Karen Simecek
Associate Professor
Deputy Chair of Faculty of Social Sciences (Education)
Profile
My research interests are in Philosophy of Poetry (including performed poetry), Philosophy of Voice and the Emotions. I am working on issues around the value of reading and performing poetry in terms of how this experience can enhance our understanding of ourselves and contribute to our sense of moral progress. You can read more about my research in this and listen to an .
I am a Trustee of . I am an associate editor for , the editor on Philpapers and a member of the editorial board for (editors James Reid and Rick Furtak).
Current Projects
- AHRC research network: Embodied Voices - the ethics and politics of voice in performance
- Words, Voices, Bodies: the ethics of writing and performing poetry
Past Projects
- Empowering Young Voices with Andrew Cooper (Co-I) and Coventry Boys and Girls Club (funded by BA/Leverhulme)
Publications
Books
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Articles and book chapters
- Understanding philosophical perspectives of 鈥榲oice鈥� for better student staff co-creation (2025) with Rebecca FreemanTeaching in Higher Education
- Precis and Replies to Clavel-Vazquez, John Gibson, Troy Jollimore and Peter Lamarque (2025), Book symposium on Philosophy of Lyric Voice, Philosophia
- 鈥業mmersive theatre, affectivity and self-understanding鈥� (2025) Philosophy, Analytic Aesthetics and Theatre, edited by Michael Y Bennett (Routledge)
- 鈥楤ridging the gap between Page and Performance Poetry鈥� (2024) Companion to Literary evaluation, edited by Richard Bradford (Wiley)
- (2022), New Directions in Metaphilosophy ed Yafeng Shan, special issue of Metaphilosophy [open access]
- (2021) with Kate Kirkpatrick and Rafe McGregor, Estetika: European Journal of Aesthetics 59 (2) [open access]
- '' (2021) In: English, Lucy and McGowan, Jack, (eds.) Spoken Word in the UK. Routledge.
- (2019), Philosophy and Literature 43 (2)
- (2019), Philosophy Compass 14 (6) e12593
- (2019), Philosophy Compass 14 (6) e12610
- (2017) with Viv Ellis, Journal of Aesthetic Education 51 (1)
- (2015) British Journal of Aesthetics 55 (4).
- ,(2013) Estetika, The Central European Journal of Aesthetics 50 (1).
Special Journal Issues
- Embodied Voices, special issue of British Journal of Aesthetics (2025), guest edited with Toby Young
- Introduction
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, special issue of Changing English (2016), guest edited with Kate Rumbold, vol. 23 (4)
- (2016), with Andrew Green and Viv Eillis, The Uses of Poetry, Special Issue of Changing English, vol. 23 (4)
- (2016) with Kate Rumbold, The Uses of Poetry, Special Issue of Changing English, vol. 23 (4)
Book reviews and review chapters
- (2021), British Journal of Aesthetics
- (2020), The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory 28: 414-433 (also for ; ; )
- Review of (2019) NDPR
- (2016), British Journal of Aesthetics 56 (4):424-427.
- (2016) British Journal of Aesthetics 56 (3):320-322
Public-facing work
- (2025) Psychologie Heute (May)
- '' (2024) Psyche Magazine (October)
- 'Of Many Voices: A Poetic Gift of Togetherness', essay with a poem by Momtaza Mehri, Poetry Review autumn 2021
- , 17th February 2020
- (2020), Institute of Art and Ideas, issue 85 (February)
- (2014), PN Review 215, vol. 40 (3).
Tel: 024 7652 4321
Office: S2.44
Advice and Feedback hours (term 2): Wednesdays 1-2pm and Thursdays 9-10am
Modules
(co-taught with Dr Emma Williams)
Issues in Contemporary Aesthetics
Outreach
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