doc. Mgr. Sandra Zákutná, PhD. - Head of the Institute
Associate Professor of History of Philosophy
Education:
2014 Faculty of Arts, University of Presov
Habilitation in History of Philosophy
Habilitation thesis: History as a Fundamental Moment of Human Self- Interpretation in the Context of 18th Century Philosophy
Attained degree: Docent (Associate Professor)
2006 – 2011 Faculty of Arts, University of Presov
Dissertation in History of Philosophy
Dissertation thesis: Political Strategy and Techniques of Power in Kant’s Philosophy of History (With Special Regard to the Philosophy of Scottish Enlightenment)
Attained degree: PhD.
2001 – 2006 Faculty of Arts, University of Presov
Philosophy – English Language and Literature
Attained degree: Mgr. (Master), graduated with honours
Work experience:
07/2024 → Faculty of Arts, University of Presov
Institute of Philosophy and Ethics
Director
03/2023 → Faculty of Arts, University of Presov
Academic Senate
Chair
06/2019 – 07/2024 Faculty of Arts, University of Presov
Institute of Philosophy
Director
06/2014 → Faculty of Arts, University of Presov
Institute of Philosophy
Associate professor
- Courses taught: European Enlightenment; History of Modern Philosophy, Political Philosophy
09/2006 – 06/2013 Faculty of Arts, University of Presov in Presov
Institute of Philosophy and Institute of British and American Studies
Assistant professor
Other information:
2022 → Central European Pragmatist Forum
member of the Board
2022 → member of the Editorial Board of Anthropos: Journal of Philosophy & Psychology (Slovenia, ISSN 0587-5161, E-ISSN 2630-4082)
2020 → Editor-in-Chief of Studia Philosophica Kantiana (ISSN 1338-7758, WoS)
2014 → member of the Editorial Board of Con-Textos Kantianos. International Journal of Philosophy (Spain, ISSN 2386-7655, WoS, Scopus)
2014 → member of the Advisory Board of Studies in the History of Philosophy (Poland, ISSN 2083-1978, e-ISSN 2391-775X, Scopus)
2012 – 2019 Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Studia Philosophica Kantiana (ISSN 1338-7758, WoS)
2007 → co-organizer of twelve international scientific Kant conferences at the University of Presov
Selected scholarships, mobilities, conferences, and congresses abroad
September 2024 Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
14th International Kant Congress
Paper: To Be or Not to Be a Kantian: Stephan Tichy’s Case in the 1790s
June 2024 Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
The 12th Central European Pragmatist Forum "Pragmatism as Global Philosophy"
Paper: Kant’s Idea of Perpetual Peace: Still Relevant Today?
March 2024 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy
Paper: Kant’s Cosmopolitanism and Pragmatism
November 2023 Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Ústí and Labem, Czech Republic
International Conference Perpetual Peace Project
Paper: The Role of Education in Kant’s Project of Perpetual Peace
June 2023 University of Wrocław, Wroclaw, Poland
Erasmus+ training
October 2022 Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
Znaczenie filozofii Oświecenia w kulturze europejskiej
Paper: Semion Y. Desnitsky and Adam Smith: Two Forms of European
Enlightenment (Marchevský, O. – Zákutná, S.)
June 2022 Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
Erasmus teaching mobility
Topic of lectures and seminars: Scottish Enlightenment Philosophy – David Hume, Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith and their practical philosophy in comparison with Immanuel Kant
August 2019 University of Oslo, Norway
13th International Kant Congress: The Court of Reason
Paper: Kant on teaching philosophy and education in a cosmopolitan manner
April 2017 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
VII. MULTILATERALES KANT-KOLLOQUIUM: Kant und seine Kritiker
Paper: The Reception and Criticism of Kant’s Philosophy in the Region of Today’s Slovakia at the Turn of the 18th Century and in the First Half of the 19th Century
January/February 2017 Kant-Forschungstelle, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
Research stay
October 2016 Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
Berkeley, Kant, and Modern Philosophical Debates
Paper: Kant’s Reform in Thinking and Civil Society
September 2015 Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
12. Internationale Kant-Kongress: Natur und Freiheit
Paper: Andrej Vandrák’s Elements of Philosophical Ethics as a Reflection of Kant’s Philosophy at the Evangelical College in Prešov, Slovakia
August 2015 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
I Colóquio International Kant de Natal
Paper: Philosophy of History of Adam Ferguson and Immanuel Kant
August 2015 Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Marília – Sao Paulo, Brazil
IX KANT COLLOQUIUM "Clélia Martins" – "Thinking [The] A-Priori:
Theme and Variations"
Paper: A priori principles of freedom, equality, and independence in Kant’s philosophy of history
May 2015 Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Education in the Visegrad countries
Paper: Kant’s Method of Teaching Philosophy
October 2014 Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, Torun, Poland
Kant und Kopernikanische Wende in der Philosophie
Paper: Kant’s Reform in Thinking and Civil Society
October 2014 Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, Torun, Poland
Erasmus teaching mobility
Topic of lectures and seminars: Kant’s Moral and Political Philosophy
September 2014 Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Fifth Kant Multilateral Colloquium
Paper: Political Issues in Kant’s Philosophy
September 2014 Universytet Rzeszowski, Naleczow, Poland
IX Conference of Slavonic Countries
Paper: Immanuel Kant’s Political Philosophy
November 2013 Institut für Philosophie, Fakultät für Philosophie und Bildungswissenschaft,
Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Research stay
October 2012 Kant-Forschungstelle, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
Research stay
June 2012 Universytet Rzeszowski, Iwonicz, Poland
VIII Conference of Slavonic Countries
Paper: Active Citizenship in the Philosophy of I. Kant and A. Ferguson
May 2010 Pisa, Italy
11th International Kant Congress: Kant and Philosophy in a Cosmopolitan Sense
Paper: Civil Society in Kant’s Philosophy of History
Research projects:
2023 → member: COST CA22149 Research Network for Interdisciplinary Studies of Transhistorical Deliberative Democracy (CHANGECODE)
2022 → principal investigator: Research Project VEGA 1/0725/22: The Potential and Perspectives of Kant’s Practical Philosophy
2021 – 2023 principal investigator deputy: Research Project VEGA 1/0537/21: The Art of Life in the Context of Philosophical Practice
2018 – 2021 principal investigator: Research Project VEGA 1/0280/18 Kant and Philosophy of History
2017 – 2019 principal investigator: Research Project VEGA 1/0880/17 Philosophy of History in the Enlightenment: History as a Fundamental Moment of Human Self-Interpretation in the Context of 18th Century Philosophy
2015 – 2017 principal investigator deputy: Research Project VEGA 1/0238/15 Kant’s Ideas of Reason and Contemporary World
2012 – 2014 principal investigator deputy: Research Project VEGA 1/0261/12 Philosophical Legacy of Immanuel Kant and Contemporary World IV. Philosophia et res publica.
2010 – 2011 co-worker: Research Project VEGA 1/0027/10 Philosophical Legacy of Immanuel Kant and Contemporary World III.
2007 – 2009 co-worker: Research Project VEGA 1/4691/07 Philosophical Legacy of
Immanuel Kant and Contemporary World II