julian.hermida@algomau.ca
705-949-2301, ext. 4317
Office: NW 206B

Credentials: BA (University of Buenos Aires), LLM, DCL (McGill University), PhD (University of Córdoba)

Areas of Expertise: Criminal law and criminology, comparative law, international law.

trevor.tchir@algomau.ca
705-949-2301, ext. 4388
Office: SH 415

Educational Background:

• ‌PhD, University of Alberta
• MA, University of Ottawa
• BA, University of Ottawa

Areas of Expertise:

Classical and modern history of political thought, moral philosophy, Arendt’s theory of political action, Canadian political institutions.

Publications:

Hannah Arendt’s Theory of Political Action: Daimonic Disclosure of the ‘Who.’ Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Book Chapters:

“Daimon Appearances and the Heideggerian Influence in Arendt’s Account of Political Action,” in Action and Appearance: Explorations in Hannah Arendt, eds. Charles Barbour, Philip Hansen, Anna Yeatman, and Magdalena Zolkos (Continuum: New York, 2011).

“Arendtian Action: Performative Disclosure of the ‘Who’” in Declensions of the Self: A Bestiary of Modernity, eds. Jean-Jacques Defert, Trevor Tchir, and Dan Webb (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008).

Edited Book:

Edited collection: Declensions of the Self: A Bestiary of Modernity, eds. Jean-Jacques Defert, Trevor Tchir, and Dan Webb (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008).

Book Review:

“Review of Karen S. Feldman, Binding Words: Conscience and Rhetoric in Hobbes, Hegel, and Heidegger,” H-Ideas, H-Net Reviews, January, 2007.

Selected Conference Presentations:

• “Arendtian Resources for Truth and Reconciliation,” Prairie Political Science Association conference, Banff (2017).
• “Reconciliation and the Fusion of Horizons,” Canadian Political Science Association conference, Calgary (2016).
• “Rethinking Sovereignty in First Nations and Canadian Crown Relations,” Canadian Political Science Association conference, Ottawa (2015).
• “Religious Pluralism and the Canadian Secular State,” Canadian Political Science Association conference, Edmonton (2012).
• “Aristotelian Practical Reason in Amartya Sen’s Idea of Justice,” Western Political Science Association, San Antonio(2011).
• “Daimon Appearances in Arendt’s Account of Action,” Western Political Science Association, Vancouver; Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago; New York State Political Science Association, New York; Canadian Political Science Association, Ottawa (2009).
• “Performative Self-Disclosure in Arendt’s Account of Action,” Canadian Political Science Association, Saskatoon (2007).
• “Aletheia and the Heideggerian Influence in Arendt,” Interdisciplinary Graduate Theory Colloquium, University of Alberta (2007).
• “Self-Disclosure and the State: Arendt’s Critique of Marx’s Socialized Humanity,” Rethinking Marxism, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2006).
• “Judging the Political Performance: Self-Disclosure and the Spectator in Hannah Arendt,” MLCS Declensions of the Self Conference, University of Alberta (2006).
• “Horkheimer and Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment,” Talking Across Disciplines Colloquium, University of Alberta (2006).
• “Rationality and Language in Charles Taylor,” Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, University of Ottawa (2006).

olabanji.akinola@algomau.ca
Office: CC3031

Credentials: B.Sc. (University of Ibadan), M.A. (Graduate Institute, Geneva), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Guelph).

Areas of Expertise: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Global Development, Human Rights, Public Policy and Governance (local and international).

I teach and conduct research on topics such as political economy, politics, governance, globalization, poverty, inequality, social policy, (im)migration, human rights, peace, conflict, security, terrorism, and development at the local, national and international levels. A cross-cutting theme in my teaching and research is understanding how politics intersects – and influences – other aspects of human life such as the environment, the economy, religion, ethnicity, culture, and so on. With more than twenty (20) single and co-authored publications in the past five years, I have made, and continue to make, significant contributions to knowledge in my areas of expertise through book chapters, journal articles, policy briefs, book reviews, essays, and occasional media appearances/interviews. In addition, I regularly participate in intellectual engagements within and outside the academia, including at high-level local and international conferences and workshops organized and/or sponsored by United Nations agencies/organizations. More information on my teaching, research, and intellectual engagements can be found at olabanjiakinola.com.