Dr. Annabelle Dufourcq

Biography

Annabelle Dufourcq is a Professor of Philosophical Anthropology at Radboud University, where she chairs the Department of Metaphysics and Philosophical Anthropology. She also serves as the coordinator for the Center for Contemporary European Philosophy (CCEP). Additionally, she holds a special appointment as the Socrates Professor in Humanistic Philosophy at Wageningen University. Dufourcq completed her Ph.D. in Philosophy at University Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, in 2008, where she defended her dissertation on the relationship between imagination and reality, receiving the degree with Summa cum Laude. Her research interests encompass a broad range of topics within Phenomenology, Existentialism, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Imagination, Ontology, Eco-phenomenology, and Animal Studies. She has published several influential works, including 'The Imaginary Dimension of the Real in Husserl's Philosophy' and 'Imaginary Animals'. Dufourcq has received prestigious accolades for her research, such as the Radboud Science Award in 2022, recognizing her work on the relationship between human imagination and the imaginative capacities of non-human animals. Her academic journey includes past positions at Charles University in Prague and a visiting associate professorship at the University of Oregon.

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