YULIYA KANYGINA, PH. D.

Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science

University of Gothenburg
Humanisten, Renströmsgatan 6, plan 5
405 30 Göteborg

yuliya.kanygina@gu.se
kanygina.yuliya@gmail.com

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
09.2020 – 08.2022 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory
of Science, University of Gothenburg
09.2019 – Research Affiliate, Department of Philosophy, Central European University
(Budapest)
01.2019 – 06.2019 Visiting Faculty, Department of Philosophy, Central European University
(Budapest)
09.2018 – 04.2019 Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös
Loránd University (Budapest)

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

AOS: Moral Philosophy
AOC: Political Philosophy

EDUCATION
2011-2018 PhD in Philosophy, Central European University (Hungary)
Thesis title: “What We Owe To Ourselves: An Essay On Duties To Oneself.”
Examination committee: Andrés Moles (supervisor), Brad Hooker (external), Tim
Crane (internal), Mike Griffin (chair).

2010-2011 MA, Political Science, Central European University (Hungary)

2005-2007 MA, Political Science (Double diploma program), L’Institut d’Études Politiques
(Sciences Po Bordeaux, France) and Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
(Moscow, Russia)

2000-2005 BA (with Honors), History, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (Moscow)

RESEARCH VISITS
2016-2017 Researcher, Centre for Ethics, University of Zurich (Switzerland)
Advisor: Peter Schaber

Winter 2015 Visiting graduate researcher, Centre for Research in Ethics, University of Montreal
(Canada)
Advisor: Christine Tappolet

Fall 2014 Visiting graduate student, Department of Philosophy, University of Reading (UK)
Advisors: Brad Hooker, Philip Stratton-Lake

PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEW ARTICLES:
[2] Duties to Oneself and Their Alleged Incoherence. Australasian Journal of Philosophy (forthcoming)

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[1] Duties to Oneself and Third-Party Blame. Public Affairs Quarterly 34, no. 2 (2020).

BOOK REVIEWS:
[1] Robert N. Johnson. Self-Improvement: An Essay in Kantian Ethics. Ethical Theory and Moral
Practice, Vol. 15 (2012), No. 5, pp. 707-8.

WORK IN PROGRESS AND SUBMITTED

Paper on Self-Other Asymmetry (in preparation)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

AS INSTRUCTOR:
[5] “Issues in Applied Ethics” (Fall 2019, undergraduate seminar), Department of Humanities, Eötvös
Loránd University, Budapest.
[4] “John S. Mill, On Liberty” Reading Seminar (Winter 2019, undergraduate seminar). Department
of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.
[3] “Ethics” (Winter 2019, core MA course). Department of Philosophy, Central European
University, Budapest
[2] “Introduction to Ethics” (Fall 2018, undergraduate course). Department of Humanities, Eötvös
Loránd University, Budapest.
[1] “John Rawls, A Theory of Justice” Reading Seminar (Fall 2018, undergraduate seminar).
Department of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.

AS TEACHING ASSISTANT:
[3] “Ethics” (Fall 2017, core MA course). Instructor: Prof. Tim Crane. Department of Philosophy,
Central European University, Budapest.
[2] “Killing” (Fall 2015, graduate seminar). Instructor: Prof. Andrés Moles. Department of
Philosophy, Central European University, Budapest.
[1] “Introduction to Contemporary Political Philosophy” (Winter 2013, graduate seminar).
Instructor: Prof. Merten Reglitz. Department of Political Science, Central European University,
Budapest.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

[13] Global Teaching Fellowship Program, CEU, 2018-2019 (EUR 4500)
[12] Conference Travel Grant, CEU, 06.2017 (400 EUR)
[11] Conference Travel Grant, CEU, 09.2016 (771 EUR)
[10] Summer School Grant, CEU, 06.2016 (470 EUR)
[9] Swiss Government Excellence Research Scholarship, 09.2016-08.2017 (S≈ 21750 EUR)
[8] Award for Advanced Doctoral Students, 2016 (800 EUR)
[7] Doctoral Research Support Grant, CEU, 2015 (4500 EUR)
[6] Erasmus+ Program Grant (1.733 EUR)
[5] Conference Travel Grant, CEU, 10.2013 (350EUR)
[4] Conference Travel Grant, CEU, 04.2013 (240EUR)
[3] Summer School Full Fellowship, CEU, 2013
[2] Full Doctoral Fellowship, CEU, 09.2011 – 08. 2014
[1] Full MA Tuition Waiver, CEU, 2010-2011 A.Y.

TALKS
[12] ‘On the Alleged Incoherence of Duties to Oneself,’ REAPP Graduate/Early Career Conference 2019,
University of Reading, June 11-12, 2019 (via Skype)
[11] ‘Consent and the Notion of Duties to Oneself’, 10th In-House Philosophy Graduate Conference, Central
European University, October 2017.
[10] ‘Duties to Oneself and Moral Accountability’, 4th Conference by Women in Philosophy, Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam, July 3, 2017.

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[9] ‘On the Alleged Incoherence of Duties to Oneself’, Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference
2017. University of Copenhagen, June 30 - July 2, 2017.
[8] ‘On the Alleged Incoherence of Duties to Oneself’, Kolloquium zur Praktischen Philosophie, Aktuelle
Texte der Moralphilosophie. Universität Zürich, December 2016.
[7] ‘Duties to Oneself within Society-Centered Morality’, British Postgraduate Philosophy (BPPA) Annual
Conference, University of Reading, September 2016.
[6] ‘Duties to Oneself: The Challenge from Society-Anchored Morality’, Midi de l’Éthique, Centre de
Recherche en Éthique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, March 2015.
[5] ‘Are There Genuine Moral Obligations to Oneself?’, Conference “The Moral Domain: Conceptual Issues
in Moral Psychology”, University of Vilnius, October 2014.
[4] ‘Second-Person Standpoint and Duties to Oneself’, 1st Belgrade University Graduate Conference in
Philosophy, University of Belgrade, April 2014.
[3] ‘A Critique of Kant’s Constructivism’, Annual Joint Conference “Intuition, Reasoning and Ethics”,
Institute of Philosophy, ELTE-Hungarian Philosophical Association, September 2013.
[2] ‘Duties to Oneself’, Summary Workshop, University of Barcelona, April 2013.
[1] ‘Can There Be Genuine Moral Duties to Oneself?’, 5th In-House Graduate Philosophy
Conference, Central European University, October 2012.

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

CO-ORGANIZER, REVIEWER:
[4] ‘What We Owe to Ourselves.’ International conference. Department of Philosophy, Central
European University (Vienna). 10-11 June, 2021.
[3] Obligations to Oneself: An Online Workshop, (in Zoom) in July 11, 2020.
[2] Undergraduate Conference in Moral and Political Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, 2-4
September 2016.
[1] ‘Aspects of Self and Agency’. 4th International Philosophy Graduate Conference. Department of
Philosophy, Central European University, 30-31 March 2012.

COMMENTATOR:
[1] ‘What Exactly (If Anything) is Wrong With Paternalism?’. Workshop on Paternalism, Ethik-Zentrum,
Universität Zürich. 13-14 October, 2016.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The Society for Applied Philosophy, 2017 –
CEU POLEMO (political, legal and moral philosophy research group), 2015 –

SUMMER SCHOOLS
[4] “Moral Epistemology,” CEU summer school, July 2018.
[3] “Equality and Citizenship III,” summer school at the Center for Advanced Studies of South East
Europe, University of Rijeka, June 2016.
[2] “Applied Philosophy: Issued, Method and Nature,” CEU summer school, July 2014.
[1] “Moral Intuitionism: Epistemological and Ethical Aspects,” CEU summer school, July 2013.

REFERENCES:

ANDRES MOLES, Central European University (molesa@ceu.edu) supervisor

TIM CRANE, Central European University (timcrane@ceu.edu)

BRAD HOOKER, University of Reading (b.w.hooker@reading.ac.uk)
PETER SCHABER, University of Zurich (schaber@philos.uzh.ch)