Lecturer in Philosophy at University of Pretoria since 2001, Catherine joined University of Johannesburg (UJ) Philosophy in 2009. Her research is focused mainly on the philosophy of art, most especially the philosophy of dance. Her interest lies also in the phenomenological tradition and its precursors in the continental tradition (most especially the work of Nietzsche and Heidegger), and this is often the lens through which she approaches her writing in aesthetics. She holds a PhD in Philosophy from Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
She is currently the co-secretary of the South African Centre for Phenomenology. As a registere…
Lecturer in Philosophy at University of Pretoria since 2001, Catherine joined University of Johannesburg (UJ) Philosophy in 2009. Her research is focused mainly on the philosophy of art, most especially the philosophy of dance. Her interest lies also in the phenomenological tradition and its precursors in the continental tradition (most especially the work of Nietzsche and Heidegger), and this is often the lens through which she approaches her writing in aesthetics. She holds a PhD in Philosophy from Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
She is currently the co-secretary of the South African Centre for Phenomenology. As a registered ballet teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance, she presents free classes in classical ballet at the University of Johannesburg's Arts Academy.
Catherine was recipient of the UJ Vice Chancellor’s Award for Most Promising Young Teacher in 2014, and has supervised or co-supervised over 25 postgraduate students in Philosophy. Her teaching has included modules in logic and critical thinking, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, hermeneutics, phenomenology, African philosophy, contemporary European philosophy and the philosophy of art, amongst others, and she regularly serves as external examiner for a number of other tertiary institutions in South Africa and abroad.