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. Editors’ Introduction / Présentation du numéro

   Eilenberger, H.-G., & Halsema, A. (2023). Editors’ Introduction / Présentation du numéro. Simone de Beauvoir Studies, 33(2), 191-208. https://brill.com/view/journals/sdbs/33/2/article-p191_1.xml

2. Imagining Intergenerational Climate Justice - Critical notes on Jan T…

   van der Beek, S., & Eilenberger, H.-G. (Accepted/In press). Imagining Intergenerational Climate Justice: Critical notes on Jan Terlouw’s Het hebzuchtgas. Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures.

3. 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.

4. De poëtische productie van kwetsbare ouderen

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

5. 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.