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Suroor Hassan Suroor at Hypatia

Education

BA, Philosophy, English, Grinnell College (2021) 

Research

Areas of Specialization: 
Feminist Philosophy (particularly Decolonial Feminism), Social and Political Philosophy, 20th Century Continental Philosophy (particularly Foucault) 

Publications: 

  • “From Rojava to Kashmir: Fighting the Nation-State”, Special Issue: Rethinking Democracy in Kurdistan, Philosophy World Democracy, 2022
  • “Hindutva: Exploring Contemporary Biopolitics in South Asia”, Foucault Studies (Forthcoming)
  • “Gendered Biopolitics: Using Foucault to Theorize Epistemic Constructions of Sex in South Asia”, Biopower at 50, Palgrave Macmillan Publishing (Forthcoming) 


Selected Presentations: 

  • “Gendered Biopolitics: Using Foucault to Theorize Epistemic Constructions of Sex in South Asia”, Biopower at 50, Rowan University, November 2024
  • “The Coloniality of the Archive: Critiquing Hartman Through Simpson’s Refusal Politics”, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Toronto Metropolitan University, October 2023
  • “The Coloniality of the Archive: Critiquing Hartman Through Simpson’s Refusal Politics”, Hypatia 40th Anniversary Conference, University of Oregon, September 2023
  • “Hindutva: Exploring Contemporary Biopolitics in South Asia”, International & Interdisciplinary Conference: Social Justice, Morality, and Culture, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, December 2022
  • "Fighting the Nation-State: From Rojava to Kashmir", 15th Biennial Conference of the Radical Philosophy Association, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, November 2022
  • “Hindutva: Exploring Contemporary Biopolitics in South Asia”, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Texas A&M University, October 2022
  • "Rosebud: Theorizing the Wellesian Shot through Deleuzian Temporality", European Society for Aesthetics, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia, June 2022 
  •  “Trans Temporality: Using Deleuze to Critique Stoller’s Theory of Gender”, Conference by Women, Genderqueer, and Non-Binary Philosophers, University of Antwerp, Belgium, June 2022
  • "Partitioning Death-Worlds: the Necropolitics of the Radcliffe Line", Continental Philosophy and Global Challenges: Historical Perspectives through Practical Engagements, Warwick University, June 2022
  • “Deleuze and Wittgenstein: Exploring Quasi-Analyticity and Meaning Determinacy” International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium, Zagreb, Croatia, December 2021 

Contact

Office Hours: Monday 2-4pm via Zoom
Email: hali1@memphis.edu