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John J. Stuhr Joins Faculty

Professor John J. Stuhr will join the Emory University community in Fall, 2008 as Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and American Studies, and Chair of the Department of Philosophy.  Currently W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy and American Studies at Vanderbilt University, Professor Stuhr earlier was Head of the Department of Philosophy and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and American Studies at Penn State University, and, before that, founding Director of the University of Oregon Humanities Center and Professor of Philosophy.  His primary research interests are in social and political philosophy, ethics, philosophy and contemporary culture, pragmatism and American philosophy, and 20th century European philosophy.  His recent graduate courses have included seminars on ethics and terrorism, metaphysics and poetry, stoicism, Foucault, and the pragmatic philosophy of writers such as Peirce, James, Dewey, and Rorty, and his recent undergraduate courses have included classes on ethics, social and political philosophy, American philosophy, Aristotle, Deleuze, as well as courses in American Studies.  He is the author or editor of many books, including:  Pragmatism, Postmodernism, and the Future of Philosophy (Routledge, 2003); Pragmatism and Classical American Philosophy (Oxford, 2000); and, Genealogical Pragmatism:  Philosophy, Experience, Community (SUNY, 1997).  His current research includes book projects on:  forgiveness; philosophy and criticism; and, William James and pragmatism.  He is also the series editor of American Philosophy (Indiana), series co-editor (with Charles Scott) of American and European Philosophy (Penn State), co-editor (with Vincent Colapietro) and managing editor of the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, and director of the American Philosophies Forum (that will meet at Emory in April, 2009).  Educated at Carleton College and Vanderbilt University, he has held visiting faculty appointments in Germany, Australia, France, and Russia (U.S.S.R.), and his work has been supported by many grants, awards, and fellowships.  Professor Stuhr noted:  "I am honored and very pleased to join Emory College and its Department of Philosophy--a department with a tradition of excellence and, as important, significant new opportunities and resources to build on this strength." 

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

Dr. Michael Sullivan, winner of the Center for Teaching and Curriculum's Excellence in Teaching Award for 2007-2008. This is an annual, college wide award to honor excellence in teaching, presented at commencement to an outstanding teacher in each of three divisions: natural science, social science, and humanities.

Eric Wilson, (PhD-2007) and his mentor, Dr. Rudolf Makkreel. Eric is the winner of the 2007 Dissertation Essay Contest, sponsored by the Review of Metaphysics, for his submission, “Kantian Autonomy and the Moral Self.”

THANK YOUS TO:

The Billi and Bernie Marcus Foundation for awarding the Philosophy Department a five-year grant to partially 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.

 

 

   

 

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The Philosophy Department at Emory aims to develop in our students a broad understanding of philosophical traditions. We welcome a diversity of approaches to the study of philo-sophy, including: analytic, contin-ental, historical, literary, multicultural, and pragmatic.

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