Prof. Dr. Laura Herrera Castillo

Interim Professor

Professorship of Early Modern Philosophy

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Laura Herrera Castillo is currently Interim Professor of Renaissance Philosophy and Intellectual History. She researches and teaches in particular on the philosophy of the early modern period (especially G. W. Leibniz) and the philosophy of the Renaissance (especially N. Cusanus). Further foci of her teaching and research include: neo-Kantianism (especially E. Cassirer), questions of critical historiography of philosophy, the history of metaphysics and history of science, as well as the philosophy of mathematics from a historical perspective (especially Renaissance and early modern period).

Curriculum vitae

2023 - 2024
Interim Professor, Professorship of Renaissance Philosophy and Intellectual History, LMU Munich
2022 - 2023
Trainee, Leibniz-Forschungsstelle, University of Münster; Teaching Fellow, University of Münster
2022
Teaching Fellow, Osnabrück University; Guest Researcher, Leibniz-Forschungsstelle, University of Münster
2018 - 2022
Research Associate, Department of Philosophy, University of Münster; Principal Investigator of the DFG-funded project "Licht, Spiegel, Perspektive. Metaphorik und Systematik des Ausdrucks bei N. Cusanus, G. Bruno und G. W. Leibniz"
2018
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Philosophy, University of Münster; Teaching Fellow, Leibniz University Hannover
2016 - 2018
Publications and lectures; preparation of a project proposal for the DFG; Teaching Fellow, Leibniz University Hannover
2014 - 2016
Postdoctoral Scholar, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; starting October 2014, conducted research at Leibniz University Hannover at the invitation of the Leibniz Foundation Professorship
2010 - 2013
Research Associate, University of Granada, Spain
2008 - 2010
Research Scholar as part of the "Formación del Personal Investigador" (Educating Research Staff) program, University of Granada, Spain

Selected publications

  1. Herrera Castillo, L. E. / Howard, S., The Individual and the Cosmos. History of a Problem from G. Bruno to I. Kant. In: Howard, Stephen/Stetter, Jack (eds.): Critical History of Early Modern and Enlightenment Philosophy, Edinburgh University Press, 2024 (invited book chapter).
  2. Herrera Castillo, L. E., Einheit, Andersheit und Perspektive bei Nicolaus Cusanus. In: Thein, C./Mesch, W./Städtler, M. (eds.): Einheit und Vielheit metaphysischen Denkens, Felix Meiner: Hamburg, pp. 73-91, 2022 (invited book chapter).
  3. Herrera Castillo, L. E., La exigencia del cuerpo. Perspectivas sobre la expresión. Revista Logos. Anales del Seminario de Metafísica 54 (2), pp. 297-311, 2021.
  4. Herrera Castillo, L. E., Beyond the limits of functionality. A discussion of the metaphysical implications of the notion of expression. In: Studia Leibnitiana – Sonderhefte, vol. 56, 193-210, 2020.
  5. Herrera Castillo, L. E., El individuo como expresión del universo. In: Casales, R.; Velasco, L.A.; Reyes-Cardenas, P. (eds.), La actualidad de Leibniz. Alcances y perspectivas sobre la obra filosófica y científica de Leibniz. Comares: Granada, pp. 3-24, 2020.
  6. Herrera Castillo, L. E., La metáfora de la luz en G. W. Leibniz. In: Nicolás, J. A. / Del Castelho, V. (eds.), Leibniz. Razón, principios, unidad, Comares: Granada, pp. 55-68, 2020.
  7. Herrera Castillo, L. E. (ed.), Äußerungen des Inneren. Beiträge zum Problemgeschichte des Ausdrucksbegriffs, Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 224 pp., 2019.
  8. Herrera Castillo, L. E., Expresión y fuerza: formas de la funcionalidad desnuda en G. W. Leibniz. In: Revista Latinoamericana de Filosofía, vol. 44/2, pp. 225-245, 2018.
  9. Herrera Castillo, L. E., Die Perspektive als künstlerische Technik und metaphysisches Konzept in der Philosophie von G.W. Leibniz. In: Studia Leibnitiana, vol. 48, 2016/2, pp. 223-244, 2016.
  10. Herrera Castillo, L. E., Curvas y espejos. El carácter funcional de la actividad monádica en G. W. Leibniz. Comares: Granada, Spanien, 2015.

Academic distinctions

  • 2016 VGH Prize for excellent doctoral dissertations on Leibniz, awarded by VGH Insurance and the G.W. Leibniz Society, Hannover, Germany.
  • 2016 Premio extraordinario de Doctorado (Extraordinary Doctoral Prize), awarded by the University of Granada, Spain.
  • 2013 Mención de Doctor internacional al título de Doctor (International Doctor Award), awarded by the University of Granada, Spain.
  • 2007 Mención de Honor al trabajo de grado (Honours award for theses), awarded by the Papal University Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia.

Research projects

  • "Licht, Spiegel, Perspektive. Metaphorik und Systematik des Ausdrucks bei N. Cusanus, G. Bruno und G. W. Leibniz", funded by the DFG (individual research grant), Principal Investigator (2018 - 2022).
  • "Metaphorik des Ausdrucks", funded by the University of Münster, postdoctoral research project at the Department of Philosophy, University of Münster (2018 - 2018).
  • "Die Expression als immanente Funktionsbeziehung. Eine Problemstellung im Ausgang von G. W. Leibniz", funded by the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, postdoctoral research project, Leibniz University Hannover (2014 - 2016).
  • "Acción integrada con Portugal: Surgimiento de la ciencia moderna en Europa: G.W. Leibniz" (Spain-Portugal Partnership Project: The Emergence of Modern Science in Europe: G. W. Leibniz) funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, project member (2009 - 2016).

Other activities

Editorial Boards: philosophy journal Universitas Philosophica (seit 2018), member of the editorial board of the Spanish edition of the philosophical and scientific works of Leibniz: G. W. Leibniz Obras filosóficas y científicas (since 2015), coordinator of the book series Nova Leibniz (published by Comares, Spain, 2011 - 2021).

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