Andrew Mitchell, Donald Verene, Mark Risjord, John Lysaker, John Stuhr, and Rudolf Makkreel all recently have published new books. Andrew Mitchell, with co-editor Jason Kemp Winfree, has edited The Obsessions of Georges Bataille: Community and Communication (SUNY, 2009); Donald Verene is the author of Speculative Philosophy (Lexington, 2009); Mark Risjord's Nursing Knowledge: Science, Practice, and Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010) appeared this fall; John Lysaker, with co-editor William Rossi, has edited Emerson and Thoreau: Figures of Friendship (Indiana, 2009); 100 Years of Pragmatism: William James's Revolutionary Philosophy (Indiana, 2010), edited by John Stuhr, has just appeared; So too, Neo-Kantianism in Contemporary Philosophy (Indiana, 2009), co-edited by Rudolf Makkreel, with Sebastian Luft.
New Faculty Position:
The Department is pleased to announce one new Associate Professor position, described below. A search to fill this opening is underway, and applications and nominations are invited.
Social and Political Philosophy
Professor John Lysaker appeared on Digital Dialogue, where he discussed his recent book, Emerson and Self-Culture. Click the link to hear the discussion.
The 2009 annual meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP) showcased the work of many in our department. Professors Tom Flynn, David Carr, Andrew Mitchell, Rudi Makkreel, John Stuhr, Michael Sullivan, Geoffrey Bennington, Lynne Huffer, and Elissa Marder all delivered papers. Professor Sullivan also commented on another paper, and Professors John Lysaker and Sean Meighoo chaired sessions. Recent Emory Ph.D.s Emily Parker (Santa Clara) and Denise James (Dayton) also gave papers, and Peter Milne (Santa Clara) served as a session chair. Professor Cindy Willett is Co-Executive Director of SPEP...Find out more
Congratulations:
Gina Helfrich, 2009 Ph.D., recently accepted a new position, effective January 2010, as Assistant Director of the Harvard College Women's Center.
Vlad Golgotiu, a philosophy and German studies major featured on the “2009 Success after Emory” site. While Emory College could share many success stories, the students selected here reflect the best features of our 2009 graduating class -- inquisitive, energetic and more than ready to take their place in the world…Find out more
Christina Yang, a philosophy major and recipient of the Dean’s Achievement Robert W. Woodruff Scholarship. These awards are given each year to rising sophomores or juniors who have demonstrated remarkable capability in their academic and extracurricular life at Emory.
Jack Zupko, received an NEH Collaborative Research Award as part of an international team preparing the critical Latin edition and English translation of the Questions on Aristotle’s ‘De Anima’ of John Buridan (c. 1300-61). The two-year, $195,000 grant funds the American portion of the project, to be carried out at Emory, Fordham University, and the University of Wisconsin...Find out more
Frances Campbell, 2009 Emory College of Arts and Sciences Employee of the Year Nominee. The nominees have gone above and beyond this year for Emory and the Emory community even under the pressures of our new financial climate. This year was especially challenging to choose one from such a distinguished group...Find out more
Nicolai Lundy, winner of the 2009 Marion Luther Brittain Award. This award is presented annually at commencement to a graduate “who has demonstrated exemplary service to both the university and the greated community without expectation of recognition” and is considered Emory’s highest student honor…Find out more
Elizabeth Rogawski, winner of the 2009 Charles Hartshorne Essay Prize, for her submission, “The Unique Paths of Isaac Newton and G. W. Leibniz to the calculus, with Shared yet Underappreciated Influence of Thomas Hobbes.” 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.
Sarah A. Pohlman, winner of the 2009 Paul Kuntz Prize, for the most outstanding graduating major in Philosophy.
Professor Andrew J. Mitchell, recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for fall 2009 towards his translation of Martin Heidegger's Insight Into That Which Is: The Bremen Lectures and Principles of Thinking: Freiburg Lectures.
In Memoriam:
The department reports with great sadness the death on October 28, 2009, of Associate Professor of Philosophy Steven Strange.
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
a gift to be used for the enhancement of our undergraduate program. |
