Philosophy Department

Sullivan Lecture Series at Lincoln Center

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The lecture is given each year in fall semester at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus in the 12th floor lounge of Lowenstein.  It is open to the entire university and undergraduates --especially those enrolled in philosophy courses--are encouraged to attend and participate. 

The Daniel J. Sullivan Memorial Lecture Series was inaugurated in the Spring of 1986 in the honor of an outstanding professor of philosophy whose talents as a teacher and administrator were whole-heartedly put at the service of Downtown Fordham from 1936 until his death in 1984.  Professor Sullivan's warm, loving personality, as well as his moral integrity and total dedication to his vocation endeared him to generations of students and colleagues.  He was the author of two well known textbooks, Fundamentals of Logic and  Introduction to Philosophy.

Past Lectures (1985-2004)

Dr. Robert O. Johann
Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University
Love as a Way of Life 

Rev. Joseph O'Hare, S.J.
President, Fordham University
The American Catholic University: Crisis Identity

 Dr. Martin A. Bertman
Professor of Philosophy, Ben Gurion University
Philosophy and Practice

Dr. Barbara Wall
Professor of Philosophy, Villanova University
Economic Justice: Marxist Critiques and Catholic Response

 Rev. W. Norris Clarke, S.J.
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Fordham University
What Does It Mean To Be A Person? 

Dr. Gerald Galgan
Professor of Philosophy, St. Francis College
The Medieval Roots of Modernity

Dr. Michael McCarthy
Professor of Philosophy, Vassar College 
The Critical Appropriation of Tradition

Dr. Mortimer J. Adler
University of Chicago
Philosophical Theology: Its Major Heroes 

Dr. Aldo Tassi
Professor of Philosophy, Loyola College at Baltimore
Philosophy and Theater 

Rev. Francis Canavan, S.J.
Professor Emeritus of Political Science,. Fordham University
Moral Conscience, Public Policy and the Role of Religion

Dr. Eugene Fontinell
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Queens College
Theistic Religion: Energizing or De-Energizing? 

Dr. Dominic Balestra
Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University
Science and Religion: Old Rivals or New Allies? 

Dr. Bonnie Kent
 Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University
Ancient Excellence or Mere Modern Goodness?  A Dilemma for Moral Philosophy 

Dr. Judith Stark
Professor of Philosophy, Seton Hall University
Augustine: Dualism and Beyond 

Dr. John Caputo
Professor of Philosophy, Villanova University
The Paradox Of The Gift

Dr. James Marsh
Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University
U.S. Justice is to Real Justice as . . .

 Dr. Robert Wood
Professor of Philosophy, University of Dallas
Plato, Phenomenology, and the Perennial Task of Philosophy

Dr. Nancy Fraser
Loeb Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, New School University
Transnationalizing the Public Sphere

Last Update April 5,  2005.  Page Maintained by John Davenport.  Email: Davenport@Fordham.edu