Jérôme Melançon Curriculum Vitae

JÉRÔME MELANÇON CURRICULUM VITAE #9, 5302 – 47 st., Camrose, AB, T4V 1K6 (Canadian Citizen) Tel.: (780) 672-8921; email: [email protected] http://www.augustana.ualberta.ca/profs/jerome2/

DIPLOMAS

 PhD in political and legal sciences, political philosophy specialization, Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7), Centre de Sociologie des Pratiques et Représentations Politiques. Supervisor: Étienne Tassin. Obtained on October 30, 2008. “Très honorable” mention.  DEA (Diplôme d’études approfondies) in sociology of power, Université Paris Diderot, obtained in June of 2005. Supervisor: Étienne Tassin. “Très bien” mention (17/20).  Master’s degree in philosophy, University of Ottawa, obtained in September of 2004. Supervisor: Daniel Tanguay.  Bachelor’s of Arts Honours degree in Philosophy, University of Ottawa, obtained in May of 2002. Summa cum laude mention.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 2008-current. Full-time Sessional Lecturer, University of Alberta, Augustana Campus, Social Sciences department, Political studies program.  2006-2008. Sessional Lecturer, University of Regina, Sociology Department and Distance Learning Division (North West Regional College, Meadow Lake).  2007-2008. Sessional Lecturer, University of Saskatchewan, Philosophy Department.  2003-2004. Teaching assistant, University of Ottawa.

RESEARCH AREAS Phenomenology, Politics, Intersubjectivity and Interaction; Maurice Merleau-Ponty; Democratic Theory; Canadian Democratic Practice; Dissent; History of Philosophy in Canada.

TEACHING AREAS History of political philosophy; Contemporary political philosophy; Phenomenology and Existentialism; Canadian politics; Provincial Politics (Alberta and Québec); Political ideologies; politics and ideology in China; creative writing (poetry).

LANGUAGES French: Native Speaker. English: Entirely Fluent – have taught exclusively in English since 2007.

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AWARDS AND GRANTS  2012 Teaching Faculty Award for the Support of Information Literacy.  2012 Betty Ostenrud Award for Teaching Leadership.  2009 Augustana Campus Sessional Teaching Award.

EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS 1. Programme de soutien à la recherche en matière d'affaires intergouvernementales et d'identité québécoise, Secrétariat aux affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes. o $19,012. November 1, 2011-December 31, 2012 o Project title: “La philosophie francophone au Québec et au Canada anglais: Explorations et regards croisés.”

INTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS 2. University of Alberta Research Services Office Bridge Funding o $5,000. September 1, 2014-July 31, 2015. o Project title: “La personne et les sources de l’action démocratique.” 3. University of Alberta Killam Research Fund Research Operating Grant o $6,964. September 1, 2013-July 30, 2014. o Project title: “La personne et les sources de l’action démocratique.” 4. University of Alberta Augustana Campus President’s Grant for the Creative & Performing Arts. o $2500. October 1, 2011-February 28, 2012. o Project title: “Songs of Constraint. Rock Songwriting as a Poetic Form.” 5. Associate Dean, Research, Discretionary Fund, for a part-time research assistant. o $1,600. February-March 2011. o Project title: “Philosophy in Canada: Explorations. Establishing the Authors, the Texts, the Traditions, the Themes and the Context.” o With Janet Wesselius. 6. Three grants shared with summer research awardees: see student supervision below.

TRAVEL AND OTHER GRANTS  Killam Cornerstones Grant Program, 2013: $1,200.  China Institute, University of Alberta, Special Faculty Initiatives, 2012: $2,500.  China Institute, University of Alberta, Student Travel Grants: $8,400 total, 7 students.  CNRS (France) invitation to Husserl Archives conference, June 22, 2012: €2,065.35.  CNRS (France) invitation to Husserl Archives conference, April 4, 2009: €912.81.

SCHOLARSHIPS  SSHRC Doctoral Research scholarship, 2004-2008.  FQRSC (Quebec) Master’s Research scholarship (B1), 2003-2004.  University of Ottawa Excellence scholarship (master’s), 2003-2004.  University of Ottawa Admission scholarship (master’s), 2002-2003.  University of Ottawa Admission scholarship (bachelor’s), 1999-2002.

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THESES

 PhD: Merleau-Ponty et la politique: aux marges de la philosophie (Merleau-Ponty and Politics: At the Margins of Philosophy), 901 p.  DEA: L’ouverture sur le social dans la phénoménologie du langage de Maurice Merleau-Ponty (The Question of Society from Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Language)  Master’s: La critique de la démocratie des droits de l’homme chez Marcel Gauchet (Marcel Gauchet’s Critique of the Democracy of Rights)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. *“Thinking Corporeally, Socially, and Politically: Critical Phenomenology after Merleau-Ponty and Bourdieu,” Bulletin d’analyse phénoménologique, vol. 10, no. 8 (2014). Online: http://popups.ulg.ac.be/1782-2041/index.php?id=732 2. *“Jan Patočka’s Sacrifice: Philosophy as Dissent,” Continental Philosophy Review 46, 4 (2013), p. 577-602. 3. *“The Appearances of Power: Its Violent and Popular Geneses according to Machiavelli and La Boétie,” Philosophy Study, vol. 2, no. 4 (April 2012), p. 232-243. 4. *“Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Politics: A Humanism in Extension,” Philosophy and Social Criticism vol. 36, n. 5 (June 2010), p. 623-634. 5. *“Miguel Abensour, critique de la politique,” Politique et Sociétés, vol. 28, n. 1 (2009), p. 229-247. 6. *“The Political Action of Thinking: On Merleau-Ponty and Bourdieu’s Interventions,” Radical Philosophy Review, vol. 11, n. 2 (2008), p. 99-124. 7. *“L’interpellation à l’émancipation : Miguel Abensour, l’utopie et la démocratie,” Carrefour, Revue Interdisciplinaire, Ottawa, vol. 25, n. 1 (2006-2007, Chantal Beauvais, ed., L’engagement philosophique), p. 29-55 (an English translation is available). 8. *“Engagement et responsabilité de l’intellectuel. À propos de deux textes fondateurs des Temps Modernes,” Horizons Philosophiques, Collège Édouard-Montpetit, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring 2006, p. 79-96. 9. *“Un nouveau défi à la philosophie. Sur les Méditations pascaliennes de Bourdieu,” Phares. Revue philosophique étudiante, Québec, Université Laval, vol. 5, Fall 2004, p. 157-173. Available online: http://www.ulaval.ca/phares/vol5- automne04/texte12.html. 10. *“Affirmation et indétermination : les droits de l'homme chez C. Lefort et P. Manent,” Science et Esprit, revue de philosophie et de théologie, Ottawa, Collège Dominicain, vol. 56, no. 3, September-December 2004, p. 303-319. 11. “Présentation” (with Louis Favreau) and “Les discours sur les mouvements anti- mondialisation,” La Chouette, Ottawa, vol. 5, no. 1, Fall 2003, resp. p. 3 and p. 16-18.

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BOOK CHAPTERS AND ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

1. *“Maurice Merleau-Ponty,” biographical entry in Claude Pennetier, ed., Le Maitron. Dictionnaire biographique : mouvement ouvrier, mouvement social, Editions sociales (invited entry). 2. *“Anticolonialisme et dissidence: Tran Duc Thao et Les Temps Modernes,” in Tran Duc Thao, Phénoménologie et matérialisme dialectique, Jocelyn Benoist and Michel Espagne, eds., Armand Colin, July 2013. 3. *“ Pierre Bourdieu” and “Maurice Merleau-Ponty,” biographical entries in the Encyclopedia of Political Science, George Thomas Kurian, ed., CQ Press, Washington DC, 2011, p. 149 and p. 1024. 4. *“ Claude Lefort,” biographical entry in the Encyclopedia of Political Science, George Thomas Kurian, ed., CQ Press, Washington DC, 2011, online version. 5. *“The Real Politics in Radiohead,” in Brandon W. Forbes and George A. Reich, eds., Radiohead and Philosophy (Chicago: Open Court, 2009), p. 147-160. 6. *“Maurice Merleau-Ponty,” biographical entry in Vincent Bourdeau and Roberto Merrill, eds., Dicopo. Dictionnaire de théorie politique en ligne (2007). Available online: http://www.dicopo.fr/spip.php?article87.

CONFERENCES

1. “Idle No More: A Movement of Dissent,” Prairie Political Science Association conference, Workshop on Contemporary Canadian Political Theory, Banff (AB), September 13-14, 2014. 2. “El origen y la génesis de la conciencia pura. El contenido real de Fenomenología y materialismo dialéctico de Tran Duc Thao” Coloquio Fenomenología y Marxismo, Universidad ARCIS, Santiago, Chile, August 22, 2014 (through videoconference, with translation). 3. “Research as a Craft, Value, and Habit,” Keynote Address at the “Defining, Discussing, Defending Progress” International Undergraduate Conference, Augustana Campus, University of Alberta, April 27, 2014. 4. “A Legacy of Paternalism and Assimilation,” Augustana Campus Livestream and Teach-In: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Alberta National Event, Augustana Campus, University of Alberta, March 28, 2014. 5. “La réduction phénoménologique comme mouvement de retour en soi : les sources de l’action démocratique,” Série Colloquium, Département de Philosophie, Université d'Ottawa, Canada, Ontario, Ottawa, February 28, 2014. 6. “Les présupposés de l'ontologie libérale. Commentaire sur le livre "Vers une démocratie désenchantée?" (Tanguay et Labelle, dir.),” Book launch for Vers une

Jérôme Melançon, Curriculum vitae. Page 4 / 14. démocratie désenchantée? Marcel Gauchet et la crise contemporaine de la démocratie libérale, Canada, Ontario, Ottawa, February 27, 2014. 7. “Democracy, Equality, Laïcité. A Conversation on the Proposed Quebec Charter of Values,” Augustana Campus, October 2, 2013. 8. “Is Progressive Rock Progressive?,” Augustana Campus Faculty Colloquium, September 17, 2013. With Alexander Carpenter. 9. *“La philosophie comme institution médiatrice selon Fernand Dumont,” Philosophie et transformation du monde. Congrès de la Société de Philosophie du Québec 2013, Québec City, May 6, 2013. 10. “A Democratic Faith,” Ronning Seminar, Camrose (AB), February 26, 2013. 11. *“La philosophie et les transformations de l’identité francophone. Le cas de Fernand Dumont,” Association for Canadian Studies conference, Niagara Falls (ON), November 24, 2012. Accepted based on long abstract. 12. *“Anticolonialisme et dissidence: Tran Duc Thao et Les Temps Modernes,” invited paper, Tran Duc Thao colloquium dir. by Jocelyn Benoist and Michel Espagne, Husserl Archives/École Normale Supérieure, Paris, June 22, 2012. 13. *“Multinationalism and Polyethnicity in the Canadian Philosophy of Multiculturalism,” 2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, Edmonton, AB, June 13, 2012. Accepted based on long abstract. 14. “Fleshing Out Alterity: Otherness and Difference in Feminist Phenomenology,” Augustana Faculty Colloquium on the annual theme: “Living with Our Selves: Conversations on Sex, Gender, and Sexuality,” January 23, 2012. 15. “Interaction Rituals, the Philosophical Field, and the Canadian Theory of Multiculturalism,” as part of “Philosophy in Canada: Explorations,” Augustana Faculty Colloquium series, March 28, 2011. 16. *“Toward a Phenomenology of Dissent: The Experience of Charter 77,” 2010 Annual Conference of the Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences, Montreal (QC), November 5, 2010. Accepted based on long abstract. 17. *“‘Vivre l’hiver’: Living Winter, Living in Winter,” Nordicity in Thought and Practice Conference, Camrose (AB), October 12, 2010. Accepted based on long abstract. 18. “The Democratic Promise,” Ronning seminar, Camrose (AB), September 22, 2010. 19. “Philosophy as Dissent: The Last Days of Jan Patočka,” Augustana campus Faculty colloquium, March 29, 2010. 20. *“Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Institutions and the Opposition between Authoritarianism and Democracy,” Prairie Provinces Political Science Association annual meeting, Mount Royal University, Calgary (AB), October 2, 2009. Accepted based on long abstract. 21. *“The Appearances of Freedom: Machiavelli and La Boétie,” Western Canadian Philosophical Association annual meeting, University of Regina, Regina (SK), October 16, 2009. 22. *“L’adversité comme structure de l’expérience historique d’autrui chez Merleau- Ponty,” CNRS – Archives Husserl, Sur la limite du transcendantal, Paris (France), April 4 2009. Invited paper. 23. *“La phénoménologie de la politique de Merleau-Ponty,” Canadian Philosophical Association, CFHSS Congress, May 28, 2007.

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CREATIVE WORK

1. Quelques pas quelque part. Poésie. Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Éditions des Plaines, forthcoming. 2. Two poems: “Imprints” and “Rites,” Wordriver Literary Review 5 (1), p. 63-64. 3. De perdre tes pas. Poésie. Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Éditions des Plaines, 2011.

TRANSLATIONS

1. Martin Palouš, “Le message socratique de Jan Patočka pour le XXIe siècle. Relire les textes de Patočka sur la Charte 77 trente ans après,” Tumultes, n. 32-33 (November 2009), p. 311-328. 2. Étienne Tassin, “‘…sed victa Catoni.’ The Defeated Cause of Revolutions.” Social Research, 74, 4 (Winter 2007), “Political and Philosophic Perspectives, Part II”, p. 1109-1126. 3. Étienne Tassin, “The People Do Not Want.” Hannah Arendt Newsletter Research Notes, 3, 2007. Online: http://www.hannaharendt.de/download/1_thepeople.pdf 4. David Janssens, “La part d’Athènes: l’Europe et la Loi.” Carrefour, Ottawa, 24-2 (2002-2005), p. 5-19.

FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS

1. *“La philosophie et les transformations de l’identité francophone au Québec. Fernand Dumont et les possibilités du nationalisme,” forthcoming in The International Journal of Canadian Studies, 50 (2014). 2. Believing in Democracy. Promises and Faith in Politics. Chester Ronning Centre Publications. Forthcoming in 2014. 3. *“Leaving Nothing on the Tarmac: Cultural Exchanges and Post-European Cosmopolitics,” in T. Nieguth, ed., The Politics of Popular Culture: Negotiating Power, Identity, and Place, Montreal, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2015, p. 97- 115.

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1. La politique dans l’adversité et l’ambiguïté. Merleau-Ponty aux marges de la philosophie. Under review with Éditions Hermann, Paris. 2. Transcription, editing, and presentation of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Tribune: Entretiens et Interventions. To be published by Éditions Verdier, Lagrasse/Paris.

CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW – ARTICLES

1. *“Multinationalism and Polyethnicity in the Canadian Philosophy of Multiculturalism,” submitted to the Canadian Journal of Political Science. 2. *“The Experiences of Charter 77: Toward a Phenomenology of Dissent,” submitted to Thesis Eleven. 3. *“Liberty, Equality, Laicity: Québec’s Charter of Values and the Reframing of Politics,” submitted to Canadian Political Science Review. 4. *“La praxie, l’expression et la pratique de l’écriture. Note de lecture sur Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Le monde sensible et le monde de l’expression et Recherches sur l’usage littéraire du langage,” submitted to Phaenex. Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture. 5. *“Is Progressive Rock Progressive? YES and Pink Floyd as Answers to Adorno,” with Alexander Carpenter, revised and resubmitted to Rock Music Studies. 6. *“L’adversité comme structure de l’expérience historique d’autrui chez Merleau- Ponty,” submitted to Revue de métaphysique et de morale.

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1. “Les cérémonies et les limites de l’agnosticisme,” “Les Québécois, entre partages et divisions,” and “La mort, un livre que je n’ai pas lu,” no. 162 (September 2014). 2. “Que devons-nous à nos enfants?” and “Le débat québécois sur la laïcité,” no. 161 (June 2014). 3. “Faire monde, partager le monde” and “La juste part, pour qui?,” no. 160 (March 2014). 4. “Un espace commun pour l’Église et les non-croyants,” no. 159 (December 2013). 5. “La décroissance, une question de valeurs,” “Les formes du développement et la décroissance” and “Retour de Chine (3),” n. 158 (September 2013). 6. “L’hospitalité, l’autre face du cosmopolitisme,” “Retour de Chine (2)” and “Perspectives philosophiques sur le progrès mondial,” n. 157 (June 2013). 7. “Qu’est-ce que progresser dans une vie?” and “Retour de Chine (1),” n. 156 (March 2013). 8. “Le chemin de la foi : suivre Fernand Dumont,” n. 155 (December 2012). 9. “L’utopie : un lieu sans lieu” and “Étudiants québécois : De qui le désir de changement est-il le désir ?,” n. 154 (September 2012). 10. “Philosophes, Agents de change,” n. 153 (June 2012). 11. “Y a-t-il du changement dans l’histoire?, ” n. 152 (March 2012). 12. “Une vérité inaccessible par toute autre voie,” n. 151 (December 2011). 13. “Agir ensemble délibérément” and “L’expérience et la politique de l’indignation,” n. 150 (September 2011). 14. “Agir avec des mots,” n. 149 (June 2011). 15. “Quand la parole est-elle parlante?,” n. 148 (March 2011), p. 13-15. 16. “Philosophie et thérapie (2) : Injonction socratique, injonction à soi-même,” n. 147 (December 2010), p. 15-16. 17. “Philosophie et thérapie (1) : Dans le bureau du philosophe,” n. 146 (September 2010), p. 19-20. 18. “Les principes de la justice de John Rawls et l’aide sociale décimée,” n. 145 (June 2010), p. 9-11. 19. “C. W. Mills et la société surdéveloppée,” n. 144 (March 2010), p. 13-14. 20. “L’incertitude des valeurs,” n. 142 (September 2009), p. 25-26. 21. “Les idéologies politiques et la crise de la démocratie libérale,” n. 141 (June 2009), p. 7-9. 22. “Une crise de la démocratie : oui, mais laquelle?,” with Gérôme Truc, n. 141 (June 2009), p. 13-15.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1. “How Fair Is the Fair Elections Act?” with Sandra Rein, Camrose Booster, April 29, 2014, p. 8. 2. “The Land on which We Stand,” Camrose Booster, February 4, 2014, p. 8. 3. “Why I Now Care about China,” Camrose Booster, February 19, 2013, p. 8. 4. “A Great Change in Albertan Politics?,” Camrose Booster, November 29, 2011, p. 8.

Jérôme Melançon, Curriculum vitae. Page 8 / 14. 5. “Hervé Le Baut, Présence de Merleau-Ponty,” book review, Symposium, vol 15, no. 2 (2011), p. 226-230. 6. “What Does our Flag Stand For?,” Camrose Booster, February 15, 2011. 7. “Yves Mayzaud, Personne, communauté et monade chez Husserl,” book review, Symposium, vol. 15, no. 1 (2011), p. 215-220. 8. “Göran Therborn. From Marxism to Post-Marxism?,” book review, Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, January 30, 2011. Online: http://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviewofbooks/reviews/2011/270. 9. “Remembering the October Crisis,” Camrose Booster, October 19, 2010, p. 16. 10. “Démocratie, dans quel état?, Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Daniel Bensaïd, Wendy Brown, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jacques Rancière, Kristin Ross et Slavoj Žižek,” book review, Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 42, n. 4 (2009), p. 1072- 1073. 11. “La démocratie au-delà du libéralisme. Perspectives critiques sous la dir. de Martin Breaugh et Francis Dupuis-Déri,” book review, Politique et Sociétés, vol. 29, n. 1 (2010), p. 304-306. 12. “The Meaning of Prorogation,” Camrose Booster, March 9, 2010, p. 16. 13. “Mark Kingwell, Concrete Reveries,” book review, Symposium, vol. 13, n. 1 (2009), p. 148-151. 14. “It’s Time We (All) Started Talking,” Camrose Booster, December 16, 2008, p. 22. 15. “Review of Gérôme Truc, Assumer l’humanité. Hannah Arendt: la responsabilité face à la pluralité,” Canadian Journal of Sociology, 33, 4 (2008), 986-988. 16. “The Lost Cause of Democracy. Review of Slavoj Žižek, In Defense of Lost Causes.” La vie des idées, December 18 2008. Online: 17. http://www.laviedesidees.fr/The-Lost-Cause-of-Democracy.html. 18. “Merleau-Ponty, penseur de l’invention politique. Pour marquer un centenaire,” Esprit, n. 344, May 2008, p. 207-209. 19. “La compréhension phénoménologique du monde social. Review of Alfred Schütz, Essais sur le monde ordinaire.” La vie des idées, March 20 2008. Online: http://www.laviedesidees.fr/La-comprehension-phenomenologique.html 20. “Review of Craig Calhoun, Sociology in America: A History.” Canadian Journal of Sociology Online, November - December 2007. Online: http://www.cjsonline.ca/reviews/amsoc.html. 21. Comment on Jason Breen, “A Rational Response to the Problem with Reason in Habermas’ Theory of the Public Sphere,” CPA Congress, May 31, 2007. 22. Comment on Martina Roesner, “Le non-fondement de la philosophie : aperception, réflexion et conscience de soi chez Leibniz et Husserl,” CPA Congress, May 31, 2007. 23. “Luciano Canfora. La démocratie. Histoire d’une idéologie,” book review, Politique et Sociétés, vol. 25, n. 2-3 (2006), p. 229-232. 24. “Le Bloc contre le R.O.C.?,” La Presse, Montréal, January 5, 2006, p. A17.

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COURSES TAUGHT (+ indicates recurring course)

SESSSIONAL LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, AUGUSTANA CAMPUS 1. +AUPOL 103, Introduction to Politics: Ideas and Ideologies; 2. AUPOL 104, Introduction to Politics: Processes and Institutions of Government; 3. +AUPOL 210 History of Political Thought I; 4. +AUPOL 211, History of Political Thought II; 5. +AUPOL 215 Political Ideologies; 6. +AUPOL 221, Canadian National Government and Politics; 7. + AUPOL 300, Third-Year Seminar; 8. + AUPOL 310 Contemporary Political Thought 9. +AUPOL 312/412 Selected Topics in the History of Political Thought; 10. +AUPOL 321 Provincial Politics (was AUPOL 228 Politics in Alberta); 11. +AUPOL 324/424 Selected Topics in Canadian Politics; 12. +AUPOL 356 China Tour: Experiencing Development and Change 13. AUPOL 357 Selected Topics in Comparative Politics; 14. AUPOL 358 Economic Development and Institutional Change in China 15. AUPOL 405 Research Seminar 16. AUPHI 340 Social and Political Philosophy; 17. AUPHI 345 Philosophy in Canada; 18. AUSOC 233 Theoretic Developments in Sociology II; 19. AUFRE 49X Directed Studies: French Creative Writing (Poetry). 20. AUPHI 49X Directed Studies; 21. AUPOL 49X Directed Studies. Course outlines are available on professional website: http://www.augustana.ualberta.ca/profs/jerome2/

SESSSIONAL LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT 1. SOC 208 Inequality and Social Justice; 2. SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology.

SESSSIONAL LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT 1. PHIL 140, Critical Thinking; 2. PHIL 234, Biomedical Ethics.

TEACHING ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA 1. Winter 2004: PHI 1502 (Fundamental Philosophical Questions), with Denis Dumas; 2. Fall 2003: PHI 1501 (Critical Thinking) and PHI 2796 (Bioethics), with Nourredine Mouelhi; 3. Winter 2003: PHI 1104 (The Great Philosophers), with Jeffrey Reid.

Jérôme Melançon, Curriculum vitae. Page 10 / 14. GUEST LECTURES

1. March 11, 2014, AUPOL 353 – Law, Politics and the Judicial Process: “The Quebec Charter of Values”; 2. October 20, 2011, AUPHI 490 – Selected Topics in the History of Philosophy I: Constructing Sex, Gender, and Sexuality: “Constructing Women as Others, Women Reconstructing Themselves”; 3. March 21, 2011, AUMUS 330/430 – Selected Topics in Music: Popular Music: Analysis, Interpretation & Meaning: “Radiohead and Politics”; 4. March 8 & 10, 2011, AUPHI 365 – Aesthetics and Visual Culture: “Benjamin, the Work of Art, and the City”; 5. March 3, 2011, AUPHI 102 – Introduction to Modern Philosophy II: Modern Philosophy: “Marx’s theory of alienation”; 6. March 4, 2010, AUPHI 102 – Introduction to Modern Philosophy II: Modern Philosophy: “Marx’s theory of alienation”; 7. September 25, 2009, AUFRE 306 – Aspects of Civilization and Culture of France II: “L’État et la justice en France”; 8. September 14, 2009, AUPOL 200 – The Political Research Process: “Research in political philosophy and theory”; 9. November 5, 2008, AUFRE 332 – Introduction to French-Canadian Short Stories: “La Révolution tranquille”.

STUDENT SUPERVISION

 Hanneman Endowment Research Assistant Internship for James Gilbert. o $7,500 (jointly). May-August 2013. o Project title: “Economic Power & Dissent in a Democratic Capitalist Society.”  Don Mazankowski Summer Research Assistantship for Veronika Reichert. o $7,500 (jointly). May-August 2013. o Project title: “Democracy beyond Apathy: The Passion for Politics.”  Roger S. Smith Undergraduate Student Research Award for Mingjia Feng. o $9,000 (jointly). May-August 2012. o Project Title: “Vaclav Havel and the Political Philosophy of Charter 77.”  Roger S. Smith Undergraduate Student Research Award for Ashley Valberg. o $5,900 (jointly). May-August 2011. o Project Title: “Philosophy in Canada: Explorations.” o With Janet Wesselius.  To date, six part-time undergraduate student research assistants.  Starting in Winter 2014: teaching AUPOL 300 Third Year Seminar, where students each write an in-depth, supervised research paper.  2011-2012: taught AUPOL 405 Research Seminar, where eight students each wrote an article-length paper.

TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP

Jérôme Melançon, Curriculum vitae. Page 11 / 14.  “Indigenous Themes and Students in the Classroom: Being Relevant while Being Respectful,” Augustana Campus Teaching Seminar, September 22, 2014.  “Resilience and Teaching,” Augustana Campus Theme Symposium, March 22, 2013. With Dr. Norman Cornett.  “Round table on the Liberal Arts and Sciences,” Augustana Campus Teaching Seminar, January 28, 2013 (Organizer and one of four presenters).  “Leading Effective Classroom Discussions,” 2010 Augustana Campus Teaching Workshop. With Janet Wesselius.

Jérôme Melançon, Curriculum vitae. Page 12 / 14. STUDENT AWARDS

1. Wynn Coates, 2010 Augustana Library Student Award for Library Research for “Barack Obama: Pragmatist?” written for AUPOL 412, Winter 2010.

STUDENT PUBLICATIONS (FROM SUPERVISED WORK)

1. Veronika Reichert, “The Passion for Politics: Democracy and Spaces of Belonging,” KIAS International Undergraduate Student Conference, Edmonton (AB), August 17, 2013. 2. Veronika Reichert, “Canada’s Constitutional Monarchy,” Written for AUPOL 221, Winter 2012, Federalism-E, vol. 14, 2013, p. 36-42. 3. Mingjia Feng, “Vaclav Havel and the Political Philosophy of Charter 77,” KIAS International Undergraduate Student Conference, Edmonton (AB), August 2012. 4. Ashley Valberg, “Don’t Call Me Disengaged: A Reverse Analysis of Youth's Political Apathy,” written for AUPOL 405, Fall-Winter 2012, KIAS International Undergraduate Student Conference, Edmonton (AB), August 2012. 5. Ashley Valberg, “Aboriginal Representation in Canada: Reforming Parliament or Creating a Third Order of Government,” KIAS International Undergraduate Student Conference, Edmonton (AB), August 19, 2011. 6. Kris Statnyk, “Aboriginal Self-Government: Finding a Path,” Federalism-e, vol. 10, p. 91-101, written for AUPOL 221, Fall 2008.

SERVICE

 Chair of the Aboriginal Engagement Advisory Committee, University of Alberta Augustana Campus, 2012-present. Co-author of the motion creating the committee.  Member of the Advisory Committee for the Chester Ronning Centre for the Study of Religion and Public Life, University of Alberta, 2012-present.  Full-time Sessional Representative at Augustana Faculty Council, 2010-present.  Dean’s Task Force on the Liberal Arts on the Faculty Website, Fall 2012, work completed.  Theme Committee, Augustana campus, 2011-2012: “Living with Our Selves: Conversations on Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.”  Interim Co-Editor, Second Thought Column, Camrose Booster/Augustana Campus, Winter term 2011.  Mediator at all-candidates debates, Camrose, AB: Our Lady of Mount Pleasant Catholic High School (federal, provincial, municipal); Augustana Campus, April 20, 2011.  Organization of a symposium on “Dissent in Theory” for students and faculty, University of Alberta Augustana Campus, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.  ‘Living book’ at the University of Alberta Augustana Campus living library, Winter 2009 and Fall 2009.  Member of the University of Saskatchewan Behavioural Research Ethics Board, December 2006-August 2008.

Jérôme Melançon, Curriculum vitae. Page 13 / 14.  Volunteer at the Open Door Society of Saskatoon: weekly conversation circles with recent adult immigrants and refugees, 2006-2008.  Treasurer, Société de Philosophie de l’Outaouais, summer of 2000 to summer of 2003.  Treasurer and secretary for Carrefour journal, summer of 2002 to summer of 2003.  Organisation of a round table: “Les enjeux de l’action des mouvements anti- mondialisation,” April 16 2003, Société de Philosophie de l’Outaouais, Saint-Paul University, Ottawa. Publication of the conferences, co-redaction of a presentation and redaction of an account of the following discussions in La Chouette (see above).

REVIEWING

 Regular peer reviewer for Philosophy Study (13 so far);  Also reviewed for Canadian Journal of Political Science and Politique and Société.

OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE  Research assistantship with Daniel Tanguay, University of Ottawa, spring-summer 2004.  Research assistantship in political philosophy with Daniel Tanguay, University of Ottawa, Fall of 2002.  Summer student position at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, summer of 2002: research the ethics of placebo use in clinical trials, as part of the Placebo initiative (CIHR and Health Canada), and redaction of an internal document, Placebo and Standard of Care. For a better understanding of the ethical issues of the use of placebo controls in clinical trials in Canada, 149 p.

Jérôme Melançon, Curriculum vitae. Page 14 / 14.