Hello, my name is Jesko Veenema ['jɛs.ko 'fe:.nə.ma]. Welcome here at my web presence.
Here I publish texts in English and German, including award-winning philosophical essays.
I was born in 2005 in Bonn where I have done my Abitur this year. Starting in the upcoming winter semester, I will study philosophy and sociology at the University of Münster.
Long-term goal: becoming a philosopher.
Curriculum vitae
School education
28.06.2024 General qualification for university entrance (Abitur) with grade 1,0; Latin proficiency certificate
11.02.2019 - 28.06.2024 Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium Bonn (MINT branch), Bonn-Bad Godesberg
01.08.2016 - 08.02.2019 Bonns Fünfte Comprehensive School, Bonn-Kessenich
01.08.2011 - 31.07.2016 Montessori primary school, Bonn-Dottendorf
Experience
16 - 19.05.2024 International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO) in Helsinki (Finland) as German representative through success in the federal contest for philosophical essays (see below)
20. - 23.02.2024 Philosophical Winter Academy about “Philosophy and Racism” in the Franz-Hitze-Haus in Münster (see below federal contest for philosophical essays)
20.07. - 05.08.2023 Deutsche SchülerAkademie (German Pupils Academy) 2023 (organised by Bildung & Begabung), academy Waldenburg (in the European Gymnasium Waldenburg), Course 2.6 „Philosophie – Kunst oder Wissenschaft?“ (“Philosophy – art or science?”)
11 - 14.05.2023 International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO) in Olympia (Greece) as German representative through success in the federal contest for philosophical essays (see below)
07 - 10.02.2023 Philosophical Winter Academy on the question "How rich can one be?" in the Franz-Hitze-Haus in Münster (see below federal contest for philosophical essays)
Winter semester 2021/22 Pupil studies in philosophy at the University of Bonn as part of the gifted support project "FFF – Fördern, Fordern, Forschen": Lecture "Kulturphilosophie" and seminar "Nietzsche's 'Zur Genealogie der Moral'"
02 - 12 August 2021 Course "Computational Linguistics" at the JuniorAkademie of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Summer semester 2021 Guest student at the University of Bonn: Seminar "Philosophy of Cosmology" and tutorial "Argumentation Theory", both in the subject Philosophy
Winter semester 2020/21 Guest auditor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Bonn, participation in the lecture series
12 - 16.10.2020 "LernFerien NRW - Promoting Talent" 2020 on the topic of prosperity in Bochum
Awards and achievements
May 2024 Gold Medal for the essay “Passing Through the Kingdom of Darkness” at the XXXII International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO) in Finland, awarded by the Steering Board and the Organizing Committee, signed by Ilmari Hirvonen, President of the National Organizing Committee (NOC), and Prof. Dr. Luca Maria Scarantino, President of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)
February 2024 Among the laureates of the pupil competition PhilosophieArena, arranged by the Deutsches Netzwerk für Wirtschaftsethik (German Network for Economic Ethics) with the Fachverband Philosophie e. V., for a work on the question “Do humans need work?”
1st place at the federal and state for philosophical essays (see above philosophical winter academy) for “Ideas for an Ethic of Taxation”
May 2023 Bronze Medal for the essay "Body Philosophy" at the XXXI International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO) in Greece, awarded by the Steering Board and the Organizing Committee, signed by Prof. Dr. Michael Paroussis, President of the National Organizing Committee (NOC), and Prof. Dr. Luca Maria Scarantino, President of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)
February 2023 2nd place at the federal and state contest for philosophical essays (see above philosophical winter academy) for “Thoughts on Time’s Arrow and the Apocalypse”
2022 Successful participation in the 18th State German Essay Competition
Last update: 13. Juli 2024
