Dr Felicity Joseph

Biography

Felicity Joseph is Lecturer in Philosophy and Political Theory at UNE. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne (supervisor Marion Tapper), thesis title 'Phenomenologies of the Lived Body: Husserl, Stein, Merleau-Ponty and Marcel on Embodiment’. Felicity has taught at the University of Melbourne, Swinburne and RMIT, and at UNE has collaborated with U3A (University of the Third Age). She currently contributes to training for UNE’s Gender Equity in Agricultural Research for Development (GEAReD) program. As one of UNE’s new Teaching-Focused cohort, she looks forward to bringing her wide range of teaching experience to the disciplines of Philosophy, Politics and Gender Studies.

Qualifications

Ph.D. University of Melbourne

B.A. (1st Class Hons) ANU

Teaching Areas

Felicity is lecturer and unit coordinator for the following units:

HASS101 Controversies: Foundations of Critical Social Analysis

PAIS101 Introduction to Politics

PHIL307/507 European Philosophy: The 20^th and 21st Centuries

PHIL506 European Philosophy: The 19^th Century

PHIL508 Friendship, Love and Sex

And co-teaches the following units:

SOCY12O Introduction to Theory of Gender

Primary Research Area/s

Continental Philosophy; Phenomenology; Existentialism; Feminist Philosophy; Political Theory; Gender Studies; History of Philosophy; Embodiment; Philosophy Pedagogy; Relationship between Analytic and Continental Philosophy

Research Interests

Felicity has a background in the Continental/European Philosophy tradition, and has a particular interest in applying the philosophical methods of phenomenology and existentialism to analyse contemporary issues. Other areas of interest include political philosophy and its re-thinking through feminist philosophy. She enjoys interdisciplinary collaboration, most recently on the themes of parenthood/motherhood and work.

Research Supervision Experience

Felicity is available to supervise PhD and MA students in any of the above areas.

Publications

‘What is ‘heteropessimism’ and why do men and women suffer from it?’ (with J. Hamilton, C.Kenny & M.Allen) The Conversation, June 19 2022. https://theconversation.com/what-is-heteropessimism-and-why-do-men-and-women-suffer-from-it-182288.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Existentialism (Co-edited with J. Reynolds and A. Woodward) Bloomsbury 2014.

(Review) ‘Rejecting the dream of purity: Sonia Kruks, Simone De Beauvoir and the Politics of Ambiguity. (Studies In Feminist Philosophy) Oxford 2012’,  Parrhesia Issue 19 2014

‘Existentialism, Phenomenology and Philosophical Method’, (with J. Reynolds) in The The Bloomsbury Companion to Existentialism, Bloomsbury 2014.

‘Simone de Beauvoir on Female Embodiment’, Philosophy Now¸ Issue 69, Sept/Oct 2008.

Memberships

Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy