Dr. E. (Emma) Cohen de Lara
Amsterdam University College
Amsterdam University College
Visiting address
- Science Park 113
- Room number: 3.24
Postal address
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Profile
Background
Dr. Emma Cohen de Lara (PhD University of Notre Dame) is senior lecturer in political theory and tutor at Amsterdam University College, and research fellow at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (www.aissr.nl). Before joining AUC, she worked at the VU University Amsterdam and the University of Vermont. Emma Cohen de Lara completed her master degrees at the London School of Economics and Leiden University.
Teaching
At AUC, Emma Cohen de Lara teaches Classical and Modern Political Thought and Ancient Philosophical Texts. In the past, she has taught Politics of Modernity and Political Shakespeare. Emma supervises bachelor theses on a range of topics in political theory, including citizenship, democracy, ethics, and education.
Research interest
Emma's research focuses on questions in ancient political thought. A recent publication is an edited volume on Plato and the Sofists: A Mirror for our Times (2020). Emma is also actively engaged in research and activities related to liberal arts and sciences education. She has organized several conferences that brought together academics who teach at university colleges in the Netherlands and abroad on Rethinking liberal education: Contemporary challenges and opportunities (June 2013), Liberal arts and sciences education and core texts in the European context (September 2015) http://www.auc.nl/shared-content/news/news/2015/09/liberal-arts-sciences-core-texts-conference-success.html, and Caring for souls: Can core texts educate character (October 2019) https://www.unav.edu/web/instituto-core-curriculum/congreso-europeo-actc/home. Emma is an active member of the University Colleges Academics Network Netherlands (www.ucann.nl).
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Publications
2020
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2020). Desire and the emotion of shame. In M. Bosch (Ed.), Desire and human flourishing: Perspectives from positive psychology, moral education and virtue ethics (pp. 339-352). (Positive Education). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47001-2_23 [details]
2018
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2018). Aristotle's Rhetoric and the persistence of emotions in the courtroom. In L. Huppes-Cluysenaer, & N. M. M. S. Coelho (Eds.), Aristotle on emotions in law and politics (pp. 385-399). (Law and philosophy library; Vol. 121). Springer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66703-4_18 [details]
Cohen de Lara, E., & Cooper, N. (2018). Baruch Spinoza: Radical republican. In X. Márquez (Ed.), Democratic Moments: reading democratic texts (pp. 73-79). (Textual moments in the history of political thought). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350006195.ch-010 [details]
2017
- Cohen De Lara, E. (2017). The affective dimension of citizenship: A Platonic account. In D. Thunder (Ed.), The ethics of citizenship in the 21st century (pp. 49-61). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50415-5_4 [details]
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2017). Aristotle's Politics: Ethical politics or political realism? In E. Cohen de Lara, & R. Brouwer (Eds.), Aristotle's practical philosophy: On the relationship between his ethics and politics (pp. 13-34). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64825-5_2 [details]
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2017). Liberal education and core texts: The case of the Netherlands. In E. Cohen de Lara, & H. Drop (Eds.), Back to the core: Rethinking core texts in liberal arts & sciences education in Europe (pp. 43-59). (Vernon series in education). Vernon Press. [details]
- Cohen de Lara, E., & Brouwer, R. (2017). Introduction. In E. Cohen de Lara, & R. Brouwer (Eds.), Aristotle's practical philosophy: On the relationship between his ethics and politics (pp. 1-11). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64825-5_1 [details]
- Cohen de Lara, E., & Brouwer, R. (Eds.) (2017). Aristotle's practical philosophy: On the relationship between his ethics and politics. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64825-5 [details]
- Cohen de Lara, E., & Drop, H. (2017). Introduction. In E. Cohen de Lara, & H. Drop (Eds.), Back to the core: Rethinking core texts in liberal arts & sciences education in Europe (pp. 9-22). (Vernon series in education). Vernon Press. [details]
- Cohen de Lara, E., & Drop, H. (Eds.) (2017). Back to the core: Rethinking core texts in liberal arts & sciences education in Europe. (Vernon series in education). Vernon Press. [details]
2008
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2008). Human nature and human communities: Marlene Sokolon, Political emotions: Aristotle and the symphony of reason and emotion - Eugene Garver, Confronting Aristotle's Ethics: Ancient and modern morality. The Review of Politics, 70(1), 161-164. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034670508000272
2007
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2007). Socrates' response to the divine in Plato's Apology. Polis: Journal of the Society for Greek Political Thought, 24(2), 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1163/20512996-90000114
2019
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2019). Een 'uitzonderlijke' tekst: Hobbes' vertaling van Aristoteles' Retorica. In A. Kinneging, M. Colette, & P. de Hert (Eds.), Thomas Hobbes: De ik-gerichtheid van de politieke filosofie (pp. 308-327). Eindhoven: Uitgeverij Damon.
2018
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2018). De senaat als anker van de staat. In P. de Hert, A. Kinneging, & G. Versluis (Eds.), De Federalist Papers: Bakermat van het moderne constitutionalisme (pp. 114-137). Eindhoven: Uitgeverij Damon.
2012
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2012). Burgerschap en de rol van de overheid: Een kritiek op het Nederlandse inburgeringsexamen. Recht der Werkelijkheid, 33(1), 84-88. https://www.bjutijdschriften.nl/tijdschrift/rechtderwerkelijkheid/2012/1/RdW_1380-6424_2012_033_001_007 [details]
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2012). Naschrift. Recht der Werkelijkheid, 33(1), 95-96. https://www.bjutijdschriften.nl/tijdschrift/rechtderwerkelijkheid/2012/1/RdW_1380-6424_2012_033_001_009 [details]
2010
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2010). [Review of: J. Ober (2008) Democracy and knowledge: Innovation and learning in classical Athens]. Acta Politica, 45(3), 378-381. https://doi.org/10.1057/ap.2010.10
2020
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2020). Higher Expectations: A Review: [Review of: D. Bok (2020) Higher expectations : can colleges teach students what they need to know in the twenty-first century?]. UCANN. https://ucann.nl/2020/11/19/higher-expectations-a-review/ [details]
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2020). Invention: The Art of the Liberal Arts. A Review: [Review of: J.S. Lee (2020) Invention. The Art of the Liberal Arts]. UCANN. https://ucann.nl/2020/11/25/invention-the-art-of-the-liberal-arts-a-review/ [details]
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2020). Lost in Thought: A review: [Review of: Z. Hitz (2020) Lost in thought : the hidden pleasures of an intellectual life]. UCANN. https://ucann.nl/2020/08/18/lost-in-thought-a-review/ [details]
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2020). Socrates versus Callicles over het bestaan van de natuurlijke orde. In E. Cohen de Lara (Ed.), Plato en de sofisten: Een spiegel voor onze tijd (pp. 86-99). (Annalen van het Thijmgenootschap; Vol. 109, No. 4). Valkhof Pers.
- Cohen de Lara, E. (Ed.) (2020). Plato en de sofisten: Een spiegel voor onze tijd. (Annalen van het Thijmgenootschap; Vol. 107, No. 4). Valkhof Pers. [details]
2019
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2019). Meer dan recht alleen: Verstandige gematigdheid en schroom als morele voorwaarden voor de rechtsstaat. In F. van den Heuvel, & P. Overeem (Eds.), Een vitale rechtsstaat: Grondslag, kwetsbaarheid, weerbaarheid (pp. 17-24). (Annalen van het Thijmgenootschap; Vol. 107, No. 2). Valkhof Pers.
- van Drunen, M., Cohen de Lara, E., & Pratt, M. (2019). An Ongoing State of Dialogue: Learning-centred education at Amsterdam University College. Th&ma, Tijdschrift voor hoger onderwijs & management, 26(4), 26-30. https://www.themahogeronderwijs.org/het-archief/author/1420 [details]
2015
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2015). Bildung: de vorming van het innerlijk. Christen democratische verkenningen, 2015(4), 86-92. https://www.tijdschriftcdv.nl/inhoud/tijdschrift_artikel/CD-2015-4-86/Bildung-de-vorming-van-het-innerlijk [details]
2012
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2012). De civil society als oefenplaats voor democratisch burgerschap. Christen democratische verkenningen, 2014(4), 112-118. https://www.tijdschriftcdv.nl/inhoud/tijdschrift_artikel/CD-33-4-112/De-civil-society-als-oefenplaats-voor-democratisch-burgerschap [details]
2019
- Cohen de Lara, E., & Zonneveld, M. (2019). Aan ethiek heb je bijzonder weinig als je tegenover Trump staat: Postuum interview Aristoteles. Filosofie Magazine.
- Cohen de Lara, E., & Zonneveld, M. (2019). Cambridge Analytica en de weg naar zelfkennis: Postuum interview Plato. Filosofie Magazine.
Prize / grant
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2018). Stipendium Thijmgenootschap.
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Ancillary activities
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University of Navarra
Overdracht programma, meeschrijven aan 3-4 artikelen. -
University of Navarra
Research fellow at the Civic Humanism Center.
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University of Navarra
Cohen de Lara, E., & Cooper, N. (2018). Baruch Spinoza: Radical republican. In X. Márquez (Ed.), Democratic Moments: reading democratic texts (pp. 73-79). (Textual moments in the history of political thought). Bloomsbury Academic.