Dr Fiona Hughes
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Email
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Location
5B.109, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
See office door
Profile
Biography
Fiona Hughes studied at Edinburgh as an undergraduate and at Tübingen, Germany (where she held the Stevenson Research Scholarship), and Merton College, Oxford as a graduate student. She was a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford and lecturer at the universities of Edinburgh and York. She has written articles on Kant, Nietzsche and philosophical aesthetics.
Qualifications
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MA Edinburgh
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DPhil Oxford
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Phenomenology (French and German)
Current research
The relationship between Kants epistemology and aesthetics
Merleau-Ponty`s development of Husserl`s phenomenology
Nietzsches critique of the foundations of value
The relationship between art and philosophy
Fiona is author of Kants Aesthetic Epistemology: Form and World (Edinburgh University Press) June 2007and The Reader's Guide to Kant's Critique of Judgement (Continuum Press) November 2009.
Liminality in philosophy and prehistoric art
Conferences and presentations
Kant and Contemporary Art
Invited presentation, Keynote presentation, online conference, 9/2020
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Beyond the BA: Building Career and Employability Readiness (CS207)
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Beyond the BA: Preparing for Life as a Graduate (CS307)
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Death, God and the Meaning of Life (PY113)
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Kant's Revolution in Philosophy (PY500)
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Phenomenology and Existentialism (PY949)
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Dissertation: Western Marxism (PY956)
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Dissertation: Social and Political Thought (PY970)
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Dissertation: Continental Philosophy (PY981)
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Dissertation: Critical Social Theory (PY983)
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Dissertation: MA Philosophy (PY984)
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Dissertation: Philosophy and Art History (PY985)
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Western Marxism and Translation Dissertation (PY912)
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Philosophy
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 18/4/2018
Degree subject: Philosophy
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 29/6/2015
Publications
Journal articles (15)
Hughes, F., (2024). . British Journal of Aesthetics. 64 (3), 279-296
Hughes, F., (2024). . Cahiers Critiques de Philosophie. 29 (Hiver), 269-288
Hughes, F., (2021). . The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 79 (3), 285-300
Hughes, F., (2021). . Kantian Review. 26 (4), 583-602
Hughes, F., (2017). . British Journal for the History of Philosophy. 25 (2), 356-379
Hughes, F., (2013). . Mind. 122 (486), 419-450
Hughes, F., (2009). . European Journal of Philosophy. 17 (3), 455-460
Hughes, F., (2006). . Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology. 37 (3), 308-326
Hughes, F., (2006). . Inquiry. 49 (6), 547-572
Hughes, F., (2006). . 脡tudes Ph茅nom茅nologiques. 22 (43), 163-192
Hughes, F., (2004). . Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. 2004
Hughes, F., (2002). . Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology. 33 (2), 116-137
Hughes, F., (2001). Nietzsche Contra Fukuyama: millenarianism and the end of the human?. Concordia
Hughes, F., (1998). . Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology. 29 (3), 252-267
Hughes, F., (1995). . Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain. 16 (2), 14-18
Books (2)
Hughes, F., (2009). . Continuum Press. 9780826497673
Hughes, F., (2007). . Edinburgh University Press. 9780748621224
Book chapters (14)
Hughes, F., (2024). . In: Contemporary Aesthetics: Dialogues through Art, Culture and Media: Keynote Speeches from the 22nd International Congress of Aesthetics. Editors: Proen莽a, F., Santos, J., Rocha, R. and Duarte, R., . ABRE - Associa莽茫o Brasileira de Est茅tica. 33- 67. 978-85-60537-09-9
Hughes, F., (2023). . In: Disinterested Pleasure and Beauty: Perspectives from Kantian and Contemporary Philosophy. Editors: Berger, L., . de Gruyter. 183- 210. 9783110727548
Hughes, F., (2023). . In: The Kantian Mind. Editors: Baiasu, S. and Timmons, M., . Routledge. 212- 223. 9781003406617
Hughes, F., (2017). . In: The Palgrave Kant Handbook. Editors: Altman, MC., . Springer. 381- 405. 9781137546562
Hughes, F., (2014). . In: Gosto, interpreta莽茫o e cr铆tica. Vol. 1. Editors: Freitas, V., Duarte, R., Cecchinato, G. and Vieira da Silva, C., . Relic谩rio. 77- 100. 978-85-66786-04-0
Hughes, F., (2013). . In: Style in Theory: Between Literature and Philosophy. Editors: Callus, I., Corby, J. and Lauri-Lucente, G., . Bloomsbury Academic. 187- 215. 9781441128935
Hughes, F., (2011). . In: Life and Philosophy: Essays to honour Alan Montefiore on his 85th Birthday. Editors: Audard-Montefiore, C. and Bunnin, N., . FEP Publishers. 75- 81. 978-0957081208
Hughes, F., (2008). . In: Est茅ticas do Deslocamento: Discurso filos贸fico, Teoria Critica, Linguagens art铆sticas. Editors: Duarte, R. and Kangussu, I., . -
Hughes, F., (2005). . In: Bildklangwort. Editors: Friedrich, T. and Dommaschk, R., . LIT Verlag M眉nster. 177- 203. 9783825881115
Hughes, F., (2001). . In: M铆mesis E Express茫o. Editors: Duarte, R. and Figueiredo, V., . Editora Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. 49- 84
Hughes, F., (2001). . In: Nietzsches Labyrinthe: Perspektiven zur 脛sthetik, Ethik und Kulturphilosophie. Editors: Schweppenh盲user, G. and Gleiter, JH., . Bauhaus-Universit盲tsverlag. 128- 149. 978-3-86068-149-7
Hughes, F., (1999). . In: The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia of Continental Philosophy. Editors: Glendinning, S. and Hughes, F., . Edinburgh University Press. 9780748607839
Hughes, F., (1999). . In: Kant - Critica E Estetica Na Modernidade. Editors: Pradilla Cer贸n, I. and Reiss, P., . Editora Senac. 133- 168. 857359067X. 9788573590678
Hughes, F., (1998). . In: Kants 脛sthetik / Kant's Aesthetics / L'esth茅tique de Kant. Editors: Parret, H., . DeGruyter. 176- 191. 3110129302. 9783110129304
