Lectures & Seminars

Department of Political Science and International Relations (Turkish-German University Istanbul)
  • Undergraduate Course (first year) summer term 2023
    POL 104 History of Political Ideas
  • Undergraduate Course (second year) summer term 2023
    POL 208 Political Theory
  • Undergraduate Course, summer term 2023
    POL 532 Issues in Political Theory
  • Elective Course winter term 2022/23
    POL 601 European Political Thought in the 20th Century
  • Undergraduate Course (third year) winter term 2022/23
    POL 303 International Political Economy
  • Graduate Course summer term 2022
    AVU 128 The Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention
  • Undergraduate Course (first year) summer term 2022
    POL 104 History of Political Ideas
  • Undergraduate Course (second year) summer term 2022
    POL 208 Political Theory
  • Undergraduate Course, winter term 2021/22
    POL 532 Issues in Political Theory
  • Undergraduate Course (third year) winter term 2021/22
    POL 303 International Political Economy
  • Undergraduate Course (first year) summer term 2021
    POL 104 History of Political Ideas
  • Undergraduate Course (second year) summer term 2021
    POL 208 Political Theory
  • Elective Course summer term 2021
    POL 601 European Political Thought in the 20th Century
  • Undergraduate Course (third year) fall term 2020
    POL 303 International Political Economy
  • Undergraduate Course (first year) fall term 2020 (together with André Kaiser)
    POL 101 Introduction to Political Science
Department of Philosophy (Istanbul Şehir University)
  • Graduate Course fall term 2019
    PHIL 550: Issues in Political Philosophy
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) fall term 2019
    PHIL 403 Ethics/ Uni 213: Understanding Ethics
  • Undergraduate Course (second year) fall term 2019
    PHIL 201 Ancient Philosophy I: Plato
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) spring term 2019
    PHIL 402 Contemporary Philosophy
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) spring term 2019
    PHIL 404 Political Philosophy
  • Undergraduate Course (second year) spring term 2019
    PHIL 202 Ancient Philosophy II: Aristotle
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) fall term 2018
    PHIL 403 Ethics/ Uni 213: Understanding Ethics
  • Undergraduate Course (second year) fall term 2018
    PHIL 201 Ancient Philosophy I: Plato
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) spring term 2018
    PHIL 402 Contemporary Philosophy
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) spring term 2018
    PHIL 404 Political Philosophy
  • Undergraduate Course (second year) spring term 2018
    PHIL 202 Ancient Philosophy II: Aristotle
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) fall term 2017
    PHIL 403 Ethics/ Uni 213: Understanding Ethics
  • Undergraduate Course (second year) fall term 2017
    PHIL 201 Ancient Philosophy I: Plato
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) spring term 2017
    PHIL 402 Contemporary Philosophy
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) spring term 2017
    PHIL 404 Political Philosophy
  • Undergraduate Course (second year) spring term 2017
    PHIL 202 Ancient Philosophy II: Aristotle
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) fall term 2016
    PHIL 403 Ethics/ Uni 213: Understanding Ethics
  • Undergraduate Course (second year) fall term 2016
    PHIL 201 Ancient Philosophy I: Plato
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) spring term 2016
    PHIL 404 Politics (Political Philosophy)
  • Undergraduate Course (second year) spring term 2016
    PHIL 202 Ancient Philosophy II: Aristotle
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) fall term 2015
    PHIL 403 Ethics
  • Undergraduate Course (second year) fall term 2015
    PHIL 201 Ancient Philosophy I: Plato
  • Reading Group / Open Seminar spring term 2015
    Niccolò Machiaveli: “The Prince”
Department of Philosophy of Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) spring term 2014
    The Critical Theory of the Early Frankfurt School
  • Undergraduate Course (fourth year) Fall 2013
    Michael Walzer: "Spheres of Justice"
Department of Philosophy (Fatih University Istanbul)
  • Graduate Course spring term 2013
    Major Philosophers PHIL 509 (Rousseau)
  • Undergraduate Course (sixth semester) spring term 2013
    Seminar PHIL 358 (Plato: Gorgias)
  • Undergraduate Course (eight semester) spring term 2013
    Contemporary Philosophy PHIL 404 (Nietzsche to Rawls)
  • Graduate Course fall term 2012
    Studies in Political Philosophy I PHIL 551 (Locke’s Second Treatise on Government)
  • Undergraduate Course (first semester) fall term 2012
    Introduction to Philosophy PHIL 101
  • Undergraduate Course (third semester) fall term 2012
    Ethics PHIL 207
  • Graduate Course spring term 2012
    Studies in Political Philosophy II PHIL 552 (Modern Political Philosophy)
  • Undergraduate Course (sixth semester) spring term 2012
    Seminar PHIL 358
  • Undergraduate Course (eight semester) spring term 2012
    Contemporary Philosophy PHIL 404
  • Graduate Course fall term 2011
    Studies in Political Philosophy I PHIL 551 (Ancient Political Philosophy)
  • Undergraduate Course (third semester) fall term 2011
    Ethics PHIL 207
  • Undergraduate Course (eighth semester) spring term 2011
    Contemporary Philosophy (PHIL 404)
  • Undergraduate Course (eighth semester) spring term 2011
    Contemporary Political Philosophy (PHIL 330)
Department of International Relations (Fatih University Istanbul)
  • Undergraduate Course (second year) spring term 2011
    Modern Political Thought (POLS 212)
Department of philosophy of the University of Munich
  • BA-Course 2010/11
    Ancient Texts of Philosophy
  • Research Course 2010
    The Philosophy of Nature and the Ethics of Epicurus and the Stoics
  • Research Course 2009/10
    Michael Walzer: Spheres of Justice
  • Graduate Course 2008/09 (together with Prof. Rémi Brague and Dr. Hans Otto Seitschek)
    Machiavelli: "Discorsi"
Geschwister-Scholl-Institut for Political Science of the University of Munich
  • Graduate Course 2011 (together with Dr. Michael Spieker)
    Michael Walzer: "Spheres of Justice"
  • Lecture Course 2010/11
    Ancient political philosophy and it’s metaphysical, epistemological, scientific, anthropological and psychological foundations
  • Graduate Course 2010
    Karl Marx: Das Kapital. A Critique of Political Economy
  • Graduate Course 2009/10 (together with Stefano Saracino)
    Machiavelli’s political thinking
  • Research Course 2008/09
    John Rawls: "Political Liberalism"
  • Research Course 2008
    John Rawls: "A Theory of Justice"
  • Graduate Course 2007/08
    Martha C. Nussbaum's Conception of an Aristotelian Social Democracy
  • Graduate Course 2007
    The Critical Theory of Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno
  • Graduate Course 2006/07
    Friedrich Nietzsche's Moral and Political Philosophy
  • Research Course 2006
    Aristotle: "Politics"
  • Research Course 2005/06
    Plato: "Politikos"
  • Research Course 2005
    Plato: "Nomoi"
  • Research Course 2004/05
    The Political Philosophy of Plato and Nietzsche
  • Research Course 2004
    The Political Thinking of Niccolò Machiavelli
  • Research Course 2003/2004
    The Political Philosophy of the Sophists
  • Research Course 2003
    The Theories of Justice of Plato and Aristotle
  • Research Course 2002/03
    The Political Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Research Course 2002
    Politics and Social Sciences in Max Weber
  • Research Course 2001/02
    Rousseau's Political Philosophy
  • Basic course 1999/2000, 2000, 2001/02, 2001
    Introduction in Political Theory
    (Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau, Max Weber and John Rawls)
  • Tutorial since 1997/98 every semester with different focal points
    Political Theory and Philosophy
    (Plato, Aristotle, Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Max Weber and John Rawls)
Munich School of Political Science
  • Lecture Course 2010/11
    From Plato till the political theory of the Hellenistic period
  • Lecture Course 2010
    The Sophists and Plato: Ancient Political Theories in Comparison
  • Lecture Course 2009/10
    Contemporary Political Theories
  • Graduate Course 2009
    Aristotle’s practical philosophy
  • Basic course 2008/09
    Contemporary Political Theories
    (Nussbaum, Frankfurt, Rawls, Communitarianism, Walzer, Rorty)
  • Basic Course 2007/08
    Methods and Aims of Political Science
  • Lecture Course 2006/07
    Plato and Aristotle
    (with a focal point on Platos "Politikos" and "Nomoi" )
  • Lecture Course 2003
    The Political Philosophy and Political Ethics of Friedrich Nietzsche and Max Weber
  • Lecture Course 2001
    Plato and Aristotle: Ancient Political Theories in Comparison
  • Lecture Course 1998/99
    From Nietzsche’s Political Philosophy till the Debate on Postmodern Philosophy
    (Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Lyotard, Derrida, Deleuze and Lévinas)
Oral Presentations
  • Numerous scientific presentations given in Philosophy at Universities throughout Germany (e.g. Frankfurt, Bielefeld, Göttingen, Flensburg and Bochum)
  • Numerous presentations given on topics such as:What is Justice?, What is a Good Life?, Machiavelli – Immoral Consultant of the Princes or Genuine Humanist?,   Hedonism – Philosophy of Joy and Pleasure in 5 star Hotels like the Seehotel Überfahrt Tegernsee (Dorint/Sophitel), in companies like Biogen and in Volkshochschule München