Life After DPIR - Dr Evangelia Sembou

Alumni 1996, St Hugh's College

Summary

I was born in Athens, Greece. I was educated at The Moraïtis School, where I also took G.C.E. A’ levels, as I was planning to study in Britain. I came to Britain in 1992, at the age of 18. I read for a B.A. in Politics and History at Queen Mary and Westfield College of London University (now Queen Mary, University of London) (1995), where I received my B.A. with First Class Honours, and for an M.Sc. in Social and Political Theory at The University of Edinburgh, which I obtained a Distinction (1996). In 1996 I was offered a place to read for a Ph.D. in Political Theory at The University of Edinburgh. But I had applied to Oxford University at the same time. Eventually, I decided in favour of Oxford University. I came to Oxford in Michaelmas Term 1996 to read for a D.Phil. in Politics (Political Theory). I started as a probationary research student. In 1997 I was promoted to D.Phil. status by Professor Gerald Cohen (then Chichile Professor of Social and Political Theory) and urged to apply for a British Academy doctoral studentship, which, thankfully, I received.

I wrote my thesis on Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit under the supervision of Professor Lord Plant. My first articles were on Hegel, partly drawn from my doctoral dissertation and partly written from the beginning.

My publications include:

(i) “Antigone and Lysistrata in G. W. F. Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit”, Jahrbuch für Hegelforschung, Band 8/9 (2002/2003), pp. 31-52.

(ii) “Hegel’s Idea of a ‘Struggle for Recognition’: The Phenomenology of Spirit”, History of Political Thought, Vol. XXIV No. 2 (Summer 2003), pp. 262-281.

(iii) “The Young Hegel on ‘Life’ and ‘Love’”, Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain, Double Issue, Nos. 53/54 (2006), pp. 81-106.

(iv) “Hegel and Foucault Re-visited”, in P. Hanna (ed.), An Anthology of Philosophical Studies, Vol. 4

In 2012 a revised version of my thesis was published (‘Midwifery’ and Criticism in G. W. F. Hegel’s “Phenomenology of Spirit”, xi + 211 pp. (St. Augustin: Academia Verlag, 2012).

In the same year my book Plato’s Political Philosophy (vii + 125 pp.; Exeter and Charlottesville: Imprint Academic, 2012) also appeared. The aim of the book is to introduce the reader to Plato’s political philosophy. The book is directed towards an audience that approaches Plato for the first time.

My Modern Theories of Politics appeared in 2013 (vii + 248 pp.; Oxford: Peter Lang, 2013).In the same year my edited collection Political Theory: The State of the Discipline (Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013) appeared.

In 2014 my paper “Foucault’s Use of Nietzsche” appeared in Nietzsche as Political Philosopher, eds. M. Knoll and B. Stocker (Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2014), pp. 431-448.

For more details on all these publications, please see: http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/materials/alumni/profiles/SembouProfile.pdf