I’m Colette—a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Leeds. You can read more about my project, ‘Art in the Era of Fake News’ here, and listen to a paper I’ve given on the topic here. Before starting the fellowship, I held teaching posts at Leeds, NYU London, and the University of Cambridge. In 2023, I got my PhD from King’s College London, where I continue to work with their Centre for Philosophy and Art.

My primary research interests lie in aesthetics and modern European philosophy, with a special interest in 20th century women thinkers and the philosophy of love.

If you’d like to get in touch, you can find me at c.m.olive@leeds.ac.uk

Upcoming Talks:

‘Philosophy Bar’ at the National Gallery, 23rd October 2026

Department Seminar, University of Durham, 3rd February 2027

Reading Philosophy Department Research Colloquium, 11th March 2027