Ao. Univ. Prof. i.R. Dr. Elisabeth Nemeth
Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7
1010 Vienna
Tel: (+43) (1) 4277 46480
e-mail: elisabeth.nemeth@univie.ac.at
www.elisabethnemeth.com
Education
1969–1974 studies in philosophy, psychology and catholic theology, University of Vienna
1974 (March to June) studies in philosophy at the University of Munich
1974 Magister philosophiae (MA), University of Vienna
1974/75 studies in philosophy at the University of Oxford
1981 Doctor philosophiae (PhD), University of Vienna
From May 1985 to April 1987, I lived with my family in Constantine (Algeria) where my husband was employed at the city planning office of Constantine. During that time I had informal contacts with the University of Constantine. I gave several lectures on "Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle" in the seminar of Prof. Claude Bernard (University Mirail, Toulouse, France) who was at the time teaching psychology and philosophy at the University of Constantine.
1999 Venia legendi (Habilitation) in Philosophy, University of Vienna
Academic Positions
1975–1987 Research Assistant, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna
1988–1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna
2000–2016 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna
2004–2010 Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna
2010–2012 Vize-Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna
2012–2016 Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Education
Visiting Fellowships
2004 Guest Professor at the Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
2005 Guest Professor at the Faculté des Sciences Sociales, Tunis
2011 Visiting Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
Board Member of Scientific Associations
1996–2012 Member of the Directory Board of the Institute Vienna Circle
2008/09 Member of the EPSA (European Philosophy of Science Association) Program Committee 2009
2009–2012 President of the Austrian Philosophical Society
2009–2010 Membre du Conseil scientifique du département 'Sciences humaines et sociales' CNRS, France
2010–2012 Member of the steering committee of The International Society for History and Philosophy of Science (HOPOS)
2011–present Member of the international Program Committee of the Vienna International Summer University (VISU)
2013/14 Co-Chair (together with Helen Hattab) of the Program Committee of the 10th International Congress of the International Society of History and Philosophy of Science (HOPOS), Ghent 2014, July 3–5
2017–2021 Associated Editor of HOPOS (Editor: Lydia Patton, Associated Editor: Peter McLaughlin)
2018 Founding Member of INSHIP – International Network for the Social History of Philosophy
2006–present Member of the Directory Board of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
2019–2021 President of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Association
since 2022 Vice-President of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Association
since 2023 Vice-President of the Vienna Circle Society
International Research Projects
2005–2006 Paris–Wien: Logischer Empirismus und Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung 1918–1938. Cooperating institutions: IHPST (Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et Techniques) / Paris 1–Sorbonne, IVC (Institute Vienna Circle), and the Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna. Sponsored by „Amadée 2005–2006". Organized and coordinated by Christian Bonnet (Paris 1-Sorbonne) and Elisabeth Nemeth (University of Vienna)
2007–2009 La philosophie des sciences en Autriche et en France au XXème siècle: histoires croisées, héritages, réceptions et influences réciproques. Cooperating institutions: IHPST / Paris 1–Sorbonne, IVC (Institute Vienna Circle), and the Departement of Philosophy, University of Vienna. Sponsored by CIERA (Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'Allemagne, Paris) with the help of DAAD and MENESR. Organised and coordinated by Christian Bonnet (Paris 1-Sorbonne) and Elisabeth Nemeth (University of Vienna)
2008–2012 Member of Team E: „History of the Philosophy of Sciences" of the ESF-Networking Program: Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective. Paper on: "Edgar Zilsel on explanation in cultural science."
International Academic Cooperation
2001, July 2: Membre de jury: Soutenance de thèse: Denis Lelarge, Université Paris 8 – St. Denis
2009, December 5: Membre de jury: Habilitation à diriger les recherches – Philosophie: Christian Bonnet: L'empirisme allemand. Université Paris 1-Sorbonne
2009, December 7: Membre de jury: Habilitation à diriger les recherches – Philosophie: Pierre Wagner: Le projet carnapien d'une logique de la science et son contexte historique. Université Paris 1-Sorbonne
2017 Member of the 'Comité de sélection poste professeur philosophie et histoire des sciences Paris 1'
Doctoral Programs and Master Programs
2006–2009 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program 'The Sciences in Historical Context' at the University of Vienna. Member of the Faculty.
2010–2012 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program 'The Sciences in Historical, Philosophical and Cultural Contexts' at the University of Vienna. Member of the Faculty.
2009, March 10: First Bilateral Workshop for Master-Students Paris – Vienna: "The uncertainty of the future in Heidegger and Bourdieu". Pilot project in a joint framework: MA Program Philosophy, University of Vienna and "Sociologie historique des instruments symboliques" (direction d'études MA) EHESS Paris. Organised and directed by Eric Brian and Elisabeth Nemeth with the help of ENS (Paris).
2010, June 14–15: Second Bilateral Workshop for Master-Students Paris – Vienna: "Homo academicus. Research and Teaching at the University". Organised and directed by Eric Brian and Elisabeth Nemeth with the help of ENS (Paris).