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Katherine Curchin

katherine.curchin@anu.edu.au

Ph  (+61) 2 6125 8530

Katherine Curchin is a PhD Candidate in the Political Science Program, RSSS, ANU. She is also an editorial intern for the Journal of Political Philosophy, and a tutor in the School of Business and Government at the University of Canberra.

Her research interests include contemporary political theory, especially theories of toleration and recognition, deliberative democracy and feminist political theory. Her current research is on possibilities for constructive intercultural dialogue around controversial practices.

Education

PhD in progress, Political Science Program, Australian National University, Canberra.

              PhD Thesis in progress (under the suprevision of Prof John Dryzek): The Ethics of Criticizing Other Cultures

M.A. in Political Science, University of Manchester (2005)

              Masters Thesis: Embryo Selection and Elective Disability: The Case of the Deaf  Community

B.A. in Government (Hons), The University of Queensland (2000)

             Honours Thesis: Constructions of Lesbian Motherhood and Reproductive Technology: A Critical Reading of JM’s Case.

 

Publications and Conference Papers

Forthcoming “White women and Maori protocol: The politics of criticising other cultures” Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Queensland, 7-9 July 2008
 
2007 “Evading the Paradox of Universal Self-Ownership” Journal of Political Philosophy, 15(4): 484-494
 
2007 “Representing Those Who Cannot Object” New Horizons in Political Philosophy Postgraduate Conference, Australian National University,  6-7 December 2007
 
2007 “Save the Baby Veal: Animal Rights Campaigns and Indigenous Hunting” Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, Monash University, 24-26 September 2007

Forthcoming “Evading the Paradox of Universal Self-Ownership” Journal of Political Philosophy.

2006 "Criticised Cultures: What do British Fox-hunters and Indigenous Whalers have in Common?" presented at the International Conference "Dialogue across Difference: Governance in a Multicultural Era", Australian National University, Canberra, 4-5 December 2006.

2006 "Criticised Cultures: What do British Fox-hunters and Indigenous Whalers have in Common?" presented at Imperatives Postgraduate Conference in Political Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 8 December 2006.

2006 “Liberal Feminism and Illiberal Cultures” presented at Not Another Hijab Row: New Conversations on Gender, Race, Religion and the Making of Communities, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, 9-10 December 2006.

2005 “Is There a Way Out of the Paradox of Universal Self-Ownership?” presented at Brave New World Graduate Conference in Political Theory, University of Manchester, Manchester, 29-30 June 2005.

2004 “Lesbian Access to Fertility Services and the Shortcomings of Anti-Discrimination Law” presented at CANE Conference of the PSA Graduate Network, University of Manchester, Manchester, 20 November 2004.