Dilara Şengül

Dilara Şengül is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy at Stony Brook University. Her work is situated at the intersection of critical phenomenology, decolonial thought, and Marxist feminist philosophy. Central to her research is an engagement with Frantz Fanon's theorization of racialized embodiment and colonial subjectivity, which she brings into dialogue with Marxist feminist frameworks to examine alterity and the fragmented or multiplied experience of racialized, gendered subjectivity. She received her B.A. in Philosophy from Boğaziçi University, where she co-founded the Boğaziçi University Philosophy Society and participated in the Erasmus exchange program at KU Leuven, home to the Husserl Archives.

Research Interests: Phenomenology, Philosophies of Race and Gender, Epistemic Injustice, Politics of Recognition, Feminist Philosophy, Marxist Feminist Philosophies

Selected Publications

• Şengül, Dilara. "Örtünün Ardındaki Müslüman Kadın ya da Müslüman Kadının Ardındaki Örtü: Örtünmenin Fenomenolojik Çözümlenmesi." Sabah Ülkesi: Kültür-Sanat ve Felsefe Dergisi, October 2025.

Recent Presentations

• "Muslim Women Behind Veil or Veil Behind Muslim Women: A Phenomenological Analysis of Veiling in Turkey." Western Phenomenology Conference, American Philosophical Association Pacific Division 99th Annual Meeting. April 9, 2026.