
Prof. Mag. theol. Dr. phil.
Michael Hofer
Professor of Theoretical Philosophy
T: +43 732 78 42 93 4150
F: +43 732 78 42 93 4155
E: m.hofer@ku-linz.at
Gebäude: Neubau, Raum 110
Personal data
- Date of Birth 18.1.1966
- Place of Birth Steyr
- Languages German, English, French, Italian (reading), Latin, Ancient Greek
Education
- from - until school (university), place, country, degree
- 1976 - 1984 High School: Neusprachliches Bundesgymnasium Steyr Werndlpark, Austria
- 1984 - 1990 Studies in Philosophy, German Philology, and Theology at Vienna University, Austria
- Degree: Magister
- 1996 Doctorate in Philosophy at Vienna University, Austria
Scholarships and studies abroad
- from - until scholarships (exchange programme), institution, place, country
- October 1987 - February 1988 Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt/M. (FRG)
- January - June 1993 Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University Washington D.C. (USA)
Professional experience and teaching activities
- from - until occupation, employer(institution), place, country
- 1999 - 2001 Teaching assignment at Vienna University
- 2000 - 2005 Teaching assignment at the Philosophisch-theologische Hochschule St. Pölten
- Summer semester 2017 Teaching assignment at Vienna University
- Summer semester 2018 Teaching assignment at Vienna University
Memberships
- Since 1994 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Otto Mauer Fonds, Vienna
- Since 1999 Austrian Society for Philosophy of Religion
- Since 2001 Member of the Board of Directors of the Forum St. Stephan. Gespräche zwischen Wissenschaft, Kultur und Kirche, Vienna
- Since 2011 Member of the Selection Committee of Pro Scientia. Österreichisches Studienförderungswerk
- Since 2013 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bulletin der Heinrich Barth-Gesellschaft, Basel