Graham Harman



Graham Harman is a professor at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. He is a contemporary philosopher of metaphysics, who attempts to reverse the linguistic turn of Western philosopy.

Biography
Born in Iowa City, Iowa on May 9, 1968. Harman attended St. John's College in Annapolis Maryland, receiving his B.A. in 1990. He then pursued graduate study under philosopher Alphonso Lingis at Penn State University, receiving his M.A. in 1991. Transferring to DePaul University in Chicago, he received his Ph.D. there in 1999. While in Chicago, he worked briefly as a sportswriter for sportsextra.com (now defunct).

Since 2000, he has been a member of the Department of Philosophy at the American University in Cairo.