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UO Philosophy Department
News & Events Archives
Bonnie Mann selected as Williams Fellow for 2013-14
Fall 2013 Course Descriptions
Around the O features “What is Liberalism?” conference
Johanna Luttrell Accepts Visiting Scholar Post-Doc at University of Houston
Elizabeth Grosz receives 2013 FLAS Fellowship
Caroline Lundquist Holds Oral Defense on May 30
David Craig receives UO Translation Studies Working Group’s Graduate Research Award
Doctoral Student Fulden Ibrahimhakkioglu receives 2013 Gary E. Smith Award
“Animals, Capital Punishment and the Scope of Sovereignty: Derrida with Thomas Edison” talk by Kelly Oliver
Celebration of Women and Feminism in Philosophy, 31 May 2013
“The New Cult of Motherhood: From Rosemary’s Baby to Twilight Breaking Dawn” talk by Kelly Oliver
New and improved Philosophical Installations is now launched
“The Giving Secret: Paul Klee on Modern Art” talk by Alejandro Vallega
COMMENCEMENT — 17 June 2013
“Bergson, Merleau-Ponty, and the Power of Hesitation: Interrupting Racializing Habits of Perception” talk by Alia Al-Saji
Summer Institute in American Philosophy, 8-13 July 2013
UO Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, 18 May 2013
“Memory and Fragility: Art as Resistance to Forgetting (Three Colombian Cases)” talk by Dr. María del Rosario Acosta
Philosophy Matters Prize, Deadline 3 May 2013
Megan Burke receives 2013-2014 CSWS Graduate Student Research Grant
Pacific Northwest American Philosophy Reading Group Spring 2013 Meeting
Aaron Rodriguez awarded 2013-2014 OHC Graduate Dissertation Fellowship
“What is Liberalism?” 7th annual Graduate Philosophy Club Conference
“Young Minds, Big Ideas”: Teaching Children Philosophy Course in the News
Daniela Vallega-Neu Joins Department as Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
Mark Alfano Awarded Grant to Study the Virtue of Intellectual Humility
“The Moral Hazard of Drones: Ethics and Armchair Soldiers” talk by Dr. John Kaag on February 26th
“Identity and Multiplicity,” talk by Michael Hames-Garcia on February 21st
The Daily Emerald: “Bonnie Mann teaches students about philosophy of love”
Thomas Nail accepts tenure-track position at University of Denver
Character as Moral Fiction: New Book from Mark Alfano
Colin Koopman appointed as Resident Scholar by Wayne Morse Center
David Craig to present at next UnterGang Meeting
Spring 2013 Course Descriptions
Critical Theory Conference 19–20 April 2013
Genealogy as Critique: New Book from Colin Koopman
Naomi Zack is February’s highlighted philosopher
The UnterGang: Undergraduate Philosophy Club Social
“The Problem of Sovereignty in Ethical Thought” talk by Ladelle McWhorter, 10 January
The Department of Philosophy is Moving!
Russell Duvernoy receives 2012-2013 Graduate Fellowship
Hamington and Bardwell-Jones Publish Volume on Contemporary Feminist Pragmatism
Daniela Vallega-Neu Offers Course at 2013 Collegium Phaenomenologicum
“Imagined Networks, Affective Connections,” talk by Wendy Chun, 17 January
Fulden Ibrahimhakkioglu Publishes Article in the Fall 2012 APA Newsletter
Katherine Logan Publishes Contribution on Foucault and Mothering
The Storied Self: Issues in Buddhist Narrativity, October 19-20
Morar Presents on Minimal Biological Realism in Bioethics, October 17th
Lucy Schultz Publishes Article in Philosophy East & West
Lucy Schultz awarded 2012-13 OHC Graduate Research Support Fellowship
Colloquia and Conference Calendar, 2012-2013
New article by Elizabeth Grosz accepted for publication
Returning to Revolution: New Book from Thomas Nail
Coming to Life: New Book from Sarah LaChance Adams and Caroline Lundquist
Loyalty to Loyalty: New Book from Mathew A. Foust
Doctoral Student Fulden Ibrahimhakkioglu receives Dan Kimble First Year Teaching Award
José Jorge Mendoza Holds Oral Defense
Elizabeth Caldwell Holds Oral Defense
Toadvine Receives Fund for Faculty Excellence Award
Spring 2012 Issue of Environmental Philosophy
Doctoral Student David Craig receives 2012 Gary E. Smith Award
Blogos: New Blog for UO Philosophy Graduate Students
Toadvine Edits 50th Anniversary Issue of The Southern Journal of Philosophy
Professor Vallega-Neu Publishes New Translation of Heidegger’s Contributions to Philosophy (of the Event)
Celebration of Women and Feminism in Philosophy, June 1st
2012 UO Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, May 26th
Doctoral Student Megan Burke Speaks at Feminist Pedagogy Workshop, May 17
“What is Pluralism?” Conference, May 20th
2012 Summer Institute in American Philosophy, July 16-21
Spring Placement Workshop, May 11
Two Talks by Jay M. Bernstein, May 16 & 17
Colloquium with Angelica Nuzzo, May 3rd
Al Frankowski Holds Oral Defense, May 22nd
Between Deleuze and Foucault Project Launched
“Kierkegaard and German Thought” Conference, May 10-12
Johanna Luttrell Speaks on Hunger Games at ASUO Women’s Center, May 2nd
Colloquium with Aaron Rodriguez, Thursday, April 26th
Al Frankowski Accepts Tenure-Track Position at Northeastern Illinois University
Paul Thompson Colloquium, “The Fundamental Problem in Food Ethics,” April 19th
Works-In-Progress talk by Rocio Zambrana, April 20th
2012 Philosophy Matters Prize, Deadline May 15
Spring 2012 Philosophy Commencement, June 18th
Feminist Research Interest Group meeting, April 11th
Colloquium with Annabelle Dufourcq, Thursday, April 5th
Spring Term Talks & Seminars
John William Kaiser Ortiz Accepts Tenure-Track Position at Millersville University
Film Screening of Judith Butler: Encounters of the Third Kind, March 20th, 4 pm
José Jorge Mendoza accepts tenure-track position at Worcester State University
Deweyan Growth and Foucaultian Transformation: Colloquium with Elizabeth Caldwell, March 15th, 4:00 pm
Normativity and Temporality: A Discussion with Rocío Zambrana & Colin Koopman, March 7th
Mark Alfano Joins Department as Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Call for Papers “What is Pluralism?” – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 20th
Philosophia: Celebrating Great Women Philosophers Film Series, March 2012
Amy Allen: Two Talks on Power, Reason, Feminism, Foucault, and Critique, Feb 22 & 23
Rhea Muchalla Accepted by Teach for America
Stawarska Delivers Plenary at Lisbon Conference on Language, Culture, and Mind
Rep. Peter DeFazio discusses SOPA in Koopman’s “Internet, Society and Philosophy” class
Winter Term Talks & Seminars
Philosophy Department Open House, Thursday, 1/12, 4-5 pm
New Issue of Environmental Philosophy
Professor Vallega Joins 2012 Faculty of the Center of Study and Investigation for Global Dialogues
Elena Cuffari Accepts Post-Doc as Marie Curie Experienced Research Fellow
Maxine Sheets-Johnstone Lecture, “Close-up Prospectives on Movement,” 7 December
Mark Johnson interviewed by Figure/Ground Communication
Scott Pratt on “Genocide and Resistance in American Philosophy,” 11/18
“Internet” is not a singular noun: Q&A with Colin Koopman
Beata Stawarska presents recent work on Saussure and Structuralism
Elena Cuffari Holds Oral Defense
Paul Qualtere-Burcher Holds Oral Defense
José Mendoza accepts Visiting Instructor position
Jason Jordan, Work-in-Progress Talk, 10/28
Jason Jordan Holds Oral Defense
Colloquium with Vincent Colapietro, 10/6
University of Oregon Hosts SPEP in 2013
Is Capitalism Moral? — First Philosophy Club Meeting, 10/3
Megan Burke Wins “Best Graduate Student Paper” Award at FEAST
Paul Burcher Accepts Tenure-Track Position at Albany Medical College
Ethics in the Americas Conference, 11-13 November 2011
Alejandro Vallega edits Epoché issue on Giorgio Agamben
Maxine Sheets-Johnstone publishes new edition of The Primacy of Movement
Tenure Track Position in Ethics
Nicolae Morar Visits Department as Faculty Fellow
New Book from Professor Naomi Zack The Ethics and Mores of Race: Equality after the History of Philosophy
Annabelle Dufourcq Visits Department as Courtesy Associate Professor
Stawarska returns from Humboldt Research in Heidelberg
UO Philosophy Department Receives Top Ranks from Pluralist’s Guide to Philosophy
John William Kaiser Ortiz awarded APA 2011 Prize for Latin American Thought
2011 UO Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Caroline Lundquist receives Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Simone de Beauvoir Society Conference 2011
2011 George Rebec Prize
Philosophy Department Commencement Ceremony
Thomas Nail receives post-doc at University of Denver
Grant Silva appointed tenure-track at Canisius College in Buffalo
Sarah LaChance Adams appointed tenure-track at UW-Superior
UO Grad Student Recent Achievements and Awards
Koopman awarded Wulf Professorship to develop course about the Internet
Summer Institute in American Philosophy 2011
March 2011 Radical Philosophy Newsletter
Philosophical Installations now launched
Johanna Luttrell awarded Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics Dissertation Fellowship
Three UO Grad Students Published in New Volume
What is Feminist Philosophy? conference
Sarah LaChance Adams and Paul Qualtere-Burcher invited to present in Sweden
Johanna Luttrell awarded OUS-SYLFF Fellowship to study global poverty
UO Grad Jose Mendoza wins APA’s Latin American Prize
2010-11 Colloquium & Events Calendar
Jimmy Buffett and Philosophy: New Book from Professor Scott Pratt
Carolyn Culbertson hired as Visiting Assistant Professor at Elon University
Thomas Nail Awarded Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics Dissertation Fellowship
Fall 2010 Course Descriptions
2010 Commencement Information
Sarah LaChance Adams Awarded John L. and Naomi Luvvas Graduate Fellowship
Katherine Logan receives 2010-2011 CSWS Graduate Student Research Grant
UO Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, May 29, 2010
2010 Summer Institute in American Philosophy, July 26-31
Seeking Student Submissions for 2010 George Rebec Prize
Doctoral student Lucy Schultz receives Gary E. Smith Award
The Ninth Biennial Radical Philosophy Association Conference Website
Doctoral candidate Amrita Banerjee wins Jane Addams Prize from Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy
Doctoral student Emma Jones selected for seminar with Luce Irigaray
Doctoral Candidate Grant Silva Awarded 2010 Sawyier Dissertation Fellowship
The Handy Philosophy Answer Book: New Book from Professor Naomi Zack
What is Democracy? Democracy and Space: Critical Dimensions, Saturday, May 1st
Daniela Vallega-Neu joins Philosophy faculty
An Enlightened Introduction to the Study of Logic from Professor Scott Pratt
Alejandro Vallega joins Philosophy faculty
Rocio Zambrana joins Philosophy faculty
Colin Koopman joins Philosophy faculty
The Evolving Economics of Warfare: Cheyney Ryan Lecture on March 3rd
Sarah LaChance Adams Presents Public Lecture on Maternal Ambivalence, January 22nd
Professor Naomi Zack Interviewed in Yahoo News Story on Race
Pragmatism as Transition: new book from Professor Colin Koopman
The Perfect Moral Storm: Ethical Challenges of Our Climate Crisis, 11/13
Doctoral Candidate Carolyn Culbertson wins SPEP award for Best Graduate Student Essay
Between You and I: New book from Professor Beata Stawarska
Merleau-Ponty’s Philosophy of Nature: New book from Professor Ted Toadvine
Doctoral Candidate Grant J. Silva awarded the 2009 Prize in Latin American Thought
Call for Papers: 2010 Radical Philosophy Association Conference at UO
Northwest American Philosophy Reading Group, October 17th, 2009
Dale Jamieson holds Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics in Fall 2009
The Chickenhawk Syndrome: New Book from Professor Cheyney Ryan
Visiting Professors during 2009-2010: Brian Elliot, Colin Koopman, and Silvia Stoller
Doctoral Candidate Thomas Nail receives Fulbright for study in Canada
Ethics for Disaster: New Book from Professor Naomi Zack
Lucy Schultz receives 2009-10 SYLFF fellowship to support research in East-West comparative philosophy
Sarah Adams wins Betty Foster McCue Scholarship from UO Graduate School
Beata Stawarska awarded Humboldt Research Fellowship and Larry Lokey Grant
Mat Foust wins Essay Award from Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy