Angelica Bernal

Fields: Political Philosophy & Contemporary Theory

Angélica Bernal is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Yale University. Her dissertation, entitled “The Concept of Founding,” re-examines the meaning of a founding and argues for its reconceptualization from an authoritative event in the past to a concept that is a continued site of contestation, construction and reappropriation. Her research interests are in the history of political thought, democratic theory, feminist theory and constitutional theory. She enjoys writing on a wide range of topics, including the political philosophy of Hannah Arendt, the European Union, Founding historiography, and indigenous social movements. She is the editor of From Exclusion to Participation: Indigenous Collective Rights in Ecuador (Abya Yala Press, 2000). She is the recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Email: angelica.bernal@yale.edu