Dr Calum Neill
| Biography | Calum Neill is a leading figure in the world of Lacanian theory, with particular expertise in ethics, discourse and subjectivity. He is passionate about opening Lacan's thinking to new audiences and, with this in mind, has written the first true entry level book on Lacan, Jacques Lacan the Basics (Routledge, 2023) and co-edited the four volume Reading Jacques Lacan's Ecrits series. Jacques Lacan the Basics will shortly appear in Korean, Greek, Spanish and Farsi translations. Calum's previous books are Without Ground: Lacanian Ethics and the Assumption of Subjectivity and Ethics & Psychology: Beyond Codes of Practice. Calum is also the editor of The Palgrave Lacan Series and the founder and director of the Gradiva Prize shortlisted Lacan In Scotland, a research group which hosts monthly public seminars. Calum is the Head of the Doctoral College at Edinburgh Napier University. As well as supporting RPG students from across the University, he supervises PhDs in psychoanalytic and related theory. |
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| Research Interests | Calum's primary fields of expertise are ethics, psychoanalysis and discourse analysis. A key focus of his work is rendering complex ideas accessible. |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | Lacanian theory Psychoanalytic theory Continental Philosophy Identity Politics Gender Identity Social Justice Contemporary Poetry Discourse Analysis |