BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Marina Marren is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy with the Department of Cognitive Science. Prior to joining the United Arab Emirates University, Marren was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Nevada, Reno. Prior to that she was a lecturer at the University of Oregon. She also held an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship with the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Marren is a recipient of multiple teaching excellence awards.
She is the author of many articles in ancient Greek, German and political philosophy, as well as philosophy of religion and art (e.g., with ΣΧΟΛΗ; Ramus: Critical Studies in Greek and Roman Literature; Perspectives on Political Science; Philosophy and Literature; HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science; International Journal of Philosophy and Theology; and other peer-reviewed journals and volumes). Her recent publications offer analyses of political conflict, civic education, and science. In her book, Plato and Aristophanes: Comedy, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Just Life (Northwestern UP 2022), Marren argues for the value of comedy as an aesthetic mode of political critique.
Marren's current research project is on comparative culture studies. The project is funded by a UAEU Start-Up grant.
EDUCATION
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Doctorate Degree, PhD in Philosophy, Philosophy, Boston college, 2017
RESEARCH AREAS
- Ancient Greek Philosophy
- Political Philosophy
- Ethics
- History of philosophy (modern, 19th – 20th century)
- Aesthetics
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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(2024). "Meaning-Making and World-Creative Power of Metaphor: Paul Ricoeur, Aristotle, and Plato". Co-Authors: . Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy. 20 (1).
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(2024). "Happiness and Joy in Aristotle and Bergson as Life of Thoughtful and Creative Action". Co-Authors: . Open Philosophy, Special Issue, Happiness in Contemporary Continental Philosophy. 7 (1).
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(2024). "The Mythological Aspect of Plato’s Phaedo as Disclosing the Soul’s Ontological Significance". Co-Authors: Kevin Marren. Philosophies. 9.
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(2024). "Self-abnegation, Decentering of Objective Relations, and Intuition of Nature: Toomas Altnurme’s and Cao Jun’s Art". Co-Authors:
. Open Philosophy, Special Issue, Theory Materialized—Art-object Theorized . 7 (1).
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(2024). "We Understand Him Even Better Than He Understood Himself': Kant and Plato on Sensiblity, God and the Ideas of Reason". Co-Authors:
. Open Philosophy. 7 (1).
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(2023). "Repression and Return of Nature in Hegel and Beyond". Co-Authors: . Philosophies. 8 (5).
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(2023). "Achilles’ Character as a Critique of Warmongering Ideals in the Iliad". Co-Authors: . Schole: Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition. 17 (2).
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(2022). "The Contemplative Community: Pre-Socratic Teachings and Their Appropriation in the Phaedo". Co-Authors:
. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy. 37.
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(2022). "Plato and Aristophanes: Comedy, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Just Life". Co-Authors: . Northwestern University Press (Rereading Ancient Philosophy) Book Series. .
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(2021). "Tragic Rationality in Plato’s Phaedo and Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy". Co-Authors: . Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy. 25.2.
