Presentations

07/2018 Metahumanism Discussion with Jaime del Val and Bernard Stiegler at the 10th Beyond Humanism Conference, University of Lower Silesia.
07/2018 “The Moral Status of AI” at the 10th Beyond Humanism Conference, University of Lower Silesia.
07/2018 July 11th Round table discussion on enhancement and transhumanism during the Summer School “Human Enhancement: Bioethical Challenges of Emerging Technologies” at Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome (9-13 July 2018).
07/2018 “Introducing Posthuman Studies “ at the University of Basilicata in Potenza, 3rd of July (on invitation)
06/2018 Keynote discussion with Paul Jorion on human dignity during the First International Conference on Transhumanism, Catholic University of Lille.
06/2018 one day course on transhumanism for teachers at THÜRINGER INSTITUT FÜR LEHRERFORTBILDUNG, LEHRPLANENTWICKLUNG UND MEDIEN, Bad sulza, 14th of June.
06/2018 Plenary discussion on gene editing (12.6.), University of Eichstätt.
06/2018 Ta ethica talk “Altern als Krankheit”, at University of Jena, 11.6.
06/2018 Public discussion on Nietzsche at the 9th of June 2018, 9-11pmin cologne as final evening of the phil cologne which was broadcasted live on Saturday evening on German public radio (WDR) for 2 hours.
06/2018 “Aging” at the University of Hildesheim, 5.6. (invited).
06/2018 “Gene Editing” at the University of Padova, 1.6. (invited).
05/2018 “Introducing Transhumanism” at a public youth festival in Main, 21.5, Open Ohr.
05/2018 “Smart Cities” at the University of Utrecht, 18.5. (invited keynote speaker).
05/2018 “Smart Cities at the 2nd International Conference on Bioethics in the New Age of Science at the University of Szeged, 11.5. (invited keynote speaker).
05/2018 Public discussion on transhumanism at the Katholikentag in Münster 10.5.
04/2018 Talk at award ceremony for the "CERTAMEN PER ASPERA AD ASTRA 2018" competition at the Liceo Statale "Immanuel Kant" Classico-linguistico in Rome.
03/2018 “Smart Cities” at at Fu Jen Catholics University in Taipei, 29th of March (invited).
03/2018 “Smart Cities need upgraded Humans” at 5th GS Workshop Taipei on “Shaping the Future of an Inclusive and Digital Society”, co-organized by Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research (CIER) and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. (invited keynote speaker)
03/2018 “Altern als Krankheit” at the conference (7.3.- 9.3.2018) „Altern als Aufgabe. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf die Imperative und die soziale Wirklichkeit des Alterns“. (invited speaker)
01/2018 Public discussion with Sven Helbig on the Future of Music at the 27.1. during the Innovationskongress Music, Planetarium Statuttgart.
01/2018 Public discussion with Sven Helbig on the Future of Music at the 26.1. at the Hoschule für Musik und gestaltende Künste.
01/2018, 8.1. "Transhumanismus, Privatheit und die Integration von KI in den Menschen", hochscule für Philosophie (invited), Munich.
„Transhumanism and human perfection in today's world”: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (CET), John Cabot University, Prof Talks.
10/2017 “Mind-uploading and Transhumanism” as part of the event Dekalog organized by the Guarini Foundation, incl. public discussion with the director Damir Lukacevic after the screening of his movie Transfer: Der Traum vom Ewigen Leben (Transfer – Il Sogno della Vita Eterna), Casa del Cinema, Roma.
10/2017 “I‘m A Cyborg, But That‘s OK”, invited public discussion on transhumanism in the Schauspielhaus in Wien. (on invitation).
10/2017 „Digital Transhumanism“ at the conference „Philosophy meets Digital“ vdue to the 20th anniversary of the Café Philosophique in Düsseldorf. (invited keynote speaker).
09/2017 “Neuroenhancement, Neurosurgery, and Transhumanism” at the Tübingen International Summer School (TISS) 2017, invited faculty member (on invitation).
07/2017 Plenary Discussion with the composer Sven Helbig on “Posthuman Music, Total Works of Art, and Naturalized Understandings of Beauty” at „Posthuman Studies: Humanities, Metahumanities, Posthumanities“, 9th BHC, John Cabot University, Rome.
07/2017 „Posthuman Epistemology“ at „Posthuman Studies: Humanities, Metahumanities, Posthumanities“, 9th BHC, John Cabot University, Rome.
07/2017 “Big Gene Data” talk & Plenary Discussion on the Algoricene at „Posthuman Studies: Humanities, Metahumanities, Posthumanities“, 9th BHC, John Cabot University, Rome.
06/2017 “Ethik von Medizintechnologien”, BMBF, 3. Zukunftskongress “Technik zum Menschen bringen”, Bonn. (on invitation).
06/2017 “Posthumane Studien”, Hohenzollern-Gymnasium Sigmaringen. (on invitation).
06/2017 “The Ethics of CRISPR/Cas 9”: Plenary Discussion with a member of the German national ethics council and presentation on Crispr/CAS9, Nürnberg, Deutscher Humanistentag. (on invitation, keynote presentation)
06/2017 “Mein Nietzscheanischer Transhumanismus”, University of Kassel. (on invitation).
06/2017 “Transhumanismus”, Thalia, Jena.
06/2017 „Posthumane Musik“ at Grazer Kunstuniversität. (on invitation, incl. A plenary discussion with Sven Helbig, Regina Rapp, Andreas Dorschel)
05/2017 “A Nietzschean Transhumanism”, Polish Transhumanist Society, Jagiellonian University, Cracow. (on invitation).
05/2017 “Posthuman Reflections”, University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw. (on invitation).
05/2017 “Introducing Posthuman Studies”, International High School, Wrozlaw. (on invitation).
05/2017 “Introducing Post- and Transhumanism”, Graduate Students, University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw.
05/2017, “Introducing Posthuman Studies”, University of Bucharest.
05/2017 “Posthuman Bioethics”, International Conference on “Bioethics in the New Age of Science” 2017, “Vasile Goldiș” West University of Arad. (on invitation, keynote speaker)
04/2017 “Ethics Today”, at the event “Rebooting Ethics”, Singularity University & Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Villa, Lake Como. (on invitation)
04/2017 “Posthuman Aesthetics”, European Graduate School (EGS) in Malta. (on invitation)
04/2017 ”Transhumanismus und das Leben als Cyborg” at the event „Leben als Cyborg? Über den technisch veränderten Menschen“, Volkswagen Stiftung, Hannover. (on invitation)
04/2017 „Transhumanismus, Theologie und der Sinn des Lebens“ at „Transhumanism in Theology, Philosophy, and the Sciences“, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. (on invitation, keynote speaker)
03/2017 „Posthuman Arts and Non-Duality“ at „Grand Narratives, Posthumanism, and Aesthetics“ at Aarhuis University, Denmark. (on invitation, keynote speaker).
12/2016 “Herausforderung Transhumanismus”, Studium Generale, University of Dresden. (on invitation)
12/2016 “Herausforderung Transhumanismus”, Musikwissenschaften, University of Leipzig.
12/2016 „Posthuman Studies“, Open Society Foundation, Bratislava. (on invitation, keynote presentation)
12/2016 “Herausforderung Transhumanismus”, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes in Aachen. (on invitation)
12/2016 „Transhumanismus, Ethik und die Wirtschaft“, Hochschule Ludwigshafen am Rhein. (on invitation)
11/2016 „The Value of Human Beings“, Think!-Club, JCU, Rome (on invitation).
11/2016 „Mindfulness und Transhumanismus“ at Meditation & Wissenschaft 2016. Interdisziplinärer Kongress zur Meditations- und Bewusstseinsforschung in Berlin 25./26. November 2016 in Berlin. (on invitation)
11/2016 “Utopia, Transhumanism, and Immortality”, at the conference “Technology and Transcendence” at the University of Twente. (On invitation)
11/2016 „Bioprivacy as a Challenge“ at Ewha University, Seoul. (on invitation)
10/2016 „Transhumanismus“ at „Schöne Neue Welt?“ Frankfurter Zukunftssymposium, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Giordano-Bruno-Stiftung. (on invitation)
10/2016 “Trranshumanismus und Behinderung”, Schwarzmarkt für nützliches Wissen und Nicht-Wissen in Hamburg. (on invitation)
10/2016 “Transhumanismus im Diskurs” at Reformierte Kirche Kanton Zürich (on invitation).
08/2016 “Transhumanism ad Utopia?” at the conference “HOPE AND RESPONSIBILITY. IN THE CIRCLE OF UTOPIAS: FROM STANISŁAW LEM TO POPE FRANCIS”, a European cultural capital of Europe 2016 event, Wrozlaw 2016. (on invitation)
07/2016 „Metahumanities and the Future of Education“ at „Redefine the Limitations“, Global Initiatives Symposium, Taiwan. (on invitation)
07/2016 „Biopivatheit, Big Gene Data und Transhumanismus“ at ta ethica, Ethikzentrum, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. (on invitation).
06/2016 „Posthumane Musik und die Bedeutung von Schönheit“ at „Das Schöne in der Musik“, Stadt Kassel. (on invitation).
05/2016 “Nietzsche and Transhumanism”, Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Faculty of Philosophy.
05/2016 “Big Data, Bioprivacy, and the Internet Panopticum”, Posthuman Studies and Technologies of Control: From Nietzsche to Trans- Post- and Metahumanism, 8ht BHC, Universidad Complutense of Madrid.
04/2016 „Data“ at Star Trek Conference, Planetarium Nürnberg. (on invitation)
04/2016 „Jaime del Val and the Death of Dualistic Media“, at the conferecne „Ästhetik und Politic, Estetica e Politica“, Roma 3. (on invitation)
03/2016:“Metahumanities and the Future of Education“, Consortium for Global Education, John Cabot University (on invitation).
12/2015 „Mein schwacher Transhumanismus“; Grillo-Theater, Essen. (on invitation)
12/2015: „Reflexionen zum schwachen Transhumanismus“, conference “Transhumanismus”, Gesellschaft für kritische Philosophie (GKP) Nürnberg.
10/2015 “Don’t we all wish to be Wonder Woman or Superman?”, TEDx Stuttgart.
10/2015 „Mein schwacher Nietzscheanischer Transhumanismus“, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland.
09/2015 Panel Discussion with Stelarc, Jaime del Val et al. on the metabody project, Ewha Womans University.
09/2015: “From Humanism to Post- and Transhumanism”, Ewha Womans University.
08/2015 “Big Gene Data and Bioprivacy”, Bitcoin Center Korea (on invitation).
08/2015 Panel Discussion with Wendell Wallach et al. on robot ethics. ICISTS-KAIST 2015, South Korea. (on invitation)
08/2015 “Public Commentary on Autonomous Cars”, ICISTS-KAIST 2015, South Korea. (on invitation)
08/2015: “Fireworks of Stimuli”, ICISTS-KAIST 2015, South Korea. (on invitation)
08/2015: “Big Gene Data and Bioprivacy”, STP Workshop, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). (on invitation).
07/2015 “The Internet Panopticon: Bioprivacy. Big Gene Data and Surveillance“, INTERNATIONAL METABODY FORUM MADRID 2015. (on invitation)
06/2015 “Posthumane Künste”, saasfee*pavillon (HFG Offenbach), Frankfurt. (on invitation)
05/2015 “Transhumanismus”, Phil.cologne (public discussion with Jürgen Wiebicke).
05/2015 “Transhumanismus, Big Gene Data und Bioprivatheit“, Bended Realities Festival, Offenbach. (on invitation).
05/2015: „Nietzsche, Transhumanism and Immortality“, conference “Trans-Humanism and the Philosophy of Immortality”, University of Hull (on invitation)
05/2015 „Posthuman Studies and the Arts“, University of East London.
05/2015 “Metahumanities and the Future of Education”, John Cabot University, Rome.
04/2015 „Unsterblichkeit, Utopie und Transhumanismus“, Mobile Academy Braunschweig, (on invitation).
04/2015 “Transhumanismus“, Giordano Bruno Stiftung, FSU Jena (on invitation)
04/2015 „Transhumanismus“, Universität Erfurt (on invitation)
03/2015: „Transhumanismus Heute“, St. Gallen, Philosophische Gesellschaf Ostschweiz. (on invitation)
02/2015: “Nietzsche and Transhumanism“,Soeterbeeck Programma i.s.m. Center for Contemporary European Philosophy, University of Nijmegen (on invitation by Paul van Tongeren; Reply by Ciano Aydin)
02/2015: “Nietzsch, Sandel and Virtue Ethics”, Nietzsche Research Group. University of Nijmegen. (on invitation by Paul van Tongeren)
02/2015: „Metahumanities“, University of Nijmegen (on invitation by Pieter Lemmens)
02/2015: “Ein schwacher Transhumanismus”, Denkbar e.V, HVD Hessen Humanistischer Verband (on invitation)
02/2015: „Post- and Transhumanistische Kunst“, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ästhetik, Hamburg (on invitation by Birgit Recki)
12/2014: „Herausforderung Menschenwürde“, Hochschule für Philosophie, München
11/2014: „Perfekte Körper“, Medientag, „Körperphantasien: Optimierung, Robotik, Transhumanismus“, Universität Innsbruck (on invitation)
11/2014: „Humanismus und Transhumanismus“, auf der Tagung „Humanistische Kritik am Transhumanismus“, Humanistische Akademie Berlin-Brandenburg. (on invitation)
11/2014: „Technik, Ethik und der Neue Mensch“, Gesellschaft für kritische Philosophie (GKP) Nürnberg. (on invitation)
11/2014: “Transhumanism”, Tagung “Tranhumanism in Asia”, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (on invitation)
10-11/2014: „Education, Enhancement and Meta-, Post- and Transhumanities“, 3rd World Humanities Forum, Daejeon City, Korea, organized by UNESCO, the Ministry of Education, the Republic of Korea, and the Executive Committee of the Organizing Committee of the 3rd World Humanities Forum (on invitation, plenary speaker)
09-10/14: „Menschliche Perfektion“, Konferenz „Perfektion und Perfektibilität“, 4. Internationale Tagung des Zentralinstituts „Anthropologie der Religion(en)“, Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität Erlangen‐Nürnberg (on invitation, invited director of section Perspektive III: Selbsttechniken und technische Perfektion)
09/2014: “Metahumanistische Überlegungen”, Konferenz “Posthuman Politics“, Univ. of the Aegean.
07/2014: “Enhancement and Morality”, at the conference “Enhancement & Morality in the Digital Era. Global Political, Economic & Social Issues”, Suceava, Stefan cel Mare University.
06/2014: “The Importance of Genetic Modifications: Why Habermas is wrong”, London, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study.
06/2014: “Music and Emerging Technologies”. University of Hull (on invitation)
05/2014: „Nietzsche and Posthumanism“, Ewha University/Seoul (on invitation)
05/2014: „Transhumanismus“, Evangelische Stadtakademie München. (on invitation)
03/2014: „Die Opernreformen Glucks und Wagners: Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede“, Konferenz „300 Jahre C.P.E. Bach und Chr.W. Gluck“, Moskow Tschaikowsky Conservatory (on invitation)
01/2014 „Der Traum vom perfekten Menschen“, Philosophisches Abendgespräch in the Nietzsche-Dokumentationszentrum Naumburg. (on invitation)
01/2014: „Nietzsche, Sandel und die Tugendethik“, 1. Erlanger Philosophie-Kolloquium Orient und Okzident, Thema "Tugend", FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. (on invitation)
12/2013: „Jenseits des Instrumentalisierungsverbots“, Gesellschaft für kritische Philosophie (GKP) Nürnberg. (on invitation)
11-12/2013: „Love is All You Need? A Nietzschean Critique of Sandel’s Criticism of Genetic Enhancement”, conference “Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Education & Spirituality in the Digital Era” (on invitation, keynote speaker)
11/2013: „Transhumanismus“, Turm der Sinne, Nürnberg. (on invitation)
11/2013: „Birth and Death of Dualistic Media“, Metabody Conference, CYNETART, Dresden (on invitation).
10/2013: „Wagner, Nietzsche und das Musikdrama“, as part of the conference “Richard Wagner und Friedrich Nietzsche”, Naumburg/Saale, Nietzsche-Gesellschaft e.V. (on invitation by Renate Reschke, keynote speaker)
10/2013: Live radio discussion „Was wäre, wenn wir ewig leben? Visionen, Versprechungen und Einwände“, 9. October 2013, 6 p.m. Location: Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, in cooperation with ORF (22. ernst mach forum). (on invitation)
09/2013: “The Sounds of Freedom”, TEDx, “Dangerously Ethical”, Rome (27.9.13) (on invitation)
09/2013: „The Prohibition to Treat a Person solely as a Means”, „The Posthuman“-Conference. Roma 3. (coorganizer)
08/2013: “Beauty Naturalized”, Aesthetics Round Table, World Congress of Philosophy, Athens.
08/2013: “Education and Enahncement”, Perspectives on Wisdom in the Emerging Technologies Era (in conjunction with Romanian Society for Philosophy Engineering and Technoethics) Panel. World Congress of Philosophy, Athens. (on invitation)
08/2013: “Nietzsche and the Prohibition to Treat a Person solely as a Means”, Panel “Nietzsche Now”. World Congress of Philosophy, Athens (on invitation)
08/2013: “From Humanism to Meta-, Post- and Transhumanism”-Panel (Organisation and presentation). World Congress of Philosophy, Athens
07/2013: Impulsvortrag und Round Table Diskussionsteilnehmer, Tagung „Imagining the (Post)Human Future“, Karlsruhe, KIT, John Templeton Foundation/Boston University Historical Society. (on invitation)
05/2013: „Menschenwürde im Posthumanismus“, Plenarvortrag, 8. Kassler Jugensymposium „Menschheit“ (on invitation, keynote speaker)
05/2013: „Wagner und das Musikdrama“, as part of the conference “Richard Wagner. Persönlichkeit, Werk und Wirkung" from the 19th until the 25th of May 2013 at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Leipzig. (on invitation by Helmut Loos)
05/2013: „Moral Enhancement”, auf “Enhancing Enhancement: Cognitive, Moral Mood” Tagung, University of Belgrade (on invitation)
04/2013: “Perfecting Human Beings. From Kant and Nietzsche to Trans- and Posthumanism”, Tagung „Kant, Nietzsche and Anthropology“, Universität Salento (on invitation by Marco Brusotti).
02/2013: „Genetic Enhancement nach Savulescu: Verbesserung durch Selektion“, Collegium Alexandrinum, FAU Erlangen (on invitation).
01/2013: „Wagners Kunst ist krank“, auf der Veranstaltung „Nietzsche gegen Wagner: ein Bruch in Sachen Philosophie der Musik“, Universidad Compludense de Madrid, Teatro Reale, Goethe Institut Madrid (on invitation)
01/2013: „Die Enhancement-Debatte. Ein Überblick“, Collegium Alexandrinum, FAU Erlangen (on invitation)
12/2012: „Enhancement als medizinische Herausforderung“, Medical Faculty/University of Würzburg. (on invitation)
11/2012: “The Moral Duty to Enhance?”, Pheade 2012 Conference “The Wisdom in the Emergent Technologies Era”, Pune/India. (on invitation)
10/2012: „Jenseits des Anthropozentrismus“ at the symposium „Rätsel Mensch: Menschenwürde nach Nietzsche“, organised by the Nietzsche-Forum München and based upon my monograph „Menschenwürde nach Nietzsche“ (WBG 2010). (on invitation)
09/2012: „Nietzsche, Sandel and Virtue Ethics“ at the “Beyond Humanism”-Conference entitled „Enhancement, Emerging Technologies, and Social Challenges: Cultural and Social Dimensions of Trans- and Posthumanism"; Dubrovnik.
07/2012: „„Wagners Kunst ist krank“: Nietzsches Reflexionen über Kultur, Musik und Krankheit“, Richard-Wagner-Forschungsgruppe der FAU Erlangen (on invitation)
07/2012: „Erziehung, Enhancement und Eugenik“, Forschungsgruppe „Habermas und Bioethik“ (on invitation by Heiner Bielefeld)
07/2012: “Enhancement and Edution“, Workshop „Enhancement“, Paris, 05. July 2012, (IHPST)
06/2012: „Genetic Enhancement. Schön – Stärker – Superklug: Von der Leistungssteigerung zur Optimierungspflicht?“, Gesellschaft für kritische Philosophie (GKP) Nürnberg. (on invitation)
06/2012: “The Dignity of Two Types of Posthumans”, as part of the conference “Human & Machine: Posthumanism in Technology, Culture, and the Arts”, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Süd-Korea. (on invitation).
05/2012 „Medizin als Erziehung?“, Jenseits des Tellerrands, Mittagsvorlesung zur Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin im Sommersemester 2012, FAU, Erlangen/Nürnberg.
05/2012 „Transhumanismus – die gefährlichste Idee der Welt?“, Humanistischer Verband Bayern. (on invitation).
04/2012: „Nietzsche“, a spart oft he conference „Nietzsche and Community“, Wake Forst University. (on invitation by Julian Young).
04/2012: “Music and the Dissolution of the Individual”, as part fo the conference “Nietzsche and Music” des Nietzsche Circle/New York.
04/2012: „Music and Posthumanism”, Columbia University (organised by Lydia Goehr).
03/2012: „Prometheus 2.0“, as part of the conference “Engineering, Philosophy & Ethics of the Knowledge Society in Search For a Spiritual Turn”, University of Suceava, Rumänien (on invitation, keynote speaker).
12/2011: „’Ich möchte ein Posthumaner sein’: Eine Einführung in den Transhumanismus“, Jenseits des Tellerrands, Mittagsvorlesung zur Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin im Wintersemester 2011/12, FAU, Erlangen/Nürnberg.
10/2011: „Is there a Moral Duty to choose the Best Child?”, as part of the conference „Transforming Human Nature“, Dublin.
10/2011: „Three Types of Freedom“, as part of the conference on „Contemporary Debates in Bioethics“, University of Belgrade. (on invitation)
06/2011: „’Wagners Kunst ist krank’: Nietzsches Reflexionen über Kultur, Musik und Krankheit“, Nietzsche Forum, München (on invitation).
06/2011: „Rheingold“, im Rahmen der Tagung „Richard Wagner und das Motiv der Suche“, Internationale Wissenschaftliche Tagung, Freitag, 17th of June 2011 – 18th of June 2011, Richard-Wagner-Stätten Graupa.
05/2011: „„Wagners Kunst ist krank“: Nietzsches Reflexionen über Kultur, Musik und Krankheit“, Jenseits des Tellerrands, Mittagsvorlesung zur Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin im Sommersemester 2011, FAU, Erlangen/Nürnberg.
03/2011: „Meta-, Post- und Transhumanismus: Philosophien der Zukunft“, Gruppenausstellung PLATFORM3 Futures, München (on invitation).
11/2010 „Wagner und das Musikdrama“, Leipzig, Richard-Wagner-Verband Leipzig.
10/2010 “Gleiche Chancen für alle!? Implikationen der modernen Genforschung” at the event Bayreuther Dialoge “Chancengleichheit: Eine Investition in die Zukunft”, University of Bayreuth. (on invitation) Public Discussion together with Prof. Dr. iur. Jochen Taupitz, Prof. Dr. med. Dr. theol. Matthias Beck.
10/2010 Talk “Erziehung und Enhancement” and Director of the Workshops „Gleiche Chancen für alle!? Implikationen der modernen Genforschung“ , Universität Bayreuth. (on invitation)
09/2010: “A Metahuman Manifesto“ at the conference „Audiovisual Posthumanism: Contemporary Aesthetics and Art Theory“, Lesbos, University of the Aegeans.
07/2010: „Reflections concerning Ancient and Modern Philosophies of Music“, Olympia/Greece, at the conference “Plato and the Arts”, International Association of Greek Philosophy (on invitation, keynote speaker).
06/2010 “Architecture, Music and the Ethical Relevance of Beauty“ at the conference „Architektur und Ethik“, Kunsthistorisches Institut/Florenz (on invitation)
06/2010: “Zu den strukturellen Analogien von genetic enhancement und der klassischen Erziehung“, Internationales Zentrum für Ethik in den Wissenschaften, University of Tübingen (on invitation)
05/2010: „Nietzsche und der Posthumanismus“. Nietzsche Forum, München (on invitation).
04/2010: “Nietzsche, Perspectivism, and Authenticity“, Workshop “Re-Evaluating Values: Authenticity and the Recovery from ‘Morality’”, Dep. of Philosophy, University of Southampton (on invitation by Chris Janaway)
04/2010 „Enhancement, Cyborgs and the Dissolution of the Subject“, Manchester, as part of the conference “Beyond the Body: Perspectives on Enhancement”, Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation, University of Manchester (on invitation by John Harris).
03/2010: “Wagner, Nietzsche und der Posthumanismus”, in Leipzig, organised by the Nietzsche-Forum/München
02/2010: “Music and the Dissolution of the Individual”, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick
02/2010: “Music and the Dissolution of the Individual”, Tagung “Music and Philosophy”, King’s College, University of London
02/2010: “Educative and Genetic Enhancement as Parallel Procedures”, British Transhumanist Association
01/2010: „Nietzsche, Menschenwürde, Posthumanismus“. Nietzsche-Colloquium, TU Berlin (on invitation).
12/2009: “Die musikphilosophische Bedeutung der Oper “Kepler” von Philip Glass” at the Landestheater Linz.
10/2009: “Evolution, Education, and Genetic Enhancement” at the international conference „Evolution and the Future“, Belgrade, organised by University of Belgrade, NGO “Responsibility for the Future”, Serbian Research Centre, Zenit Magazine. (on invitation; keynote speaker)
09/2009: „Wagner, Nietzsche und die Ethik“. Richard-Wagner-Museum, Pirna (on invitation).
05/2009: „Die ewige Wiederkunft: Das Verhältnis von Naturwissenschaft und Philosophie bei Friedrich Nietzsche“. Nietzsche Forum, München (on invitation).
05/2009: „Wagner und Nietzsche“, Caffe Michelangelo, Basel. (on invitation)
04/2009: „Posthumanism“ at the conference „Humanism and Posthumanism“, Belgrade, University of Belgrade.
08/2008: „Wagner und Nietzsche“, Markgrafen-Buchhandlung, Bayreuth.
07/2008: „Wagner und Nietzsche“, Eckermann-Buchhandlung, Weimar.
07/2008: „Wagner und Nietzsche“, Thalia, Jena.
07/2008: Wagner, Nietzsche und Ethik, Wagner und Nietzsche, Jena, Ethikzentrum Jena
06/2008: Musik und Ethik in Schopenhauers Philosophie, Schopenhauers Musikphilosophie, Mainz, Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft e.V. (invited keynote speaker)
06/2008 „Wagner, Nietzsche, Leipzig“ in the Oper Leipzig, Richard-Wagner-Verband Leipzig (on invitation).
08/2007: Nietzsche, Der neue Mensch, Villigst, Evangelisches Studienwerk e. V. (invited scholar)
07/2007: Nietzsche, the Overman and Transhumanisn, Enhancement and Genetics, Jena, Ethikzentrum Jena, Oxford Uehiro Center for Practical Ethics (invited scholar)
04/2006: Orpheus, Mick Jagger und das gute Leben, Philosophisches Cafe der Stadt Sonneberg (invited scholar)
10/2005: Musik und Ethik bei Nietzsche, Philosophie und Musik bei Nietzsche, Naumburg/Saale, Nietzsche-Gesellschaft e.V. (invited keynote speaker)
09/2004: Invitation to the Workshop Modernità – Gnosi – Religione, Centro per le scienze religiose in Trento/Italien (invited scholar)
10/2003: Die Extension der Menschenwürde bei Kant, Der Beginn des menschlichen Lebens – medizinethische Probleme, Venice International University
06/2003: Vattimo, Metaphysik und der Sinn des Lebens, Unser Zeitalter – ein postmetaphysisches?, Luzern, Internationale Tagung/Internationale Gesellschaft 'System der Philosophie'
12/2002: Community, Multiculturalism, and the Good, Tradition and Integration, Belgrade/ Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade (invited keynote speaker)
08/2002: Community, Society, and Friendship, Polis and Cosmopolis: Problems of a Global Era/Samos, Greece/International Association for Greek Philosophy
06/2002: What is a ‘Liberal Education’?, Education and Society/University of Oxford/The Society for Applied Philosophy
05/2002: Über das gute Leben at the master class (Philosophischer Meisterkurs) on the topic “The Origins of Modern Secularism”, together with Prof. Dr. Charles Taylor and Prof. Dr. Hans Joas (duration: 1 week), Evangelische Akademie Loccum/Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie Hannover
07/2001: Vattimo und der Sinn des Lebens, Philosophische Dissertation/Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena/Allgemeine Gesellschaft für Philosophie in Deutschland
09/2000: Who is the ‘music making Socrates’?, One Hundred Years of Nietzsche: Culture, Society, and Education/University of Durham/Friedrich Nietzsche Society
09/2000: Heraclitus and Curved Space, Metaphysics for the Third Millennium, Rome/ Universidad Catolica di Loja
08/2000: Narzissmus und Nietzsches Wille zur Macht, Zeitenwende–Wertewende, Naumburg/Nietzsche Gesellschaft e. V.
07/2000: Narzissmus und Nietzsches Wille zur Macht, WiFog, wissenschaftsphilosophisches Forum Gießen/Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
05/1998: In Search of Lost Cheekiness: An Introduction to Peter Sloterdijk’s “Critique of Cynical Reason”, Eidos/University of Durham