Dimitris Vardoulakis


Dimitris Vardoulakis is a Greek philosopher and Associate Professor of philosophy in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University. He works in the tradition of Continental philosophy, and has published on a variety of topics, including the relation between literature and philosophy, power and sovereignty.

Career

He received his PhD in philosophy from Monash University and is a winner of Excellence in Leadership Award.
Vardoulakis is the author of ' and '. He co-edited After Blanchot: Literature, Criticism, Philosophy with Leslie Hill and Brian Nelson and was the sole editor of Spinoza Now. He co-edited a special issue of SubStance entitled "The Political Animal" with Chris Danta, and a special issue of Angelaki entitled "The Politics of Place" with Andrew Benjamin.
Vardoulakis is the chair of the lecture series Thinking Out Loud: The Sydney Lectures in Philosophy and Society and editor of the linked book series published by Fordham University Press. He is the co-editor of the book series Incitements, published with Edinburgh University Press.