I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with a joint appointment at the Canada Research Chair on Epistemic Injustice and Agency (UQAM) and Le Centre de Recherche en Éthique (UdeM) in Montréal, where I am also a member of the philosophy department at McGill. I previously studied for a DPhil in Philosophy at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Amia Srinivasan and Rachel Fraser, and before that took a BA and then an MPhil in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge.

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Beginning with my doctoral thesis, much of my work to-date concerns hermeneutical injustices. That means much of my time is spent thinking about why people sometimes fail in their attempts to render certain things about themselves intelligible, why it matters when they do, and what can be done to prevent this either happening or mattering. An overarching theme is the desirability of living in a world where less importance gets attached to certain things about people being intelligible, and the formulation of strategies for bringing such a world about. 

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In addition to this work on hermeneutical injustices, I have research interests in trans philosophy, the philosophy of love, and the work of a number of figures on the margins of philosophy - especially Roland Barthes. I also serve as an Associate Editor at Hypatia.

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My CV can be found here.

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My PhilPeople page can be found here.

 

My email address is nicholas.clanchy@mcgill.ca.

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My pronouns are they/them.

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