Elvira Basevich
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
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Welcome! I am Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis. In 2022-23, I was the Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellow at Princeton’s University Center for Human Values.
My research areas are social and political philosophy, Africana philosophy, and late modern German philosophy, especially Kant, Hegel, and Marx. I received my Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Graduate Center, CUNY and my BA from Hunter College, CUNY. My current research focuses on W.E.B. Du Bois's theory of justice, which I base on his critique of 19th- and 20th-century American democracy. You can find my CV here. My articles have appeared or are forthcoming in Kantian Review, The Monist, Journal of Moral Philosophy, Critical Philosophy of Race, Journal of Political Philosophy, Social Theory & Practice, Philosophical Topics, The Philosophical Forum, and Philosophy & Social Criticism. My first monograph W.E.B. Du Bois: The Lost and the Found was published with Polity Press in 2020. My second monograph A Duboisian Democracy: On Method and Practice is in preparation. With Helga Varden (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), I organize The Pariah Book Manuscript Workshop that supports historically under-represented philosophers to complete book manuscripts. If you're interested in joining, write to me here. I am also a co-organizer of an online lecture series "Philosophy in Times of Crisis," together with Henny Blomme (KU Leuven) and Ansgar Lyssy (University of Heidelberg). I grew up in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. In my free time, I write poetry. My first poetry book How to Love the World was published with Pank Press in 2020 and was shortlisted for the National Jewish Book Award. Check out my interviews about my books at [PANK] Magazine, Boston Athenaeum, and the APA Blog. |