Ingvild Birkhan
Austrian philosopher and germanist
Ingvild Birkhan née Bach (born 7 May 1940, Griffen, Carinthia) is an Austrian philosopher and women's studies researcher.
Life
Ingvild Bach studied at the University of Vienna In 1965 she married Helmut Birkhan, with whom she has two daughters born in 1969 and 1974. In 1966, while still using her maiden name, she completed her doctorate with a dissertation on Die Voraussetzungen des Humors bei Wolfram von Eschenbach.
She resigned from her position as an assistant at the I. Philosophical Institute of the University of Vienna with the birth of her second daughter in favour of her children and a family member, However, she repeatedly gave university courses for foreign women during this time. In 1986, she resumed her academic work and was then a lecturer in women's studies and philosophy in Vienna. As a university lecturer for philosophy at the University of Vienna, she worked there in the initiative for strengthening women's studies and its anchoring in teaching. Among other things, she published in the journal L'Homme Z.F.G. From 1994 she was head of the inter-university coordination centre for women's studies in Vienna for many years.
Works
Ingvild Bach: Die Voraussetzungen des Humors bei Wolfram von Eschenbach. 1966 (Diss.).
Ingvild Birkhan: Überlegungen zum Geschichtsbegriff und zu Foucaults „Archäologie“.
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