{"id":407,"date":"2026-04-08T10:08:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jankerkmann.de\/jan-kerkmann-philosoph\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T09:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:45:01","slug":"jan-kerkmann-philosoph","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jankerkmann.de\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan Kerkmann Philosoph"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jan Kerkmann<\/h1>\n

Privatdozent (Lecturer) in Philosophy at the University of Freiburg and Academic Research Scholar at the University of Oxford (Blackfriars Hall).<\/strong><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]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.<\/p>\n

The following pages provide information about my current research projects<\/a>, publications<\/a>, teaching activities<\/a>, and other academic engagements<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][lab_button title=”Profile” type=”standard” link=”url:%2Fen%2Fprofile%2F|title:Link%20to%20the%20profile%20of%20Jan%20Kerkmann”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1782977649206{margin-bottom: 50px !important;padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}” el_class=”bn_wide-container bn_white”][vc_column][vc_row_inner gap=”30″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Latest Publications<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1782121807141{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-color: #6E6453 !important;}”]To be published<\/strong> 2026:<\/strong>
\nEchoes of Euphrates. Mesopotamian Myths and the Dawn of Early Greek Philosophy<\/em> (together with David Manolo Sailer).[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1782725350817{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-color: #6E6453 !important;}”]To be published 2026:<\/strong>
\nPolitischer Idealismus.<\/em> Beitr\u00e4ge zur ideengeschichtlichen Grundlegung der Normativit\u00e4t, ed. together with David Manolo Sailer[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1782121752886{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-color: #6E6453 !important;}”]Published 2026:<\/strong>
\n“The Subversion of German Idealism in Schelling\u2019s Revival of Original Sin\u201d,<\/em> in: Kabiri (5). Official journal of the North American Schelling Society.[\/vc_column_text][lab_button title=”See Publications” type=”standard” link=”url:%2Fen%2Fpublications%2F|title:See%20Publications”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1777468641335{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” gap=”30″][vc_column_inner el_class=”bn_img-bg” width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1777468225689{background-image: url(https:\/\/jankerkmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Portrait-Jan-Kerkmann.jpg?id=45) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””] Jan Kerkmann Privatdozent (Lecturer) in Philosophy at the University of Freiburg and Academic Research Scholar at the University of Oxford (Blackfriars Hall). [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]My research focuses on metaphysics, political philosophy, and the history…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-407","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jankerkmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jankerkmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jankerkmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jankerkmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jankerkmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/jankerkmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/jankerkmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jankerkmann.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}