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Biography
Research interests
I research mainly the philosophy of historiography and the philosophy of writing (hermeneutics, deconstruction, narrativism), existential ethics, philosophy of history, the ethics of the human sciences, and memory studies. In particular, I have focused on questions of responsibility toward the past.
Porjects
Between 2022 and 2025 I was a researcher in the project Doing Justice to Experience: Relations to the Difficult Past in History and Memory. The project deals with the difficult relationship between memory and historical research. The difficulties investigated concern, on the one hand, how to consider the experiential authority of memory accounts in historical research. On the other hand, how historical research should also be able to function as a critique of memory. The project is led by Jonas Ahlskog (University lecturer in history at ÅA) and is financed by the Kone Foundation.
Together with Jonas Ahlskog and Lovisa Andén we lead the Centre for research in Memory, Testimony and Historiography (MYTH) at Åbo Akademi University. We founded MYTH in December 2024.
In 2025 I published a monograph, Existential Ethics and the Philosophy of Historiography: Transgenerational Life and Memory in Literary Culture (Amsterdam University Press/Routledge).
Teaching
I have taught courses in: the Philosophy of existence; the History of idea and philosophy of the humanities; Emmanuel Levinas on ethics and aesthetics.
External positions
Visiting Researcher, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK.
21 Sept 2024 → 28 Sept 2024
Visiting Researcher, Institute of Contemporary History, NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lisbon.
15 May 2024 → 27 May 2024
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Projects
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Doing Justice to Experience: Relations to the Difficult Past in History and Memory
Ahlskog, J. (Principal Investigator) & Elgabsi, N. (Co-Investigator)
01/01/22 → 01/01/27
Project: Foundation
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Existential Ethics and the Philosophy of Historiography: Transgenerational Life and Memory in Literary Culture
Elgabsi, N., 1 Dec 2025, Amsterdam University Press.Research output: Book/Journal/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile48 Downloads (Pure) -
Forgotten Responsibilities? Nordic Truth Commissions, Sámi History, and the Difficulty of Transnational Perspectives on Historical Responsibility
Kortekangas, O., Elgabsi, N. & Arvidsson, M., Feb 2025, In: Ethnicities. 25, 1, p. 27-42Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus)131 Downloads (Pure) -
Introduction
Aldrin Salskov, S., Elgabsi, N., Hallstensson, E., Steffansson, C. & Strammer, P., 2025, Philosophical Conversations: Essays for Hugo Strandberg. Aldrin Salskov, S., Elgabsi, N., Hallstensson, E., Steffansson, C. & Strammer, P. (eds.). Åbo Akademi University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
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Moralisk motståndskraft
Elgabsi, N., 2025, Philosophical Conversations: Essays for Hugo Strandberg. Aldrin Salskov, S., Elgabsi, N., Hallstensson, E., Steffansson, C. & Strammer, P. (eds.). Åbo Akademi University Press, p. 32-39Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
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Philosophical Conversations: Essays for Hugo Strandberg
Aldrin Salskov, S., Elgabsi, N., Hallstensson, E., Steffansson, C. & Strammer, P., 2025, Åbo Akademi University Press. 169 p.Research output: Book/Journal/Report › Edited Book/Edited Journal › Scientific
Open Access
Activities
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MYTH second annual symposium: Truth and Reconciliation in the Nordic Countries: Witnessing, Experience, and History
Ahlskog, J. (Organiser), Elgabsi, N. (Organiser) & Andén, L. (Organiser)
8 May 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, symposium or workshop
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The Ethics of Testimony: Memory Research, Experience and Historical Knowledge
Elgabsi, N. (Organiser), Andén, L. (Organiser) & Ahlskog, J. (Organiser)
14 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, symposium or workshop
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The Ethical Status of Human Remains: Reification, Decomposition, Sacralization
Elgabsi, N. (Speaker)
7 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
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Globalisation, Societies and Education (Journal)
Elgabsi, N. (Reviewer)
17 Oct 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Responsibility: Freedom for the Sake of Others
Elgabsi, N. (Speaker)
21 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation