Torgeir Fjeld is a writer, publisher, and educational administrator, holding PhDs in Philosophy (EGS, 2017) and Cultural Theory (Roehampton, 2012). His publications include Introducing Ereignis: Philosophy, Technology, Way of Life (2022) and Rock Philosophy (2019), with articles in Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, International Journal of Žižek Studies, and elsewhere. He serves as Head of Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts, Publisher at Tankebanen forlag, and Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Inscriptions, and has taught at universities across North America, Europe, and Africa. Torgeir Fjeld‘s latest talk was “Snow blind: on inoperativity and desolation in Askildsen, Fosse, and Naess” at 50 years of Scandinavian studies in Gdańsk, University of Gdańsk, Poland in November 2025.

Torgeir Fjeld‘s research spans continental philosophy – with particular attention to Heidegger, Lacan, and Kierkegaard – and social and political philosophy in the traditions of Bourdieu and Laclau. His work in cultural theory addresses sport, nationalism, and physical education, as well as the mediatisation of large sporting events. He also writes on art and aesthetics, including poetry (Tor Ulven, Czesław Miłosz), film (Ingmar Bergman), and the philosophy of creativity, reason, and silence.

Experience

• Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa, Gdańsk (2022-2023): Adjunct Lecturer in English and Linguistics.
• University of Gdańsk (2013-2016): Visiting Lecturer in Scandinavian Studies.
• Roehampton University (2004): Visiting Lecturer in Sports Studies.
• University of kwaZulu/Natal (1998-2001): Adjunct Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies.
• University of Minnesota (1995-1997): Adjunct Teacher in Scandinavian Studies.
• Various public schools in and around Oslo (2002-2012): Teacher of languages and social science.
• Dagbladet, daily newspaper (1993-2000): Journalist in the news and entertainment sections.

Education

• PhD (Media Philosophy): European Graduate School, 2017.
  Dissertation: “Perversion’s Beyond: life with mediatization,” supervised by Prof. Wolfgang Schirmacher.
  Committee members: Prof. Catherine Malabou (University of London, UK) and Prof. Sharif Abdunnur (Yeditepe University, Turkey)
  Available in print from Atropos Press and Amazon.com. More on the book page.
• PhD (Cultural Theory): University of Roehampton, 2012.
  Dissertation: “Signifying the Body: sport, nation and the cultural analysis of P. Bourdieu,” directed and supervised by Prof. Stephen Wagg.
  Free download from Roehampton University’s repository. Also on Amazon.com. More on the book page.
• MA (Scandinavian Studies and English): University of Minnesota, 1997.
• Cand.mag. (4-year BA): University of Oslo and Tromsø, 1994.
• PPU (1-year Practical Pedagogical Training): University of Oslo, 2011.

Memberships

• British Philosophy of Sport Association.
• International Society for Research on Solitude.
• Association for Cultural Studies.
• Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS).

Service

• Editor-in-Chief (2018 to present): Inscriptions, a peer-reviewed journal for contemporary thought on philosophy, psycho-analysis, and the arts.
• Conference Convenor for the Ereignis Conference (2021 to present); artifices: technology, thought, art (2026), Aesth/Ethics: hospitality in art and society (2025), Pausing Time/Timing the Pause (2024), Beyond dualism (2023), Kierkegaard: Acts of philosophy (2022) and Event and Becoming (2021).

While watching the wheels…