Mirella Tranquille | College of Arts

Mirella Tranquille

Ph.D. Candidate
Philosophy
Email: 
mtranqui@uoguelph.ca
Office: 
MACK 361
Website links: 
Montreal Philosopher (YouTube Channel)
LinkedIn
Summary: 

I am interested in the moral permissibility of violence in Black American resistance. By employing a Fanonian and Afropessimist analytical framework, my objective is to establish an ethic of violence that is specifically tailored to the ongoing struggle for Black liberation in the United States. My research engages with the field of Black radical tradition studies and compares the Black liberation movements of the 1960s-1970s to those of the 2010-2020s. The project, titled "The Agency of the Freed Slaves: Ethics of Violence for Black American Resistance," is being carried out under the guidance of Professors Monique Deveaux, John Russon, and Magali Bessone.

I am also a member of the Grounded & Engaged Theory Lab

Areas of Interest: Ethics and Political Philosophy.

Education: 

MA in Philosophy, Université de Montréal

BA in Psychology, Concordia University

 

 

As a Sessional Lecturer:

F23 - PHIL3350: Selected Topics: Fanonian Practical Philosophy

As a Teaching Assistant:

W23 - PHIL1010: Introductory Philosophy: Social and Political Issues

W22 - PHIL 2060: Philosophy of Feminism I

F21 - PHIL 1010: Introductory Philosophy: Social and Political Issues

In preparation. For a Plurality of Tactics in American Black Social Movements: Why Politics of Strict Nonviolence are Not Sustainable. Article manuscript.

 « L’évolution du terme « illégal » dans l’histoire de l’immigration américaine selon Chomsky et Mendoza : une histoire du racisme dans les politiques d’immigration des États-Unis ». Ithaque, no 25, décembre 2019, p. 97‑128. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/22965

Braithwaite Conference Travel Grant for Fall 2025

College of Arts Graduate Travel, Research, and Creation Fund for Winter 2024

Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship for Fall 2023

Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship for Winter 2023

Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship for Winter 2021

2025, October. Discussant. Race, Time, and Utopia by William Paris. Author Meets Critics. Public Philosophy Network Conference. McMaster University, Canada.

2025, October. Discussant. The Emotions of Nonviolence: Revisiting Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Meena Krishnamurthy. Book Discussion. University of Guelph, Canada.

2025, April. Presentation. Ethical Pluralism in American Black Liberation Movements: Why Strict Nonviolence Is Not Sustainable. Philosophy Graduate Student Association Colloquium. University of Guelph, Canada.

2024, September. Abstract Presentation. Pedagogical Virtues of Violence in the Fight for Black Liberation. Social and Political Thought Graduate Student Association Strategies of Critique Conference. York University, Canada.

2024, April. Abstract Presentation. The Epistemological Cost of Associating with Left-Black Coalitions: Does it Serve the greater good of Black Liberation Movements? University of Guelph Philosophy Graduate Students Association Conference. University of Guelph, Canada. 

2024, March. Abstract Presentation. The Epistemological Cost of Associating with Left-Black Coalitions: Does it Serve the greater good of Black Liberation Movements? Ethics and Public Affairs Conference. Carleton University, Canada.

2023, April. Abstract Presentation. Madness, Freedom, and Violence: Fanon's Perspective on Black Subjectivity. University of Guelph Philosophy Graduate Students Association Conference. University of Guelph, Canada. 

Robert Carr-Wiggin Prize for Fall 2025