ELI BENJAMIN

I'm Eli Benjamin, a philosophy PhD student Temple University and co-founder of the Philosophy 360° project for interdisciplinary public philosophy. I hold an M.A. and a B.A. from the department of philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

My philosophical interests are very broad, but my current research projects concern practical reasoning, agency, autonomy, attention, sexual consent, Kantian virtue, and the intersection between aesthetics and ethics. For more details, see Research.

>> News & Updates

APA's Graduate Student Council:I'm thrilled to announce that I've been appointed to the American Philosophical Association's Graduate Student Council (GSC)! My two-year term will begin on July 1, 2023.
HujiHum Graduate WIP Workshop: I'Il be headed to Israel for a short visit this February for a Work-in-Progress Graduate Workshop I'm co-organizing with Dr. Amir Engel and Prof. Galit Noga-Banai at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the Hebrew University.
SPSL Online Seminar 2023: The spring term of The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love's online seminar, which I have the honor of leading this academic year, has just begun. Check out our program here.

>> Recent Podcast Appearances

The Philosopher's Nest (Aug 22, 2022): In this episode I discuss my research on Kant and the sublime and initiatives in interdisciplinary public philosophy with Kyle Van Oosterum and Lewis Williams (Philosophy, Oxford).
What are YOU going to do with THAT? (May 22, 2022): Tune in here for my conversation with Danni Reches about the value of autonomy in sexual relationships and about my academic journey in general.

>> Recent and Upcoming Talks

May 2022 The Princeton Bucharest Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy (Online).
June 2022 The Annual Conference of the New Israeli Philosophical Association; The Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel)
July 2022 The Center for Alternative Relationships and Sexualities (public talk); Tel-Aviv (Israel)
October 2022 The Department of Philosophy; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (EUA)

February 2023 HujiHum Graduate WIP Workshop, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel)
February 2023 Workshop on Practical Mental Representations; Chapman University, Orange, CA (EUA)
July 2023 22nd International Congress of Aesthetics; Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Thanks, Schlegel!