Curriculum Vitae
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Areas of specialisation: Continental philosophy, phenomenology, philosophy of disability, disability studies, feminist philosophy, vulnerability, biopolitics, posthumanism.
Areas of competence: actor-network theory, philosophy of technology, philosophy of biology, embodied cognition, Critical Theory, bioethics, medical ethics.
Current & Recent Employment #
| Role | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| Editorial Assistant: International Journal of Philosophical Studies. | 2022– |
| Part-Time (HPAL) Lecturer (University College Dublin). | 2019, 2023 |
| Tutor (University College Dublin). | 2012–2022 |
Education #
| Degree | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| University College Dublin: | |
| PhD in Philosophy (awarded with minor typographical corrections) | 2013–2021 |
| Thesis Title: “Distributing Disability: Embodied Difference, Technology, and the Human”. | |
| MA in Philosophy (First Class) | 2011–2012 |
| Thesis Title: “Rebellious Matter: Towards an Ontology of Embodied Difference”. | |
| Queen’s University Belfast: | |
| BA (Hons) in Sociology and Politics (First Class) | 2008–2011 |
| Dissertation Title: “Live Flesh: Materiality, Subjectivity, Agency”. |
Publications #
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Dolezal, Luna, Cathrin Fisher & Jonathan Paul Mitchell, ‘Disability’, in Routledge Handbook of Political Phenomenology (forthcoming). | 2023 |
| Käll, Lise Folkmarson, Jonathan Paul Mitchell & Tobias Skiveren. “Editors’ Introduction: Disability and Protheses”. Women, Gender & Research 31, no. 2 (2021): 5-9. | 2021 |
| Mitchell, Jonathan Paul. “Unsafe Ground: Technology, Habit, and the Enactment of Disability”. Women, Gender & Research 31, no. 2 (2021): 24–39. | 2021 |
| Mitchell, Jonathan Paul. “Disability and the Inhuman”, in Perception and the Inhuman Gaze: Perspectives from Philosophy, Phenomenology and the Sciences, edited by Anya Daly, James Jardine, Fred Cummins, and Dermot Moran, 298-307. London: Routledge, 2020. | 2020 |
| Mitchell, Jonathan. “‘Race’, Nation and Belonging in Ireland”. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies 11, no. 1 (2011): 4-13. | 2011 |
Awards #
| Award | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| Nomination for Dr Máire de Paor Award (best PhD thesis in UCD College of Social Sciences and Law). | 2022 |
| Irish Research Council, Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship. | 2013–2016 |
| ESB–Universities Ireland, North/South Postgraduate Scholarship. | 2011–2012 |
| Undergraduate Awards, ‘Social Studies’ category: Overall Winner. | 2011 |
| Undergraduate Awards, ‘Politics and International Relations’ category: Highly Commended (runner-up). | 2011 |
| Queen’s University Belfast, School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work: | |
| Eithne McLaughlin Prize (best work on disability). | 2011 |
| Queen’s University Belfast, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy: | |
| David Mulholland Prize (best performance in dissertation). | 2011 |
| Foundation Scholarship. | 2010 |
| Foundation Scholarship. | 2009 |
Forthcoming Activities #
| Activity | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| Invited respondent: Vulnerability and the Gift of Death workshop (University of Stockholm, 16-17 April 2024). | 2024 |
Conference & Workshop Presentations #
| Title & Event | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| Disability, Vulnerability and Responses to COVID-19 | 2023 |
| ‘The Ethics and Politics of Vulnerable Populations’, University College Dublin, 10 May 2023. | |
| Disability, Vulnerability, and Debility | 2022 |
| ‘Fits and Misfits: Rethinking Disability, Debility, and the World with Merleau-Ponty’ (46th Annual Conference of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle), Georgetown University, Washington, 10 November 2022. | |
| Disability, Personhood, and Vulnerability [read] | 2021 |
| Invited Speaker Seminar Series, Nordic Network Gender Body Health, 16 December 2021. | |
| Disability, Technological Milieus, and Anticipation | 2021 |
| Phenomenology Symposium, School of Philosophy, University College Dublin, 26 April 2021. | |
| Inter-mundane Technology as an Unsafe Ground for Habit and Possibility | 2018 |
| ‘Habit and Social Experience’, School of Philosophy, University College Dublin, 7-8 December 2018. | |
| Some Implications of Enactivism for a Conception of Disability | 2018 |
| ‘A Workshop On and With Tony Chemero’, School of Computer Science, University College Dublin, 27-28 June 2018. | |
| Disability and The Inhuman [read] | 2018 |
| ‘The Inhuman Gaze and Perceiving Otherwise’, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France, 6-9 June 2018. | |
| Disability, Technology, Time: The Technological Unconscious as an Unsafe Ground for Bodily Activity [read] | 2017 |
| ‘Interrogating Prostheses’, Nordic Network Gender Body Health, Stockholm University, 15-16 May 2017. | |
| Disability and Prosthesis Beyond Utility and Function [read] | 2016 |
| ‘Disability, Arts and Health’, Nordic Network for Gender, Body, Health, Bergen University, 1-2 September 2016. | |
| Expression and The Structure of Behavior [read] | 2016 |
| ‘Workshop with Donald A. Landes on Merleau-Ponty and the Paradoxes of Expression’, University College Dublin, 18 May 2016. | |
| Atypical Morphology and the Normative Limits of Ability and Function [read] | 2015 |
| ‘Theorizing the Body in Health and Medicine’, Maastricht University, 25-26 November 2015. | |
| Bioethics Without a Concept of ‘Normalcy’ | 2015 |
| ‘Conceptualizing Disability as a Public Health Issue’, Fondation Brocher, Geneva, Switzerland, 26 January 2015. |
Teaching Experience #
| Position | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| Part-Time (HPAL) Lecturer (University College Dublin) 2019, 2023 | |
| Guest Lecture ‘What Can a Body Do?’ on Philosophy of Disability (Level 2 Module ‘Mind, Body & World’) | 2023 |
| Guest Lecture on Phenomenology and Disability (Level 2 module ‘Phenomenology and Existentialism’) | 2019 |
| Tutor (University College Dublin) | |
| ‘Philosophy and Literature’ (Level 2) | 2019 |
| ‘Phenomenology and Existentialism’ (Level 2) | 2018 |
| ‘Philosophy and Literature’ (Level 2) | 2017 |
| ‘Feminist Legal Theory’ (Level 2) | 2016 |
| ‘Philosophy of Interpretation’ (Level 3) | 2014 |
| ‘Rationalism & Empiricism’ (Level 2) | 2014 |
| ‘Introduction to Greek Philosophy’ (Level 1) | 2013 |
| ‘Introduction to Arts’ (Level 1) | 2012 |
Other Academic Experience & Citizenship #
| Activity | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| Minorities and Philosophy (UCD Chapter): Committee Member & Accessibility Co-ordinator. | 2021– |
| Co-organiser: Imagining Technologies for Disability Futures panel, ‘Phenomenology, Disability, and Technology’, at 2022 British Society for Phenomenology conference, University of Exeter. | 2022 |
| Co-editor: special issue of Women, Gender & Research, ‘Interrogating Disability and Prostheses’. | 2019–2021 |
| Conference assistant: The Inhuman Gaze, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris. | 2018 |
| Peer reviewer: Hypatia. | 2016 |
| Peer reviewer: Somatechnics. | 2014 |
| Conference assistant: The Future of the Body, Long Room Hub, Trinity College, Dublin. | 2014 |
| Alumnus judge: Undergraduate Awards. | 2013 |
| Indexer: Giffney, N. & Shildrick, M. (eds), Theory on the Edge: Irish Studies and the Politics of Sexual Difference. | 2013 |
| Queen’s University Belfast: | |
| Student Union Councillor. | 2010–2011 |
| Community, Equality, Diversity Committee Member. | 2009–2011 |
| Student-Staff Consultative Committee Member. | 2009–2010 |
Memberships #
| Organisation | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| Society for Philosophy and Disability | 2020– |
| British Society for Phenomenology | 2022– |
| Disabled Academic Collective | 2022– |
Languages #
| Language | Level |
|---|---|
| English | Native speaker. |
| French | Speak and read with basic competence (Common European Framework A2.8). |
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