Noemi Call, B.A. MA

noemi.call@univie.ac.at

Publications and Activities (u:cris) 

 

  • Pre-doctoral assistant at the Research Centre "Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society" (RaT)
  • Doctoral candidate in philosophy

Study

  • Since 04/2024: PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Vienna. Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. DDr. Kurt Appel. The public presentation was successfully completed on May 7, 2025 at the Institute of Philosophy. 
  • 03/2024: Admission to the second stage of the examination at the Department of Art and Space / Spatial Strategies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
  • 03/2020 to 05/2023: MA in Philosophy at the University of Vienna. Master Thesis: "Das Problem der Immanenz bei Spinoza in der Auslegung Hegels"  ["The Problem of Immanence in Hegel‘s interpretation of Spinoza"] (passed with distinction)
  • 10/2018 to 01/2019: Erasmus Semester at UNIMOL (Università degli Studi del Molise) in Italy. Study Programme: BA Communication Sciences
  • 09/2016 to 11/2019: BA in Philosophy,  Arts and Social Entrepreneurship at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences in Bonn (Germany). Bachelor Thesis: The Cultural Implications of Sustainable Development as a Global Concept (passed with distinction)

University employments and activities

  • Since 10/2023: Prae-Doc Research Assistant at the Research Centre "Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society" (RaT)
    • Organization of the European Academy of Religion 2025 in Vienna with approximately 1,200 participants. Key responsibilities included the communication with the keynote speakers and planning and coordinating the conference's artistic program.
  • 12/2022 to 09/2023: Science Management at the Research Centre RaT. Member of the Editorial Team of the open-access "Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society" (JRAT)
  • 09/2021 to 06/2023: Tutor for Master Students working on Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit" and "Science of Logic"
  • 02/2022 to 11/2022: Co-management of the "Vienna Doctoral School of Theology and Research on Religion" (VDTR)
  • 09/2021 to 01/2022: Student Assistant of Univ.-Prof. DDr. Kurt Appel
  • 03/2018 to 10/2018: Initiation and Organisation of the Na.tour. Conference and Art Exhibition "Altavia Garage" on the Topic of Sustainable Tourism (05.10.-07.10.2018) from a Philosophical and Artistic Perspective. Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr Hartmut Rosa

Conference Presentations and Philosophical Performances

  • 30 June 2026: “The Ungiven as Dialogical Horizon: A Performative Mode of the Aesthetic and the Religious?”, paper presented in the closed panel “Religion in Dialogue: Transformations, Challenges, and Chances” at the European Academy of Religion 2026, Rome, Italy.
  • 15 October 2025: “Immer geht ein Gehen einem anderen Gehen als dessen Träger voraus, oder: das vorausgehende Gehen”, philosophical performance as part of the workshop series “Walking the Line” at the University of Marburg, Germany.
  • 9 September 2025: “The Guest in the Landscape: Scriptural Imagination and Artistic Experimentation”, paper presented at the 7th Conference of the Global Network for Public Theology, Working Group “The Intersection of Scripture and Art in the Public Square” (online).
  • 5 September 2025: “A Philosophy of Landscape: Exploring Artistic Experimentation and Religious Imagination”, paper presented at the 16th Conference of the British Society for Philosophy of Religion, “Creativity and Creation”, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
  • 12 July 2025: “Can a Deadly Encounter Become a Hospitable Event? On Consolation: A Question That Must Remain Open”, paper presented in the panel “Religion and Socio-Cultural Transformation: Perspectives from Vienna-Based Researchers” at the European Academy of Religion 2025, Vienna, Austria.
  • 9 July 2025: “The Heart, Deep Sleep, and Dream as Transformative Spaces in Artistic Research”, transmedial lecture performance with Evi Jägle and Christoph Müller in the panel “Art in Philosophy ÷ Philosophy in the Arts ÷ Learning to Think Sensibly ÷ Artistic Research and Performance Philosophy as Emerging Cardio-Philosophies” at the European Academy of Religion 2025, Vienna, Austria.
  • 16 May 2025: “Landschaften über-setzt: Ein Denken gastlicher Räume des Imaginären”, paper presented at the interdisciplinary workshop “Religion in Übersetzung: Formen – Momente – Konstellationen” at the University of Vienna, organized by Isabella Guanzini, Eduard Prenga, and Daniel Kuran.
  • 23 November 2024: “Philosophie in Therapie”, philosophical performance with Simeon Ohlsen as part of the PRO SCIENTIA funding programme (text and dance).
  • 15 August 2024: “Religion and Arts: Potential Alliances for Social and Ecological Transformation”, paper presented in the panel “Religion and Climate Change” (Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Jens Köhrsen) at the 26th Nordic Conference for the Sociology of Religion, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • 22 July 2024: “Materialität und Performativität. Religion, Kunst und öffentlicher Raum”, workshop with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dr. Helmut Jakob Deibl as part of the study week “Kunst als Ausdrucksform in den Religionen” (Religiöse Diskurse in westlichen Demokratien – Initiative christlich-jüdische Studienwoche im Gespräch mit dem Islam), Styria, Austria.
  • 20 May 2024: “Transformative Experiences: Exits in Religion and the Arts”, paper presented in the panel “Religious Exits: Transitions into Alternative Symbolic and Political Worlds?” (Panel Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dr. Helmut Jakob Deibl) at the 7th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion 2024, Palermo, Italy.
  • 25 January 2024: “CLINAMEN – Bewegtbilder des Denkens. An der Grenze zwischen Philosophie und Kunst”, philosophical performance with Philipp Quell as part of the student initiative Khôra at the University of Vienna (text and video).
  • 1 November 2023: “Kollektivität des Ausdrucks: Festgehakt in den eigenen Gedanken und Emotionen – und wie man da wieder rauskommt…”, transmedial performance and salon at the Soundcheck Philosophie-Salon “Kollektiv denken?!” in Leipzig, with Simeon Ohlsen, Evi Jägle, Christoph Müller, and Daphne von Schrader; moderated by Rainer Totzke, Expedition Philosophie e.V. (performance, dance, text, video, and sound).

Research interests

  • Philosophies of the Guest
  • Philosophies of Landscape and Perception
  • Performative Philosophy
  • Artistic Research