The 5th International Summer School in Genetic Phenomenology (September 15-19, 2025) was dedicated to an analysis of the second volume of Edmund Husserl’s Ideas pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological Philosophy. The volume is paradigmatic in his work on genetic phenomenology, since it details the constitution of the physical, animate, and personal worlds, how they are related to each other, and the role of embodiment and intersubjectivity in this process. It thus occasions dialogue not only of genetic phenomenology but also phenomenology’s contributions to disciplines such as psychology and psychoanalysis, physics, mathematics, critical theories, and more.
The event was organized by Dr. hab. Jagna Brudzińska, IFiS PAN, in cooperation with an international research network: the Husserl Archives at the University of Cologne, Duquesne University Pittsburgh, Università degli Studi di Palermo, University of Helsinki, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. The School was co-financed by the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, the Husserl Archives at the University of Cologne, the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology PAS, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, the Polish Phenomenological Association, and the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA).
Master lectures were delivered by experts representing research centers from Austria, Finland, Hong Kong, Germany, Poland, Sweden, the USA, and Italy, including (in alphabetical order):
- Prof. Jagna Brudzińska (IFIS PAN/ Husserl Archive University of Cologne),
- Natalie Depraz (Université Paris Nanterre / Archives Husserl de Paris),
- Prof. Mirja Hartimo (University of Helsinki),
- Sara Heinämaa (University of Jyväskylä),
- Prof. Andrzej Leder (IFiS PAN),
- Prof. Alice Pugliese (University of Palermo),
- Sonja Rinofner (University of Graz),
- Lanei Rodemeyer (Duquesne University),
- Harald Wiltsche (Linköping University).