Alia Al-Saji, McGill University

Research

time memory body intersubjectivity phenomenology feminist theory critical philosophy of race continental philosophy

Latest funding

The time of difference: Bergson, Merleau-Ponty, and a theory of time for ethics
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$50,109
Philosophical thresholds: crossings of life and world - Seuils philosophiques: croisements de la vie et du monde - Conference of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$44,358
Vision, race and ethics: a phenomenological investigation of racializing perception
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$39,957

The time of difference: Bergson, Merleau-Ponty, and a theory of time for ethics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Al-Saji, Alia

Keywords: time; memory; body; intersubjectivity; phenomenology; feminist theory; critical philosophy of race; continental philosophy; ethics; social and political philosophy; Bergson; Merleau-Ponty

$50,109

Philosophical thresholds: crossings of life and world - Seuils philosophiques: croisements de la vie et du monde - Conference of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Al-Saji, Alia

Keywords: continental philosophy; phenomenology; critical theory; cultural studies; environmental philosophy; feminism; race theory; post-colonial studies; german idealism; hermeneutics; psychoanalysis; post-structuralism; queer theory

$44,358

Vision, race and ethics: a phenomenological investigation of racializing perception

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Al-Saji, Alia

Keywords: 20th century french philosophy; feminist philosophy; critical race theory; Maurice Merleau-Ponty; Frantz Fanon; phenomenology; vision; perception; embodiment; ethics; intersubjectivity; difference; racialization; cultural racism; representation

$39,957

Gender and philosophical conceptions of sexual difference and of embodiment

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Deslauriers, Marguerite L.

Keywords: feminist theory; history of philosophy; political philosophy; phenomenology of the body; gender; sexual difference; embodiment; history of sex

$91,732

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: time Dear Professor Al-Saji, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on time connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]