Thomas Baruzzi
PhD Philosophy
- Philosophy
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Email: T.Baruzzi@sms.ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Dugald Stewart Building
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AD
Background
T. Baruzzi began his studies in Physics at the Honors College of Stony Brook University, then switched to Cognitive Science at the University of Edinburgh. He completed his MA in Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and is currently a PhD researcher in Philosophy and Black Male Studies back at the University of Edinburgh.
His concerns outside of academia currently revolve around his music, photography and creative writing.
Responsibilities & affiliations
The Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy (SIFA)
The Serendipity Society
Undergraduate teaching
- Tutor for "Philosophy of Science 1" (2024/25); "Introduction to History of Philosophy A" (2023/24)
- PPLS Skills Centre Tutor
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
No
Research summary
T. Baruzzi's current research seeks to formulate a philosophical reframing of the typically female sexual behavior known in the literature as "token resistance". It looks at how this sexual dynamic has informed power relations between women and men since the 18th century up to current philosophical, social and legislative campaigns to redefine sexual consent. The focus is on the power wielded by dominant-group women over men, in particular racialized males and subordinate-group white males, and the implications this has for our understanding of the patriarchy within White Supremacy. T. Baruzzi's research has previously touched on the role of silence(s) in the life of racialized males, and the applications of Black Male Studies to the Italian context.
Publications:
Baruzzi, T. (2023). Can('t) the Black male speak? A study of the silences that beset him and the gendered vulnerabilities they reveal. UvA Scripties. Retrieved from https://scripties.uba.uva.nl/search?id=c9238257
Baruzzi, T. (2022). Futile even when it’s not: Alika Ogochukwu was a Black male and murdered because of it. Cimedart, vol. 53, issue 1. Retrieved from http://cimedart.nl/onvolledig-archief/53-1/futile-even-when-its-not-alika-was-a-black-male-and-murdered-because-of-it/
Baruzzi, T. (2022). Rough sex as oppressive towards (wo)men: A study of the dominance behind western Women’s submissiveness (Order No. 29322344). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global; Publicly Available Content Database. (2729045608). Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/rough-sex-as-oppressive-towards-wo-men-study/docview/2729045608/se-2
Papers delivered
- “The unspeakable unspoken: Black male vulnerability to intimate violence," presented at The Dutch Research School of Philosophy (OZSW) Annual Conference 2023 (ID: 167 / Panel 4-3-C: 1 / see p.4 of https://www.ozsw.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OZSW-Conference-2023-abstract-book.pdf)