About Me: I am a writer and aspiring academic who recently completed a Master of Divinity (2024) at Union Presbyterian Seminary (Richmond, Virginia), where I also served as a graduate exchange student with the Theologische Fakultät at the Universität Bern (Switzerland). I am currently a graduate student (M.A.) with the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, where I focus on modern and contemporary religious thought.
My current research works along the intersections of post-Kantian philosophy, political theology, Jewish studies, and contemporary continental theory, exploring how the novel, modern categories of nation, race, and religion are entangled and informed by conceptions of affect, temporality, and autonomy. More broadly, my work hovers between philosophy and the study of religion and is concerned with their historical and contemporary intersections, especially their relation to questions of politics.
Feel free to message me or email me (dakotawesleywade@gmail.com) if you have any questions or suggestions. I’m always happy to connect.
P.S. Much of my writing here is creative in nature. If you’re interested in my academic writing, see my Academia page.
Dakota Wade 