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Julia Sushytska is a Resident Associate Professor in Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture at Occidental College, appointed in 2019. She teaches courses including "Truth, Trust, and Propaganda: Postmodern Theory and the Practice of Dissent," "The Novel as Philosophy: Recollecting Lost Time," "Grotesque Bodies, Eccentric Minds: Carnival Perversions from Gogol to Žižek," and "Eastern European Myth and Folklore."
Her educational background includes a B.A. in Philosophy from John Carroll University, and M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Stony Brook University. She also studied at Université Paris X during Fall 2004/2005.
Dr. Sushytska specializes in 20th century European and Eastern European literature and philosophy, with research focusing on metics—those who place themselves in-between major cultures, languages, or ethnicities. Her work explores the philosophical dimensions of cultural hybridity, border identities, and the space for truth in political discourse. She has particular expertise in Russian and Eastern European thought, with extensive knowledge of works by figures like Merab Mamardashvili.
Her scholarly output reveals consistent engagement with philosophical approaches to Eastern Europe, the relationship between poetry and philosophy, and the concept of "metics" as cultural mediators. Her publications span multiple languages and disciplines, demonstrating interdisciplinary approaches that bridge literary studies, philosophy, and cultural theory, with increasing attention to responses to the war in Ukraine.
- Book Review Editor, Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society (2019-2025)
- Executive Committee, Society for Women in Philosophy, Pacific Division (2023-present)
- Reviewer for European Science Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Brill Academic Publishers
She is fluent in English and French, with native proficiency in Ukrainian, Russian, and Polish, and reading knowledge of Ancient Greek. Her multilingual capabilities support her cross-cultural research and translation work, including co-editing "A Spy for an Unknown Country" (2020), a collection of essays by Soviet-era Georgian philosopher Merab Mamardashvili, and "Both Sides Face East: Durable Words" (2025), a multilingual collection responding to the invasion of Ukraine.
