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The next in the series of presentations will take place Jan. 29 at the White Stag building in Portland.
Philosophy doctoral candidate Megan Burke will discuss her dissertation research during a noon talk on Wednesday, Jan. 21.
The talk, “Heterosexuality, Sexual Violence and the Temporality of Femininity,” will examine how sexual violence is integral to the production and lived experience of gendered subjectivity by focusing on the philosophical question of temporality.
Burke’s research and teaching interests include feminist philosophy, existential phenomenology, 20th century continental philosophy and social-political philosophy.