Jan Kerkmann

Privatdozent (Lecturer) in Philosophy at the University of Freiburg and Academic Research Scholar at the University of Oxford (Blackfriars Hall).

My research focuses on metaphysics, political philosophy, and the history of philosophy. In my work, I explore the development of key metaphysical concepts and frameworks from ancient Greek philosophy to modern thought, ranging from the Presocratics and Plato to Berkeley, Schelling, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Heidegger.

The following pages provide information about my current research projects, publications, teaching activities, and other academic engagements.

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Latest Publications

To be published 2026:
Echoes of Euphrates. Mesopotamian Myths and the Dawn of Early Greek Philosophy (together with David Manolo Sailer).

To be published 2026:
Politischer Idealismus. Beiträge zur ideengeschichtlichen Grundlegung der Normativität, ed. together with David Manolo Sailer

Published 2026:
“The Subversion of German Idealism in Schelling’s Revival of Original Sin”, in: Kabiri (5). Official journal of the North American Schelling Society.

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