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Room 0G.004 - 24 University Square
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
I'm currently happy to participate in co-supervision or secondary supervision, and have capacity to act as primary supervisor for 1-2 students working on Nietzsche and 19th century European philosophy. I currently supervise PhD students working on 19th-20th century European philosophy, applied ethics, and social and political philosophy (including feminist philosophy).
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Rebecca Bamford earned four A Levels thanks to her local state comprehensive school, and earned a BA in Combined Studies in Arts (now renamed Liberal Arts) at Durham University, focusing on German, Philosophy, and Russian Studies, where she was also a member of University College. She then completed an MA in Philosophy and a PhD in Philosophy at Durham. Her doctoral thesis, supervised by Professor David E. Cooper, focused on the relationship between art and truth in Nietzsche's works, and developed a new account of Nietzsche's aestheticism and its ethical, metaphysical, and aesthetic implications.
My research shows how the history of philosophy can help us respond to contemporary problems. I focus on 19th century post-Kantian European philosophy, with particular emphasis on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. I combine this with work on contemporary problems at the intersection of ethics, politics, and the sciences.
I'm an editorial board member of Nietzsche-Studien, and an executive committee member of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society.
I'm currently working on four main research projects:
I conduct general research in applied ethics, especially on contemporary bioethics, environmental and technology issues, drawing on resources from social and political philosophy, and from African philosophy.
Prior to joining Queen's, I held postdoctoral fellowships in the interdisciplinary humanities at Emory University (USA) and in philosophy at Rhodes University (South Africa). I also taught philosophy at the University of Bradford (UK), the University of Minnesota Rochester (USA), Hunter College of the City University of New York (USA), and Quinnipiac University (USA).
My book, Nietzsche's Dawn: Philosophy, Ethics, and the Passion of Knowledge, was co-authored with Keith Ansell-Pearson and was published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2020: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Nietzsche's+Dawn:+Philosophy,+Ethics,+and+the+Passion+of+Knowledge-p-9781118957783
I am the editor of Nietzsche's Free Spirit Philosophy, published by Rowman & Littlefield International in 2015: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781783482177/Nietzsches-Free-Spirit-Philosophy
At MA level I teach on the Applied Philosophy module and convene the Virtues, Ethics, and Empires module. I also regularly contribute to the School-wide module HAP7001, focusing on research ethics (including on the philosophy that informs contemporary research ethics).
At undergraduate level, I convene the third-year module Philosophy of Technology and Environment each Spring. I also regularly teach on several second-year undergraduate modules, including History of Philosophy, in which we examine philosophy written by less commonly taught philosophers of the early modern period, including Elisabeth of Bohemia, Margaret Cavendish, and Anton Wilhelm Amo Afer.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bamford, R. (Recipient), Jun 2004
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Bamford, R. (Recipient), Sept 2006
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Bamford, R. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Bamford, R. (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Bamford, R. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Appointment
Bamford, R. (Chair)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
Bamford, R. (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Bamford, R. (Examiner)
Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
Bamford, R. (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Bamford, R. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
16/02/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Bamford, R. & Merrick, A.
01/05/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
03/12/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
23/11/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment