Dr. Melanie Altanian
Melanie Altanian is research associate and lecturer at the Professorship in Epistemology and Theory of Science. Her areas of specialization are social and political epistemology, moral philosophy, and social philosophy. She currently works on issues of epistemic injustice, denialism and ignorance, and in particular, on finalizing her book publication on The Epistemic Injustice of Genocide Denialism for Routledge.
Contact:
Dr. Melanie Altanian
Alte Universität, 1. OG, R. 01 031b
Bertoldstr. 17
79098 Freiburg
Tel. +49 761 203-67678
melanie.altanian@ucf.uni-freiburg.de
Brief Academic CV
- 2020 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Bern
- 2015 Master of Arts in Political, Legal and Economic Philosophy, University of Bern
- 2012 Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (Major) and Social Sciences (Minor), University of Bern
Recent Academic Publications
- Rethinking the Right to Know and the Case for Restorative Epistemic Reparation. Journal of Social Philosophy (2022, special issue article, open access early view)
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Genozidleugnung: Organisiertes Vergessen oder Substanzielle Erkenntnispraxis? Zeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie 9 (1, 2022): 251–278.
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Remembrance and Denial of Genocide: On the Interrelations of Testimonial and Hermeneutical Injustice. International Journal of Philosophical Studies 29 (4, 2021): 595–612.
- Genocide Denial as Testimonial Oppression. Social Epistemology 35 (2, 2021): 133–146.
Selected Outreach
- Blog Post "A Case against the Argument from ‘Collective Amnesia’ and ‘Forgetting’" (Open for Debate Blog by Cardiff University, May 15, 2023)
- Interview "Genozid an den Armeniern: Verstehen und Anerkennen" (with Jeanette Ehrmann and Veronika Zablotsky, Frankfurter Rundschau, March 8, 2022)
- Article "Genozid Benennen" (Neue Wege Magazine, December 2020)
