Anna Argirò

Join Anna Argirò, author of “Hannah Arendt and Exile” (published in the most recent issue of The Philosopher), to dive deeper into her article and into the key text upon which it is based, Arendt’s essay “We Refugees” (1943) a lyrical, mournful, and conceptually rich consideration of the effects of the profound dislocation of her fleeing Nazi Germany for the United States.

Anna will discuss the origins and evolution of her own article, contextualize “We Refugees” within Arendt’s wider body of work, and facilitate a discussion of its contemporary resonance with and relevance to issues of exile, migration and citizenship.

In preparation for the seminar, participants are asked to read “We Refugees” (10pp; distributed in advance) as well as Anna's article and are encouraged to come with questions and comments both. Our goal for the seminar is to offer a space to think together, while being grounded in a key philosophical text. Depending on the size of the class, we may include a brief breakout session to facilitate engagement between and among attendees.

N.B. This is a one-time seminar, not a series of meetings on this topic. We offer a limited number of free spaces for each group or class we run for those who cannot afford to pay. If you wish to be considered for one of these spaces, please email: thephilosopher1923@gmail.com. Free spaces will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

Anna Argirò recently completed her PhD at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP) at Kingston University, London. Her dissertation develops a critical reworking of Hannah Arendt’s concept of ‘natality’ as a critical tool to challenge traditional notions of autonomy, freedom, sovereignty, power, and revolution, emphasizing the relational nature of the human condition. Anna was a visiting scholar at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, New York in 2022. She co-organised academic events in London and co-edited a Special Issue of the journal Studies in the Maternal. Her work has appeared in HA: The Journal of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities, the CRMEP volume series, the Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, HannahArendt.Net and gender/sexuality/italy. She works mainly on continental philosophy, exile studies, feminist and decolonial theories.