Thomas Baruzzi

PhD Philosophy

Biography

Background

T. Baruzzi was born in Italy but has lived equal amounts of years in Japan, Hong Kong, the United State and the UK, spending some time in the Netherlands as well. He began his undergraduate studies in Physics at the Honors College of Stony Brook University, switching over to Cognitive Science at the University of Edinburgh. He completed his MA in Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and is currently a PhD researcher in Philosophy and Black Male Studies (BMS) at the University of Edinburgh, and accredited Tutor. 

His creative concerns outside of academia revolve around creative writing, recording music, and photography. Selected projects include:

  • (2025) “Every Man (Todo Homem)” - Rafael Augusto & Thomas Baruzzi [Portuguese-Italian Song Cover]
  • (Forthcoming) "Giove & Giunone" [Independent Single]
  • (Forthcoming) Magpie Syndrome [Children's Picture Book]
  • (Forthcoming) Amorality [Poetry Book]
  • (Forthcoming) Book of Thomas: A Filial Epistolary [Memoir and Biblical Exegesis]

Qualifications

Associate Fellow (AdvanceHE)

Responsibilities & affiliations

The Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy (SIFA)

The Serendipity Society

Undergraduate teaching

Tutor (Undergraduate Philosophy Modules)

  • "Introduction to History of Philosophy B" (Sem. 2, 24-25); 
  • "Philosophy of Science 1" (Sem. 1, 24-25); 
  • "Introduction to History of Philosophy A" (Sem. 2, 23-24)

 

Tutor (PPLS Skills Centre)

  • 1-on-1 essay writing appointments

Postgraduate teaching

Apprentice Tutor (Postgraduate Philosophy Modules)

 

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

No

Research summary

T. Baruzzi's PhD explores theories and practices of women's sexual power (different from their sexual empowerement) achieved through a particular form of genuine self-victimization. It argues for a direct link between white women's 'cries of rape' against Black men in the 19th–20th centuries that led to their countless deaths by lynching, to the radical sexual consent policies and philosophies of today's 21st century. The aim is to vastly redefine our understandings of patriarchy to include dynamics of female governance, and thus to better account for the mechanisms behind the oppression of especially radicalized, out-group men.

T. Baruzzi's research has also investigated the role of silence(s) in the violated lives of racialized males, and the applications of Black Male Studies to a global context, from Uganda to Italy, in particular in the context of sexuality and male-directed rape.

He is working on some forthcoming Italian translations of the works of W.E.B. Du Bois and contemporary BMS scholarship.

 

Publications:

Baruzzi, T. (2023). Can('t) the Black male speak? A study of the silences that beset him and the gendered vulnerabilities they reveal. UvA Scripties. Retrieved from https://scripties.uba.uva.nl/search?id=c9238257

Baruzzi, T. (2022). Futile even when it’s not: Alika Ogochukwu was a Black male and murdered because of it. Cimedart, vol. 53, issue 1. Retrieved from http://cimedart.nl/onvolledig-archief/53-1/futile-even-when-its-not-alika-was-a-black-male-and-murdered-because-of-it/

Baruzzi, T. (2022). Rough sex as oppressive towards (wo)men: A study of the dominance behind western Women’s submissiveness (Order No. 29322344). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global; Publicly Available Content Database. (2729045608). Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/rough-sex-as-oppressive-towards-wo-men-study/docview/2729045608/se-2

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