Lavinia Marin

On writing philosophy

  • Writing and reading practices revisited

    In my KU Leuven PhD thesis (revised and shortened, available as a book here, On the Possibility of a Digital University: Thinking and mediatic displacement at the university), I wrote about the discovery of writing and reading techniques in the Middle Ages as a revolution that changed how people think and use tools for that.…

  • Leadership training in Dutch universities – a whole new world

    I’ve recently attended a training workshop for academics, assistant profs transitioning from early to mid-career, about leadership in academia. It reminded me of similar theories I saw in other workshops – I’ve done several of these training before – and of some ideas that circulate informally when people are hired at our university. I keep…

  • A House of Dynamite: A Philosophical Thriller

    A House of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow‘s 2025 movie, is a fascinating film for its dramaturgy and showing an eye for details around all things happening in the moment, but also from a philosophical perspective. What makes it stand out is how it shows something new about distributed cognition, political decision-making and sovereignty. The film is…