H. Melisa Acar

2691454a@student.gla.ac.uk

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8036-8870

Research title: Priority View in Human Rights

Research Summary

  • I am interested in various political and legal philosophy topics, including freedom, liberalism, global justice, epistemic (in)justice, the metaphysics and the practice of human rights.
  • Within the framework of my PhD project, I am working on developing a new theory of human rights with core and non-core rights. Additionally, I continue to research on the nature and the ethics of power, resistance and success.
  • Note: I have been appointed as visiting fellow in Harvard University - Philosophy Department for 2025 Fall.

Publications

Book:

  • Özgürlüğün Rotası (The Route to Freedom) - A Fictional Philosophical Project which discusses the different dimensions of freedom in near future, it has been published by Destek Media Group (2024)

Book Review:

  • John Merriman - Modern Avrupa Tarihi (A History of Modern Europe) - (2021)
  • Francis Cornford - Dinden Felsefeye (From Religion to Philosophy) - (2021)

Grants

  • PhD Research Award - Princeton University - Princeton, United States (2024)
  • PhD Research Support Fund - Graduate School - University of Glasgow, Glasgow - United Kingdom (2024)
  • International Scholarship - University of Glasgow, Glasgow - United Kingdom (2022)
  • Academic Excellence Scholarship- Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul - Turkey (2020)
  • Graduation as the Top Student - Katip Celebi University, Izmir - Turkey (2020)
  • Deanship Travel Grant - Katip Celebi University, Izmir - Turkey (2018)

Conferences

  • Why Do We Need a New Branch of Philosophy: Philosophy of Success (Society for Applied Philosophy Conference), Poland, Gdansk (2025)
  • One Truth is Not Enough: On The Limitations of Monist Human Rights Theories (University of Oxford - Philosophy Department - DPHIL Seminar) (2025)
  • The Function of Political Propoganda (University of Oxford - All Souls College - Volutary Presentation in Authoritarianism Course) (2025)