Fields of Scholarship
- Philosophy (ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary) with emphasis on the problem of time
- Religious studies (superstition, the body, cultural foundations of religions; contemporary religious endeavors)
- Visual arts and visual culture (drama, film; contemporary aesthetics; intermediality, acting and improvisation)
- Literature (avant-gardes, literary theory)
Honours and Awards
- 1991 University of Geneva Prize for master thesis
- 1992 EHESS, Paris Prize for his dissertation, supervised by Jacques Derrida: «Being and Time in Aristotle, Hegel and Heidegger»
