Simone Weil
RESEARCH NETWORK
About
The Simone Weil Research Network UK was set up in 2021 to bring together scholars, practitioners, and artists interested in the life and work of Simone Weil. Drawing on three key aspects of her thought - religion, philosophy, and politics - the Network has held a series of events, including workshops, conferences, and public lectures, to bring her thought into wider conversations on the pressing problems of the 21st Century. Going forward, the Network will continue to serve as a resource to those interested in Weil's life, thought, and on those who write about her.
Christopher Thomas
Dr Christopher Thomas is co-director of the UK Simone Weil Research Network, and a lecturer in Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University. He obtained his PhD at the University of Aberdeen under the supervision of Professor Beth Lord with a thesis on the place of art in Spinoza’s naturalist philosophy. He has published widely on both Spinoza and Simone Weil and is working on a monograph on the aesthetic dimensions of Weil’s philosophy.
Deborah Casewell
Deborah Casewell is co-director of the Simone Weil Research Network UK, and Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Chester. She has published widely on 19th and 20th Century philosophy and religion, in particular on existentialism and the moral philosophy of Simone Weil. She is working on wider explorations and applications of Weil's central concept of attention.
