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Feminism, Race and Gender

Thinking hard, thinking radically

This research cluster brings together academics from Philosophy.

Through regular forums such as the Race and Gender Colloquium, this group explores fast-moving and often highly contentious debates around race and gender as social categories and their political consequences.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list for this research cluster, please contact Lorna Finlayson. For more information about our members research and interests, please visit their staff profiles. You can also contact members of staff for information on research supervision opportunities.

Our members

Dr Lorna Finlayson
Lecturer, School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies
Professor Fabian Freyenhagen
Professor, School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies
Research interests: Theory, history and practice of autonomy; Frankfurt School (especially Adorno); Ethics (particularly critique of Kant's and Kantian ethics); Political Philosophy
Professor Irene McMullin
Professor, School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies
Research interests: Existentialism; Phenomenology; Ethics
Dr Marie Guillot
Senior Lecturer, School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies
Research interests: Philosophy of mind; philosophy of language; epistemology; philosophy of psychology; Speech acts
Dr Fiona Hughes
Senior Lecturer, School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies
Research interests: Phenomenology (French and German)
Dr Ellisif Wasmuth
Lecturer, School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies
Research interests: Ancient Philosophy, with particular focus on Plato; ancient conceptions of the self and self-knowledge; Socratic ethics; the Platonic dialogueAlcibiades I.;

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