Philosophy
Suroor Hassan
Education
BA, Philosophy, English, Grinnell College (2021)
Research
Areas of Specialization:
Feminist Philosophy (particularly Decolonial Feminism), Social and Political Philosophy,
20th Century Continental Philosophy (particularly Foucault)
Publications:
- 鈥淔rom Rojava to Kashmir: Fighting the Nation-State鈥�, Special Issue: Rethinking Democracy in Kurdistan, Philosophy World Democracy, 2022
- 鈥淗indutva: Exploring Contemporary Biopolitics in South Asia鈥�, Foucault Studies (Forthcoming)
- 鈥淕endered Biopolitics: Using Foucault to Theorize Epistemic Constructions of Sex in South Asia鈥�, Biopower at 50, Palgrave Macmillan Publishing (Forthcoming)
Selected Presentations:
- 鈥淕endered Biopolitics: Using Foucault to Theorize Epistemic Constructions of Sex in South Asia鈥�, Biopower at 50, Rowan University, November 2024
- 鈥淭he Coloniality of the Archive: Critiquing Hartman Through Simpson鈥檚 Refusal Politics鈥�, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Toronto Metropolitan University, October 2023
- 鈥淭he Coloniality of the Archive: Critiquing Hartman Through Simpson鈥檚 Refusal Politics鈥�, Hypatia 40th Anniversary Conference, University of Oregon, September 2023
- 鈥淗indutva: Exploring Contemporary Biopolitics in South Asia鈥�, International & Interdisciplinary Conference: Social Justice, Morality, and Culture, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, December 2022
- "Fighting the Nation-State: From Rojava to Kashmir", 15th Biennial Conference of the Radical Philosophy Association, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, November 2022
- 鈥淗indutva: Exploring Contemporary Biopolitics in South Asia鈥�, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Texas A&M University, October 2022
- "Rosebud: Theorizing the Wellesian Shot through Deleuzian Temporality", European Society for Aesthetics, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia, June 2022
- 鈥淭rans Temporality: Using Deleuze to Critique Stoller鈥檚 Theory of Gender鈥�, Conference by Women, Genderqueer, and Non-Binary Philosophers, University of Antwerp, Belgium, June 2022
- "Partitioning Death-Worlds: the Necropolitics of the Radcliffe Line", Continental Philosophy and Global Challenges: Historical Perspectives through Practical Engagements, Warwick University, June 2022
- 鈥淒eleuze and Wittgenstein: Exploring Quasi-Analyticity and Meaning Determinacy鈥� International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium, Zagreb, Croatia, December 2021
Contact
Office Hours: Monday 2-4pm via Zoom
Email: hali1@memphis.edu