http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/ en-us 2008-11-01T04:11+00:00 http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1222712627.shtml Friends, Colleagues, Countrymen, etc.:... Timothy Kirk 2008-09-29T18:09+00:00
I am teaching intro for the first time in many moons. We've been doing some very basic epistemology, now morphing into self-knowledge and identity. I hope in the next two weeks or so to morph again towards politics to give us some time in the run-up to the election to think about things like (a) what kind of knowledge is required to make an informed vote?; (b) how do I reflect who I am in my voting choices?; and other similar questions.

Does anyone have some accessible (to 1st year non-majors) articles or short selections from books to suggest?

I'm also interested in looking at some get out the vote campaigns in popular culture ("rock the vote," "vote or die", etc.) Any suggestions on that would be welcome, as well.

Many thanks,
--Tim]]> http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1219672428.shtml I wonder if anyone can help me find a reference. I remember years ago reading (I think somewhere in Gadamer) regarding a marginal comment that Husserl inscribed in his personal copy... James K.A. Smith 2008-08-25T13:08+00:00
Thanks.]]> http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1209066231.shtml There have been several significant events in the graduate program recently.... Gregory Hoskins 2008-04-24T19:04+00:00
At the end of March Naz Pantaloni defended his dissertation proposal titled “The Im/Possibility of Democracy: Derrida and Habermas”

On Tuesday night Adriel Trott defended her dissertation titled “The Challenge of Physis: Reconciling Nature and Reason in Aristotle’s Politics”

Yesterday Ashley Vaught defended his dissertation titled “The Specter of Spinoza in Schelling's Freiheitsschrift”

(I was unfortunately unable to make any of these events.)

As many of you know already, on April 6 Mike Brogan, his wife Meghan and daughter Frances welcomed Gabriel Brogan to the world. Mike et al. will be moving to Maryland. He is set to take up his new job at St. John's.

What sort of outreach are we doing to invite these new phds to join our discussion? While I am still here at Villanova I do not mind helping out . . . but I need some info. (hint, hint, Joe).

On a final note: a panel on Hannah Arendt consisting of myself, Liam Kavanagh and Azadeh Erfani was accepted for the upcoming SPEP conference.


]]> http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1207873823.shtml Well, friends, I am leaving VU. I have accepted a good tt offer from the City University of New York-York College, beginning in August.... Timothy Kirk 2008-04-11T00:04+00:00
August will mark 14 years since I came to Villanova; Walter was in his first term as grad director, Denny and Sally had just arrived, Maria Carl was teaching Aquinas, Larry Stepelevich was teaching Hegel, and the only other person on this blog there that long ago was Chris Diehm. A lot has changed.

Note the new email for personal communication: timothy.w.kirk@gmail.com

--Tim ]]> http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1204674443.shtml Folks -... Gregory Hoskins 2008-03-04T23:03+00:00
A bit of news: Tim Kirk was (I believe) recently appointed to the National Ethics Committee of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. You can find their website at : http://www.nhpco.org/templates/1/homepage.cfm

Oh, another quick note: Several Villanova folks will be down in Fredericksburg, Va in early April for the North American Sartre Society meeting. I count: myself and the members of my panel (Dera Sipe and Rebecca Goldner of the VU graduate program), Farhang, and Jess Elkayam (sp?) who is also in the graduate program. Where else are VU people showing up? (Why wasn't the Hermeneutics Society meeting advertised here too?)

]]> http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1204468133.shtml ... Timothy Kirk 2008-03-02T14:03+00:00 http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1203166641.shtml Yesterday, I attended the dissertation defense of one Edward Kazarian. It was entitled, “The Science of Events: Deleuze and Psychoanalysis.” Committee is Carvahlo (chair), Walter, and Tom Busch. Room was full.... Timothy Kirk 2008-02-16T12:02+00:00
I wish Ed well!]]> http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1197741964.shtml Before too much time passes I would like to note the following:... Gregory Hoskins 2007-12-15T18:12+00:00 A few weeks ago Michael Brogan successfully defended his dissertation on Levinas. It was nice to catch up a bit with Mike and his wife Meghan. Reflecting on changes in the graduate program over the last few years I was struck by the fact that although the room was full for Mike's defense there are now very few if any courses in which Levinas' works are systematically studied.

Two weeks ago Raoni Padui sucessfully defended his dissertation proposal. Raoni is writing on the theme of the transcendental in Hegel and Heidegger. The event was held in a seminar room in the Saint Augustine Center and there were so many people present that a few of us had to sit on the floor . . . including yours truly.]]>