Christoph Lüthy#
Membership Number: | 6817 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
Elected: | 2024 |
Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
Homepage(s): | https://www.ru.nl/en/people/luthy-c |
ORCID: | 0000-0003-4711-1317 |
Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoph-l%C3%BCthy-04b1496a/?originalSubdomain=nl |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2006 Professor in the History of Philosophy and Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen
- 2016 - 2021 Dean, Faculty of Philosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies, Radboud University, Nijmegen
- 2010 - 2016 Director, Center for the History of Philosophy and Science, Radboud University
- 2004 - 2008 Principal Investigator, NWO (Dutch Scientific Council) Open Programme, Radboud University, Nijmegen
- 2000 - 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Royal Netherlands Academy of Science
- 1997 - 2000 Postdoc, Faculty of Philosophy, Radboud University
- 1996 - 1997 Postdoc, Max Planck Institute of the History of Science, Berlin
- 1995 - 1996 Postdoc with Swiss National Foundation grant, Istituto Svizzero di Roma
- 1989 - 1994 Tutor, Assistant Senior Tutor and Acting Senior Tutor, Lowell House, Harvard College, Harvard, Cambridge, MA
- 1990 - 1995 Teaching Fellow, History of Science Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Fields of Scholarship
- History of matter theories
- History of philosophy, notably 1500-1800
- History and logic of scientific imagery (diagrams, models, graphs, emblems, etc.)
- Theories of chance
- History of science, notably Scientific Revolution
- History of the philosophy of mind
Honours and Awards
- 1985 and 1986 Tutorial Awards (Magdalen College, Oxford)
- 1985 Doncaster Prize for Best Essay on Modern Literature (Magdalen College, Oxford)
- 1988 Rotary International Fellowship
- 1992 Writing Fellowship, Harvard University
- 1993 Jens Westengard Award, Harvard University
- 1994 Dibner Fellwoship, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA
- 2002 Election to the International Academy of the History of Science
- 2011 Radboud Internationalization Award, Radboud University
- 2013 Election to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2013 Radboud Science Award, Radboud University
- 2020 Radboud Internationalization Award, Radboud University