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PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT Pittsburgh, Pa 15282 Return Service Requested 3 0 3 Duquesne Graduate Philosophy News Spring 2012 • Volume 5, Issue 1 DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY 600 FORBES AVENUE PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT PITTSBURGH, PA 15282 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED 3 0 3 DUQUESNE GRADUATE PHILOSOPHY NEWS Spring 2012 • Volume 5, Issue 1 MESSAGES FROM OUR DEAN AND CHAIR DEPARTMENT NEWS I have been the acting dean of the College this year, and in Daniel Selcer has March, was named dean. As such, I have been unable to been serving as interim teach, but have been able to learn a great deal about what is Director of Graduate going on in the College overall—especially the many good Studies, replacing Ron things. One of these is how many faculty, and students, Polansky while he serves outside of the department have interests in philosophy. as interim Chair. Dan has They come from political science, communications, history, recently spoken on early the natural sciences, and English—just to name a few areas. modern materialism at the One bit of news I can report is that the College is proposing to host the University of Pittsburgh, International Merleau-Ponty Circle in September 2013. We hope that this on the importance of history for philosophy at proposal will be successful. The College is also starting a Faculty Debate series. Slippery Rock University, on Spinoza’s account The first featured Dr. Miller and two other faculty members of individualism at the University of Guelph, and in a discussion entitled “Belief Today,” about religion in the on the idea of ‘operative science’ in Bacon and public sphere. - James Swindal Spinoza at Simon Fraser University. We are also pleased to announce that Dan was awarded the I look forward to our continuing as a very vibrant EWS ROM LUMNI 2012 McAnulty College and Graduate School N F A undergraduate and graduate Philosophy Department. We of Liberal Arts Faculty Award for Excellence in seek greater links with the rest of the College and University, Teaching for his fine classroom work. with alumni, and with the life of philosophy. - Ron Polansky This summer, I have been invited to give a lecture at Universität Bernie Freydberg. The production process begins at SUNY This year marks the debut Freiburg for the annual Hermeneutic Conference. It is titled Press for my seventh book, David Hume: Platonic Philosopher, of George Yancy’s authored “Wirkungsgeschichte vis à vis Ancient Mathematics.” EVENTS Continental Philosopher. It is my most original. Also, I have just book: Look, A White!: been invited to be a plenary speaker for the October Meeting Jennifer Bates, with a grant from the NEH, hosted a conference on Hegel’s Philosophical Essays of the Pacific Association for Continental Thought. My topic is The Philosophy Logic on October 28, 2011. Panel attendees included: Dr. Jay Lampert on Whiteness (Temple “From the Annals of Ancient Jurisprudence regarding the Political th Department hosted its 50 (University of Guelph), Dr. John Russon (University of Guelph), Dr. David University Press, 2012). Animal: A Philosophical Inquiry”; the trial in question occurs in Anniversary as a Ph.D.- Morris (Concordia University), and Dr. Tom Rockmore. He also has two edited Aristophanes’ Wasps, where two dogs present their opposing cases granting department. The books coming out in 2012: regarding a hunk of Sicilian cheese. A paper of mine has appeared first phase, on September On March 6, 2012, the department hosted a panel discussion on faith and Reframing the Practice of in Comparative and Continental Philosophy, titled “Ihr Hinweis 9, featured a documentary society entitled Belief Today. Our Dr. Patrick Miller was among the panel Philosophy: Bodies of Color, Bodies of Knowledge auf Aristophanes Clouds Wichtige Fragen Einschließt, die Ich Hätte film on Heidegger by speakers along with Fr. Elochukwu Uzukwu (Theology) and Dr. Bruce (SUNY 2012), and Christology and Whiteness: Sehen Sollen : Gadamer and the Question of Comedy.” Jeffrey Van Davis, entitled Ledewitz (Law) moderated by Alek Schrenk. What Would Jesus Do? (Routledge 2012). He also Nur noch ein Gott kann co-edited a book titled: Therapeutic Uses of Rap During the first week of May 2011, I gave two lectures at Istanbul uns retten (Only A God and Hip-Hop (Routledge 2011). University. The first, “Radically Rethinking Hume,” was presented Can Save Us). Both Tom to the Philosophy Department the second, “Socrates’ eros in the ILVERMAN HENOMENOLOGY ENTER Rockmore and Ted Kisiel S P C Ron Polansky and Chelsea Harry received a Symposium: Ti legei”, was presented to the philology department. appear in the film. Faculty Development Grant for 2013 to develop This year’s symposium, April 19-20, was on Phenomenology and its Critics. a section of Basic Philosophical Questions that Toward the end of March, I presented another paper on Wasps, this The event explored how the work of philosophers such as Alain Badiou, incorporates a spring break trip to Magna Grecia time at a Classics Conference with the theme Nostos (Homecoming), Stanley Cavell, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault engages in Italy. This is the first time the philosophy titled “Philocleon’s Interrupted Odyssean Homecoming: A View from the phenomenological tradition. Speakers included Bruno Bosteels, Claire department has incorporated study abroad in the Aristophanes’ Comedy.” It was an amazing conference featuring Colebrook, Leonoard Lawlor, and Paola Marrati. curriculum. scholars from the best schools, including ours! I am delighted to Our AFRICAN BOOK PROJECT was report that for our 8:30 AM Saturday session, it was standing room immensely successful last year. We were Jeff McCurry, the director of the Center, taught a Basic Philosophical The department developed a curriculum that has only, and I’m glad no one called the fire marshal. able to send for 12 boxes of donated Questions course in the Fall of 2011 at the Allegheny County Jail as part of textbooks for African libraries. the Judicium Learning Community. Plans are underway to offer philosophy been taught to juniors in Charter High School. courses every semester at the jail. Duquesne undergraduate freshmen assisted. FACULTY SCHOLARHIP HIGHLIGHTS GRADUATE NEWS Notable Publications Kelly Arenson presented a paper entitled “Plotinus and Porphyry Don Keyes published his essay “New Julian Casserley Research on the Faculty of Attention” at the Society for Ancient Greek and Incarnational Social Thought,” in The Anglican in the Spring We are happy to announce that all Master’s and Ph.D. students in Stephanie Adair. “Unity and Difference: A Critical Appraisal Philosophy meeting in October. In August she presented a paper of 2011. He published “Julian Cassereley’s Hope for 2050: a New philosophy are now able to enroll in modern language courses at of Polarizing Gender Identities,” Hypatia. Doi. no cost or credit thanks to the Modern Languages and Literatures entitled “Augustine’s Defense and Redemption of the Body” at Interpretation,” in the Fall of 2011, likewise in The Anglican. Department. th Brock Bahler. Journal Article: Kierkegaard’s View of Religious the 16 International Patristics Conference at Oxford University. Pluralism in Concluding Unscientific Postcript, Intermountain Patrick Miller was promoted to Associate Professor. His “Love’s On February 18, the graduate students in philosophy hosted our In addition, she received a Duquesne Student/Faculty Research West Journal of Religious Studies, Volume 3:1 (2011). Ladder’s God” appears on The Immanent Frame, a blog sponsored Sixth Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference: “Aesthetics in Grant to pursue the topic of free will and determinism with junior by the Social Science Research Council. This talk can be accessed Politics.” Our keynote speaker was Gabriel Rockhill (Villanova). philosophy major Colin Stragar-Rice. Patrick Craig. “Absoluta Cogitatio: Badiou, Deleuze and the at http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2012/04/05/loves-ladders-god. Equality of Powers in Spinoza,” Epoché: A Journal for the Jennifer Bates received a book contract for her upcoming edited Fall Dissertation Defenses History of Philosophy (forthcoming, Fall 2013). Ron Polansky recently had accepted by the Pacific Philosophical volume: Shakespeare and Continental Philosophy, with State Quarterly, a paper co-authored with Joe Cimakasky, “Descartes’ Clayton Bohnet defended his dissertation, directed by Dr. Chelsea Harry. “Socrates as Seducer.” in What Philosophy University of New York Press. (Contributors include Edward S. ‘Provisional Morality.’” He has a chapter forthcoming, “One Mind Rockmore, in November entitled: “Logic, Thought, and the Can Tell You about Your Lover. Edited by Sharon Kaye. Oxford: Casey, Andrew Cutrofello, Bernard Freydberg, Harry S. Harris, Unconditioned: An essay on Kant and Hegel.” Blackwell (February 2012). “Unhappy Man or Happy Beast: Under God Indivisible: Aristotle on Mind and God”, in Aristotle: Agnes Heller, David F. Hoinski, James A. Knapp, Paul A. Kottman, A Platonic Response to J.S. Mill,” in Parmenideum III, no. Nature, Logic, Being to be published by Continuum. Keith R. Martel defended his dissertation in November entitled: and Sarah MacDonald). Dr. Bates published an article titled 1, May 2011. “Seeing the Unseen: Suggesting Points for “The Narrative Subject and Place,” directed by Dr. Rodemeyer. Intersection between Levinasian Ethics and the Daoist “Phenomenology and Life” on Hegel’s dialectic of “Life” in the Tom Rockmore published his latest monograph, Before and After Patrick J. Reider defended his dissertation, directed by Dr. Reverence for All Beings,” Journal of Environmental Studies Phenomenology of Spirit and Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Antony 9/11: A Philosophical Examination of Globalization, Terror, and Rockmore, in November entitled: “German Idealism, Analytic and Sciences: Springer Netherlands, 2011. and Cleopatra), in a special issue of Criticism on “Shakespeare and History, with Continuum Press in April. Philosophy, and Realism.” Phenomenology,” edited by James Kearney and Kevin Curran, Issue Chris Rawls, book review, Spinoza Now, Edited by Dimitris Lanei Rodemeyer presented her paper: “Similar (but Different) Varduolakis, University of Minnesota Press 2011), in Critical 54. 3, 2012. Spring Dissertation Defenses and Different (but Similar): The Possibility for Intercultural Others Horizons, January 2012.
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