Zlatko Valentić, M.A.

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Current Activities

• Seminar: Carl Schmitt and Politics – An Examination of the Concept and its Applications in Contemporary Political Theory and Practice (WS 23/24). 
• EU Project: VIGILANT (Vital Intelligence to Investigate Illegal Disinformation). 
• Video Podcast: Philosophisches-Experiment. Latest episode with Prof. Jean Grondin on "What does understanding mean? - Hermeneutics between Heidegger and Gadamer" (Release 11/2023).

Research Fields

• Philosophical Hermeneutics: Especially on Hans-Georg Gadamer and Martin Heidegger. 
• Political Philosophy: Aristotle, Hobbes, Machiavelli, and the theories of politics by Carl Schmitt and Chantal Mouffe. 
• Philosophy of Technology: Political Understanding and AI Technology, Politics between Truth and Disinformation.

Academic Curriculum Vitae

• Studies: Law, Political Science, History, and Philosophy at the universities of Linz (AT), Salzburg (AT), Nijmegen (NL), Karlsruhe (DE), Freiburg im Breisgau (DE), and Montreal (CA).
• Since 2022: Staff member at the Freiburg Centre for Security and Society (CSS). Involved in the management of the EU Project VIGILANT to combat political disinformation using AI technology. 
• 2020-2023: Teaching and Research Assistant at the Chair for Philosophy.
• 2018: Research stay at the Université de Montreal with Prof. Jean Grondin. 
• 2013: Erasmus stay for Philosophy at Radboud University Nijmegen. 
• 2011-2016: Dual Master's in Philosophy and History at the University of Freiburg / Work as a graduate assistant at the professorship for Eastern European History at Albert-Ludwig’s-University Freiburg with Prof. Dietmar Neutatz. 
• Since 2009: Direction and conception of the radio/video podcast "Philosophisches-Experiment".
• 2009-2011: Graduate Assistant for Philosophy at the Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg. 
• 2008-2011: Dual Bachelor in Philosophy and History at Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg.

Academic Events

Summer Term 2024:

• The Politics of Aristotle and its impact on present Political Theory – Especially in Arendt, MacIntyre and Gadamer

Winter Term 2023/2024: 

• Carl Schmitt and “das Politische”: An Examination of the Concept and its Applications in Contemporary Political Theory and Practice (Proseminar).

Summer Term 2023: 

• Thomas Hobbes and the Origin of Modern Political Theory (Proseminar). 
• Political Understanding - Limits and Possibilities of a Political Hermeneutics (Proseminar).

Winter Term 2022/2023: 

• Machiavelli and the Rules of Politics – On the Relevance of Machiavelli's Thought (Proseminar). 
• Hermeneutics of Politics – On the Origin and Essence of Politics in Carl Schmitt, Chantal Mouffe, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Martha Nussbaum, Jürgen Habermas, and John Rawls." (Master Seminar).

Summer Term 2022: 

• Conference: Together with Prof. Hans-Helmuth Gander at the University of Freiburg on "Die Sagkraft der Hermeneutik – Die Aktualität des Denkens Hans-Georg Gadamers" (June 2-4, 2022). 
• Hans-Georg Gadamer "Truth and Method" (Interpretation Course, Part II).

Winter Term 2021/22:

• Hans-Georg Gadamer "Truth and Method" (Interpretation Course, Part I).

Summer Term 2021:

• Aristotle and Machiavelli – The Break in Political Philosophy (Proseminar). 
• Hans-Georg Gadamer "Truth and Method" (Interpretation Course, Part II).

Winter Term 2020/21: 

• Hans-Georg Gadamer "Truth and Method" (Interpretation Course, Part I).

Summer Term 2019 / Winter Term 19/20: 

• Tutoring for the interpretation course by Prof. Hans-Helmuth Gander "Hans-Georg Gadamer's Truth and Method I and II".

Summer Term 2015: 

• Tutoring for the master seminar by Prof. Dietmar Neutatz: "The Forgotten General Government – Germany and Poland in World War I".