PhilPublica

GAP and DGPhil are co-running the initiative PhilPublica, which has the goal of promoting and supporting public philosophy. Among other things, PhilPublica hosts workshops on philosophy journalism. 

Past workshops

The following is an overview of past PhilPublica workshops.

PhilPublica-Workshop 2025 (in German)

»Philosophy in the Public Sphere: How to Write for Philosophy Blogs«
July 23–25, 2025, Tutzing, with Gottfried Schweiger (praefaktisch.de), Sarah Rebecca Strömel (praefaktisch.de) and Lars Weisbrod (DIE ZEIT). Further information can be found here.

PhilPublica-Workshop 2024 (in German)

»Philosophy Between Academia and the Culture Pages: Crafting a Philosophical Think Piece«
July 4–6, 2024, Bielefeld, with Manuela Lenzen and Peter Neumann (DIE ZEIT). Further information can be found here.

PhilPublica Workshop 2023 (in German)

»How do I review a philosophical book in the feuilleton?«
13–15 September, 2023, with Jens-Christian Rabe (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Feuilleton) and Lars Weisbrod (DIE ZEIT, Feuilleton). Further information can be found here (in German).

PhilPublica-Workshop 2022 (in German)

»Philosophy in Magazine Journalism«
September 8–10, 2022, with Sven Behrisch (Das Magazin, Zürich) and Birger Menke (Der Spiegel, Hamburg). Further information can be found here (in German).

PhilPublica-Workshop 2021 (in German)

»Philosophy on the radio: Journalistic tools for sound broadcasting«
March 18–20, 2021, with Simone Miller and Catherine Newmark (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, »Sein und Streit«). Further information can be found here (in German).

PhilPublica-Workshop 2020 (in German)

»Philosophy in newspapers: Journalistic tools for print media«
Oktober 8–11, 2020, HU Berlin, with Sibylle Anderl (FAZ) and Lars Weisbrod (DIE ZEIT). Further information can be found here (in German).