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Staff Profile

Dr Ida Djursaa

Lecturer in Philosophy

Background

I'm delighted to have recently been appointed lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University.

My research interests are within the fields of critical phenomenology, feminist theory, and new materialisms, with a particular focus on the political structuring of bodily existence and experience. I have published work in Études Phénoménologiques - Phenomenological Studies. In both my research and my teaching, I employ a strongly interdisciplinary approach.

I did my PhD at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP) at Kingston University in London under the supervision of Stella Sandford, Catherine Malabou, and Howard Caygill. 

I also hold an MA in Modern European Philosophy from the CRMEP, as well as a BA in English Literature from Queen Mary, University of London.

Research

My expertise lies in the fields of critical phenomenology, feminist philosophy, and new materialisms.

My research takes an interdisciplinary approach, critically drawing on insights from phenomenology, biology, and feminist theories of sex and gender, with the overall aim of better understanding the contextual and political structuring of bodily existence and experience.

I am particularly interested in questions of natality and life, as well as the intersection of gender and race in the structuring of desire.

Areas of specialism:

  • Critical phenomenology
  • Husserl
  • Levinas
  • Merleau-Ponty
  • Feminist philosophy
  • New materialisms


Teaching

I am the module leader for 'Ethics and the Modern World' (2023/24), and I also teach on Phenomenology.

Publications