Biografie

Miriam van Reijen

Philosophy teacher

Miriam van Reijen graduated in social philosophy and ethics, and in sociology of culture and religion. From 1973-1985 she was a lecturer in philosophy and a lecturer at various vocational training courses, including for social workers and architects. She has developed her own course Philosophy in Practice at the International School for Philosophy in Leusden. From 1992 until 2020 she was also a teacher at the HOVO at the Universities of Nijmegen and Tilburg. She defended her thesis on the philosophy of Spinoza in 2010 at the University of Tilburg. Currently, she guides Socratic conversations and Philosophical Cafes and organizes courses on the Stoic philosophy and the philosophy of Spinoza, in the Netherlands, France, and at Lesbos.