PRESENTATIONS
Madeline Brenchley
Madeline Brenchley
Contact
Stokes Hall North 230E
Email: madeline.brenchley@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Utah Valley University
Courses
Philosophy of the Person I
Philosophy of the Person II
Research Interests
Ancient Philosophy
Continental Philosophy
Classical Reception Studies
Office Hours
W 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. and by appointment
Department
Biography
I am a third‑year PhD student in philosophy at Boston College with research interests in ancient Greek philosophy, continental philosophy (esp. 20th century), and classical reception studies. Within these areas, I focus especially on the philosophy of science, philosophical anthropology, metaphysics, political theory, and feminist theory. I plan to write my dissertation on Aristotle's account of substantial generation. As a participant in the ‘biological turn’ in Aristotle scholarship, I am methodologically dedicated to rereading Aristotle’s theoretical and practical works through his biological and zoological writings.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Participant, 2026, Ancient Philosophy Summer Program, The Center for Cannon Expansion and Change, University of Minnesota
Co-Founder and Officer, 2026-present, Minorities and Philosophy (MAP), Boston College
Assistant Editor, 2025-present (vols. 39-42), Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium for Ancient Philosophy (BACAP), published by Brill
Graduate Assistant, 2024-2025, Collegium Phaenomenologicum
Volunteer Teacher, 2024-present, Corrupt the Youth, Boston Chapter
Representative, 2024-present, Graduate Student Association, Philosophy Department, Boston College
PRESENTATIONS
2027 “The Dynamic Scaffolding of Dasein: What Heidegger Owes to Aristotle’s De Anima,” American Philosophical Association Eastern Division, (upcoming) January 13th-16th.
2026 “Apathy in the Anthropocene: Rereading Irigaray and Descartes on Wonder,” North American Sartre Society Conference, (upcoming) October 23rd-24th.
2026 Comments on “The Tyrant’s Regret,” by Eric Solis, West Coast Plato Workshop, Department of Philosophy, Chapman University, May 29th-31st.
2026 “The Ontological Status of Embryos: ‘Separability’ in Aristotle’s GA II and Metaph. Z,” London Ancient Science Conference, Department of Greek and Latin, University College London, April 22nd-24th.
2026 Comments on “Bound by Xenia: The Case for the Eleatic Stranger’s Agreement with Socrates,” by Alex Montag, Ancient Philosophy Society, New York University, April 16th-18th.
2026 “Understanding as possibility: ‘Verstehen’ and ‘νοῦς’ in Heidegger’s Being and Time,” Boston Area Philosophical Works In Progress, Department of Philosophy, UMass Boston, March 7th.
2025 “Aristotle’s Embryology and the Nutritive Soul: a response to Ackrill’s Problem,” International Aristotelian Conference, The Center of Philosophy, University of Lisbon, July 2nd-4th.
2025 Comments on “Which Women? Privilege and Reproduction in Phintys’s ‘On Sophrosyne,’” by Kris McLain, Ancient Philosophy Society Conference, Villanova University, April 24th-26th.
2025 “Play (παιδιά) in Plato’s Republic,” History of Philosophy Society Conference, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Utah Valley University, March 28th-29th.
2025 “‘Substance’ and ‘Separability’ in Aristotle’s Metaphysics Z,” invited lecture, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Utah Valley University, March 26th.