We provide access to and transcription of Husserl’s manuscripts, make available other items of our collections (such as Husserl’s extensive correspondence and his complete philosophical library) as well as related historical documents, and provide research support for colleagues and students working on Husserl or within the field of phenomenology more broadly.
In addition to our archival function, we are also the Research Center for Phenomenology and Continental Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy, coordinated by Professor Stefano Micali.
If you are interested in the history of the Archives, want to take a closer look at the manuscripts, or be introduced to the spirit of Husserl’s phenomenology, we offer guided tours for visitors. You can visit the Husserl Archives in person in the President’s building of the Institute of Philosophy. In the ‘Husserlkamer’ visitors can learn about the life and work of Edmund Husserl, the suspenseful story of Pater van Breda’s rescue of Husserl’s philosophical estate, and about the history of the archives and its role in the phenomenological movement since its establishment in 1938. Husserl’s complete philosophical library is also on display in the Husserlkamer.
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