Critical Phenomenology Reading Group: Kris Sealey (Fairfield)

Date

Friday December 10, 2021
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Zoom

Members of the Queen's community are invited to join, over Zoom, the final meeting of the 2021-22 Critical Phenomenology Reading Group (CPRG), which will welcome Kris Sealey (Fairfield), whose paper is titled, 鈥溾楾hen鈥 and 鈥楴ow鈥 of Mangrove Time: The Temporality of Lived Blackness in Octavia Butler鈥檚 Kindred鈥.

Kris's paper and Zoom details have been distributed via email. If you are not on the mailing list but wish to receive this information, please contact either Adam Schipper or Alisha Sharma, conveners of the Critical Phenomenology Reading Group.

Josh Mosley, M.A. Student, named as an Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Second-Team All-Star

Josh Mosley, M.A. Student and Gaels Football Offensive Lineman, was named as an Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Second-Team All-Star. Josh was part of the Gaels' offensive line that helped the team finish first in the OUA East and third in the OUA in rushing, averaging 168 yards per game. Congratulations, Josh!

Critical Phenomenology Reading Group: Alia Al-Saji (McGill)

Date

Friday November 26, 2021
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Zoom

Members of the Queen's community are invited to join, over Zoom, the second meeting of the 2021-22 Critical Phenomenology Reading Group (CPRG), which will welcome Alia Al-Saji (McGill), whose paper is titled, "Too Late: Fanon, the Dismembered Past, and a Phenomenology of Racialized Time".

Alia's paper and Zoom details have been distributed via email. If you are not on the mailing list but wish to receive this information, please contact either Adam Schipper or Alisha Sharma, conveners of the Critical Phenomenology Reading Group. Further information is also available via the poster below.

Critical Phenomenology Reading Group: Alia Al-Saji (McGill) | Poster (PDF 291KB)

Xia, Yuanjin

Xia, Yuanjin

Yuanjin Xia

Ph.D. Candidate

Philosophy

Arts and Science

Research Interests

Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Practical Ethics

Biography
  • B.A. Philosophy, Tsinghua University
  • M.A. Humanities, University of Chicago

Yuanjin鈥檚 research interests are in contemporary political philosophy, philosophy of law, and practical ethics. She takes particular interest in questions related to distributive justice and global justice. Her work on comparative political philosophy has appeared in Journal of Social and Political Philosophy.

Critical Phenomenology Reading Group: Andrea J. Pitts (UNC, Charlotte)

Date

Friday November 12, 2021
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Zoom

Members of the Queen's community are invited to join, over Zoom, the first meeting of the 2021-22 Critical Phenomenology Reading Group (CPRG), which will welcome Andrea J. Pitts (U of North Carolina, Charlotte), whose chapter is titled, 鈥淪usto, Collective Trauma, and Disability Justice in the Writings of Gloria Anzald煤a.鈥 

Andrea's chapter and Zoom details have been distributed via email. If you are not on the mailing list but wish to receive this information, please contact either Adam Schipper or Alisha Sharma, conveners of the Critical Phenomenology Reading Group. Further information is also available via the poster below.

Critical Phenomenology Reading Group: Andrea J. Pitts (UNC, Charlotte) | Poster (PDF 287 KB)

Political Philosophy Reading Group: Agnes Tam (McGill)

Date

Tuesday November 23, 2021
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Watson 517

Faculty and graduate students are welcome to join, in person, the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by guest Agnes Tam (McGill), titled, "Solidarity in social movements: A we-perspective".

Further details, as well as Agnes's paper, will be circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).

Interdisciplinary project, 鈥淭oppling Monuments", led by Christine Sypnowich, awarded Wicked Ideas Grant

The interdisciplinary project, 鈥淭oppling Monuments: Colonial Trauma, Justice, Heritage, and Restorative Healing鈥, was recently awarded funding as part of the Wicked Ideas Competition, a Vice-Principal Research initiative to fund and support research collaboration and excellence. The funded "Wicked Ideas" respond to local, national and global challenges by supporting the formation of interdisciplinary research teams that offer the expertise and perspectives needed to tackle these challenges.