Participants, Associates & The Advisory Board
The Centre for Modern Thought currently has one member of staff assigned to it (Professor Christopher Fynsk), and draws upon contributions form staff across the University of Aberdeen
Participants
- Dr. Timothy Baker (English)
- Dr. Julia Biggane (Modern Spanish Literature and Culture)
- Dr Edward Campbell (Music)
- Professor Cairns Craig (Scottish and Irish Comparative Studies)
- Professor Christopher Fynsk (Modern Philosophy and Theory, Modern Literature) (Director) *
- Dr Archie Graham (School of Education)
- Professor Celso Grebogi (Dynamics of nonlinear and complex systems including chaotic dynamics and fractal geometry)
- Dr. Katherine Groo (Film)
- Dr Adrienne Janus (Modernism and Contemporary Literary Theory)
- Dr Nadia Kiwan (Contemporary French and Francophone cultures)
- Professor James Leach (upcoming conference: “Subversion, Conversion, Development: Public Interests in New Technologies”)
- Dr Beth Lord (Philosophy)
- Dr. Laura McMahon (Film)
- Dr Andrea Mura (visitng fellow Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law)
- Dr. Clémence O’Connor (French)
- Professor Mustapha Pasha (International Relations and Islam)
- Dr John Paterson (Legal Theory pertaining to Corporate Governance and Oil and Gas Law)
- Professor Joachim Schaper (Divinity)
- Dr Trevor Stack (Anthropology and History, Latin American Studies)
- Dr Janet Stewart (Urban Culture & History, Sociology & Philosophy of Space, Architecture, Communication & Performance, Berlin & Vienna since 1848)
- Dr Simon Ward (Modern German Film, Literature, and Cultural Studies)
Postgraduate students
- Edith Doron
- Beth Dynowski
- Dr Adam Staley Groves
- Chris Heppell
- Dr Dan Hughes
- Dr Julia Hölzl
- Samira Nadkarni
- Alex Forbes
- Rachele Ceccarelli
- Nemanja Mitrovic
- Dr Vincent W.J. Van Gerven Oei
- Hendrick Speck
Graduates
- Tyler Griffith
- Finn Brunton
- Jay Murphy
- Lucy Alford
- Edith Doron
- Ben Sherlock
Associates
- Lucy Alford (Human Rights and Poetry)
- Burhanuddin Baki
- Professor Mario Biagioli (Science Studies, Intellectual Property, History of Science)
- Finn Brunton (Technology Studies, History of Science)
- Professor Danny James (Modern Latin American History)
- Dr Alexandra M. Kokoli (Critical and Contextual Studies)
- Jorge Ledo (Classical and Renaissance Rhetoric)
- Dr Nikolaj Lübecker (Modern French and Comparative Literature, Critical Theory, Film Studies)
- Professor Alberto Moreiras (Modern Political Philosophy, Latin American Studies, Contemporary Theory)*
- Dr Nick Nesbitt (French and Global Colonialism, Critical Theory, Music and Film Studies)
- Dr Kriss Ravetto (Modern Film and Film Theory)
- Professor Teresa María Vilarós (Hispanic Studies and Contemporary Theory)
Fellows
- Dr Jay Murphy (Critical Theory, Film Studies, Modern French Literature)
The Advisory Board
- Harry Harootunian
Professor of History and East Asian Studies, New York University - Nicholas Royle,
Professor of English, Sussex University - Naoki Sakai,
Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature, Cornell University - Dr Thomas W. Keenan,
Associate Professor of English and Director of the Human Rights Project, Bard College
