Ali Pharaa
PhD Candidate
Philosophy
Education: Ph.D. Candidate in Philosophy at Stony Brook University • M.A. in Philosophy at Stony Brook University (2014)MScSc Theory and History of International Relations at The London School of Economics (2011) •B.A. in Political Science and Economics (minor Computer Science) at University of Colorado at Boulder (2010)
Areas of Specialization: Phenomenology, Beauty, Ethics, Comparative Religion, Islamic Thought, and International Relations Theory
Ali Pharaa is a PhD Candidate at Stony Brook University focusing on beauty and ethics from a phenomenological perspective. He also draws on diverse cultural and religious frameworks, having completed a scholarship-funded Certificate in Religion and Society in Shintoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity in Contemporary Japan, Chiba University, Japan (January, 2020) as well as training in classical Arabic texts in the Islamic Golden Age at Cairo University, Egypt (2019).
His work spans classical to modern and postmodern work by revisiting concepts from a phenomenological lens, with particular attention given to the workings of the inner faculties (reflection, imagination, memory, etc.) and emotional states in encountering beauty, sublimity, and ethical reasoning.
Some of his recent publications include: Noticing from Inside Out vs. Empathizing from Outside In, co-written with Distinguished Prof. Edward S. Casey, 3rd issue of The Yearbook of Phenomenology. October 2024. Beautiful-Doingihsanan) as the Station of No Stationmaqamam lmaqamam). Islamic Thought and Art. Brill. Islamic Thought and the Art of Translation. Islamic History and Civilization, vol 202 January 2023).