Dr. E. (Emma) Cohen de Lara
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Profile
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 in the Political Science department of VU University Amsterdam, and senior research fellow at the Civic Humanism Center for Character and Professional Ethics at the University of Navarra, Spain. 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.
Research
Emma has a broad research interest. She is currently working on two book projects: Stories of Resilience, in which she uses philosophical and literary sources to enrich the concept of resilience, and Stories of Civic Virtue, in which she elaborates on philosophical and literary sources on the theme of civic virtue. As a research fellow at the Civic Humanism Center, University of Navarra, she is involved in educational research connected to the Leadership as Service Program, in collaboration with the Oxford Character Project. For a recent article on this project in the International Journal of Ethics Education, see: Leadership as Service: Developing a Character Education Program for University Students in Spain. In addition, she has recently been awarded an Erasmus+ Higher Education Cooperation grant (EUR 250.000 for the five partners) for REMAP: Reading for Meaning and Purpose, which aims to promote meaningful reading practices in universities. The partners in the project are: University of Navarra, University of Amsterdam, University of Latvia, the Bratislava International School of the Liberal Arts, and COAS highschools.
Emma's recent publications include, as co-editor, Rethinking Resilience in Character Education. Insights from Literature and Philosophy (Routledge, expected 2024), and Literature and Character Education in Universities. Theory, Method, and Text Analysis (Routledge, 2022); Together Reading for Pleasure in Educational Utopia's (2023); and an edited volume for the Thijmgenootschap on Plato and the Sophists: A Mirror for Our Time (2020).
Teaching
Emma teaches Classical and Modern Political Thought; Ancient Philosophical Texts about ancient philosophy and rhetoric; and, together with colleagues, the interdisciplinary course Health, Resilience, and Human Flourishing; and Debates and Dialogues in Philosophy. She also teaches Advanced Research Writing and supervises bachelor theses on political theory, democracy, citizenship, and education.
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Publications
2024
- Cohen de Lara, E. (in press). Virtues as the Building Blocks of Resilience: Christine de Pizan's Educational Project in The Book of the City of Ladies. In Rethinking Resilience in Character Education: Insights from Literature and Philosophy (Routledge Research in Character and Virtue Education). Routledge.
- Cohen de Lara, E., & Leesen, T. (Eds.) (in press). Rethinking Resilience in Character Education: Insights from Literature and Philosophy. (Routledge Research in Character and Virtue Education). Routledge.
- Cohen de Lara, E., Lleó, Á., Domingo, V., & Torralba, J. M. (2024). Leadership as Service: Developing a Character Education Program for University Students in Spain. International Journal of Ethics Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40889-024-00189-x
2022
- Brooks, E., Cohen de Lara, E., Sánchez-Ostiz, Á., & Torralba, J. M. (Eds.) (2022). Literature and Character Education in Universities: Theory, Method, and Text Analysis. (Routledge Research in Character and Virtue Education). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003162209 [details]
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. 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
2018
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
2023
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2023). Together Reading for Pleasure. In G. van der Laan, T. Leesen, M. Bot, E. Dreezens, V. Lakhani, M. J. Loos, A. Shekiladze, G. Spoormans, & T. Willems (Eds.), Educational Utopias: liber amicorum prof. dr. Alkeline van Lenning (pp. 253-259). Open Press Tilburg University. https://doi.org/10.26116/7af3-n693 [details]
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. [details]
- 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. [details]
- 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. (2024). Erasmus+ Higher Education Cooperation Grant.
- Cohen de Lara, E. (2018). Stipendium Thijmgenootschap.
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Ancillary activities
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University of Navarra
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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.