The Centre for History of Philosophy and Continental Philosophy (HICO) aims to foster research in continental philosophy and in the history of philosophy. The centre coordinates, promotes and supervises research on the history of philosophy from antiquity to the present day. It also hosts research in contemporary continental philosophy that focuses on politics, religion, art, aesthetics, culture, psychology, science, ... and that engages in a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue with the history of Western and non-Western philosophy.