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- 7/22 Dr. Gene Hargrove spoke on "The Preservation of Non-Biological Environments in the Solar System" at the NASA Lunar Science Conference at NASA Ames Research Center in California, 22 July 2008.
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The Google News comment can be found at http://news.google.com/news?btcid=8354aab3ff042a37, and the abstract for the paper can be found at http://www.phil.unt.edu/about_us/news/HargroveAbstract.pdf - 7/6 UNT undergraduate Anthropology student Catalina Hungerford wins the best poster award at International Congress of Ethnobiology
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In cooperation with Philosophy faculty Ricardo Rozzi, undergrad Anthropology student Catalina Hungerford submitted a poster entitled "Biological and Cultural Diversity in the Forests of Southern Chile in Pablo Neruda and Lorenzo Aillapan's Home Poetry" at the International Ethnobiology Conference in Cusco, Peru, 25-30 June 2008 - 4/28 Special speaker Dr. Christopher Newfield will present, "The Problem with Privatization: Better Futures for Public Higher Education".
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Public Education has been undergoing cuts for the past twenty-five years. Dr. Newfield will give a brief tour of the national patterns and evaluate a common response-increasing reliance on private funding. Dr. Newfield will discuss his recent experience with policy shifts and higher education funding problems as well as evaluate the strengths and wekanesses of increased reliance on "high-tuition/high aid" and "public-private partnerships", arguing that the continuing mission of public higher education requires a renewed effort to restore and expand public funding.
A professor of American Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Dr. Christopher Newfield is the author of "The Emerson Effect", "Ivy and Industry: business and the Making of the American University", "1880-1980", and the forthcoming "Unmaking the Public University: 40 Years of Assault on the Middle Class".
- 2/22 Robert Figueroa and a panel of UNT Graduate Students present "Problems in the Philosophy of Policy: Emerging Issues in Environmental Ethics" at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Seventeenth Annual Meeting in San Antonio.
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The panelists, as listed in the program include:
1. Jonathan Parker-"Intellectual Merit & Broader Impacts: Shifting Paradigms in Science Policy"
2. Alexandria Poole-"International Space Exploration Policy"
3. Bidisha Kumar-"River Politics in India"
4. Joel Alexander-"Environmental Justice and Indigeneity in Belize"
5. Shan Gao-"Pollution Politics and China's Olympics"
Chair: Robert Figueroa
- Martin Yaffe's "Interpretación de la Ética de Spinoza como un 'sistema': las Horas matinales de Moses Mendelssohn" appears in the current Revista de Estudios Culturales (Valencia, España; Winter 2007-2008): 38-43.
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The article is a Spanish translation of Yaffe's "Interpreting Spinoza's Ethics as a 'System': Moses Mendelssohn's Morning Hours (1785)," a paper originally delivered to the Academy for Jewish Philosophy at the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division meeting in Washington, DC, in December, 2006. It was translated by Dr. Manuel Vela Rodríguez(Philosophy Department, Universitat de València), with revisions by Francisca Massardo Rozzi and Ricardo Rozzi (Department of Philosophy & Religion Studies, UNT).
- 12/17 Martin Yaffe to deliver paper at the Association for Jewish Studies annual conference in Toronto, Canada
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On December 17, 2007, Martin D. Yaffe delivered a paper at the Association for Jewish Studies annual conference in Toronto, Canada: "Mendelssohn's Natural Theology as a Political Theology and its Practical Tests: Jerusalem (1783) vs. Cranz's Search for Right and Light (1782) and Jacobi's Spinoza Letters (1785)."
- Dr. Robert Figueroa accepts faculty position in the department for Fall 2007
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Dr. Figueroa will be joining us from Colgate University where he specialized in teaching environmental justice and science and technology studies.
- 4/13 - 4/14 40th Anniversary Meeting of NTPA, EESAT Building, John Caputo to lecture
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UNT's Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies hosts the 40th Anniversary Meeting of the North Texas Philosophical Association, April 13-14, in the Environmental Science and Technology Building. John Caputo (Syracuse University) will deliver Friday's Featured Lecture and Saturday's Keynote Address. Find more information at http://www.ntpa.net or by contacting Dale Wilkerson at dalew@unt.edu
- Ricardo Rozzi named "Illustrious World Citizen" by city of Padua, Italy for his achievements in science and conservation
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As the descendant of emigrants from the Veneto Region of Italy, the city of Padua recently named Dr. Ricardo Rozzi one of its "Illustrious World Citizens," conferring him with a "gold medal" for his achievements in science and conservation.
Among other achievements, the award highlights Dr. Rozzi's contributions via the Omora Ethnobotanical Park to conservation and sustainable development in the Cape Horn region of southern Chile. For more information: www.osara.org/journal
- Faculty position open in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at CIIS
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The Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness (PCC) program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) is seeking to appoint a creative and productive scholar with a feminist perspective in the interdisciplinary study of ecology (including the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities), effective fall 2007. The faculty member appointed as a result of this search will play a prominent role in the development of a new track in integral ecology. Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
The Integral Ecology track will pursue the study of ecology within the enlarged vision of philosophy, cosmology, and consciousness that characterizes the entire PCC program. Since at present the key factor determining the health of the Earth's biosphere is human behavior, many of the most important issues in a truly integral ecology lie in the areas of human thought, psychology, and culture. The search for solutions must include the transformation of human patterns that have become a threat to the entire Earth community, and the cultivation of new structures more harmoniously aligned with the natural world and the larger cosmic order.
The PCC program offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Philosophy and Religion. It is grounded in the shared belief that the ecological, political, and spiritual crisis of late modernity calls for a fundamental reorientation of our civilization, including a transformation of both our institutions and our own consciousness. The program is inspired by a three-fold vision: to revive the original essence of western philosophy as the love of wisdom, to pursue a truly multidisciplinary study of cosmology based on the evolutionary unfolding of the universe and the Earth community, and to explore the inner worlds of consciousness and the psyche. Central to the PCC vision is the conviction that these three aspirations profoundly overlap and affect each other.
The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D., college or graduate level teaching experience, a record of publication, and will complement the current PCC faculty. In reviewing applications, the committee will place high value on:* Deep scholarly commitment to ecological studies and feminist perspectives.
* Science background complemented by an active interest in the humanities.
* Intimate relationship to the natural world.
* Commitment to the disciplines explored by the PCC program.
* Scholarly publication and engaged scholarship.
* Inspiring and effective teaching skills.
* Ability to mentor students and direct doctoral dissertations.
* Participation in PCC related community events.
Due to the unique nature of the program and the institution, candidates are urged to consult the PCC website at www.ciis.edu/pcc and the CIIS website at www.ciis.edu
- Department awarded NSF grant for March workshop in Chile on integrating ecology and environmental ethics
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The University of North Texas Dept of Philosophy has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to hold a workshop this March 15-24 in southern Chile. The theme of this workshop is "Integrating ecological sciences and environmental ethics: new approaches to understanding and conserving frontier ecosystems." For further information see http://phil.unt.edu/chile/
- Department and CEP awarded NSF grant for April conference at NASA Ames on space science, env ethics, and policy
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The University of North Texas Dept of Philosophy and the Center for Environmental Philosophy have been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to hold a conference this April at NASA Ames on the topic "Space Science, Environmental Ethics, and Policy." The conference will be open to the public. For further information see http://www.cep.unt.edu/ames/.
- Callicott and Frodeman to co-edit Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy
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J. Baird Callicott and Robert Frodeman have signed a contract to co-edit The Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy. This two volume set will be published with Macmillan Reference, with an anticipated publishing date of fall, 2008.
- Dr. Irene Klaver to give several presentations in October and November
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Dr. Irene Klaver gave a Keynote Address, "Silent Springs: Water in the Cultural Imagination," at the WEFTeach division of the national meeting of Water Environment Federation Technical Conference and Exhibition (WEFTEC), Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX, Oct. 24, 2006. WEFTEC is the world's largest technological convention of water treatment technologies, with 20.000 people attending.
She is also invited to give a talk, "Water Exposed," at an Interdisciplinary Symposium "Visual Intelligence and the Sense of Art," at the Studio Theatre and University Art Gallery, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, November 3-4, 2006
And she will present "River Cultures: Ecological Futures," at the International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies (ICASALS) 2006 Conference, "Water in Arid and Semiarid Lands: Innovative Approaches and Informed Decision-Making," Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Nov 15-17, 2006
- Dr. Ricardo Rozzi among 25 South Americans selected to participate in workshop 10/8-12 in Bariloche (southern Argentina)
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Between Oct. 8 and 12th, in Bariloche (southern Argentina), Leonardo Boff, a leading thinker in environmental ethics, conservation, peace, social justice, and liberation theology, and Josefina Semillan Dartiguelongue, a renown Argentinean philosopher conducted a seminar about these topics emphasizing the importance of spirituality in order to achieve a sustainable world. Dr. Rozzi was among the 25 South American persons that were selected to participate in this workshop, which had as a central goal to better integrate ethical and environmental dimensions in conservation and sustainable development initiatives in southern South America.
Photo - Group in Bariloche
Workshop Invitation - Dr. George James presented paper at "World's Religions after September 11" conference in Montreal 9/11-9/15
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Dr. George James presented a paper entitled "Mira Behn as Pioneering Environmentalist of the Himalayas," at an international conference entitled World's Religions after September 11, held at Palais des congres de Montreal in Montreal Canada September 11-15, 2006- UTA Philosophy Lecture Series to host Kyle Stanford 10/6 at 3:30
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UTA's first Philosophy Lecture Series lecturer this fall is Kyle Stanford, a relatively young philosopher of biology in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California-Irvine:
http://www.uta.edu/philosophy/events.php
His lecture, "Scientific Realism and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives: Theories of Generation and Inheritance," plays off some of the material in his 2006 Oxford University Press book, Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives. The chair of UTA's Philosophy department, Denny Bradshaw, says the lecture will no doubt be the intellectual event of the fall 2006 season!- 9/18 Dr. Ricardo Rozzi to give presentation at the Institute of Ecology, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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Dr. Rozzi will be presenting a Conference at the Institute of Ecology, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico about the integration of environmental ethics in Latin American Conservation in the context of a Seminar-Workshop about the State of the Art and Future directions of Ecology and Conservation in Latin America. Please see the announcement of the Seminar for more details.- Two Physician Fellows Join Ethics Department at Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital for Rotation in Ethics of Palliative Medicine
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The Department of Ethics of Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital welcomes two Fellows in Palliative Medicine for a non-medicine rotation in the area of ethics programs and consultations relating to palliative care and end-of-life decisions. In a clinical affiliation agreement signed between the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital, the Department of Ethics at Harris Methodist Fort Worth will provide comprehensive instruction regarding:
- ethical theory, methodology and practice,
- competencies in ethics consultation,
- historic issues found in landmark cases,
- resolution techniques, and
- withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments for patients with a life-limiting and fatal chronic disease.
During the first year, the Fellows will round throughout the hospital with the Director of Ethics and Ethics Project Manager from the Department of Ethics, as well as provide CME and CEU approved lectures related to the development of expertise in the ethics of caring for a broad spectrum of patients with life-limiting and life-threatening diseases in a variety of clinical settings. There is the option for a Fellow to select a second year rotation that will include a research segment related to ethics. Medical staff and employees of Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital are encouraged to welcome the Fellows when they arrive on-site beginning November 2006. Medical staff and employees of other THR-entities will have the opportunity to hear the Fellows lecture in the ethics seminars offered at Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital.- Dr. Irene Klaver lectures about various aspects of water this summer in Spain, The Netherlands, and California
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"Rio Grande, Water Under Fire: River Culture Without Ecological Future," at the III International Symposium on Transboundary Waters Management, at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain, May 30-June 2.
"Planning Space in the Heart of Utrecht," Conference of Spatial Planning for the Hart van de Heuvelrug, Committee for Development, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 8.
"Metaphors and Water," 4th European Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts meeting, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS at Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 13-16 June, 2006
"Rio Grande, Water Under Fire-Of Border Patrols and Boundary Objects," in symposium "Conservation along the US-Mexico Border: Bi-National Solutions for our Shared Problems." Society for Conservation Biology, San Jose, CA June 24-28, 2006.- Dr. David Kaplan to present at Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics conference in Oslo, Norway, 6/22
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David Kaplan will present a paper titled "The Capabilities Approach and the Foodworld," at the 6th Congress of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics in Oslo, Norway on June 22, 2006. The National Committee for Research Ethics is hosting the conference.- Aberdeen and Macaulay Institute offer international PhD master class on Environmental and Landscape Change
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The course will be held in Scotland (UK) from 2-8 October 2006. It offers opportunities for PhD students to be exposed to and actively discuss approaches from the natural and social sciences to the humanities with a team of international experts in environmental and landscape change. PhD students from all countries that are involved in projects addressing environmental and landscape change are invited to participate. The course will focus on PhD students who are at least in their second year of study. The participation is limited to 25 students. Interested PhD students can now register for the course. Detailed information on the course and registration are available at: http://www.intels.cc/phd- Dr. Martin Yaffe to read a paper to the Academy for Jewish Philosophy and the American Philosophical Association in Washington, DC 12/27-30
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Professor Martin D. Yaffe will be reading a paper, "Interpreting Spinoza’s Ethics as a 'System': Moses Mendelssohn's Morning Hours (1785)" to the Academy for Jewish Philosophy and the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division, in Washington, DC on December 27-30, 2006.- Dr. Gene Hargrove to give several lectures in Korea and China this summer
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Eugene C. Hargrove will speak on "Environmental Ethics and Western Religion" at a conference, "Ecology and Buddhism in the Knowledge-Based Society," at Dongguk University in Seoul, Korea, May 25 to 27, 2006. He will also speak on "Alternatives to the Rights Approach in Environmental Ethics," at an academic conference, "Environmental Ethics: Global and Local Perspectives," in Qinghuanghao, Hebei Province, China, July 21 to 22, 2006 and on "Environmentalism and Environmental Ethics in the United States" and "Rolston on Intrinsic Value and Natural Beauty" at an "International Seminar on Environmental Ethics," July 18 to 21, 2006, in Qinghuanghao, Hebei Province, China.- Dr. Dale Wilkerson to give talk 5/27 at Heidegger-Forschungsgruppe meeting
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Dr. Dale Wilkerson will deliver "'The Wasteland Grows': Heidegger's Comments on Nietzsche's 'Song for the Earth,'" May 27th at a meeting of the Heidegger-Forschungsgruppe, Messkirch, Germany. The conference is sponsored by the Centre des Études Heideggeriennes.- Dr. Ricardo Rozzi gives talk at University of Missouri
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At the University of Missouri Saint Louis last week, Dr. Rozzi shared some of his experiences working with conservation and sustainable development at the southern end of the Americas. In addition, he addressed some issues surrounding biological and cultural conservation, with a focus on environmental ethics.
See the flyer they produced for his lecture here.- Environmental Ethics Institute at University of Montana
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The Center for Ethics at The University of Montana has organized an Environmental Ethics Institute, entitled "Exploring the Landscapes of Environmental Thought" to run July 10-28, 2006. Go to beautiful Missoula, Montana and combine a unique summer vacation with stimulating educational opportunities. The institute features courses, field trips, and evening panel discussions and lectures. The courses are open to students, interested professionals, and the general public. Participants are not required to be enrolled at UM, and there is no 'out-of-state' tuition fee. Registration forms, course descriptions, preliminary syllabi, faculty information, and travel information can be downloaded directly from their website, http://www.umt.edu/ethics. If you need more information, contact The Center for Ethics: 406-243-6605, ethics@mso.umt.edu.- PhD student Jason Simus invited to annual meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics
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PhD student Jason Simus has been invited to give remarks on Emily Brady's "Humans and Art in the Land: Power, Conflict, and Harmony" at the annual meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics in Milwaukee, on October 25-28.- Dr. George James gives talk on Sunderlal Bahuguna at University of Iowa
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Dr. George James gave a talk on "Some Decisive Influences on the Early Life of Sunderlal Bahuguna," to the students and faculty of the Program in South Asian Studies at the University of Iowa on April 27.- Spain Herald Article: "Socialists: Give apes human rights"
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From the Spain Herald:
The Spanish Socialist Party will introduce a bill in the Congress of Deputies calling for "the immediate inclusion of (simians) in the category of persons, and that they be given the moral and legal protection that currently are only enjoyed by human beings." The PSOE's justification is that humans share 98.4% of our genes with chimpanzees, 97.7% with gorillas, and 96.4% with orangutans...
See http://www.spainherald.com/3438.html for the rest of the article.- "Climate and Philosophy" conference at U of South Florida in Tampa 9/15-16
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A conference on "Climate and Philosophy" will be held at the University of South Florida, Tampa, USA, on 15-16 September 2006.
The conference is organized by the USF Philosophy department and aims to be a think tank on the meaning of climate change.
The panel on practical philosophy will discuss sociopolitical, cultural, ethical, and existential issues of climate change.
The panel on theoretical philosophy will discuss formal, epistemological, and ontological features of climate change.
The panel on pedagogy and didactics will discuss strategies for integrating climate change in the philosophy curriculum.
Various speakers will talk on first- and second-order aspects of climate change (paper topics TBA).
Please contact Martin Schönfeld at mschonfe@chuma.cas.usf.edu for more information.- UNT Phil student going to Johns Hopkins
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Thomas Gottbreht, a student at UNT from Fall of 1999 to Spring of 2003, is entering the graduate program in philosophy at Johns University this fall. He plans to work in political philosophy, on the question of globalization as it affects South America.- Graduate students Pat Sewell and Rodney Love to speak at The Cupboard Natural Foods on Earth Day, 4/22
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Pat Sewell's lecture, "Food Politics: How Eating Habits Change our World" will be at 11:00. Rodney Love will speak at 2:00 and the title of his lecture is "Water Scarcity in North Texas." The Cupboard is located at 200 W. Congress in Denton, and more information about the Organic Living for Earth Day Event can be found on their website.- Dale Wilkerson receives grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
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Dale Wilkerson has received a research grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) and will participate in a postdoctoral-faculty seminar focusing on the esoteric political philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger. The two-month seminar will be held June-July 2006 at Cornell University.- 4/13 Dr. Joe Barnhart to moderate at National Popular Culture Conference in Atlanta
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Dr. Barnhart will be the moderator of the Westerns & The West II: Novel Western Novels and Films: American Genres section at the April 13, 2006, National Popular Culture Conference in Atlanta. He will also present his paper titled, "The Karamazovs in Texas," in that same session.- Geoff Dennis' book -The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism- to be published
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Geoffrey Dennis, Adjuct Instructor in Rabbinics in the Jewish Studies program of UNT, is author of the upcoming publication THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JEWISH MYTH, MAGIC, AND MYSTICISM by Llewellyn Books Worldwide. Aimed at a popular readership, the EJMMM is a one-volume reference book with over 800 entries surveying all aspects of Jewish esoteric tradition, from "Amulets" and "Angels" to "Xenoglossia" and "Zodiac." The EJMMM is slated for release in December of 2006.- 3/29 Irene Klaver to present at American Society of Environmental History conference
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Irene Klaver is presenting "Rio Grande, Water Under Fire: Documenting a Boundary River," at the American Society of Environmental History conference Rivers Run Through Them: Landscapes in Environmental History, St. Paul, Minnesota, March 29- April 2, 2006- 4/8 North Texas Philosophical Association Spring Conference in the EESAT Building 8:30am to 6pm
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>>NTPA Meeting Program<<
The North Texas Philosophical Association will hold its annual Spring Conference in the EESAT Building at the University of North Texas on Saturday April 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Highlights of this year's conference will include a Keynote Address by David Wood (Vanderbilt University) and a Feature Panel of Baird Callicott (University of North Texas) and Alastair Norcross (Rice University), moderated by Gene Hargrove (University of North Texas) and sponsored by the Center for Environmental Philosophy. The 2006 NTPA Spring Conference will host more than 20 talks on a variety of philosophical issues. Conference participants will represent a dozen colleges and universities from across Texas and its neighboring states. For more information, contact Dale Wilkerson at dalew@unt.edu or the NTPA at ntpa.net.- Article by Dr. Martin Yaffe to be published in NASS Monographs
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Martin D. Yaffe's "Notes on Translating Spinoza's Theologico-Political Treatise (1670)" will appear in a forthcoming issue of NASS Monographs, an annual publication of the North American Spinoza Society. In its original form, the essay was read at a Symposium on Spinoza and Jewish Modernity, at University of Toronto, Canada.- PhD student Jason Simus chosen to participate in the American Society for Aesthetics conference
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Jason Simus has been invited to attend the 2006 meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Society for Aesthetics and participate in a panel discussion of a paper by Allison Hager, "Disinteredness and Autonomy in the Appreciation of Natural Environments." More information about the meeting can be found at http://www.aesthetics-online.org/pacific/.- Dr. Joe Barnhart published in Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament and to present three papers in March
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Dr. Joe E. Barnhart's article on political fabrications and redactions in the King David legend will appear this spring in the Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament. He will present two papers in March: the Association for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, Southwest. His article "Plato's Symposium and Early Christianity" will appear soon in the Journal of Higher Criticism- 3/5 Dr. Yaffe to speak at American Academy of Religion Southwest Region, Irving, TX
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Dr. Martin Yaffe will present "Socratic Enlightenment and German-Jewish Enlightenment: Moses Mendelssohn's Phädon" at the American Academy of Religion Southwest Region meeting in Irving, Texas on March 5, 2006.- 2/10 & 2/13 Environmental Science Spring Seminar Series presents Dr. Duane Huggett and Dr. Jonathan Maul
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This Friday's seminar will be presented by Dr. Duane Huggett, Senior Scientist at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. He is an applicant for the position Environmental Science has open for Aquatic Toxicologist. The title of his seminar is: "The Use of Mechanistic Ecotoxicology to Evaluate the Potential Environmental Safety of Emerging Contaminants" Dr. Huggett is highly regarded in his research in the fate and effects of pharmaceuticals. This seminar will be presented as part of the Environmental Science Spring Seminar Series in EESAT, Room 110 at 3:00pm.
The second seminar will be on Monday, February 13 at 10:00am, presented by Dr. Jonathan Maul, presently on a post-doctoral research program with Prof. Michael Lydy at Southern Illinois University. The title of his seminar is: "Contaminant impacts to aquatic systems: Predator-prey interactions to ecosystem-level responses." Please make time to attend! Room TBA- Dr. Martin Yaffe to speak at Renaissance of Jewish Philosophy conference 2/22
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Professor Martin Yaffe has been invited to speak on "Philosophy, Jewish Thought and the American Setting in my Work" at a conference on The Renaissance of Jewish Philosophy, at Princeton University on February 22. The invitation is co-sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University; the Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies, Jewish Theological Seminary; and the Department of Religion, Princeton University.- Dr. Martin Yaffe to present at Spinoza Society meeting
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Dr. Yaffe will be reading a paper, "Natural History of Religion and 'Freedom of Philosophizing' in Spinoza's _Theologico-Political Treatise_," at the North American Spinoza Society meeting at American Philosophical Association Eastern Division conference in New York on December 28. He will also be commenting on a paper by Michael Rosenthal (University of Washington), "Spinoza on Why the Sovereign Can Command Men's Tongues but not their Minds," at that same meeting.- Dr. George James to present at 104th American Anthropological Association meeting
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George A. James, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion Studies will present a paper to the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington D.C. November 30 - December 4, 2005. The panel, organized by Les Sponsel of the University of Hawaii, is entitled Bringing the Religious Past into the Present: The Environmental Legacy of Religion and its Relevance for Envisioning and Engaging our Ecological Future. Reflecting his recent research in India James' paper is entitled, "Behind the Tehri Dam: the Spiritual Ecology of Sunderlal Bahuguna."- Dr. David Kaplan to speak at TAMS Thursday Think Tank
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Edible Technology: Designing Food Designing People with Dr. David Kaplan, UNT Dept. of Philosophy Thursday, December 1 at 8pm - Mac Cafe, McConnell Hall- Dr. Irene Klaver to speak at The World Affairs Council
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Irene Klaver speaks on "Freshwater and Foreign Policy: New Challenges" for The World Affairs Council of Greater Dallas and the Friends of KERA (NPR public radio) in a lecture series called Great Decisions 2005, November 29, 2005- Post-doctoral research position available at Penn State
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Penn State University, the Rock Ethics Institute, and the Penn State Institutes of the Environment have an opening for a Research Associate under an NSF-sponsored project involving the integration of ethics into graduate training in the Environmental Sciences. Please visit http://rockethics.psu.edu/postdoc.htm for complete details.- Philosophy grad students attend conference in Oaxaca
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UNT sent 2 faculty members and 3 students to attend the first ever Diversitas Open Science Conference November 9-12, 2005 in Oaxaca, Mexico. The theme of this first conference was "Integrating biodiversity science for human well-being."
For a more detailed description of Diversitas, the conference, and its goals, please click here.- New research assistantship tied to the theme of water
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The Department of Philosophy, in conjunction with the Water Program, will inaugurate a new research assistantship tied to the theme of water. Water Program RAs will work on water-related research for a period of one semester or one year, in place of normal grading and teaching responsibilities.
Spring 2006 Scott Friskics will be the first Water Program RA. He will work with Professor Klaver on research for a film and book about water and land management through sustainable ranching.
See www.water.unt.edu for more details.- UNT PHILOSOPHY LAUNCHES FIELD STATION IN CHILE
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The UNT Dept of Philosophy has inaugurated a field station for interdisciplinary work in environmental philosophy, science, and policy. The UNT-Omora field station is located in Cape Horn, Chile, at the southern tip of South America. Internships for travel and research to Cape Horn will be available for UNT graduate students beginning in the fall of 2006.- Philosophy Department awarded grant for New Directions project - Katrina workshop
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The UNT Philosophy Department has been awarded $50k to conduct a workshop, 'New Orleans, the Mississippi Delta, and Katrina: Lessons from the Past, Lessons for the Future.' The workshop is a collaboration between New Directions and the Water Program, and it will explore the ethics and values aspects of Hurricane Katrina. The workshop will be held in February in New Orleans. Further details are forthcoming.
Please visit the Cities and Rivers website for the most current information.- Fred Provenza to speak October 12, 3:30 p.m. as part of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Speaker Series.
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See announcement for talk here.
Fred Provenza obtained a B.S. degree from Colorado State University in Wildlife Biology and spent seven years working on a ranch near Salida. He subsequently attended Utah State University where he received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Range Science. He is currently a professor in the department of Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences at Utah State University, where he teaches classes in managing dynamic systems and plant-herbivore interactions. He also coordinates a research program on how learning influences food and habitat selection in domestic and wild herbivores, and he is coordinator for a program called BEHAVE, whose objective is to inspire and enable people to use understanding of behavior to reconcile ecological, social, and economic facets of management.- Rabbi Dennis in the Denton Record Chronicle, 9/23/05.
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See this article for a "Profile in Faith" featuring Rabbi Geoffrey William Dennis, adjunt professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies (requires UNT euid): https://osprey.unt.edu/newsclips/eventlogin.cfm?scannedlink=09_23_2005_DRC_ProfilesInFaith.pdf- Dr. Dale Wilkerson's "The Root of Heidegger's Concern for the Earth: The Nietzsche Lectures" published in COSMOS AND HISTORY: THE JOURNAL OF NATURAL AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY.
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- Dr. Martin Yaffe to speak at Arizona State University on November 5-7, 2005.
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Martin D. Yaffe will give a lecture, "Reason and Feeling in Hans Jonas's Existential Biology, Arne Naess's Deep Ecology, and Spinoza's _Ethics_," at a Conference on "Judaism and the Phenomenon of Life: The Legacy of Hans Jonas," at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, on November 5-7, 2005.- New PhD program featured in Dallas Morning News Article
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From UNT in the News Media Archive
Most people look at the path of Hurricane Katrina and see massive destruction. Robert Frodeman, chairman of the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at UNT, also sees philosophical questions, such as "Do we want to dominate nature, or do we want to work with nature?" Students can wrestle with such issues in a newly created doctorate of philosophy program that kicks off this fall at UNT.
Newspaper: Dallas Morning News Writer: Mary A. Jacobs
Article date: 09/03/2005 https://osprey.unt.edu/newsclips/eventlogin.cfm?scannedlink=09_03_2005_DMN_NewUNT.pdf
*** important - right-click the above link and choose "open in new window" to read the full article on the web (requires UNT id)- Dr. Joe Barnhart earns John G. Gammie Distinguished Scholar Award
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The Southwest Commission on Religious Studies awarded Dr. Barnhart the John G. Gamie Distinguished Scholar Award. The commission is composed of the Southwest divisions of the American Academy of Religion, Society of Biblical Literature, American Schools of Oriental Research, and Association for the Scientific Study of Religion.- Department Forms Center on the Environmental Ethics of Space
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The Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas is colloborating with Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio and Boulder in the creation of a Center for Space Exploration Policy Research. The center seeks to stimulate reflection on the ethical, cultural, and philosophic aspects of space policy. More information is available at its website, http://www.boulder.swri.edu/CSEPR/.- Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve Declared by UNESCO
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On June 28th, 2005 UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Program announced its approval of the nomination to designate the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve. This four year initiative, led by Omora, has culminated in this honor, which recognizes that the area has achieved a sustainable and equitable plan for using and conserving its natural resources. The process has involved numerous people and institutions, including the UNT Philosophy Department, to accumulate the knowledge of the area, including biological, cultural, historical and social, and then create a consensual politico-administrative process to ensure proper implementation of this knowledge for equitable benefits to all local residents. Please visit The Omora Foundation for more information and current news.- Dr. Martin Yaffe to honor Ellis Rivkin
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Professor Martin Yaffe will speak at a ceremony honoring the historical scholarship of Ellis Rivkin, Adolph S. Ochs Professor of Jewish History Emeritus at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio. The ceremony will be held in HUC-JIR's Klau Library, on May 17. Dr. Ricardo Rozzi receives BBVA Foundation Prize
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Ricardo Rozzi, a faculty at the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, UNT, is also a scientist at the Millennium Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Research on Biodiversity (CMEB) in Chile, which was recently awarded with the prestigious BBVA Foundation Prize for Research in Conservation Biology. One of main reasons for CMEB’s award is the integration between environmental ethics and ecological sciences that Dr. Rozzi initiated at this center.
The Department of Philosophy and the Institute of Applied Sciences, UNT, are initiating collaboration with CMEB, as well as with the Universidad de Magallanes and the Omora Foundation in Chile, in order to further develop this integration between sciences and philosophy.
The BBVA Foundation prize $ 1,2 million is awarded to two Ibero American regions, Spain and Latin America, considering two categories, Conservation Research and Application, for each region. Hence, the BBVA Foundation prize includes four categories, which were awarded to the following research teams and conservation initiatives:
1) Scientific Research in Conservation Biology in Spain: awarded to the Research Team at Doñana Biological Field Station, P.I. Dr. Fernando Hiraldo, for its innovative interdisciplinary research on bird and habitat conservation.
2) Scientific Research in Conservation Biology in Latin American: awarded to the Millennium Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Research on Biodiversity (CMEB), Universidad de Chile, P.I. Dr. Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, for its outstanding work on ecology, biogeography and environmental ethics.
3) Action in Conservation Biology in Spain: awarded to the Ornithological Society of Spain for its work on protecting habitats through birds as indicator taxa, and raising awareness and involvement of the general public in bird and habitat conservation.
4) Latin American Action in Conservation Biology: awarded to the Charles Darwin Foundation in Ecuador for its conservation work on the world heritage site of the Galapagos Archipelago, achieved with own resources and through international collaboration.
Each of the four prizes consists of US$ 300,000 (EU 230,000). Prize awards were announced in December 2004, and awarded in January 2005. http://www.infoecologia.com/Biodiversidad/bio2004/noviembre04/bbva_biodiversidad2004120101.htm - Dr. Martin Yaffe at Dallas Philosopher's Forum
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Professor Martin D. Yaffe spoke on "'Is God a Mathematician?' Hans Jonas on the Philosophical Implications of Biology," at Dallas Philosopher's Forum on February 8, 2005. The question in his lecture-title is quoted from a chapter-title in Jonas's The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology (New York: Harper & Row, 1966; reprint, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982; reprint, Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 2001). - Lecturer in Philosophy opportunity, Lancaster University
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Lancaster University Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy (IEPPP) invites applications for:
LECTURER IN PHILOSOPHY
Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Philosophy to be held within the Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy. The post will be on the Lecturer A or B grade and the appointment will commence on 1 September 2005. Applications will be welcome from candidates in any area of philosophy who can also contribute to the Institute's research and teaching objectives. The closing date for applications is 28 February 2005.
For more information, see http://www.personnel.lancs.ac.uk/furtherinformation.aspx?detailsid=A413htm. - Dr. Yaffe at Angelika Film Center
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Martin D. Yaffe spoke and led audience discussion at the Dallas premiere of the new film version of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (directed by Michael Radford; starring Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons and Al Pacino) at the Angelika Film Center on January 26, 2005. Professor Yaffe is author of Shylock and the Jewish Question (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997). - Call For Papers- 7th Annual Meeting of the IAEP
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Convening at the Salt Lake City Downtown Marriott and Utah Valley State College on October 22 - 24, 2005 (immediately after the 44th Annual Meeting of SPEP), the International Association of Environmental Philosophy seeks participants for its 2005 program. There will be one presentation format: 20-minute talks with ten minutes for discussion. Please submit, by February 28, 2005, a one or two-page abstract (hard-copy or email) to Scott Cameron, Dept. of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount Univ., One LMU Dr., Suite 3600, Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 or scameron@lmu.edu
IAEP asks for unpublished work and reserves the right of first publication on presented papers. The first collection of past presentations has just been published by Indiana University Press under the title Rethinking Nature: Essays in Environmental Philosophy, ed. Bruce V. Foltz and Robert Frodeman. A second volume is being planned.
Special sessions will planned for Monday October 24, on themes such as Religion, Philosophy and the Environment; Eco-feminism and Continental philosophy; Urban Environments etc.
Notice of selection will go out by May, 2005, and the program will be posted on our website by May 30: www.environmentalphilosophy.org.
The International Association for Environmental Philosophy (IAEP) offers a forum for the philosophical discussion of our relation to the natural environment. Embracing a broad understanding of environmental philosophy, IAEP encourages not only discussions of environmental ethics, but of environmental aesthetics, ontology, theology, the philosophy of science, political philosophy, ecofeminism, and the philosophy of technology. IAEP also welcomes a diversity of approaches to these issues, including those inspired by Continental philosophy, the history of philosophy, and the tradition of American philosophy.
Membership in IAEP is open to everyone. Regular membership for 2004-2005 is $45 ($15 for students); it is payable to IAEP and should be sent to
Scott Cameron
Dept. of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount Univ.
One LMU Dr., Suite 3600
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659.
A subscription to the journal Environmental Philosophy (formerly named Call to Earth, but now greatly enlarged) comes with membership. Non-membership subscriptions to Environmental Philosophy are $30. These can be ordered from the same address. Back issues of Call to Earth and Environmental Philosophy are available at $7.00/issue.- Britt Holbrook joins department
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Dr. Britt Holbrook has been hired on a two year research assistant professor position beginning Jan 1, 2005. A 2004 graduate of Emory University, Britt will be teaching a 1-1 schedule, as well as doing research on issues of interdisciplinarity and on integrating ethics and values with science and policy.- Ecology Education Fellowship looking for applicants
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I'm sorry to bother everyone, but I just wanted to let you know that I am currently looking to place someone in our Ecology Education Fellowship program. The 2005 spring Fellowships will run from January- June and the Fellows will be involved in all aspects of our Programs for Youth and Educators. I've found one wonderful Fellow already but am still looking for my second. I've gotten many applications, but I've run these programs long enough to know that I am looking for something special: a person who loves children but also has a true passion for science. I am hoping that some of you know someone like this. If so, please send them the Fellowship announcement, which I have attached below. Thank you so much for helping to make our programs a success.
The Institute of Ecosystem Studies (IES) has an opening starting in January of 2005 in its Ecology Education Fellowship Program. Fellows further their training in ecology teaching and curriculum development while gaining knowledge of current ecological research and its applications in education. They teach, develop new program elements, and evaluate current IES programs for teachers and children. This is a 6-month, full-time AmeriCorps position. Benefits include a $250/week stipend, health care, childcare, and an education award. Anyone with college coursework in a relevant scientific field or in education, teaching experience, and demonstrated excellent communication and organizational skills is encouraged to apply. Learn more about the position at www.yrdc.org/programs-americorps.htm. Learn more about IES at www.ecostudies.org. Apply by Dec 8, 2005 by completing an online application at www.americorps.org. Use Program ID 00ASFNY0331301-1 (Building Bridges AmeriCorps). With questions contact Mary Ford, IES Program Leader of Programs for Youth and Educators, at FordM@ecostudies.org or 845-677-7600 ext 323. IES is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Mary Ford
Program Leader
Programs for Youth and Educators
Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Education Program
Box R, 181 Sharon Turnpike
Millbrook, NY 12545
phone: 845.677.7600 ext. 323
fax: 845.677.6455
e-mail: FordM@ecostudies.org
web: www.ecostudies.org - Britt Holbrook joins department
