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| - | '''Alicja Anna Gescinska''' ([[Warsaw]], 1981) is a Polish-Belgian philosopher. | ||
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| - | ==Academic career== | ||
| - | Alicja Gescinska obtained a master's degree summa cum laude in Moral Sciences at [[Ghent University]]. She became Doctor of Philosophy at the same university in 2012, having written a dissertation on the philosophy of [[Max Scheler]] and [[Karol Wojtyla]]: ''Freedom and Persons: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Meaning of Human Agency in the Thought of Max Scheler and Karol Wojtyla''. | ||
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| - | Her book ''De verovering van de vrijheid'' (The conquest of freedom) – a philosophical and personal reflection on the meaning of freedom – was very well received. It was awarded by deMens.nu as the best non-fiction book of 2010-2011, and was shortlisted for other literary prizes. | ||
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| - | In 2012 she wrote an essay on fear and freedom, which is based on the Freedom Lecture she delivered on the Dutch [[Liberation Day]], 5 May 2012, at [[Felix Meritis]] in Amsterdam. The essay concerns the way in which resentment and hatred lead to the decline of personal and political freedom. | ||
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| - | From 2013-2014 Gescinska worked as a postdoctoral researcher at [[Princeton University]], after which she began working at [[Amherst College]] where she teaches courses on the philosophy of freedom and on European politics. | ||
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| - | ==Media personality== | ||
| - | She is in demand as a [[pundit]] in Belgium and The Netherlands. She is a member of the “Philosophical Team” of the Dutch newspaper ''[[Trouw]]'', and wrote a fortnightly philosophical column for the Belgian newspaper ''[[De Morgen]]'' from 2012 to 2014. | ||
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| - | In 2016 her debut novel, ''Een soort van liefde'' (A Kind of Love), was published by [[De Bezige Bij]]. She also presented the programme ''Wanderlust'' on the Belgian television channel [[Canvas (Belgium)|Canvas]], in which she travelled to meet and interview philosophers, writers, artists and scientists. In the first episode she met English philosopher [[Roger Scruton]], in the second Scottish sculptor [[Alexander Stoddart]], in the third Dutch novelist [[Connie Palmen]], in the fourth neuroscientist [[Raymond Tallis]], and in the fifth [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine monk]] [[Laurence Freeman]]. | ||
| + | '''Amherst College''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Amherst.ogg|ˈ|æ|m|ər|s|t}} is a [[private university|private]] [[liberal arts college]] in [[Amherst, Massachusetts]]. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate [[Williams College]] by its then-president [[Zephaniah Swift Moore]], Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in [[List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]. | ||
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Amherst College (Template:IPAc-en is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts.
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