Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
20th and 21st century political thought, postcolonialism (especially theory and the Caribbean), topics relating to immigrant and diasporic communities in Britain and France, existentialist philosophy (Sartre notably). In all these areas, British-French comparative perspectives are particularly welcome.
Dr Sam Coombes is Senior Lecturer and member of the Department of European Languages and Cultures, having previously taught at Nanterre University (2001-7) whilst completing postgraduate studies at Oxford University.
He has worked extensively on existentialist philosophy (Sartre in particular), and political philosophy both francophone, continental, and anglophone. Since completing The Early Sartre and Marxism (Lang, 2008, 340pp.), francophone postcolonial and comparative francophone-Commonwealth studies have been a focus of his research. He has published widely on these subjects in both French and anglophone refereed journals. His monograph Edouard Glissant A Poetics of Resistance (Bloomsbury, 2018) relates contemporary postcolonial theory to alter-globalization theory.
Sam Coombes is on the editorial board of the online journal The Literary Encyclopedia.
Sam Coombes’ main research interests lie in the field of twentieth-century and contemporary political thought, postcolonial studies, globalization studies and sociology.
Questions of universalism, ethics and cultural identity in contemporary theoretical and literary writing in the context of economic and cultural globalisation have been a key focus of his research in recent years.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
1 Sept 1999 → 1 Mar 2006
Award Date: 1 Mar 2006
Master of Arts, University of Oxford
1 Sept 1998 → 1 Jul 1999
Award Date: 1 Jul 1999
French and Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts, BA in French in Philosophy, University of Oxford
1 Sept 1994 → 1 Jul 1998
Award Date: 1 Jul 1998
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Coombes, S. (Advisor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
Coombes, S. (Advisor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
Coombes, S. (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Coombes, S. (Chair and Invited Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Coombes, S. (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Coombes, S. (Principal Investigator)
Other Competitive Uk Charity Sources
31/07/13 → …
Project: Research
Coombes, S. (Principal Investigator)
British Academy & Learned & Prof Socs
1/04/10 → …
Project: Research
Coombes, S. (Principal Investigator)
Other Competitive Uk Charity Sources
1/03/10 → …
Project: Research
Coombes, S. (Principal Investigator)
2/08/22 → 11/08/22
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation
Coombes, S. (Principal Investigator)
1/05/13 → 1/12/16
Project: Other (Non-Funded/Miscellaneous)
4/11/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
20/07/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities