Mag. Hans-Georg Eilenberger BA MA

Bio

I am a PhD candidate at the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Science working on the NWO-funded research project "Age and Existence: An Empirical-Philosophical Investigation of Late Life". Before training as a philosopher (BA from KU Leuven, MA from Radboud University Nijmegen) I completed a law degree at the University of Vienna. The aim of my research project is to conceptualize ageing in a way that does justice to the lived experience of older people. To this end, I am drawing on the philosophies of Simone de Beauvoir and Maurice Merleau-Ponty while also conducting ethnographic fieldwork at different sites in Tilburg.

Recent publications

1. Becoming a “Vulnerable Senior” in the Days of COVID-19

   Eilenberger, H-G., Halsema, A., & Schuitmaker, L. (2022). Becoming a “Vulnerable Senior” in the Days of COVID-19. Puncta. Journal of Critical Phenomenology, 5(1), 37-57.

2. De poëtische productie van kwetsbare ouderen

   Eilenberger, H-G. (2021). De poëtische productie van kwetsbare ouderen. De Uil van Minerva, 34(4), 349-358.

3. The Young, the Old, the Monstrous

   Eilenberger, H-G. (2021). The Young, the Old, the Monstrous. In Neon Genesis Evangelion and Philosophy (Pop Culture and Philosophy). Open Universe.

4. A Beauvoirian Take on Empirical Phenomenology

   Eilenberger, H-G. (2020). A Beauvoirian Take on Empirical Phenomenology. Paper presented at The British Society for Phenomenology 2020 Annual Conference: ‘Engaged Phenomenology’.

5. Freud and Merleau-Ponty on the (Sexual) Experience of the Child

   Eilenberger, H-G. (2020). Freud and Merleau-Ponty on the (Sexual) Experience of the Child. Philosophy Today, 64(1), 137-157.