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academic work

philosophy, psychoanalysis, marxism

thought, love, and emancipation act as the undercurrents of simone a. medina polo's work in philosophy, psychoanalysis, and marxism in light of the threefold crises of capitalism, modernity, and ecological collapse. simone has delivered lectures, presentations, interviews, and clandestine writings on these topics often times exploring thinkers such as plato, immanuel kant, g.w.f. hegel, karl marx, jacques lacan, gilles deleuze, jacques derrida, bracha ettinger, alain badiou, slavoj žižek, alenka zupančič, byung-chul han, contemporary speculative realisms and accelerationisms.

past publications, presentations, lectures and panels

  • Barria-Asenjo , N.A., Maiwald, F., Camargo Castillo, J., Willems, B.D., Ximenes, F.A.T., Medina Polo, S.A., Salas, G. ., Katkowski, K., Ayala-Colqui, J., & Perunović, A. (2024). "Critical observations on neoliberal capitalism, the political subject and the socio-political crises of the 21st century. A general cartography of the present and future of Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia." Bajo Palabra, (37), 143–172. https://doi.org/10.15366/bp2024.37.042
     

  • Medina Polo, S.A. "Tiresias, The Patron Saint of Psychoanalysis" in The Queerness of Psychoanalysis: From Freud and Lacan to Laplanche and Beyond. Vanessa Sinclair, Elizabeth Punzi, and Miriam Sauer (Eds). New York: Routledge, 2024. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032624129-5
     

  • Barria-Asenjo,  Nicol  A.,  Slavoj Žižek,  Florian  Maiwald,  Simone  A.  Medina  Polo,  Javier Camargo-Castillo,  Francisco  Alejandro  Vergara  Muñoz,  and  Jesús  Ayala-Colqui.  2024.  “The  Conceptual Renovation  of  Class  Consciousness,  Revolution  and  Violence:  Reflections  Concerning  the  Actuality  of Georg Lukács’ Work.” Revista de Estudios Sociales 90: 139-155. https://doi.org/10.7440/res90.2024.09
     

  • Barria-Asenjo N. A., Medina Polo S. A., Perunović A., Scholten H., Camargo-Castillo J., León A., Salas G., Maiwald F., Letelier A., Willems B., Vergara Muñoz F. A., Castillo Villapudua K. y Ayala-Colqui J. (2024). "Some Reflections on Psychoanalysis, Philosophy and Politics. Exploring the Intellectual Trajectory of Alain Badiou." Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía, 41(2), 405-414. https://doi.org/10.5209/ashf.88951
     

  • Medina Polo, S. (2023). "Guerilla Psychoanalysis. On Generic and Impure Psychoanalysis." Revista De Humanidades De Valparaíso, (23), 163–178. https://doi.org/10.22370/rhv2023iss23pp163-178
     

  • Barria-Asenjo N. A., Medina Polo S. A., Kim W., Pospihalj D., Bristow D., Willems B. ., Salas. G., Letelier A., Caycho-Rodriguez T., Vergara Muñoz F. A. y Ayala-Colqui J. (2023). "Naming and Fidelity of Truth: Rethinking Revolutionary Politics and Localizing, Delocalizing or Relocalizing the Void in Alain Badiou’s Philosophy." Res Publica. Revista de Historia de las Ideas Políticas, 26(3), 279-290. https://doi.org/10.5209/rpub.9213
     

  • Medina Polo S.A. (2023). The Idea of Communism and the Communism of the Idea. Res Publica. Revista de Historia de las Ideas Políticas, 26(3), 301-308. https://doi.org/10.5209/rpub.92151
     

  • Medina Polo, S.A. "Humility and Humiliation of the Drive: Comedy and Tragedy in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis." Negativity in Psychoanalysis: Theory and Clinic. Duane Russell and Mark Gerard Murphy (Eds.). New York: Routledge, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003375920-7
     

  • Barria-Asenjo, N. A., Acuña Echagüe, W., Uribe Muñoz, J., Gallo Acosta, J., Medina Polo, S. A., León, A., Kargodorian, S., Letelier, A., & Ayala-Colqui, J. (2023). "Alain Badiou, the Communist Horizon Beyond Violence. An Exploratory Look at the 21st Century." Revista Guillermo De Ockham, 21(2), 385–396. https://doi.org/10.21500/22563202.6447
     

  • Medina Polo, S. (2023, March 22). Tiresias, The Patron Saint of Psychoanalysis. YouTube (@JulieReshe). Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/uJ5x_DjgLVE

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  • Trans Artists, Voices, and Perspectives in Theatre – Panel, 2021
    Medina Polo, S. et al. (2021). Trans Artists, Voices, and Perspectives in Theatre. Panel presentation for Theatre Alberta delivered via Zoom.
     

  • Accessing the Arts – Panel, 2020
    Medina Polo, S. et al. (2020). Accessing the Arts. Panel presentation at the Nextfest Festival broadcasted from Edmonton, AB, Canada.

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  • Lateral Violence in Community – Panel, 2019
    Medina Polo, S. et al (2019). Lateral Violence in Community. Panel discussion at the InQueeries’
    Pride Week, MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
     

  • Queer Philosophy – Panel, 2019
    Medina Polo, S. et al. (2019). Queer Philosophy. Panel discussion at The Landing’s Pride Week, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/TxLir8LA-nE
     

  • The Intimacy of the Trace – Paper Presentation, 2018
    Medina Polo, S. (2018). The Intimacy of the Trace. Paper presentation at the 6th Annual Derrida Today Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada.
     

  • Queering the Lexicon – Panel, 2018
    Medina Polo, S. et al. (2018). Queering the Lexicon. Panel presentation at the Intersections of Queer Symposium, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
     

  • Philosophy and Psychoanalysis – Paper Presentation, 2018
    Medina Polo, S. (2018). Philosophy and Psychoanalysis. Paper presentation at the Underrepresented Genders in Philosophy Symposium, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 

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  • Language(s), Dwelling, and Being in Positions – Paper Presentation, 2017
    Medina Polo, S. (2017). Language(s), Dwelling, and Being in Positions. Paper presentation at Issues in Contemporary Phenomenology Conference, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.

upcoming publications, presentations, lectures and panels

  • ​​"Why Is The Death Drive Not Identical With Being-Toward-Death?: The Transfinitude of Love Between the Infinite and the Finite" — a chapter in a forthcoming book TBA edited by Julie Reshe and Todd McGowan.​​

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