Trine Riel is a writer and researcher based in Ireland. She has written essays and reviews for various newspapers and journals (see publications for details), and currently edits the book series Bibliotek for Antinatalisme at the Danish publisher Forlaget Senmund. 'Salige er de barnløse' [Blessed are the childless], her first book, is out later this year.
Education: I studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in London and completed my PhD, on Nietzsche and asceticism, at the University of Galway in 2019. The previous year, I was a visiting researcher at the University of Essex, School of Philosophy & Art History. I have given papers at a number of institutions including The Royal Irish Academy, Harvard University, RCA London, and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
Current research interests include: History of Sexuality, Reproductive Ethics, Philosophy as a Way of Life, Cosmic Pessimism, Extinction, Anti-natalism, Horror.
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SPRING 2025
In November, I was a guest on the programme 'Børnefri' on Danish Radio IIII. Listen to the podcast here ... or read my recent article on the secret history of the childfree
life, from Diogenes to Thomas Ligotti, in the Danish newspaper Information.
Together
with the philosopher Jacob Bittner, I've been invited to discuss our
publication 'Standsningen', a collection of fragments from Kierkegaard's
late journals, at the Søren Kierkegaard Society in Copenhagen. The
event takes place on March 27th. Registration via their website.
On April 15th, I will give a paper on what 'anti-natalism' is (and what it is not) at the annual postgraduate philosophy conference, University of Galway.
Heinz Rölleke's essay "O wär' ich nie geboren!" Zum Topos der Existenzverwünschung in der europäischen Literatur is out on Forlaget Senmund this summer. More soon!
