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| Centre for Modern European Philosophy | |
|---|---|
| Name | Centre for Modern European Philosophy |
| Established | 1996 |
| Location | London |
| Affiliation | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| Director | Rosi Braidotti |
Centre for Modern European Philosophy
The Centre for Modern European Philosophy is an academic research unit based at Goldsmiths, University of London devoted to advanced study of continental thought and modern European intellectual traditions. It engages scholars across a range of universities and cultural institutions including University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University College London, King's College London and international partners such as Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Humboldt University of Berlin and New York University. The Centre connects historical figures and contemporary theorists including Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger and Michel Foucault with recent work by Judith Butler, Giorgio Agamben, Slavoj Žižek, Jacques Derrida and Luiz Eduardo Soares.
Founded in the late 20th century at Goldsmiths, University of London, the Centre emerged amid renewed academic interest in phenomenology, existentialism and critical theory influenced by figures such as Edmund Husserl, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean-Paul Sartre and Theodor W. Adorno. Early collaborations linked the Centre with research projects referencing Antonio Gramsci, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch and Hannah Arendt. Throughout its development it has hosted visiting scholars from institutions including Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, Sciences Po, Università di Bologna and Freie Universität Berlin, and robustly engaged with conferences on themes derived from texts by Immanuel Kant, Baruch Spinoza, Arthur Schopenhauer, Gilles Deleuze and Maurice Blanchot.
The Centre’s mission foregrounds rigorous study of continental philosophies tracing lineages from Søren Kierkegaard and Blaise Pascal through to contemporary theorists such as Bruno Latour, Donna Haraway, Isabelle Stengers and Bruno Bosteels. Research emphasizes intersections with social movements and cultural production referencing thinkers like Pierre Bourdieu, Michel de Certeau, Raymond Williams and Stuart Hall. The Centre investigates ethical and political questions informed by texts from John Rawls, Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin and Herbert Marcuse, while engaging with scholarship from Nancy Fraser, Axel Honneth, Chantal Mouffe and Cornel West.
The Centre contributes to postgraduate programs at Goldsmiths, University of London, including doctoral supervision informed by writing from Paul Ricoeur, Gaston Bachelard, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva. Teaching modules draw on primary sources such as Karl Marx's major works, Sigmund Freud for psychoanalytic theory, and texts by Jacques Lacan, André Green, Simone de Beauvoir and Iris Murdoch. Students engage with methodological literature from Alasdair MacIntyre, Thomas Kuhn, Bruno Latour and Isabelle Stengers, and participate in seminars with visiting faculty from Princeton University, Yale University, University of Toronto, Australian National University and University of Chicago.
Research strands include critical theory, phenomenology, post-structuralism, feminist theory and decolonial thought, with projects addressing ideas from Frantz Fanon, W.E.B. Du Bois, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Walter Mignolo and Achille Mbembe. Publications by Centre members appear alongside journals and presses connected to Bloomsbury Publishing, Routledge, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and Verso Books. Collaborative outputs interface with scholarship by Simon Critchley, Alain Badiou, Ray Brassier, Quentin Meillassoux, Nick Land and Reza Negarestani and draw on archival sources relating to May 1968 events in France, Weimar Republic debates, Italian operaismo and German student movement histories.
The Centre maintains partnerships with research hubs such as Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tate Modern, Royal Society of Arts, British Academy and international centres including Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Institut d'Études Avancées de Paris, European Graduate School and The New School. It collaborates with museum and cultural partners like British Museum, Somerset House, Barbican Centre and academic groups at University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, KU Leuven and University of Warwick. Funding and grant partners have included Arts and Humanities Research Council, European Research Council, Leverhulme Trust and Wellcome Trust.
The Centre organises lecture series, conferences and public symposia featuring figures such as Slavoj Žižek, Seyla Benhabib, Rosi Braidotti, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Alain Badiou, Judith Butler and Giorgio Agamben. It runs workshops, reading groups and summer schools in collaboration with London School of Economics, Birkbeck, University of London, SOAS University of London and international partners in Berlin, Paris, Rome and New York City. Public-facing outputs have been covered by outlets including The Guardian, The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement and BBC Radio 3.
The Centre’s governance includes an academic director, steering committee and administrative staff drawn from departments such as Department of Philosophy, Department of Politics, Department of Sociology and Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. Core faculty and affiliated researchers have included scholars trained at University of Edinburgh, University of St Andrews, University of Manchester, University of Birmingham, University of Bristol, University of Leeds and King's College London. Visiting fellows often come from institutions such as Princeton University, Harvard University, Stanford University, Columbia University and Yale University.
Category:Philosophy research institutes