Nova PhDs http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/ en-us 2007-04-10T21:04+00:00 Belgium in May http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1175633240.shtml If any of you are going to be in Belgium in early May, you might give me a shout as I am going to be in Leuven giving a lecture at... J.C. Berendzen 2007-04-03T20:04+00:00 Institute of Philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The lecture, on May 10, will be on Max Horkheimer's moral theory. The next day I will give a doctoral seminar on architecture and democracy that will contain some of the same material as the paper I gave at SPEP on the panel with Ammon and Ted. Both are hosted by the Institute's Center for Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy.

This will be my first time in Leuven, or Belgium for that matter. I will probably have a couple days to myself. Any of you have any advice on what one should do and see there?]]> Central APA http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1173478920.shtml Since the program is out for April's Central APA, I figured I would post the info on the panel I am going to be on:... J.C. Berendzen 2007-03-09T22:03+00:00
Friday, April 20
II-H. Colloquium: Crossing the Analytic-Continental Divide

9:00-10:00 a.m.
Chair: Joshua Shaw (Penn State Erie, The Behrend College)
Speaker: Scott C. Davidson (Oklahoma City University)
“The Scandal of Philosophy: Cavell and Levinas on the Problem of Skepticism”
Commentator: Tyler Roberts (Grinnell College)
10:00-11:00 a.m.
Chair: Cristina Lafont (Northwestern University)
Speaker: Benjamin Bayer (University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign)
“Taking Sellarsian Holism Seriously”
**Graduate Student Travel Stipend Winner**
Commentator: John Fennell (Grinnell College)
11:00 a.m.-Noon
Chair: Joseph K. Schear (California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo)
Speaker: Joseph C. Berendzen (Loyola University–New Orleans)
“Is Coping Nonconceptual? On Merleau-Ponty, Dreyfus, and McDowell”
Commentator: Joseph Neisser (Sam Houston State University)

I don't think there are any other Villanova-related people on the main program. I don't know about the group program. Anyone going to be in Chicago for the conference?]]> Merleau-Ponty, Dreyfus, and McDowell http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1157560891.shtml You may remember that, last October, John posted something about Hubert Dreyfus's 2005 Presidential Address to the Pacific APA (see here). In the ensuing discussion, I mentioned that I had... J.C. Berendzen 2006-09-06T21:09+00:00 (see here). In the ensuing discussion, I mentioned that I had been working on the issues discussed in that piece, and that I do not exactly agree with Dreyfus's use of Merleau-Ponty. Well, I continued with that work, and have had a paper dealing with these issues, titled "Is Coping Nonconceptual?: On Merleau-Ponty, Dreyfus, and McDowell," accepted to the 07 Central APA.

The basic argument of the paper is that Dreyfus misrepresents Merleau-Ponty's philosophy in his attempt to use Merleau-Ponty against McDowell, and that Merleau-Ponty's thought is actually fairly close to McDowell's in certain crucial respects. The bulk of the paper deals with the former point, while the latter is more or less only suggested (one way I think the link can be drawn between Merleau-Ponty and McDowell is to investigate the ways/senses in which each is an Hegelian)...

Click here to read the abstract I sent with the submission:


For NovaPhD's authors, I have uploaded the whole paper to the "files" section on the blog administration page (it is called "07centralapasub.doc, and can be seen on the "rename/delete files page) . I don't really expect you guys to read it, but if you have some time to kill, I would love to hear what you think...

In any event, thanks to John and NovaPhDs for providing the impetus for the paper!]]> Sartre and Critical Theory http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1154107100.shtml This is a bit of a self-serving post (nothing new for a blog, I guess). I think it might go a bit beyond the self-serving, though, so here goes:... J.C. Berendzen 2006-07-28T17:07+00:00
I have an article in the newest issue of Philosophy Today (one might have seen this on Farhang's Continental Philosophy board) titled "Sartre and the Communicative Paradigm in Critical Theory." Right after it in the issue is an article by David Sherman titled "Sartre, Critical Theory, and the Paradox of Freedom," so anyone interested in drawing links between Sartre and the Frankfurt School (or interested in Sartre generally) should check the issue out.

What is particularly funny about this is that David and I gave versions of those papers, on the same panel on Sartre and Critical Theory, at the last North American Sartre Society meeting. That our papers are together again in Philosophy Today is sheer coincidence.

I think it is quite a happy coincidence, though. While both papers are on the same basic topic, they should provide very different takes on the issue. David's work focuses more on first generation critical theory than mine, and he has a bit of a different take on Sartre, so reading the two papers together should be particularly interesting. Enjoy!]]> SPEP O6 Program http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1151432140.shtml As many of you have probably seen, the SPEP 2006 program is out. Following is a rundown of the Nova PhD grads on the main program (followed by some other Nova-related... J.C. Berendzen 2006-06-27T18:06+00:00
The first time slot, THURSDAY AFTERNOON 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., is a big one for Nova PhDs, and includes:

The Promise of Memory: History and Politics in Marx, Benjamin, and Derrida
Moderator: Kym Maclaren, Northern Arizona University
Speaker: Andrew Cutrofello, Loyola University, Chicago
Speaker: Jonathan Maskit, Dennison University
Respondent: Matthias Fritsch, Concordia University

and

The Contemporary Import of Hegel’s Aesthetics
Moderator: Tom Brockelman, LeMoyne College
“On the Lyrical Presentation of History: Hegel and the Modern Poem,”
Ammon Allred, Villanova University
“The Public Design of the Shape of Spirit: Hegel and Contemporary Architecture,” J. C. Berendzen, Loyola University, New Orleans
“Radical Passivity, Resistance, and Art: Agamben’s Unworking Of
Hegel’s Aesthetics,” Theodore George, Texas A&M University

(I imagine that Ammon and Ted will join me in being somewhat dissapointed that our panel is at the same time as Matthias’s book session.)

On SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., look for:

“Reduction or Subtraction: Marion, Badiou & the Recuperation of
Truth,” Adam S. Miller, Collin County Community College

In a panel titled “Immanence and Truth.”

I believe that there are no other papers being delivered by Nova PhDs, but on FRIDAY AFTERNOON 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., one should look for:

Paul Ricoeur and the Nazis
Speaker: David Kaplan, University of North Texas
Respondent: Farhang Erfani, American University

I am sure Farhang will give this Kaplan fellow the buisness!

As for other Nova PhD’s participating on the main program, Shannon Mussett (“New Efforts at Containment”), Jamey Findling (“A Weak Cousin No Longer: Gadamer’s Rhetorical Imaginary as the Inversion of Philosophy”), and Dana Belu (“Political Phenomenality, Marxism, and the Praxis of Phenomenology”) are all moderating panels.

See future Nova PhDs, on SATURDAY MORNING 9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.:

Deleuze, Badiou, and Ranciere on Literature and the Work of Art
Moderator: Gary Aylesworth, Eastern Illinois University
“To Be a Man Without References: The End of Tragedy and the Task of
the Comic,” J. Eric Butler, Villanova University
“Truth and Master: Badiou Reads Mallamaré,” Alexi Kukuljevic, Villanova University
(Along with “‘I dream of war…of utterly unforeseeable logic’: Rancière Reads
Rimbaud,” Sid Littlefield, Gordon College)

Regarding Nova professors, it will be a big SPEP for Walter Brogan. There is a book session for his work Heidegger and Aristotle: The Twofoldness of Being on Thursday afternoon at 3:45 p.m. AND at Saturday 12:00 Noon he is giving the Andre Schuwer Lecture, “On Giorgio Agamben's Naked Life: The State of Exception and the Law of the Sovereign”
(It is also worth noting that at 9:00 am on Friday Denny Schmidt is speaking on a panel on comedy and philosophy and at 4:15 on Friday Jack Caputo will be giving a paper on Derrida and Marion.)

If I missed anything or anyone has something to add, mention it in a comment and I will amend the post.]]> North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1149007317.shtml Jamey Findling posted the following in a recent comments thread. I thought it would be worthwhile to have it on the front page, so I am taking the liberty of posting... novaphds 2006-05-30T16:05+00:00
"I thought I would pass along this link. It's the homepage for the (rather awkwardly named) society that Ted and I, along with some others, have been working on. Our first conference is this coming weekend, so it'll be nice to see things come to some measure of fruition. There will also be a satellite session at SPEP this Fall, at the usual Thursday morning time, for those arriving early."]]> SPEP Update http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1147460868.shtml I know the conference schedule won't come out for another few weeks, but the official letters of acceptance came out a couple weeks ago--so, I figured that I would let you... J.C. Berendzen 2006-05-12T19:05+00:00
The Contemporary Import of Hegel's Aesthetics

Ammon Allred, “On the Lyrical Presentation of History: Hegel and the Modern Poem”

J.C. Berendzen, “The Public Design of the Shape of Spirit: Hegel and Contemporary Architecture”

Theodore George, “Radical Passivity, Resistance, and Art: Agamben’s Unworking Of Hegel’s Aesthetics”

I, personally, am certainly looking forward to sharing the stage with my esteemed former colleagues. The loser of the panel buys the shots...

Are there any other Nova folks out there who are giving papers at SPEP?]]> article http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1146524200.shtml ... Gregory Hoskins 2006-05-01T22:05+00:00