Greg Bird
Associate Professor Cultural Analysis and Social Theory MA Program, Techne: Wilfrid Laurier University Biopolitical Research Group Faculty of Arts Sociology Waterloo, Ontario gbird@wlu.ca
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English
Italian
Italian
Bio/Research
Greg Bird is a contemporary social and political theorist with a focus on contemporary biopolitical thought. His first book Containing Community (SUNY Press) won the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy Annual Book Award (2017). He and Giovanni Tusa are the co-editors of Dispositif: A Cart...
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Bio/Research
Greg Bird is a contemporary social and political theorist with a focus on contemporary biopolitical thought. His first book Containing Community (SUNY Press) won the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy Annual Book Award (2017). He and Giovanni Tusa are the co-editors of Dispositif: A Cartography (MIT Press 2023). He has published several articles and chapters in English and Italian, including in international journals such as the European Journal of Social Theory, Configurations, Angelaki, and Human Studies. He has published two co-edited books and four co-edited special journal issues.
Since graduating from his PhD, Greg has held various advisory and administrative roles in the Italian Thought Network. He sits on multiple international editorial boards, and he has held visiting researcher positions in Rome (Roma Tre), Pisa (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa), and Naples (Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane in Naples) in Italy. He also frequently travels to Lisbon where he is an associate researcher with colleagues at the Nova Universidade de Lisboa and Univesidade Aberta.
Degrees: BAHon, Sociology & Employment Relations, University of Toronto; MA, Work & Society, McMaster University; PhD, Sociology, York University.
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Since graduating from his PhD, Greg has held various advisory and administrative roles in the Italian Thought Network. He sits on multiple international editorial boards, and he has held visiting researcher positions in Rome (Roma Tre), Pisa (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa), and Naples (Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane in Naples) in Italy. He also frequently travels to Lisbon where he is an associate researcher with colleagues at the Nova Universidade de Lisboa and Univesidade Aberta.
Degrees: BAHon, Sociology & Employment Relations, University of Toronto; MA, Work & Society, McMaster University; PhD, Sociology, York University.
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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