Murray Littlejohn

Murray Littlejohn is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Humanities and Languages at the University of New Brunswick. He holds a PhD from Boston College, alongside degrees from l’Université d’Ottawa and l’Université Saint-Paul. As an Invited Researcher at Sorbonne Université, he explores recent developments in French philosophy. His teaching and research bridge Analytic and Continental traditions, focusing on Late Antiquity, Early Medieval Philosophy, and Contemporary thought. Key areas include ethics, logic, the philosophy of language and mind, and mental health ethics.

Dr. Littlejohn’s research examines the self, Saint Augustine’s legacy, and intersections between philosophy and film. He has organized conferences like Thinking the Self along the Tear of Traditions (Harvard, 2020) and published works such as Imagination Now: A Richard Kearney Reader (2020). His interdisciplinary interests span the philosophical foundations of neuroscience and the ethical dimensions of psychiatry.

He has presented widely on topics ranging from Wittgenstein’s confessional self to the ethics of mental health treatment, including invited lectures at institutions like Boston College and the University of Chicago Center in Paris.