Christopher Hamilton

Biography

Christopher Hamilton completed his BA in philosophy at King's College London (where he also completed the Associateship of King's College) and went on to do an MPhil in philosophy at Birkbeck College London. He began his PhD at Corpus Christi College Cambridge and completed it at Birkbeck College and the University of Bonn, Germany, where he studied German literature as well as philosophy. Whilst a graduate student he taught on a part-time basis for Birkbeck College and the Open University, as well as spending four months as a Lecturer in Philosophy at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. After finishing his PhD, he taught at Sheffield University for a year, and then completed a PGCE in modern foreign languages at Roehampton College, University of Surrey. For four years he then taught a variety of subjects at secondary level, including German, French, philosophy, religious studies and film studies. He joined the Department of Theology and Religious Studies in September 2003. In 2007, he was Scholar in Residence at the University of Salzburg, Austria, and in 2013 he was Visiting Professor at the University of Trent, Italy.   Christopher Hamilton completed his BA in philosophy at King's College London (where he also completed the Associateship of King's College) and went on to do an MPhil in philosophy at Birkbeck College London. He began his PhD at Corpus Christi College Cambridge and completed it at Birkbeck College and the University of Bonn, Germany, where he studied German literature as well as philosophy. Whilst a graduate student he taught on a part-time basis for Birkbeck College and the Open University, as well as spending four months as a Lecturer in Philosophy at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. After finishing his PhD, he taught at Sheffield University for a year, and then completed a PGCE in modern foreign languages at Roehampton College, University of Surrey. For four years he then taught a variety of subjects at secondary level, including German, French, philosophy, religious studies and film studies. He joined the Department of Theology and Religious Studies in September 2003. In 2007, he was Scholar in Residence at the University of Salzburg, Austria, and in 2013 he was Visiting Professor at the University of Trent, Italy.  

Research Interest

"The relation between philosophy and literature, and between moral, religious and aesthetic value The nature of good and evil Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Simone Weil The philosophy of middle age Tragedy"