Course in Applying Phenomenology
Course Description
The course in Applying Phenomenology will offer a comprehensive introduction to the history, theory and practice of applied phenomenological research. Starting with historical and philosophical foundations, we will be taking a concrete skills-based experiential learning approach, students will be guided through the process of 1. articulating phenomenologically researchable questions, 2. data collection and analysis towards generalizable results, 3. ethics, and 4. the phenomenology of empathy as it relates to the research and professional context.
The course in Applying Phenomenology will take place twice a month.
In order to participate in the course, registration fees are required. They will include online lectures, teaching materials, reading and discussion groups. Recordings of the course will be available but not uploaded on the PhenoLab YouTube Channel.
More info about the fees available here.
Tot. hours: 32 hours
Please note that the essential bibliography here listed will be implemented along the course.
Program
Friday 13 OCTOBER 2023, h. 18-20 CET
Topic: Methodological foundations for an applied phenomenology: Aristotle, Brentano, Dilthey, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Giorgi
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Scott Churchill, Full Professor at University of Dallas, USA
Bibliography:
● Churchill, SD., Fisher-Smith, A. M. (2022). Existential Phenomenological Research: A “Human Science” Alternative for Psychology. In B. Slife & S. Yanchar (Eds.) International Handbook for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Routledge (2022).
● Churchill S.D. (2022). Existential-Phenomenological Research (Chapter 1). Washington
DC American Psychological Association Press.
Friday 20 OCTOBER 2023, h. 18-20 CET
Topic: Distinguishing research “phenomena” from the “lived experiences” that reveal them.
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Scott Churchill, Full Professor at University of Dallas, USA
Bibliography:
● Churchill, S. D. (2018). Explorations in Teaching the Phenomenological Method: Challenging Psychology Students to “Grasp at Meaning” in Human Science Research. Qualitative Psychology, 5, 207-227.
DC American Psychological Association Press.
Friday 20 OCTOBER 2023, h. 18-20 CET
Topic: Distinguishing research “phenomena” from the “lived experiences” that reveal them.
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Scott Churchill, Full Professor at University of Dallas, USA
Bibliography:
● Churchill, S. D. (2018). Explorations in Teaching the Phenomenological Method: Challenging Psychology Students to “Grasp at Meaning” in Human Science Research. Qualitative Psychology, 5, 207-227.
●Churchill S.D. (2022). Existential-Phenomenological Research (Chapter 2). Washington
DC American Psychological Association Press.
Tuesday 14 NOVEMBER 2023, h. 17-19 CET
Topic: Phenomenology applied to psychopathology: an introduction to the phenomenological approach to psychological suffering.
Teacher: Prof. Dr. James Morley, Professor of clinical psychology at Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA
Bibliography:
Friday 17 NOVEMBER 2023, h. 17-19 CET
Topic: Phenomenology applied to psychopathology: (part 2)
Teacher: Prof. Dr. James Morley, Professor of clinical psychology at Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA
Bibliography:
Friday 8 DECEMBER 2023, h. 17-19 CET
Topic: Applied phenomenology of empathy and interviewing
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Magnus Englander, Associate Professor at Malmö University, Sweden
Bibliography:
● Englander, M. (2014). Empathy training from a phenomenological perspective. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology. 45(1), 5-26. (Brill)
● Englander, M. (2019). The practice of phenomenological empathy training. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 50(1), 42-59. (Brill)
● Englander, M. (2020). Phenomenological psychological interviewing. The Humanistic Psychologist, 48(1), 54-73. (American Psychological Association)
Friday 15 DECEMBER 2023, h. 17-19 CET
Topic: Applied phenomenology of empathy and interviewing
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Magnus Englander, Associate Professor at Malmö University, Sweden
Bibliography:
● Englander, M. (2014). Empathy training from a phenomenological perspective. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology. 45(1), 5-26. (Brill)
● Englander, M. (2019). The practice of phenomenological empathy training. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 50(1), 42-59. (Brill)
● Englander, M. (2020). Phenomenological psychological interviewing. The Humanistic Psychologist, 48(1), 54-73. (American Psychological Association)
Wassily Kandinsky, Mit Und Gegen
Friday 26 JANUARY 2024, h. 18-20 CET
Topic: Qualitative methods to investigate the lived experience and the influence of Husserl’s ethics on psychology
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Susi Ferrarello, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, East Bay, USA
Bibliography:
● S. Ferrarello, N. Zapien, “Ethical Experience: a Phenomenology”, Bloomsbury, 2018, pp. 1-47; pp. 11-122
Friday 2 FEBRUARY 2024, h. 18-20 CET
Topic: Phenomenology of Intimacy: The Beginning of an Affair
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Susi Ferrarello, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, East Bay, USA
Bibliography:
● S. Ferrarello, N. Zapien, “Ethical Experience: a Phenomenology”, Bloomsbury, 2018, pp. 95-111;
161-183
Friday 9 FEBRUARY 2024, h. 18-20 CET
Topic: The Role of Empathy in Encountering and Understanding Others
Abstract: From our encounters with patients and research participants, to friends and strangers
alike in our everyday lives, our attempts to observe and to know others are grounded not just in
our intellect, but most importantly in our sense of compassion.
Friday 16 FEBRUARY 2024, h. 18-20 CET
Topic: Ecophenomenology: Exploring our More-than-Human World
Friday 15 MARCH 2024, h. 15.30 – 17.30 CET
Topic: Applying phenomenology to researching daydreaming. How to circumscribe a topic, techniques for collecting descriptions, phenomenological approach to elucidating descriptions, applying phenomenological literature for further elucidation.
Teacher: Prof. Dr. James Morley, Professor of clinical psychology at Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA
Bibliography:
Friday 22 MARCH 2024, h. 15.30 – 17.30 CET
Topic: Phenomenology applied to the study of daydreaming (part 2)
Teacher: Prof. Dr. James Morley, Professor of clinical psychology at Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA
Bibliography:
Friday 19 APRIL 2024, h. 18- 20 CET
Topic: Applied Phenomenology on Bioethics: the need to integrate emotions in bioethics
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Susi Ferrarello, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, East Bay, USA
Bibliography:
● S. Ferrarello, Human Emotions and the Origins of Bioethics. London/New York: Routledge, 2020, pp. 8-85
Friday 26 APRIL 2024, h. 18- 20 CET
Topic: Applied Phenomenology on Sexuality
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Susi Ferrarello, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, East Bay, USA
Bibliography:
● S. Ferrarello, Phenomenology of Sex, Love and Intimate Relationships. London/New York: Routledge, 2019 (ISBN: 9781351123266).
● S. Ferrarello, “Emotional problems arising during the first trimester of pregnancy. A phenomenological approach to the problem through mindfulness” Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 2022
Friday 17 MAY 2024, h. 17-19 CET
Topic: Empathy in a social psychiatry
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Magnus Englander, Associate Professor at Malmö University, Sweden
Bibliography:
● Englander, M. (2023). Bioethics, sociality, and mental illness. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 48(2), 161-169.
● Englander, M. (2018). Empathy in a social psychiatry. In M. Englander (Ed.) Phenomenology and the Social Context of Psychiatry: Social Relations, Psychopathology, and Husserl's Philosophy, pp. 49-64. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
● Englander, M. (Accepted/forthcoming). Empathy, reflection, and mental health. In F. Brencio (Ed.) Phenomenology, Neuroscience and Clinical Practice. Springer Nature.
Friday 24 MAY 2024, h. 17-19 CET
Topic: Empathy in a social psychiatry
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Magnus Englander, Associate Professor at Malmö University, Sweden
Bibliography:
● Englander, M. (2023). Bioethics, sociality, and mental illness. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 48(2), 161-169.
● Englander, M. (2018). Empathy in a social psychiatry. In M. Englander (Ed.) Phenomenology and the Social Context of Psychiatry: Social Relations, Psychopathology, and Husserl's Philosophy, pp. 49-64. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
● Englander, M. (Accepted/forthcoming). Empathy, reflection, and mental health. In F. Brencio (Ed.) Phenomenology, Neuroscience and Clinical Practice. Springer Nature.
DC American Psychological Association Press.
Tuesday 14 NOVEMBER 2023, h. 17-19 CET
Topic: Phenomenology applied to psychopathology: an introduction to the phenomenological approach to psychological suffering.
Teacher: Prof. Dr. James Morley, Professor of clinical psychology at Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA
Bibliography:
- Morley, J (2003) “The texture of the real: Merleau-Ponty, imagination, and psychopathology” in J. Morley and J. Phillips (eds.) Imagination and its pathologies. Cambridge: M.I.T. Press.
Friday 17 NOVEMBER 2023, h. 17-19 CET
Topic: Phenomenology applied to psychopathology: (part 2)
Teacher: Prof. Dr. James Morley, Professor of clinical psychology at Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA
Bibliography:
- Morley, J (2003) “The texture of the real: Merleau-Ponty, imagination, and psychopathology” in J. Morley and J. Phillips (eds.) Imagination and its pathologies. Cambridge: M.I.T. Press.
Friday 8 DECEMBER 2023, h. 17-19 CET
Topic: Applied phenomenology of empathy and interviewing
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Magnus Englander, Associate Professor at Malmö University, Sweden
Bibliography:
● Englander, M. (2014). Empathy training from a phenomenological perspective. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology. 45(1), 5-26. (Brill)
● Englander, M. (2019). The practice of phenomenological empathy training. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 50(1), 42-59. (Brill)
● Englander, M. (2020). Phenomenological psychological interviewing. The Humanistic Psychologist, 48(1), 54-73. (American Psychological Association)
Friday 15 DECEMBER 2023, h. 17-19 CET
Topic: Applied phenomenology of empathy and interviewing
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Magnus Englander, Associate Professor at Malmö University, Sweden
Bibliography:
● Englander, M. (2014). Empathy training from a phenomenological perspective. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology. 45(1), 5-26. (Brill)
● Englander, M. (2019). The practice of phenomenological empathy training. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 50(1), 42-59. (Brill)
● Englander, M. (2020). Phenomenological psychological interviewing. The Humanistic Psychologist, 48(1), 54-73. (American Psychological Association)
Friday 26 JANUARY 2024, h. 18-20 CET
Topic: Qualitative methods to investigate the lived experience and the influence of Husserl’s ethics on psychology
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Susi Ferrarello, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, East Bay, USA
Bibliography:
● S. Ferrarello, N. Zapien, “Ethical Experience: a Phenomenology”, Bloomsbury, 2018, pp. 1-47; pp. 11-122
Friday 2 FEBRUARY 2024, h. 18-20 CET
Topic: Phenomenology of Intimacy: The Beginning of an Affair
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Susi Ferrarello, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, East Bay, USA
Bibliography:
● S. Ferrarello, N. Zapien, “Ethical Experience: a Phenomenology”, Bloomsbury, 2018, pp. 95-111;
161-183
Friday 9 FEBRUARY 2024, h. 18-20 CET
Topic: The Role of Empathy in Encountering and Understanding Others
alike in our everyday lives, our attempts to observe and to know others are grounded not just in
our intellect, but most importantly in our sense of compassion.
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Scott Churchill, Full Professor at University of Dallas, USA
Bibliography:
●Churchill, S. D. (2016). Resonating with Meaning in the Lives of Others: Invitation to
Empathic Understanding. In C.T. Fischer, R. Brooke, & L. Laubscher (Eds). The Qualitative
Vision for Psychology: An Invitation to a Human Science Approach, Duquesne University
Press.
●Churchill, S. D. (2018). On the Empathic Mode of Intuition. In M. Englander (Ed.),
Phenomenology and the Social Context of Psychiatry (pp 65-93). London: Bloomsbury
Academic.
●Churchill S.D. (2022). Existential-Phenomenological Research (Chapters 3&4). Washington
DC American Psychological Association Press.
Friday 16 FEBRUARY 2024, h. 18-20 CET
Topic: Ecophenomenology: Exploring our More-than-Human World
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Scott Churchill, Full Professor at University of Dallas, USA
Filmography:
● Microcosmos (1996)
● My Octopus Teacher (2020)
Bibliography:
●Abram, D. (1996). The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-
Human World. Pantheon. - excerpt
●Churchill, S. D. (2023). Embodiment, Empathy, and the Call to Compassion: Engendering
Care and Respect for “the Other” in a More-than-Human World. In S. Ferrarello & M.
Englander (Eds.), Empathy and Ethics (pp. 347-373).
●Churchill, S. D., Canedo, G., Mohr, H., Christianson, A., & Treece, E. (2023). A
Collaborative Movie Review of My Octopus Teacher (2020)
●Kohák, Erazim (1993). The Embers and the Stars: A philosophical inquiry into the moral
sense of nature (University of Chicago). – excerpt
●Uexküll, J. (1934). A Stroll Through the Worlds of Animals and Men: A Picture Book of
Invisible Worlds. – excerpt.
Friday 15 MARCH 2024, h. 15.30 – 17.30 CET
Topic: Applying phenomenology to researching daydreaming. How to circumscribe a topic, techniques for collecting descriptions, phenomenological approach to elucidating descriptions, applying phenomenological literature for further elucidation.
Teacher: Prof. Dr. James Morley, Professor of clinical psychology at Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA
Bibliography:
- Englander, M. & Morley, J., 2021, “Phenomenological Psychology and Qualitative Research” Phenomenology and Cognitive Science. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11097-021-09781-8
- Morley, J. (1998), “The private theatre: a phenomenological investigation of daydreaming” in The Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, vol. 29, (1).
Friday 22 MARCH 2024, h. 15.30 – 17.30 CET
Topic: Phenomenology applied to the study of daydreaming (part 2)
Teacher: Prof. Dr. James Morley, Professor of clinical psychology at Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA
Bibliography:
- Englander, M. & Morley, J., 2021, “Phenomenological Psychology and Qualitative Research” Phenomenology and Cognitive Science. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11097-021-09781-8
- Morley, J. (1998), “The private theatre: a phenomenological investigation of daydreaming” in The Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, vol. 29, (1).
Friday 19 APRIL 2024, h. 18- 20 CET
Topic: Applied Phenomenology on Bioethics: the need to integrate emotions in bioethics
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Susi Ferrarello, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, East Bay, USA
Bibliography:
● S. Ferrarello, Human Emotions and the Origins of Bioethics. London/New York: Routledge, 2020, pp. 8-85
Friday 26 APRIL 2024, h. 18- 20 CET
Topic: Applied Phenomenology on Sexuality
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Susi Ferrarello, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, East Bay, USA
Bibliography:
● S. Ferrarello, Phenomenology of Sex, Love and Intimate Relationships. London/New York: Routledge, 2019 (ISBN: 9781351123266).
● S. Ferrarello, “Emotional problems arising during the first trimester of pregnancy. A phenomenological approach to the problem through mindfulness” Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 2022
Friday 17 MAY 2024, h. 17-19 CET
Topic: Empathy in a social psychiatry
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Magnus Englander, Associate Professor at Malmö University, Sweden
Bibliography:
● Englander, M. (2023). Bioethics, sociality, and mental illness. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 48(2), 161-169.
● Englander, M. (2018). Empathy in a social psychiatry. In M. Englander (Ed.) Phenomenology and the Social Context of Psychiatry: Social Relations, Psychopathology, and Husserl's Philosophy, pp. 49-64. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
● Englander, M. (Accepted/forthcoming). Empathy, reflection, and mental health. In F. Brencio (Ed.) Phenomenology, Neuroscience and Clinical Practice. Springer Nature.
Friday 24 MAY 2024, h. 17-19 CET
Topic: Empathy in a social psychiatry
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Magnus Englander, Associate Professor at Malmö University, Sweden
Bibliography:
● Englander, M. (2023). Bioethics, sociality, and mental illness. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 48(2), 161-169.
● Englander, M. (2018). Empathy in a social psychiatry. In M. Englander (Ed.) Phenomenology and the Social Context of Psychiatry: Social Relations, Psychopathology, and Husserl's Philosophy, pp. 49-64. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
● Englander, M. (Accepted/forthcoming). Empathy, reflection, and mental health. In F. Brencio (Ed.) Phenomenology, Neuroscience and Clinical Practice. Springer Nature.
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