Hernán Neira

Who is Hernán Neira?

Hernán Neira is both a writer and a University Professor. Chilean, born in Lima, he received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the Catholic University in Santiago where he also directed Perspectivas, a student magazine opposed to the dictatorship. From 1985 to 1992 he lived in Paris where he received his Doctorate in Philosophy at the Paris VIII University. He also studied sociology and linguistics at the l'École de hautes etudes in social sciences. He taught in France at the Institut d'études politiques, and in Chile in Universidad de La Serena and in Universidad Austral, and has been invited to teach at the University of Chile, Diego Portales, Los Lagos, La Frontera and Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello. Hernán Neira has algo given several conferences in Europe. Since 2008 he is professor at Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

Since 2008 he teaches philosophy in University of Santiago de Chile. In 2011 he was elected to the Academic Counsel of this university. His academic work is focused on political theory, literary theory and Latin-American culture.