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Emory philosophy professors Noelle McAfee, John Stuhr, and Michael Sullivan spoke at the American Philosophies Forum on "The Nature of Justice: Development, Poverty, and the Environment" at Penn State University April 12-14. The 2013 APF will be held at Emory University on the topic of "The Ineffable: Singularity, Life, and the Limits of Language." See: www.americanphilosophiesforum.org
Professor Susan Bredlau is the newest member of our faculty: We are very pleased to announce the appointment, effective with the 2012-2013 academic year, of Susan Bredlau as Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Professor Bredlau, currently Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Northern Arizona University, received her B.A. in philosophy with Honors from The Pennsylvania State University, and her Ph.D. in philosophy from The State University of New York, Stony Brook. Her teaching and research interests are in phenomenology, twentieth century European philosophy, and philosophical psychology and philosophy of mind. She brings a wide-ranging background in the history of philosophy to her work, along with reading abilities in German, French, and ancient Greek. Her publications include articles on Merleau-Ponty, Dolezal, Simone de Beauvoir and topics such as vision, the experience of depth, responsiveness to others, and learning to see. She writes: “I am very happy to be joining Emory University's Philosophy Department, and I am excited by the opportunities it offers for both teaching and research. My research is grounded in the phenomenological insight that perceiving is always perceiving as and is informed by the writings of Merleau-Ponty, the work of contemporary philosophers who take an enactive approach to perception, and recent studies in psychology and the cognitive sciences. I have recently been working on several articles about the interpersonal character of perception, and I look forward to developing this work into a book.”
The Emory University Institute for the History of Philosophy (IHP) will host its fifth annual summer workshop on June 4-14, 2012, on the topic of “Peirce, James, and the Origins of Pragmatism.”
The Heidegger Circle will holds its 46th annual meeting May 4-6, 2012 at Emory University (convenor: Andrew J. Mitchell). Further information as well as a conference poster can be found here: www.heideggercircle.org/2012
Emory was well represented at the recent Georgia Philosophical Society meeting. The President of the society, Nathan Nobis, reported that competition was stiff this year with 35 entries vying for three spots all subjected to blind review. The happy result was that the papers selected for presentation were all from Emory graduate students. Congratulations to the successful presenters: Matthew Homan "Spinoza and the Problem of Representation," Jared Millson "What are Questions?" and Jacob Rump "The Possibility of a Logic of Experience."
Professor Melvin Rogers joins our department: We are delighted to report the appointment, effective with the 2012-2013 academic year, of Melvin L. Rogers as Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Professor Rogers, now Assistant Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia and a visiting faculty member in the department of political science at Swarthmore College, received his B.A. from Amherst College, his M. Phil. in political thought and intellectual history from Cambridge University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University. In addition he has held a Ford Foundation pre-doctoral fellowship, an Exchange Scholar position in the department of Religion at Princeton University, and a Scholar-in-Residence appointment in the department of Political Science at Carleton College. His teaching and research focus on political philosophy and democratic and republican theory, American and African-American political thought, classical and contemporary pragmatism, and issues of religion, race, and gender. He is the author of The Undiscovered Dewey: Religion, Morality, and the Ethos of Democracy (Columbia U. P., 2008) as well as many articles in Philosophy and Social Criticism, European Journal of Political Theory, Contemporary Political Theory, Contemporary Pragmatism, and Transactions of the Peirce Society, and other scholarly journals. He states: “I am deeply humbled by the opportunity to join Emory's Philosophy department and become a member of the wider Emory community. In addition to contributing to the development of the department, I will continue my current book project that examines the relationship between democracy and faith in the works of women and African-Americans in 19th and early 20th century American philosophy.”
Congratulations:
William E. Eye, recipient of the 2012 Paul Kuntz Prize, for the most outstanding graduating senior in Philosophy.
Hannah H. Kim, recipient of the 2012 Charles Hartshorne Essay Prize, for her submission, “Redemptive Existentialism and Berkeleian Metaphysics: a Synthesis in Beckett’s Plays.” The decision was made by the Undergraduate Committee, and the essay competition was a tough call, as there were a number of really impressive submissions this year.
Professor Ann Hartle was awarded an “Enduring Questions” grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)…Find out more
Smaranda Aldea, a doctoral candidate and recipient of the Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Dartmouth College for 2012-2014…Find out more
William E. Eye, a College senior majoring in music and philosophy, and recipient of the Robert T. Jones, Jr. Scholarship, which grants recipients a fully-funded year of study at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland…Find out more
Andrew J. Mitchell, for his book Heidegger Among the Sculptors: Body, Space, and the Art of Dwelling, winner of the Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy Book Prize Competition as best book of 2011. Professor Mitchell’s book was also the subject of an author-meets-critics panel at the 2011 session of SPEP.
Michal Gleitman, a doctoral candidate and recipient of the Dean's Teaching Fellowship for 2011-2012.
Andreea Smaranda Aldea, a doctoral candidate and recipient of the Mellon Graduate Teaching Fellowship at Dillard University for 2011-2012…Find out more
Christopher Kluz, a doctoral candidate and recipient of the Mellon Graduate Teaching Fellowship at Dillard University for 2011-2012…Find out more
Jared Millson, a doctoral candidate and recipient of the Mellon Graduate Teaching Fellowship at Agnes Scott College for 2011-2012…Find out more
Gina Helfrich, 2009 Ph.D., was recently promoted to Director of the Harvard College Women's Center.
Colin McQuillan, 2010 Ph.D., has accepted a teaching position at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville beginning Fall 2011.
Ahmed Abdel Meguid, 2011 Ph.D., has accepted a teaching position at Syracuse University beginning Fall 2011.
Professor John Stuhr and Mark Fagiano (ABD) have been selected to participate in Emory's 2011 Gustafson Seminar on "The 'Realities' of Race." This annual interdisciplinary opportunity for Emory faculty and graduate students, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, will involve shared readings, regular meetings, and external speakers to explore what is both “real” and “unreal” about race, and why it is important to direct renewed attention to the subject of race at a time when it often is alleged that race no longer matters or that the USA has entered a "post-racial" period.
Special Thanks:
The Billi and Bernie Marcus Foundation for awarding the Philosophy
Department a five-year grant to fund the Institute for the Study of the History of Philosophy.
The Ronald and Patricia Nicholson Endowment for awarding the Philosophy Department
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