William ParisProfile page
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Philosophy
- Assistant ProfessorFaculty of Arts and Science, Department of Philosophy
BIO
William Paris is an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy. He received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Pennsylvania State University in 2018, and has served as the Frank B. Weeks Visiting Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Wesleyan University. From 2018-2020, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University.
Paris’s research interests are in Africana philosophy, philosophy of race, political philosophy and critical theory. He seeks to demonstrate how the work of Africana scholars can lead to a deeper understanding of contemporary conflicts. His manuscript Black Critical Theory and the Epistemology of Utopia argues that utopia is an essential precondition for political critique and generating knowledge. He has recently published an article titled "'Socialism or Barbarism?: C.L.R. James and the Politics of Hope and Utopia" in HA: The Journal of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities.
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Paris’s research interests are in Africana philosophy, philosophy of race, political philosophy and critical theory. He seeks to demonstrate how the work of Africana scholars can lead to a deeper understanding of contemporary conflicts. His manuscript Black Critical Theory and the Epistemology of Utopia argues that utopia is an essential precondition for political critique and generating knowledge. He has recently published an article titled "'Socialism or Barbarism?: C.L.R. James and the Politics of Hope and Utopia" in HA: The Journal of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities.
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online
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ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Frank B. Weeks Visiting Assistant Professor of PhilosophyWesleyan University, United States2020 - present
DEGREES
- Ph.D., Philosophy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesPennsylvania State University, State College, United States2012 - 2018
- M.A., Interdisciplinary StudiesNew York University, New York, United States2010 - 2012
- B.A., Philosophy and Creative Writing, summa cum laudeSusquehanna University, United States2006 - 2010
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Postdoctoral Weinberg Fellow in PhilosophyNorthwestern University, Evanston, United States2018 - 2020
LANGUAGES
- FrenchCan read and write
- GermanCan read
AVAILABILITY
- Media enquiries
INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
- Black Research Network (BRN)