Dr Sarah Hitchen FHEA
Lecturer in Philosophy and Teaching DevelopmentResearch Overview
I'm a lecturer in Philosophy with a background in War Studies, Security Studies, Law, and Philosophy having studied, researched, and taught across all of these areas. My Philosophical interests primarily lie in the philosophy of war and conflict, military ethics, Ordinary Language Philosophy, analytic jurisprudence, and the philosophy of art and aesthetics, with occaisional forays into the linguistic elements of philosophy of science.
My main research focus recently has been on the centrality of the combatant experience to the study of war, military ethics and politics, particularly in the context of modern warfare and insurgency fighting. I am also interested in the moral and political aspects of public acts of rememberance in communities where tensions remain - particularly the history and ongoing discussion of official commemorations in the Republic of Ireland.
I'm also interested in the interaction of the practical and the more abstract in particular the relations between; craft, technique, and creativity, character and action, the ideal(ised) and the real(ised) which run through the arts and the professions of arms.
In my spare time I'm a printmaker, but keep my military interests entirely academic for the good of everyone.
Professional Role
As PPR's teaching developer I am responsible for enhancing teaching and learning provision in the department by leading departmental teaching strategies, feedback practices, and pedagogical development.
Current Teaching
PPR 301 / 501 Philosophy of Art
PPR 391.h / 571.a Philosophies of War and Conflict
Phil 100 Epistemology and Metaphysics
UG and PG dissertation supervision, particularly in ethical (including meta-ethics) and political philosophy
Previous teaching
Poli 100: International Relations Theory
PPR 221: International Relations and Security
PPR 206: Values and Objectivity (meta-ethics)
PPR 392f/592f: Feminist Philosophy
Phil 101: Moral and Political Philosophy
Phil 100: Philosophy
PhD Supervision Interests
Philosophy of War and Conflict Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art Ordinary Language Philosophy Jurisprudence
Securitisation in the Non-Western World
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Infrastructure for Peace
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
MANCEPT
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Soldiers' Lives and Experiences
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Society of Legal Scholars Conference 2015
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Society for History of Philosophy
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Society of Legal Scholars Conference 2014
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Gilbert Ryle
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Nordic Network for Philosophy of Science
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
All you need is science? Scientism and our multifaceted knowledge of reality’
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Work in Utopia - Royal Institute of Philosophy
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
SocSociety for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Nordic Wittgenstein Society and the International Ludwig Wittgenstein Society Annual Conference; 'The Contemporary Significance of Ordinary Language Philosophy'
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Society for Philosophy of Science
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
New Atheism, Scientism and Open-Mindedness
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Student Experience Impact Award
Prize (including medals and awards)