جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Sébastien Layerleمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Cinema History
• Political Cinema
• Documentary Film
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Sébastien Layerle is an Associate Professor in Film and Audiovisual Studies at Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 University, affiliated with the Department of Cinema and Audiovisual (CAV) and the IRCAV research institute. His work focuses on cinema's intersections with history, politics, and social movements, particularly in French and militant cinema of the 20th century. He coordinates interdisciplinary research projects like Cinématographiques Utopies (2023-2025) and Scopcolor et le magazine Certifié Exact (2024-2026), exploring avant-garde film collectives and cinema’s role in activism. Research interests include: political cinema of the 1970s, documentary film practices, amateur filmmaking, and the socio-cultural history of cinema. He has authored/co-edited over 20 books, including Caméras en lutte en Mai 68 (2008) and Cinéma, marxisme, matérialisme (2023). His articles analyze films like Oser lutter, oser vaincre and collectives like CINOC-Films, emphasizing cinema’s role in ideological struggles and historical representation. Recent projects investigate Scopcolor’s 1960s video experimentation and utopian visions in cinema. Layerle also teaches courses on militant cinema archives, political film analysis, and television’s amateur traditions. His work bridges academic research with public engagement through film catalogs, DVD editions, and collaborative research networks with institutions like the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

• Gender Studies
• Postcolonial Studies
• Political Philosophy
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Dr. Ana Miranda Mora is an Assistant Professor of Gender and Postcolonial Studies at the Department of Media and Culture Studies, Graduate Gender Programme, Utrecht University, where she has been employed since 2024. Previously, she served as an Assistant Professor for Political Theory at the Technical University Dresden (2023-2024) and was a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University (2023-2024). Her academic career includes positions at Innsbruck University, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Dr. Miranda Mora's educational background includes a PhD in Philosophy from UNAM and Humboldt University (2015-2021), an MA in Philosophy from UNAM (2011-2014), and a BA in Philosophy from UNAM (2006-2011). Her research focuses on the intersection of political and legal philosophy, Critical Theory, and 20th and 21st Century Feminist Theory. She employs both historical and systematic approaches to analyze cultural and sociopolitical issues within their conceptual histories. Her work addresses normative questions informed by practical realities and current social and political challenges, particularly concerning social justice, equality, democracy, and the rule of law in relation to domination and violence amidst power hierarchies. Dr. Miranda Mora's publications reveal a strong focus on gender-based and sexual violence, domestic and care work, anti-feminist movements, and the intersection of feminism with Marxism and postcolonial theory. Her recent work has increasingly addressed the impact of ecological crises on gendered labor and care work, as well as Latin American perspectives on violence and political philosophy. Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow DAAD Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Miranda Mora teaches courses including Politics of Representation: Critical Approaches to Gender, Race and Culture; Gender, Ethnicity and Religious Practices in European Contexts; Religion and Secularism: Postsecular Perspectives; and Research Design II RMA Gender. Her teaching reflects her research interests in gender studies, postcolonial theory, and political philosophy. Based at the Utrecht University Humanities Institute for Cultural Inquiry, Dr. Miranda Mora contributes to the vibrant intellectual community focused on critical cultural analysis and interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary social issues.

Kristin Plysمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Colonialism
• Racialization
• Indigeneity
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Kristin Plys is Associate Professor of Sociology and History at the University of Toronto, cross-appointed with the Department of History, Culinaria (UTSC), and the Centre for South Asian Critical Humanities (UTM). She is also the J. Clawson Mills Scholar in the Director's Office at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 2023–24. Education: PhD in Sociology, Yale University BA (with honors), Johns Hopkins University Research Interests: Kristin Plys specializes in political economy, colonialism, racialization, and historical methodology. Her work critically examines dictatorship in the 1970s Global South , histories of café culture , labor history , and the intersections of poetry, visual art, and politics in postcolonial contexts. She is particularly interested in how cultural spaces like coffee houses and tea houses serve as sites of resistance and political theorizing. Her recent publications reflect a deep engagement with anti-colonial Marxism , antifascist theory , and global leftist movements , especially in South Asia and the Mediterranean. Her monograph Brewing Resistance (2020) received the Global Sociology Book Award, and her co-authored book Capitalism and its Uncertain Future (2022) was honored with an honorable mention for the PEWS Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award. Awards and Recognition: Global Sociology Book Award, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (2020) PEWS Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award – Honorable Mention (2022) Grants and Fellowships: Kristin Plys has held visiting positions at Georg-August-Universität-Göttingen (Germany), Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), Centre for Development Studies (India), and Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan). She was a research specialist at Princeton University before her PhD. Lab and Affiliations: She is affiliated with multiple interdisciplinary centers at the University of Toronto, including Culinaria Research Centre at UTSC and the Centre for South Asian Critical Humanities at UTM, fostering collaborative research on food, culture, and postcolonial studies.

Susan Kellyمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Art
• Micropolitics
• Autonomous Marxism
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Susan Kelly is a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Critical Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, with a focus on the intersections of art, micropolitics, and political organization. Her research examines how subjectivity is produced within capitalist and imperial frameworks, drawing on autonomous Marxism, schizoanalysis, and radical pedagogy. She teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate programs, coordinates Year 1 of the BA Fine Art Programme, and supervises PhD students. Education: PhD in Visual Cultures (Goldsmiths, 2010); Whitney Independent Study Studio Programme (1999); MA in Cultural Studies (Leeds, 1998); BA in Fine Art and Art History (NCAD Dublin, 1997) Kelly’s research spans three key areas: (1) Practices of Rehabilitation and the Government of the Self , analyzing colonial and contemporary counter-insurgency strategies; (2) the Micropolitics Research Group , which engages with anti-psychiatry and institutional analysis; and (3) Public Programming , interrogating post-democratic institutional practices. Her work often involves collaborative projects and participatory workshops. Recent publications include ‘What is to be Done?’: Grammars of Organisation (2018) and The Educational Turn in Art (2016, co-authored). She organized the 2018 assembly Culture and Work at Point Zero and contributed to international seminars with scholars like Suely Rolnik and Colectivo Situaciones. Kelly actively opposes free labor in cultural institutions and universities, aligning with movements against exploitation. She has taught at institutions including the University of Ulster and the University of Innsbruck, and her artistic practice spans performance, video, installation, and public interventions.

Enda Brophyمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Political economy of communication
• Communication and social change
• Labour and collective organizing in media and communication industries
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Enda Brophy is Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, where he researches and teaches at the intersection of political economy, labour, and social change in communication industries. Education & Training: While his formal degrees are not explicitly listed, Brophy’s extensive translation work of foundational Italian autonomist texts and his co-editorship of critical academic volumes signal advanced training in critical theory, labour studies, and communication research. Research Interests: Political economy of communication and digital media Labour and collective organising in media, cultural and creative industries Call-centre work and global outsourcing Platform labour and gig-economy dynamics Autonomist Marxist theory and worker inquiry Digital debt, financialisation, and resistance Student movements and university governance Precarious employment and creative labour Analysing his recent publications (2015-2020) reveals a consistent focus on the transformation of labour processes under communicative capitalism: from call-centre scripting and surveillance to food-delivery platform work during COVID-19, and from unpaid internships in creative industries to emergent forms of tech-worker organising using digital tools. These works collectively map how digital infrastructures mediate, discipline, and occasionally enable new solidarities among precarious workers. Awards & Recognition: 2018 Canadian Association of Work and Labour Studies Book of the Year Award for Language Put to Work 2018 Canadian Communication Association Gertrude J. Robinson Book of the Year Award for Language Put to Work Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC Academic of the Year Award Research Grants & Collaborative Projects: He co-leads Cultural Workers Organize , a multi-investigator SSHRC-funded project with Greig de Peuter, Nicole Cohen, Kate Oakley and Marisol Sandoval, investigating collective responses to precarity among cultural and creative workers in Canada and the UK. Editorial board memberships at Studies in Political Economy , Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation , and tripleC further anchor his scholarly leadership. Graduate Supervision & Teaching: Brophy currently teaches CMNS 130 Communication and Social Change and actively supervises MA and PhD students working on labour, social movements, and digital media. He is formally associated with SFU’s Labour Studies Program as an Associate.

Heather D. Gautneyمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Social movements
• Political sociology
• Public policy
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Heather D. Gautney is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Fordham University, where she teaches courses in Social Movements, Transnational Social Movements, Sociological Theory, Inequality in America, Political Sociology on Film, International Sociology, and Introduction to Sociology. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the CUNY Graduate Center and maintains an office at Lowenstein 923B on Fordham's Lincoln Center campus. Dr. Gautney has extensive experience bridging academic scholarship with political engagement, having served as a senior policy advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders during multiple campaigns and in the US Senate Budget Committee. She was co-chair of the President Biden-Sen. Sanders Education Task Force, a senior researcher on Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign, and served on Democratic Party platform committees in both 2016 and 2020. From 2012-2013, she was the ASA/AAAS Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow in Sanders's Senate office. Her research focuses on social movements, political sociology, inequality, globalization, and political theory. Dr. Gautney's scholarly work examines how grassroots movements interact with formal political institutions, with particular attention to power structures in contemporary society. Her publications reveal consistent themes of analyzing elite power structures, social inequality, and strategies for progressive political change. Dr. Gautney has authored several influential books including Crashing the Party: From the Bernie Sanders Campaign to a Progressive Movement (Verso, 2018), Protest and Organization in the Alternative Globalization Era (Palgrave Macmillan), Democracy, States, and the Struggle for Global Justice (Routledge), and Implicating Empire (Basic Books). Her most significant recent work, The New Power Elite (Oxford University Press, 2022), provides a contemporary analysis of power structures in the neoliberal era. Bernie Sanders campaign policy advisor (2015-2016) Co-chair, Biden-Sanders Education Task Force Democratic Party platform committee member (2016, 2020) Executive Director of Our Revolution Dr. Gautney regularly contributes opinion pieces to major publications including The Nation, Washington Post, New York Times, and CNN, focusing on economic inequality, political movements, and democratic reform. Her work demonstrates a consistent commitment to connecting scholarly analysis with practical political engagement.

Dominique Lambertمشاهده پروفایل

استاد مهمان

• Philosophy of Science
• History of Contemporary Cosmology
• Theoretical Physics
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dominique Lambert is a Visiting Professor at institutions such as the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Haute Ecole Namuroise Catholique (HENAC), and Gregorian University in Rome. His work bridges Philosophy of Science , Theoretical Physics , and Ethics of Robotics , with a focus on cosmology, quantum structures, and interdisciplinary applications. Education : PhD in Sciences (Physics, 1988) and Philosophy (1996) from UCL, with highest distinctions. Research : Explores Einstein-Dirac cosmology, ethical implications of AI, and philosophical dialogues between science and theology. Awards : ESSSAT Prize (2000) Namurois of the Year (2000) Georges Lemaître Foundation Prize (1999) His recent publications analyze quantum weak measurements, political philosophy, and ethical frameworks for autonomous weapons. He co-organizes seminars on quantum theory and participates in global conferences like IQSA and QIP.

• Contemporary art
• Modern art
• Institutional Critique
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dr. Alex Gawronski is a Lecturer in Visual Arts at the Sydney College of the Arts , University of Sydney . He works across multiple media as a contemporary artist, writer, and independent gallerist. PhD (University of Sydney, 2006): No New Utopia: The Crisis of Art as Critique Under Globalisation Current projects: Co-director of ethan frome (2015-), former co-director of KNULP (2015-2024) His research focuses on Contemporary art , Institutional Critique , and Art and political economy , exploring how neoliberal globalization affects artistic critical practice. He has curated major exhibitions like The National: New Australian Art (2017) and Stupid As (2024) at Gertrude Contemporary. Recent publications examine curatorial practices and artist-led initiatives . Notable awards include the NAVA/Copyright Agency Mid-career Fellowship (2018) and multiple Australia Council for the Arts grants.

Viktoriya Kanstantsiukمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Digital Media and Communication
• Video Games and Game Studies
• Critical Theory
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Viktoriya Kanstantsiuk is a Lecturer in the Academic Department of Social Sciences at the European Humanities University (EHU), specializing in Digital Media and Communication, Video Games and Game Studies, and Critical Theory. She leads the Laboratory for Studies of Visual Culture and Contemporary Art. Her research focuses on media anthropology, digital culture, and psychoanalytic theory applications. Education: Ph.D. in History and Theory of Culture from EHU's Faculty of Philosophy (2004), and a Bachelor's in Cultural Studies from Belarusian State University (2001). Research Projects: Head of international Game Studies initiatives including conferences like 'Games against the players' (2019) and 'Games and violence' (2018). Co-head of the EHU-digital research seminar (2017-2018). Publications: Over a decade of contributions to journals like Topos and Crossroads , exploring topics like incremental game dynamics, YouTube seriality, and digital mediation theory. Her work bridges critical theory with contemporary media practices.

Jason Bergerمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Nineteenth-Century American Literature
• Critical Theory
• Marxism
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Jason Berger is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Houston, within the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. His scholarship bridges 19th-century American literature and critical theory, with a strong emphasis on political subjectivity, maritime narratives, and non-liberal ontologies. Ph.D., University of Connecticut M.A., University of Vermont B.S., Central Connecticut State University His research centers on 19th-century American literature , critical theory —including Marxism, psychoanalysis, queer theory, and posthumanism—and the environmental humanities . He challenges liberal-humanist frameworks through explorations of personhood, labor, and ecological actuality in antebellum and maritime contexts. The thematic arc of his publications reveals a sustained inquiry into how literature negotiates political fantasy, national identity, and affective structures. His work spans transcendentalism, sea literature, and transnational formalism, often reinterpreting canonical texts through radical theoretical lenses. Scientific recognition includes a nomination for the MLA First Book Prize for Antebellum at Sea . MLA First Book Prize (nominee) He is currently developing a new monograph, Whale Undone: Ecologies of Actuality , which promises to extend his critique into material ecologies and non-anthropocentric being. While no formal advisees or grants are listed in the provided text, his extensive publication record and theoretical rigor suggest an active research profile. Berger is affiliated with the Department of English at the University of Houston, where he contributes to the intellectual life of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences through teaching and scholarship.

Ana Cecilia Dinersteinمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Political Sociology
• Critical Theory
• Open Marxism
• +۱۱ مورد دیگر

Ana Cecilia Dinerstein is Chair of Political Sociology and Critical Theory at the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath. A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, her work bridges critical theory, decolonial praxis, and grassroots social movements across Latin America, Europe, and the Global South. Research focuses on the Global Politics of Hope , connecting Ernst Bloch’s philosophy with radical organizing Key contributions: Subjectivity of Labour , Open Marxism , and Concrete Utopias framework Supervises research on Argentina’s social movements, prefigurative politics, and decolonial feminist theory Her 115+ publications include monographs like The Politics of Autonomy in Latin America (2015) and Open Marxism 4 (2019). She founded the Women on the Verge network, fostering decolonial feminist scholarship globally. Awards include the Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2017). Current projects span EU Horizon 2020 and British Academy grants on urban solidarity economies and prefigurative politics.

• Social and Political Philosophy
• Post-Kantian Philosophy
• Marxist Theory
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Andrés Saenz de Sicilia is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University London. His expertise spans social/political philosophy, post-Kantian thought, ethics, and aesthetics, with a focus on global and interdisciplinary approaches to violence, technology, and ecological crises. He holds a PhD from Kingston University's Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (2016), alongside MA (2011) and BA (2008) degrees in Philosophy. Professional affiliations include Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI), and executive roles in the Society for European Philosophy and editorial board of The Philosopher . His research has been supported by grants from the British Academy, AHRC, NERC, and Mexico’s Foreign Office. Recent work includes Subsumption in Kant, Hegel & Marx (2024, Brill) and co-editing Marx & the Critique of Humanism (forthcoming, Bloomsbury). His articles explore themes like Marxist subsumption theory, Kantian foundations, and decolonial thought. Key awards include SNI membership (Mexico’s top researcher recognition) and FHEA. He has held fellowships at institutions including UCL, University of Amsterdam, and Mexico’s National Autonomous University. His academic networks bridge Europe, North America, and Latin America.

• Social movements
• Political radicalism
• Alterglobalism
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dr. Grzegorz Piotrowski , a sociologist and cultural anthropologist at the Institute of Sociology, University of Gdańsk , specializes in social movements, anarchism, and civil society. With a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, he has led research on anti-racist activism, squatting, and Polish democratization processes. Education : PhD in Sociology from European University Institute (Florence). Positions : Lecturer at University of Gdańsk since 2019; Visiting Professor at Universita degli Studi di Pisa (2018-2019); Research Associate at Södertörn University (2016-2019). Research Interests span social movements, political radicalism, alterglobalism, squatting, and antifascism. His work explores grassroots mobilizations, urban resistance, and intersections between civic engagement and authoritarianism in Central/Eastern Europe. Projects include a 3-year study on Baltic Sea region anti-racism activism funded by the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies (2017-2020). He has collaborated on housing activism, radical-left dynamics, and post-socialist civil society. Conference Participation highlights his role in global dialogues, including keynote lectures at the 'Anarchism in the Other Europe' workshop (2022) and presentations at the Polish Sociological Association, Political Studies Association, and ISA Forum of Sociology. Citations : 366 total with an h-index of 10 and i10-index of 12, reflecting significant influence in social movement and civil society research.

Ingo Pohn-Lauggasمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Cultural Studies
• Italian Literature
• Political Philosophy
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Ingo Pohn-Lauggas is a Lecturer at the University of Vienna 's Department of Romance Studies , focusing on Italian literature, cultural studies, and Gramsci scholarship. He coordinates academic law and organization for Romance studies and leads the Coordination Office for Cultural Studies since 2006. As co-founder of the Working Group for Cultural Analysis (aka) , board member of the International Gramsci Society , and editorial board member of Das Argument and the Journal of Cultural Studies , he bridges interdisciplinary research. Research Interests center on: Hegemony theory in Gramsci and Williams Subaltern studies in postcolonial contexts Cultural mediation and education Seriality in modern media Italian political literature Critical theory intersections Recent Publications include: Co-edited Gramsci's Die Südfrage und die Subalternen (2023) Contributing to Serialität und Moderne (2018) Co-editing Über Raymond Williams (2017) Scientific Contributions span Key essays on Gramsci-Benjamin dialogue Editorial work in critical Marxism lexicons Cultural analysis of Italian modernity

Cintia Martinez Velascoمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Feminist Philosophy
• Gender Theory
• Decolonial Philosophy
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Cintia Martínez Velasco is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Oregon. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy (Political Philosophy) from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, 2019), along with an MA (2013) and BA (2010) from the same institution, all completed with distinction. Her research focuses on feminist philosophy, gender theory, decolonial thought, and critical theory in Latin America. She teaches courses such as Introduction to Latin American Philosophy and Critical Theory in Latin America . Her professional experience includes roles at Northwestern University and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where she has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on topics like feminist epistemology, decolonial ethics, and Latin American social theory. Velasco has also completed research and teaching internships at institutions including the City University of New York and the University of Pennsylvania. Her work bridges philosophical analysis with social justice, particularly addressing gender-based violence, decolonial methodologies, and intersections of feminism and Marxism. She actively contributes to interdisciplinary dialogues through her teaching and research, emphasizing Latin American perspectives in global philosophical discourse.