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Gavin Hyman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University's School of Global Affairs. Born in 1974, he has taught at Lancaster since 1999 and holds an M.A. from Exeter and a Ph.D. from Cambridge. Within the university, he has held various administrative roles including Deputy Head of Department, Director of Human Resources, Co-Director of Postgraduate Teaching, Student Experience Tutor, and Admissions Tutor in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion. Beyond the department, he served as Senior Tutor of Cartmel College and Vice-Principal of The County College. From 2011-2018, he held the prestigious position of University Public Orator.
Hyman's research spans three major interconnected areas. His primary focus is on continental philosophy and religious thought, where he explores how contemporary continental philosophy and cultural theory relate to religious thought, and conversely, how theology both contributes to and challenges contemporary philosophical and cultural assumptions. His secondary research area examines the cultural and philosophical history of atheism, agnosticism and secularism, with particular interest in epistemological shifts that created conditions for their emergence in the early modern period. More recently, he has developed significant expertise in socialist thought in Britain and the history of the Labour Party.
His scholarly work demonstrates consistent engagement with the intersections of philosophy, religion, and politics, particularly through the lens of continental thought. Hyman's publications reveal an intellectual trajectory that moves from postmodern theology through ethical and political philosophy to historical political analysis, while maintaining a critical perspective on religious and secular thought.
Hyman has contributed to prestigious reference works including The Cambridge Companion to Atheism and The Cambridge History of Atheism, and has written numerous entries on Labour Party figures for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, demonstrating recognition of his expertise across multiple disciplines.
As an educator, Hyman supervises PhD students in areas including Christian studies, philosophy and religious thought, postmodernism, theology and ethics, continental philosophy, and religion and psychoanalytic thought. His current teaching includes courses on continental philosophy, philosophers on religion, socialist thought in Britain, philosophy and psychoanalysis, modern religious and atheistic thought, and advanced philosophy topics focusing on contemporary thinkers like Badiou and Žižek.
