Kurt C.M. Mertel​
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Download my full C.V. here (Updated November 26, 2018).

​EMPLOYMENT
08/2018–                     Assistant Professor of Philosophy (tenure-track), Dept. of International Studies, American University of Sharjah.
05/2018-08/2018      Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. for the Study of Modern Czech Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences.
10/2016–04/2018       Adjunct Assistant Professor and Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Queen’s University.


AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION AND COMPETENCE
AOS: 19th & 20th Century European Philosophy (esp. Phenomenology and Hermeneutics).
          Ethics, Social & Political Philosophy (esp. Critical Theory).
 
AOC: Applied Ethics, Critical Philosophy of Race, Philosophy of Language, Kant & German Idealism.

EDUCATION
2009-2016    Ph.D. in Philosophy, Northwestern University (Conferred Sept. 2, 2016)
                        Dissertation: Liberating the Self-Relation from Reification and Alienation: Towards an Appropriative Approach
                        Committee: Cristina Lafont (Chair), Charles Mills, Axel Honneth, Ernesto Laclau*, Steven Crowell, Robert Bernasconi.
 
2015                DAAD Research Fellow, Institute for Social Research, Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main (March-August).     
                        Supervisor: Axel Honneth. 

2013-14           DAAD Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy, Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main. Supervisor: Axel Honneth.
 
2011                 Interdisciplinary Program in Critical Theory Certificate (IPCTC), Mellon Interdisciplinary Research Cluster in Critical
                        Theory, Northwestern University.   
 
2008-09        Doctoral student, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto.                                      
 
2006-07        M.A. in Philosophy, Queen’s University (Canada)
                        Thesis: Toward a Substantive Right of Exit
                        Committee: Will Kymlicka (Chair), Christine Sypnowich (Second Reader), Margaret Moore.
 
1998-2002     Honours B.A. in Political Science (with High Distinction), University of Toronto.          


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