ALISTAIR WELCHMAN alistair dot welchman at utsa dot edu

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION AREAS OF COMPETENCE Contemporary European Philosophy Ethics 19th Century European Philosophy Logic Kant Wittgenstein Aesthetics Philosophy and Literature Philosophy of Technology

EDUCATION 1998 University of Sussex MSc (Distinction) Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems 1989-1996 University of Warwick PhD, MA Philosophy 1988 Christ Church, Oxford BA (Hons.) Philosophy, Politics, Economics

AWARDS Outstanding Research Mentor Award, Honors College, UTSA (May 2007) Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (UK) Studentship Award (1997-8) Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Stipendium (Jan/Feb 1996) University Exchange Fellowship, University of Madison-Wisconsin (1992-3) University Grant Awards, University of Warwick (1991-2; 1990-91; 1989-90)

BOOKS Translation of Arthur Schopenhauer Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (2 Bände) Cambridge University Press (Under contract: 1st volume, ms submitted, 2nd volume 2011). [46.5%] with Judith Norman [46.5%] and Christopher Janaway [7%] Translation of Salomon Maimon Versuch über die Transzendentalphilosophie (Berlin: Vos und Sohne 1790) [25%] with Nick Midgley, Henry Somers-Hall and Merton Reglitz [75%] (London: Continuum 2010) http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=134368&SntUrl=15222 3&SubjectId=1020&Subject2Id=930 ) The New Schelling, co-edited with Judith Norman (New York: Continuum 2004) http://www.amazon.com/New-Schelling-Judith-Norman/dp/0826469426

PEER REVIEWED AND INVITED ARTICLES Published

‘Deleuze’s Post-Critical Metaphysics’ Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy Vol. 13, No. 2 (Fall 2009)

‘Deleuze and Deep Ecology’ in Bernd Herzogenrath (ed) An (Un)easy Alliance: Thinking the Environment with Deleuze/Guattari (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press 2008), pp. 116-138 ‘Introduction’ to The New Schelling (New York: Continuum 2004), co-written with Judith Norman [50%]

‘Kant, Affinity, Judgement’ in Andrea Rehberg and Rachel Jones (eds) The Matter of Critique (Manchester: Clinamen Press 2001), pp. 202-221 Translation of Jean-Luc Nancy ‘Système du plaisir kantien’ (previously unpublished) in Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy Philosophies of Nature Vol. 8 (1999) pp. 149–63

‘Differential Practices’ in Deepak Sawhney (ed.) Must we Burn Sade? (New York: Prometheus / Humanity Books 1999) pp. 159–81

‘Machinic Thinking’ in Keith Ansell-Pearson (ed.) Deleuze and Philosophy (London: Routledge 1997), pp. 211–33; reprinted in Gary Gensko (ed.) Critical Assessments: Deleuze and Guattari, 3 Vols (London: Routledge 2000), Vol. 3 Deleuze and Guattari, pp. 211-27 ‘Dissipating the Logogram,’ in Parallax 1 Cultural Studies and Philosophy (September 1995) pp. 67–80 ‘On the Matter of Chaos,’ in Joan Broadhurst-Dixon (ed.) Deleuze and the Transcendental Unconscious (Warwick: University of Warwick 1992), pp. 137–157 Forthcoming

‘The Early Romantics’ in Alison Stone (ed), Vol. 5 (The 19th century) of The Edinburgh Critical History of Philosophy, general editors David Wood and Howard Caygill (Edinburgh University Press, ms submitted), co-written with Judith Norman [50%]

‘Schelling’s Philosophy of History’ in Alfred Denker & Michael Vater (eds) Reading Schelling: New Interpretative and Critical Essays (ms submitted), co-written with Judith Norman [50%]

‘Translators’ Note’ in Salomon Essay on Transcendental Philosophy (New York: Continuum 2010)

DICTIONARY AND ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES ‘Deleuze’, ‘Schopenhauer’, ‘Materialism’ major entries in John Protevi (ed.) Edinburgh Dictionary of Continental Philosophy (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 2006); US edition (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press 2006)

‘Abstract Machine’, ‘Assemblage’, ‘Body Without Organs’, ‘Desiring-Production’, ‘Deterritorialization’, ‘Haecceity’, ‘Plateau’, ‘Rhizome’, ‘Schizoanalysis’, ‘Stratification’, ‘War Machine’ minor entries in John Protevi (ed.) Edinburgh Dictionary of Continental Philosophy (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 2006); US edition (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press 2006)

‘Deleuze’ entry in Simon Glendinning (ed.) The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia of Continental Philosophy, (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 1999) pp. 615–27 REVIEW ARTICLES ‘Schopenhauer and Asian Thought’ on Matthias Koßler (Herausgeber) Schopenhauer und die Philosophien Asiens (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag 2008) in Journal of Indo- European Studies (invited article, submitted 12-20-2008, forthcoming)

‘Funking up the Cyborg’ on Mark Dery (ed.) Flame Wars (Durham, NC & London: Duke University Press 1994) in Theory, Culture & Society, Vol. 14 No. 4 (November 1997), pp. 155-62

‘Two Kinds of Imperialism’ on Andrew Ross The Chicago Gangster Theory of Life (London & New York: Verso Press 1994) in Parallax 3 Dissonant Feminisms (November 1996) pp. 149-154

BOOK REVIEWS AND CRITICAL NOTICES Jeff Love and Johannes Schmidt FWJ Schelling’s Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom (Albany, NY: State University of New York at Albany 2006) in Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 61, No. 3, Issue number 243, March 2008, pp. 666-7

Michael Wheeler Reconstructing the Cognitive World: The Next Step (Cambridge, MA: Bradford/MIT press 2005) in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (February 22nd, 2008) [http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=12263]

John Mullarkey Post-Continental Philosophy (New York: Continuum 2006) in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (October 22nd 2007) [http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=11523]

Michelle Kosch Freedom and Reason in Kant, Schelling and Kierkegaard (Oxford: Clarendon Press 2006) in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (January 19th 2007) [http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=8603]

Gilles Deleuze Desert Islands and other Texts (New York: Semiotext(e) 2004) in Metapsychology Review (May 2005) [http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=2661]

Gilles Deleuze Negotiations, a translation of Pourparlers (Minuit 1990) by Martin Joughin (Columbia 1995) in Philosophy in Review / Comptes rendus philosophiques Vol. 19 No. 2 (April 1999), pp. 93–5 Dwight Furrow Against Theory (London: Routledge 1995) in Revue canadienne de comptes rendues en philosophie / Canadian Philosophical Reviews Volume XVII, No. 1 (February 1997), pp. 31-33

Nick Land The Thirst for Annihilation (London: Routledge 1993) in Parallax 2 Theory and Practice (February 1996) pp. 197-200

Jimmie Durham A Certain Lack of Coherence (London: Kala Press 1992) in Left Curve 19 Cultural Identity and Globalization (San Francisco 1995), pp. 127-8

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS ‘Biopolitics, Sovereignty and the US-Mexico Border Wall’ presentation at the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy, Oct. 15th-17th 2009, King’s University College, London, ON, Canada

‘A Critique of Heideggerian Robotics’ presentation at International Conference on Science and Society, Cambridge, UK 5th-7th August 2009 [paper accepted but not presented]

‘Deleuze’s Post-Critical Metaphysics’ presentation at the North Texas Philosophical Association, University of North Texas, Denton, March 26th-28, 2009

‘Biopolitics, Sovereignty and the US-Mexico Border Wall’ presentation at ‘Migration, Border and the Nation-State’, 2009 Joint Conference of the US Association for Commonwealth Literatures and Language Studies, April 8-11, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX [paper accepted but not presented]

‘Biopolitics, Sovereignty and the US-Mexico Border Wall’ presentation at Ethics in Intelligence, Security and Immigration, University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, TX, Nov 20th-22nd 2008

‘Deleuze among the Robots’ presentation at One or Several Deleuzes: 1st Annual Deleuze Studies Conference, Cardiff University, August 11th-13th 2008

‘Deleuze’s Post-Critical Metaphysics’ presentation at The Substance of Thought: 4th Annual Conference of the Theory Reading Group at Cornell University, April 10th-12th 2008

‘Kant, Affinity, Synthesis’ given at The Society for European Philosophy, September 7–9 1999, Cambridge UK ‘Nature and the Encyclopaedia of Reason’, given at Dramas of Culture, 20th annual meeting of The International Association for Philosophy and Literature, May 8–11, 1996, George Mason University, Fairfax Virginia ‘Biocapital’, given at Virtual Futures ‘95, Warwick University, May 26–29 1995 ‘Virtual Future of an Illusion’ given at Virtual Incorporations, Textual Spaces, 19th annual meeting of The International Association for Philosophy and Literature, May 10-13, 1995, Villanova University, Pennsylvania ‘The Remission of Distance and the Production of Cyberspace,’ given at Creating (and) Space, Leeds University, September 10th 1994 ‘On the Matter of Chaos,’ given at Deleuze and the Transcendental Unconscious, Warwick University, May 1992

CONFERENCES ATTENDED International Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa 1st Annual Conference, ‘El Mundo Zurdo’, May 16th-17th 2009

Moderator for Jordan Howard Sobel’s paper ‘Romancing the Stone’ at UTSA Philosophy Symposium, February 1st-2nd 2008

‘Gueras y Prietas: Celebrating 20 Years of Borderlands/La Frontera,’ UTSA Downtown Campus, Nov. 3rd 2007 Moderator for Klaus Kraay’s paper at UTSA Philosophy Symposium, February 2007

INVITED PAPERS ‘European Philosophy and Cognitive Science’, Department of English, Classics and Philosophy, University of Texas at San Antonio, February 6th 2007 ‘Milton’s Wilderness’ State University of New York at Albany, Department of English Literature, February 11th 2000. ‘A Report into the use of Genetic Algorithms in Quantitative Structure-Activity Relations’ given at Glaxo-Wellcome Research, Stevenage, UK, 7th July 1998. ‘Deleuze and the New Sciences’, Sussex University, Centre for Modern French Thought / Centre de la pensée moderne française Seminar Series, 1st June 1998. ‘Heideggerian Robotics’ Manchester Metropolitan University, Human Sciences Seminar Series, 22nd January 1998

TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Texas at San Antonio (Spring 2007 - present) Assistant Professor PHI 2013 Basic Problems of Philosophy Fall 2007 PHI 2043 Introductory Logic Spring 2009 Fall 2008 PHI 2123 Moral Issues: Engineering Ethics Fall 2009 PHI 3043 Philosophy in Literature Spring 2008 Ethics PHI 3123 Fall 2007 Honors Contract: Hume Issues and Movements in 20th Century Philosophy: PHI 3243 Spring 2009 Phenomenology PHI 4991-3 Honors Thesis: The Intersection of Nietzsche and Politics Fall 2008 PHI Independent Study: Contemporary European Political 4913-3 Summer 2008 HUM Theory Spring 2008 HUM 3013 History of Ideas: History of AI Spring 2009 HUM 3063 The Modern World Fall 2009

University of Texas at San Antonio (Fall 2006 – Spring 2007) Adjunct Assistant Professor PHI 2013 Basic Problems of Philosophy Fall 2006 PHI 2043 Introductory Logic Spring 2007 PHI 2123 Moral Issues in Contemporary America Spring 2007 Contemporary Continental Philosophy: Heidegger and PHI 4123 Derrida Spring 2007 Honors Contract: Martin Buber

University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX (Fall 2005 – Fall 2006) Adjunct Assistant Professor PHIL 1381 Introduction to Philosophy Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006 PHIL 3312 Logic Spring 2006, Fall 2006 PHIL 3332 Ethics Fall 2005

Trinity University, San Antonio, TX (Spring Semester 2005, Spring Semester 1999) Adjunct Assistant Professor PHIL 1354 Ethics (2 sections) Spring 2006 PHIL 3336 Philosophy of Literature Spring 1999 Austin Community College, Austin TX (Fall 2004 – Fall 2006) Adjunct Associate Professor Fall 2004 (2), Spring 2005 (2), Summer PHIL 1301 Introduction to Philosophy 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006 PHIL 2306 Ethics Fall 2006

University of Greenwich, London, UK (Spring Term 2004) Adjunct Lecturer Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (1995-6) Teaching Assistant Current French Thought Introduction to Philosophy

OTHER ACADEMIC SERVICE University of Texas at San Antonio (2006-present) Committees: Ad Hoc Philosophy Master’s Committee (2008-2009), Co-Chair Philosophy Program Assessment Committee (2007-2009), Co-Chair (2007-2008), Chair (2008-2009) We co-developed outcomes assessments for the discipline I developed a core assessment for Moral Issues English, Classics and Philosophy, FAC (2007-2008), member Ad Hoc Philosophy and Classics Strategic Plan Committee (2007-2009), member I co-wrote the Strategic Plan and re-drafted the By-Laws and Merit Review documents for approval by Philosophy and Classics faculty

Other: Judge, Texas Regional Ethics Bowl, St. Mary’s University (11/15/2008) Attended UTSA Health Disparities Task Force meeting (10/16/2008) Attended UTSA Health Disparities Focus Group (10/13/2008) Philosophy representative at Roadrunner day (8/25/2008) Panelist at Graduate Study in Philosophy meeting (4/25/08) Attended Quality Enhancement Program presentation (02/29/2008) SACS Blue Ribbon Survey for Philosophy (2007-8) Co Presenter and attendee at English, Classics and Philosophy Retreat (9/2007) SECC Area Champion for English, Classics and Philosophy (2007-8) Attended New Faculty Orientation and Workshop (13-15/8/2007) Library Liaison officer for Philosophy (2006-present)

University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (1995-6) Assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies University of Madison-Wisconsin, Madison WI (1992-3) Research Assistant to Professor Ivan Soll

COMMERCIAL EXPERIENCE October 2001 – December 2004. NeoGeo New Media GmbH (Hamburg, Germany). Technical Lead, CyberSmart systems. User Modeling; Human Centered Computing. Genetic Algorithms; Scheduling systems. September 1999 • April 2001. Applications Development Consultant. Amedis Pharmaceuticals Ltd (Cambridge, United Kingdom). Genetic Algorithms; Neural Networks

PROFESSIONAL REVIEWING Book proposal for the Great Minds series (general editor Steve Nadler), 2004

LANGUAGES German: Excellent French: Fluent reader, with passable conversational and written skills

OTHER Interfaith Dialogue participant (Eid Celebration 2007) Jewish Peace News, editor since 2001 Texas Fair Trade Coalition, co-author of ‘Globalization Basics’ training manual Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera, delegate ATTAC member, Germany, 2001-3.

REFERENCES Academic and commercial references available on request.