Dr. Kyla Bruff is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Carleton University. Her work primarily investigates the metaphysical commitments of political positions, and the relevance of classical German philosophy for politics today. She is also a feminist and frequently lends a critical voice to current political and ecological issues in Canada.

Kyla speaks and works in English, French, and German. Many of her publications trace the interactions and resonances between 19th and 20th century German and French philosophy. She is the Managing Editor of Kabiri, the Treasurer of the North American Schelling Society, and the Co-Director of For A New Earth.

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In her doctoral dissertation, Kyla provided the first systematic reconstruction of F.W.J. Schelling's political philosophy in English. It was co-supervised by Professor Sean J. McGrath at Memorial University and Prof. Dr. Philipp Schwab at the University of Freiburg.

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Kyla's doctoral research was primarily funded by a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).  Throughout her PhD studies, she has returned to Germany numerous times as a Visiting Researcher.

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Kyla completed her MA through the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Europhilosophie program from 2012-2014, fully funded for two years by the European Commission. Over the course of this program, she studied at Université Toulouse II, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, and Universität Bonn, the latter at which she wrote her thesis on Herder’s Spinozism in Schelling’s early thought under the supervision of Professor Michael Forster. 

 

Kyla also holds a BA (hons.) in Philosophy, Political Science (second major) and French (minor) from Memorial University. Her hobbies are learning languages and playing ice hockey.