Lecture Series
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures will take place from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and located in the Faculty Development Center, Room 114 (Building # 30 - see map), and are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Dr. Jason Winfree, jwinfree@csustan.edu, phone: 664-6669
| Philosophy Department Lecture Series 2011 |
| Date |
Lecture |
| October 28th |
Marjoleine Oele,
“Aristotelian Transformations: Heidegger on Attunements” |
| November 18th |
Carlos Sanchez, "Mexican Existential Phenomenology" |
| December 9th |
Andrew Fiala, "Pacificism and Social Criticism" |
| February 24th |
Anne Byrne,
“A Past That Has Never Been Present: Reflections on Natality and the Immemorial" |
| March 9th |
Andrew Mitchell,
“Body, Space, Sculpture: Heidegger and the Art of Dwelling” |
| April 25th |
Robert Hurley,
“The Central Desert: Tiqqun and Critical Metaphysics” |
| May 15th |
Charles Scott, "The Force of Life and Faith: Nietzsche and Kierkegaard" |
| Philosophy Department Lecture Series 2009 |
| Date |
Lecture |
| February 27 |
Dr. Jason Winfree, CSU Stanislaus: "Solitude, Violation, Alterity: Juan Rulfo's Deserts."(pdf) |
| April 24th |
John Lysaker, Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Oregon: "Essaying Nietzsche's New Psychology." (pdf) |
| May 15th |
Dr. Omar Rivera, University of Wisconsin La Crosse: "Pantomime and Photography: the Aesthetics of Latin American Thought." |
| October 23 |
Prof Charles Scott, Vanderbilt University: "The Birth of Political Subjects." |
| November 25 |
Dr. Hernando Estevez, John Jay College: "Latin American Political Thought." |
| December 7 |
Dr. Clark Buckner, The San Francisco Art Institute: "Autonomy, Pluralism, and Play in 'Contemporary' Art." (pdf) |
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| Philosophy Department Lecture Series 2006 |
| Date |
Lecture |
| March 3 |
Jeff Bernstein, Holy Cross College: “God or History: Schelling’s Appropriation of Spinoza.” |
| March 10 |
Ashley Pryor, Toledo University |
| April 14 |
David Wood, Vanderbilt University: “Negative Capability and Beyond.” |
| April 28 |
Jeff Yoshimi, UC Merced: “Husserl and Heidegger on Belie." |
| May 12 |
Claudia Baracchi, New School: “On War, From Plato to Freud.” |
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| Philosophy Department Lecture Series 2004-2005 |
| Date |
Lecture |
| December 3 |
Walter Sterling, St. John’s College: “A Matter of Trust: Concessions to The World of Becoming in Plato’s Image of the Divided Line.” |
| November 19 |
Darren Hutchinson, CSU Stanislaus : "Buzz: An Essay in Paraphenomenology." |
| October 27 |
Marc Froment-Meurice, Vanderbilt University: "A Lecture in Honor of Jacques Derrida" |
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| Philosophy Department Lecture Series 2003-2004 |
| Date |
Lecture |
| April 30th |
Eddo Evink, University of Tilborg, Netherlands: "(In) finite Responsibility: Jacques Derrida on Metaphysics and Ethics." |
| March 19th |
Veronique Foti, Penn State University: "From and Agonistic of Powers to Deferred Homecoming: Heidegger, Hoelderlin, Sophocles." |
| November 21 |
James DiGiovanna, City University of New York: "Aesthetics and the Human Argos Project." |
| October 17 |
Stuart Kendall, Boston University: “Man and Animal: Bataille in the Pit.” |
| October 10 |
James Risser, Seattle University: “The Sociality of Life in Gadamer’s Hermeneutics.” |
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| Philosophy Department Lecture Series 2002-2003 |
| Date |
Lecture |
| September 13 |
Andy Young, CSU Stanislaus, “Speaking Without Ground: Heidegger, Nishitani, and Impermanence.” |
| October 4 |
Ben Pryor, Toledo University: “Law in Abandon: Jean-Luc Nancy and the Critical Study of Law.” |
| November 8 |
John Lysaker, University of Oregon: “Art: the Uncommitted Crime.” |
| November 15 |
Chares Scott, Penn State University: “Helen, Heidegger, and the Wisdom of Nemesis.” |
| March 21 |
Walter Brogan, Villanova University: “Plato’s Symposium: E-Motion and the Heart of Being.” |
| April 16 |
David Farrell Krell, “Antigone’s Clout: Hölderlin and Lacan on Sophocles’ Heroine." |
| May 9 |
Ladelle McWhorter, “A Foucaultian Genealogy of Racism.” |
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| Philosophy Department Lecture Series 2001-2002 |
| Date |
Lecture |
| September 28 |
Karen Feldmann, UC, Berkeley: “Reflections on Mourning and the Twentieth Anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.” |
| November 9 |
Chris Nagel, CSU Stanislaus: “Politics and the Possibility of War.” |
| November 30 |
Peter Manchester, SUNY, Stony Brook: “Time and Soul in Aristotle.” |
| April 26 |
Susan Schoenbohm, Penn State University: “Revisiting the Question of What Makes Living Worthwhile.” |
| March 15 |
Omar Rivera, Penn State University: “On Imagination.” |
| May 3 |
Francois Raffoul, Louisiana State University: “The Tear of Life and the Need for Philosophy.” |
| May 17 |
Rick Lee, Penn State University: “The Trouble With Force.” |
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| Philosophy Department Lecture Series 2000-2001 |
| Date |
Lecture |
| October 20 |
John Sallis, Penn State University: “Death and Fire: The Strange Space of Klee’s Paining.” |
| February 25 |
Dr. Heidi Marx: “Knowledge and Learning in Medieval Philosophy.” |
| April 27 |
Mary-Lou Sena, University of Seattle: “Nietzsche’s New Grounding of Metaphysics: The Mimetic Character of the Sensuous.” |
| April 26 |
Susan Schoenbohm, Penn State University: “Revisiting the Question of What Makes Living Worthwhile.” |
| April 14 |
Abraham Schoener, St. John’s College: “Circe’s Charms and the Punishment of Those Who Divide Mind from Body.” |
| March 24 |
James Risser, Seattle University: “Gadamer’s Hermeneutics Today.” |
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