Jamila Mascat

Dr. Jamila Mascat is an Assistant Professor of Gender and Postcolonial Studies at Utrecht University's Department of Media and Culture Studies, and a research affiliate at the Institute of Cultural Inquiry (ICON). She coordinates the MA Gender Studies program and teaches courses in Gender Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Critical Theory, and Critical Race Studies. Her transdisciplinary work bridges Political Philosophy (especially German Idealism and Marxism) with Postcolonial and Feminist Theories.

• Research Focus: Theories of partisanship, political engagement, postcolonial justice, and reparations.
• Education: PhD in Philosophy from the University of Siena (2008), MA in Theoretical Philosophy from Università La Sapienza (2003).

Her recent publications analyze Hegel's philosophy, French Hegelianism, and intersections between postcolonial theory, race, and anti-capitalism. She has organized academic events like 'Decolonizing the Human' and participated in NOISE Summer School.

Employment History: Previously held research or teaching positions at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Institute for Cultural Inquiry Berlin, Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici Naples, Jan Van Eyck Academie Maastricht, Université Paris 8, and Université de Poitiers.