Dr. in Antonia Schirgi, MA MA 

since 2018 Research and Teaching Assistant (research area: Sociological Theory and History of Ideas; Prof. Stephan Moebius)
Department of Sociology, Unviersity of Graz.

2023 (november - december) Research stay at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, invited by Jocelyn Benoist.

2023, PhD (Dr.phil), University of Graz,
Dissertation:  Near distance and distant proximity. A theory about human encounters based on the philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty (Supervisors: Prof. Stephan Moebius and Prof. Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl).

2021 (march- july) and 2022 (june- july) Research stay at the Archives Husserl de Paris (École normale supérieure/Ulm), invited by Emmanuel de Saint Aubert,
2022 (april - june) Research stay at the Humboldt University Berlin, invited by Andreas Reckwitz, 

financed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF,  „Marietta-Blau“-Scholarship).

2016 - 2019 MA of Philosophy (with distinction)
University of Graz.
2017-2018 ERASMUS semester at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

2016 - 2018 MA of Sociology (with distinction)
University of Graz.

MA-Thesis: The Concept of Gestures of George Herbert Mead and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. A Sociological-Philosophical Comparison (supervised by Prof. Stephan Moebius and Prof. Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl).

2016 - 2018 Student Assistant at the Department of Sociology and the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Graz.

2014 - 2016 BA of Sociology (with distinction)
University of Graz.

Previously: Technical education in hospitality and hotel management, employed as a hotel receptionist, then as a project worker and project manager in two projects to support migrants in Cape Town, South Africa (2009 - 2011) and La Paz, Bolivia (2011 - 2013).

 „Advancement Award“ for my PhD-thesis, Dr. Maria Schaumayer Foundation, 2024.

 „Bourse d'excellence“, Campus France-Autriche, 2023.

 „Marietta-Blau“-Scholarship of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), 2021-2022.

National Award for my MA-thesis, awarded by  

Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), 2019.

„SOWI in Dialogue“ Sponsorship Award 2019 for my MA-thesis, awarded by School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, 2019.

Board Member of the Austrian Sociological Association (ÖGS), since 2021.
since 2023 Tresasurer
2021 - 2023 Student Board Member.

Speaker of the Section for the Sociology of the Body and the Sociology of Emotions of the Austrian Sociological Association (ÖGS), together with Stefan Laube, since 2020.

Treasurer of the Society for Sociology at the University of Graz (GSU), 2019 - 2022.

(Vice-)President of the Initiative Group Alpbach Graz

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Phänomenologische Forschung (DGPF)
Société Francophone de Phénoménologie (SFraP)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Soziologie (ÖGS)
Association franҫaise de sociologie (AfS)
Gesellschaft für Soziologie an der Universität Graz (GSU)