Metaphysics; Ethics. View full profile
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Hellenistic poetry, Virgil and Ovid; Ancient grammarians; Etymologies found in the scholia to Hellenistic poets; Hyginus’ Fabulae. View full profile
Greek historiography, particularly Herodotus, and ancient Greek politics, especially citizenship and political thought; Democratic and oligarchic ideology; Greek political imagery. View full profile
Dr Eleanor Brooke is a Teaching Fellow in Classics. View full profile
Philosophy of Religion; Indian Religious and Philosophical Traditions; Philosophy and Film / Literature; Death, Illness and Emotion; Wittgenstein View full profile
Metaphysics; Philosophical Methodology; Formal and Philosophical Logic. View full profile
Angelo Cei, Lecturer
History of Science, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics View full profile
Modality; Realism and Antirealism; Transcendental Arguments. View full profile
Ancient Philosophy; Emotions; Ethics. View full profile
Ancient philosophy, medicine and attitudes to disability. View full profile
Philosophy of Science; History of Physics; Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics. View full profile
Graeme Gooday, Professor of History of Science and Technology
Head of Department
+44 (0)113 343 3274
Social History of Laboratories and Instruments, especially physics; History of Electrical and Computer Technology; Philosophy of Technology; Ethics of Technology; Gender, Science and Technology. View full profile
Roman history; Roman urbanism; the emperor Augustus. View full profile
Ovid, esp. Fasti ; Roman literature, esp. 1st century B.C. and A.D., in its literary and socio-political contexts; Roman religion; Manilius' Astronomica. View full profile
Greek tragedy; The phenomenon of off-stage characters in plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. View full profile
Beth Hannon, Visiting Staff
Philosophy of science, History of science, Philosophy of mind View full profile
Greek poetry and rhetoric, ancient and modern literary theory. View full profile
Theoretical Ethics; Value Theory; Theories of Practical Reasons; Moral Psychology; Normative Ethics. View full profile
The History of Philosophy (especially Locke and Berkeley); Philosophy of Humour View full profile
Claire Jones, Director of the Museum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Modern History of Medicine View full profile
Roman Archaeology and Urbanisation, esp. Pompeii and Roman Britain. View full profile
Chris Kenny, Teaching Fellow, Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
+44 (0)113 343 3266
Science and Religion; Early Modern Science; Early Modern Philosophy. View full profile
Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art; Creativity; Ethics; Psychology and Character. View full profile
Metaethics; Moral Psychology; Normative Ethics; and Applied Ethics; Political Philosophy. View full profile
Normative and Applied Ethics; The Structure of Moral Theories; Gradability in Ethics; The Demandingness of Morality; Moral Luck; Punishment, Excuses and Mitigation; Political Philosophy. View full profile
Philosophy of Space and Time; Metaphysics; Epistemology; Philosophy of Religion. View full profile
Epistemology; Philosophy of Mind. View full profile
Calum Maciver, Lecturer
My interests lie principally in Greek literature of the Roman Empire and Greek epic poetry View full profile
Ancient drama; The Latin novel; Apuleius' use of Roman comedy, tragedy and mime; Dramatic intertextuality in Apuleius, women in the ancient novels and Greek comedy, short articles on ancient medicine View full profile
Alistair McFadyen, Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology
+44 (0)113 34 33653
Theological anthropology and the doctrine of sin, especially in relation to contemporary secular thought and practice; theology and public life; policing, religion and theology; feminist theology View full profile
Aesthetics; Metaphysics; Philosophy of Language; Metaethics; Philosophy of Mind; Epistemology. View full profile
Seán McLoughlin, Senior Lecturer in Religion, Anthropology and Islam
+44 (0)113 343 3643
Religion, ethnicity, diaspora, identity. All aspects of the Muslim (especially South Asian heritage) presence in Britain. Ethnography of contemporary Muslim societies. View full profile
Christopher Megone, Professor of Interdisciplinary Applied Ethics, Director Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied
+44 (0) 113 34 33278 / 37788
Classical Philosophy; Social and Political Philosophy; Ethics (including Applied Ethics, especially Medical and Business Ethics); Moral Psychology and Practical Reasoning. View full profile
Religion in social and cultural theory; embodiment, Christian theology and sociology; Durkheimian studies; problems of theory and method in the study of religion. View full profile
Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Philosophical Psychology; Philosophy of Film; Philosophy of Literature. View full profile
AHRC project "Method in Philosophical Aesthetics: The Challenge from the Sciences" View full profile
Modern Christian thought; feminism, gender and theology; theological ethics, especially intergenerational responsibility. View full profile
Greek philosophy, particularly the literary aspects of philosophical writing; Plato esp. responses to Greek traditions of philosophy, rhetoric and poetry. View full profile
Interfaith dialogue; Muslim-Christian relations; Islam in the UK; State and religion(s) in the UK; Fieldwork in Religious Studies View full profile
Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science
+44 (0)113 343 3269
History and Philosophy of Biology, especially evolutionary biology, genetics and animal behaviour; History of the Human Sciences; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of History; Intellectual Property View full profile
Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Physics; Metaphysics of Science; Philosophy of Mathematics. View full profile
Metaphysics; Philosophy of Religion; Philosophical Logic; Modality; Scientific/Religious Rationality; Realism/Anti-realism. View full profile
Elizabeth Sirriyeh, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies
+44 (0)113 343 3651
Islamic Studies, especially Sufism and Islamic reform, dreaming and dream interpretation in Islam, religion in Ottoman Syria. View full profile
Greek cultural history, esp. religion; Herakles (Routledge); The Trojan War. View full profile
History of Modern Medicine, Philosophy of Medicine and Disease Identities, History of Medical Technologies View full profile
Philosophy of Action/Free Will; Philosophy of Mind; Metaphysics. View full profile
Emotion terminology of the Hebrew Bible; Ideological sub-texts of prophetic Hebrew Bible literature; Reading Hebrew Bible texts in the light of the HIV/AIDS pandemic; View full profile
Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, Medical Ethics, Political Philosophy. View full profile
Gender and Religion; Religion and Development; Religion and Environmentalism; Buddhism and Hinduism; South and South-East Asia View full profile
Cultural History of Science in 19th-century Britain; Science and Religion; The History of the Book in the Industrial Age; 19th-century Life and Earth Sciences. View full profile
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Action/Free Will, Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic. View full profile
Moral Philosophy, Metaethics, Value Theory View full profile
Protestant Christian ecumenical cooperation in colonial Kenya. History and spirituality of the East African Revival movement, church-state relations in Uganda. View full profile
Francis Bacon; History of Medieval Philosophy; History of early modern natural philosophy; Interactions between science, magic and religion. View full profile
Leeds Index of Samian Pottery Stamps View full profile
Philosophy of Logic and Language; Metaphysics; Formal epistemology. View full profile
History of Childbirth; English Voluntary Hospitals, 1750–1850; History of Pathology; Historical Theory; Literary Theory. View full profile
