Curriculum Vitae. Dr. Mathias Thaler Investigador Auxiliar Centro de Estudos Sociais Faculdade de Economia Universidade de Coimbra

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1 Dr. Mathias Thaler Investigador Auxiliar Centro de Estudos Sociais Faculdade de Economia Universidade de Coimbra Colégio de S. Jerónimo Apartado Coimbra Portugal phone: Curriculum Vitae Date and Place of Birth: 12/14/1978 in Vienna, Austria Citizenship: Austria Education: June 2006 Defence of the dissertation Gründen, Fundieren und Rechtfertigen. Eine Untersuchung moralischer Argumente im Feld des Politischen (Justifying, Founding and Instituting. An Examination of Moral Arguments in the Political Field): with distinction Supervisors of the doctoral dissertation: * Prof. Rainer Bauböck (Political Science) * Prof. Franz M. Wimmer (Philosophy) PhD-studies in Philosophy, University of Vienna (Austria) March 2003 Master in Philosophy* and Political Science, University of Vienna Master thesis: Antworten auf den Kulturrelativismus (Answering to the challenge of cultural relativism); e-publication: Studies in Philosophy and Political Science, Université de Paris VIII (Saint- Denis) and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Studies in Philosophy and Political Science, University of Vienna, interrupted from by one full year of civil service in a refugee camp High School Wien VIII (Piaristen) Scholarships: Max Weber-fellowship, European University Institute, Florence (declined) Postdoctoral fellowship, Austrian Ministry for Science, Education and Culture 2005 Research grant, Austrian Marshallplan Fund PhD-scholarship, Austrian Academy of Sciences Erasmus-scholarship for student exchange programmes Scholarship for excellent studies, University of Vienna

2 Mathias Thaler Curriculum Vitae 2 Academic Positions: Since 2008 Full Researcher, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal) 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for European Integration Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Vienna) Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto Tutor, Institut für Philosophie, University of Vienna 2005 Visiting Scholar, Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley 2004 Junior Visiting Fellow, Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna) Areas of Specialization: Areas of Competence: Professional Experience: Since 1998 Since 1997 * Contemporary political theory * Intercultural philosophy * French poststructuralism * 20 th century practical philosophy * Theories of international relations Scientific member of the editorial board of polylog. Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren (web-version: Free-lance editor for the monthly journal Stimme. Von und für Minderheiten (published by the Initiative of Minorities) Executive Secretary of the association Wiener Gesellschaft für interkulturelle Philosophie (Viennese Association for Intercultural Philosophy) Civil servant in the refugee camp Projekt Integrationshaus; care for adolescent refugees; administrative organization of public relations Co-organizer of the weekly radio programme Radio Stimme by the Initiative of Minorities Languages: 1999 Contributor to the scientific project Muttersprachliche Lehrerinnen und Lehrer in Österreich (Mother-tongue teachers in Austria) by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Art 1999 Invitation and participation in the Waldviertelakademie German English French (Latin) mother-tongue excellent in speaking, reading and writing excellent in speaking and reading

3 Mathias Thaler Curriculum Vitae 3 Book: Articles: Work in Progress: Translations: Conference: Workshops: Radio Interview: Teaching: Moralische Politik oder politische Moral? Eine Analyse aktueller Debatten zur internationalen Gerechtigkeit, Frankfurt/Main 2008 (Campus) * The Illusion of Purity: Chantal Mouffe s Realist Critique of Cosmopolitanism (accepted for publication in Philosophy and Social Criticism) * Accounting for Humanitarian Intervention, in: Nesbit, Thomas/Steinberg, Justin (eds.), From Innocence to Liberty. IWM Junior Visiting Fellows Conferences (Vol. 18), Wien 2005 (e-publication: * Menschenrechte, Kulturrelativismus und Interkulturalität, in: Menschenrechte im Kulturvergleich (IWK-Mitteilungen 1), Wien 2004, pp * Human Rights, Cultural Relativism and Interculturality, in: Historische Sozialkunde. Geschichte Fachdidaktik Politische Bildung (Special Volume: Human Rights), Wien 2004, pp * Talking to the Prince: Can Political Theory be Normative without Moralizing? (currently under review) English to German * Michael Walzer: Die Debatte um humanitäre Interventionen, in: polylog. Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren (16/2007), pp * Pavel Barša: Krieg führen im Namen der Menschenrechte? Vierzehn Thesen über humanitäre Interventionen, in: polylog. Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren (14/2005), pp * Chantal Mouffe: Wittgenstein, Politische Theorie und Demokratie, in: polylog. Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren (6/2000), pp Co-organization of the international conference Human Rights between Economy, Law and Ethics in Vienna (12/3 4/2004); documentation: * 9/17/2007, one-day workshop for the Pedagogical Institute Vienna; title: Die Entstehung der Menschenrechte: Eine genealogische Betrachtung (The Evolution of Human Rights: A Genealogical Survey) * 6/16/2004, one-day workshop for the summer school of ATTAC (Austria); title: Braucht die Politik überhaupt Moral? Zum prekären Verhältnis zwischen Politik und Moral am Beispiel von NGOs (Does Politics Need Morality?) 7/14/2004, interview-partner for the radio show Philosophische Brocken (Radio Orange) Menschenrechte zwischen Universalismus und Relativismus (Human Rights between Universalism and Relativism): * Summer term 2006: teaching assistant for the class Introduction to 20 th Century Philosophy II, University of Vienna (Prof. Franz Martin Wimmer)

4 Mathias Thaler Curriculum Vitae 4 Public Talks: * Winter term 2005: teaching assistant for the class Introduction to 20 th Century Philosophy I, University of Vienna (Prof. Franz Martin Wimmer) * 2/19/2008, Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Comenius University Bratislava: Chantal Mouffe s Realist Critique of Cosmopolitanism * 5/3/2007, McGill University (Montreal): The Illusion of Purity: Revisiting the Realist Critique of Cosmopolitanism * 4/2/2007, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto: Who is Afraid of Moralization? Normativity, Critique and the Ear of the Prince * 3/13/2007, Trinity College, University of Toronto: Can We be Critical Without Moralizing? ( Trinity One -lecture) * 2/3/2006, Department of Social Sciences, Roskilde University (Denmark): Towards a Political Semantics of Moralization (in the framework of the 3 rd International Conference of the Danish Network on Political Theory: Normative Implications of the Conceptual Turn ) * 12/9/2004, Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna): Clashing Claims, from Baghdad to Belgrade: Humanitarian Intervention between Law, Morals and Politics * 11/16/2004, Depot (Vienna): Antworten auf den Kulturrelativismus * 9/23/2004, Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna): Justifying, Founding and Instituting. Towards an Archaeology of Moral Arguments in the Political Realm * 5/14/2004, Institut für Höhere Studien (Vienna): Machiavelli und Kant (in the framework of the international conference New Impulses for Political Science in Austria ) * 11/17/2003, Institut für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Vienna): Human Rights, Cultural Relativism and Interculturality * 5/16/2000, Institut für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Vienna): Integration and Interculturality

5 Mathias Thaler Curriculum Vitae 5 References: * Prof. Rainer Bauböck Department of Political and Social Sciences European University Institute Via dei Roccettini, San Domenico di Fiesole (Firenze) Italy rainer.baubock@eui.eu * Prof. Chantal Mouffe Centre for the Study of Democracy University of Westminster Wells Street London W1T 3UW United Kingdom mouffec@wmin.ac.uk * Prof. Melissa Williams Centre for Ethics University of Toronto 6 Hoskin Avenue Toronto, ON M5S 1H8 Canada melissa.williams@utoronto.ca * Prof. Franz Martin Wimmer Institut für Philosophie Universität Wien Universitätsstraße Wien Austria franz.martin.wimmer@univie.ac.at