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Departmental News
Faculty Appointments
The department is pleased to announce the appointments of Gerard Vong (Oxford) and Nathan Ballantyne (Arizona). Professor Ballantyne specializes in epistemology and will be teaching on the Rose Hill campus. Professor Vong specializes in ethics and applied ethics, and he will be teaching on the Lincoln Center campus. David Bachyrycz, Brian Gregor, and David Storey will join Richard Atkins as this year's post-doctoral teaching fellows.
VISITING RESEARCH FELLOW
Longbiao Hu, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Zhejiang University (ZJU), China, is visiting our department as a Research Fellow for a full calendar year starting March 1, 2011, funded by the Chinese Ministry of Education. Professor Hu will do research on medieval theories of reference and truth, focusing on the nominalist theories of William Ockham and John Buridan.
Wen-Shang Wang, professor of philosophy and chair of the Philosophy Department at the National Chengchi University in Taiwan, is visiting our department as a Fulbright Scholar from September 1, 2011 to July 31, 2012. Professor Wang specializes in phenomenology and is especially interested in phenomenology as it relates to issues in ethics, religion, and politics.
Lectures and conferences
Details concerning this year's lecture series can be found here.
The opening Faculty Lecture will be delivered by William Jaworski on Tuesday, September 20 at 4:15 pm in Flom Auditorium. Professor Jaworski will address topics in the philosophy of mind.
The Society of Ancient Greek Philosophy meets with the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science at Fordham's Lincoln Center campus from October 21 to October 23.
The second New York City Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy will be held at Fordham's Lincoln Center campus on November 19-20.
A mini-conference concerned with the work of Jacques Derrida will be held on March 22, 2012. Further information will follow.
The Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy will meet at Fordham's Lincoln Center campus from March 15 to March 17, 2012.
The 2012 Suarez Lecture will be delivered by Professor Catherine Malabou on a date still to be determined in the spring semester.
Natural Law Colloquium
Information about this year's Natural Law Colloquium will be posted as soon as it becomes available. Additional information can be found here or here.
Dissertation Defenses
Seth Joshua Thomas defended his dissertation A Pragmatist Recover of Health: Rethinking the Limits of Biomedicine on January 21, 2011 at 3:00 PM in the Lowenstein Building, Room LL402 at the Lincoln Center Campus. Mentor: Judith Green, Readers: Judith Jones, John Davenport, Larry Hickman (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), Examiner: John J. Drummond.
Scott O'Leary defended his dissertation The Significance of Affect: On the Practical Functions of Emotion on March 30, 2011 at 4:30 PM in Collins, Philosophy Conference Room. Mentor: John Davenport, Readers: John J. Drummond, Christopher Gowans, Examiners: Jada Strabbing, Stephen Grimm.
Thomas Becker defended his dissertation John Finnis on the Obligation to Follow Unjust Laws on April 5, 2011 at 4:00 PM in Keating Hall, Room 124. Mentor: Joseph W. Koterski, S.J., Readers: Dana Miller, Christopher Cullen, S.J., Examiners: Dominic Balestra, Judith Green.
David Zoller defended his dissertation Heidegger and Social Identity: A Phenomenological Analysis of Judgments of Cultural Identity and Difference on April 13, 2011 at 9:30 AM in Duane Library, Room 352. Mentor: John van Buren, Readers: John J. Drummond, Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei, Examiners: Ann V. Murphy, Jeffrey Flynn.
Gary Thomas Gabor, Jr. defended his dissertation 'Carving Nature at its Joints': The Platonic Method of Division in Plato, Aristotle, and their Neoplatonic Commentators on April 18, 2011 at 5:30 PM in Keating Hall, Room 124. Mentor: Dana Miller, Readers: Daryl Tress, Brian Johnson, Examiners: Giorgio Pini, Bryan Frances.
David Storey defended his dissertation Nature, Nihilism, and Life in Heidegger and Nietzsche: Naturalistic Metaphysical Foundations for Environmental Ethics on April 20, 2011 at 4:15 PM in Keating Hall, Room 124. Mentor: John van Buren, Readers: John Davenport, Ann V. Murphy, Michael Zimmerman (University of Colorado), Examiner: Samir Haddad.
Eleanor Helms defended her dissertation A Kierkegaardian Phenomenology of Authorship on May 2, 2011 at 12:00 PM, in Keating Hall, Room 124. Mentor: Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei, Readers: John J. Drummond, Merold Westphal, Examiners: John Davenport, Samir Haddad.
Andrew Henscheid defended his dissertation Love's Authority: Kierkegaard and the Question of Autonomy on May 4, 2011 at 1:10 PM in Collins, Philosophy Conference Room. Mentor: John Davenport, Readers: Merold Westphal, Christopher Gowans, Examiners: Ann V. Murphy, Samir Haddad.
Kirk Kanzelberger defended his dissertation The Mystical Daydream: Fictive Being and the Motive of Evil on May 11, 2011 at 1:00 PM in Collins, Philosophy Conference Room. Mentor: Joseph W. Koterski, S.J., Readers: Christopher Cullen, S.J., Dominic Balestra, Examiners: Judith Green, Dana Miller.
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