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James L. Taylor III Curriculum Vitae
James L. Taylor
Loyola Marymount University
Academy of Catholic Thought and Imagination
1 LMU Drive, Suite 4404
AOS:20th Century Continental Philosophy(Ethics, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Post-Structuralism);Social and Political Philosophy (Peace, Conflict, and Reconciliation as inspired by the Catholic Intellectual Tradition)
AOC: History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Critical Thinking
Dissertation
Title: The Ethics of Subjectivity: Activity and Passivity in Phenomenology, Hermeneutics and Askesis
Committee: Richard Kearney (director), Mark Gedney, Jeffrey Bloechl
Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy, 2016
Boston College, Boston, MA
Master of Arts in Philosophy, 2006
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, 2006
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, 2003
Gordon College, Wenham, MA,
Summa Cum Laude
Publications
Edited Volumes
Heidegger and Politics, eds. James L. Taylor and Sarit Larry,special issue of Philosophy and Social Criticism, November 2013; 39 (9).
Hosting the Stranger: Between Religions, eds. Richard Kearney and James Taylor. London and New York: Continuum, 2011.
Articles
“Heidegger and Politics: Introduction” with Sarit Larry, to Heidegger and Politics special issue of Philosophy and Social Criticism, November 2013; 39 (9).
“After the Modern Subject: Between Activity and Passivity in Heidegger, Levinas and Gadamer.”The HermeneuticRationality/La rationalité herméneutique, Maria Luisa Portocarrero, Luis Umbelino, and Andrzej Wiercinski, eds.,Münster: LIT Verlag, 2011.
“Introduction,” with Richard Kearney in Hosting the Stranger: Between Religions, eds. Richard Kearney and James Taylor. London and New York: Continuum, 2011.
“Hospitality as Translation,” Chapter One inHosting the Stranger: Between Religions, eds. Richard Kearney and James Taylor. London and New York: Continuum, 2011.
“Paul Ricoeur and the Ethics of Translation.” The New Arcadia Review, Vol. 4, 2011.
“Gadamer’s Language: Meaning, Word, Event.” The Kent State Online Journal, March 2006.
Book Review
Foucault’s Law by Ben Goulder and Peter Fitzpatrick, Routledge, 2009, inContinental Philosophy Review,Volume 43:4, 2010.
Selected Presentations
“Two Rival Askeses: Kierkegaard and Foucault on Becoming a Self”. Kierkegaard: A Christian Thinker for Our Time? Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture, Baylor University, October, 2013.
“Immanent Spirituality and the Recalcitrance of Transcendence: On the Problem of Foucault’s Religious Sources”. Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, University of Athens, Greece, August 2013.
“Modern Subjectivity as Spiritual Crisis: Reading Foucault Backwards”. International Conference on Philosophy and Crisis, University of Ioannina, Greece, July 2013.
“After the Modern Subject: Between Activity and Passivity in Heidegger, Levinas and Gadamer.”International Congress on Hermeneutics, Warsaw, Poland, September 2011.
“Heidegger and Lonergan: Hermeneutics and Ereignis.” Invited response to Fred Lawrence at the Lonergan at the Edge Conference, Marquette University, September 2010.
“Hospitality of Hermeneutic Distance.” Hosting the Stranger: An Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Hospitality and Embodied Imagination, Boston College, Spring 2009.
“From Here to Being-There: Heidegger and the Ethics of Dasein.” Boston College Philosophy Forum, Fall 2009.
“The Ethics of Self Transformation: Foucault and the Arts of Life.” Transformation and the Dynamics of (Radical) Change: Insights from Political Theory and Philosophy, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 2008.
“Foucault and Heidegger on Nihilism, Modernity and Transformation.” Regeneration and Reinvention Interdisciplinary Conference, Salford University,Manchester, September 2008.
“Gadamer’s Language: Meaning, Word, Event.”The 13thAnnual Kent State Graduate Philosophy Conference, March 2006.
Administrative Experience
Director, Balkans Semester for Study of War and Peace
Gordon College, Global Education Office, Fall 2012 to present
Director of International Programs
European Center for the Study of War and Peace, Fall 2013 to present
Coordinator, Peace and Conflict Minor
Gordon College, Fall 2014
Program Manager
Guestbook Project, in association with Boston College, Fall 2008 to Spring 2011
Conferences Organized
“Violence and Religion: Applied Perspectives across Disciplines”, Balkans Semester for the Study of War and Peace, Spring 2015
“Peacemaking across the Disciplines: Challenges and Possibilities”, Balkans Semester for the Study of War and Peace, Spring 2014
“Heidegger and Politics”, Boston College Workshop in Contemporary Philosophy, Fall 2010
“On Hans Georg Gadamer”, Boston College Workshop in Contemporary Philosophy, Fall 2009
“Hosting the Stranger: Interreligious Hospitality”, Boston College, Fall 2009
“Phenomenologies of the Stranger”, Boston College, Spring 2009
“Theophanies of the Stranger”, Boston College, Spring 2009
Teaching Experience
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James L. Taylor III Curriculum Vitae
Teaching Professor
Gordon College, Philosophy Department, Fall 2013 to present
Adjunct Professor
Northeastern University, Philosophy, Global Pathways Program, 2012/2013
Adjunct Professor
Salem State University, Philosophy Department, 2012/2013
Teaching Fellow
Boston College, Philosophy Department, 2008-2011
Adjunct Professor
Gordon College, Philosophy Department, Spring/Summer 2009
Adjunct Professor
Loyola Marymount University,Philosophy Department, 2006/07
Teaching Fellow
Loyola Marymount University, Philosophy Department, Fall 2005
Senior Teaching Assistant
Gordon College, Philosophy Department, 2003/04
Teaching Awards
Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award, Boston College, 2011
Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award, Loyola MarymountUniversity, 2006
Courses Taught
Gordon College
Peacemaking: Personal, Social, Global
War and Peace: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives
The Examined Life (Intro to Philosophy)
The Great Conversation (Intro to the Liberal Arts)
Introduction to Philosophy: Antiquity
Introduction to Philosophy: Modernity
Salem State University
Social Ethics
Introduction to Philosophy
Boston College
Philosophy of the Person (6 sections over 3 years)
Loyola Marymount University
Philosophy of the Person (4 sections)
Critical Thinking
Teacher Training
Teaching Seminar (PL 99001, 4 semesters), Boston College
The Teacher Orientation and Practicum (2 semesters), Loyola Marymount University
Other Honors, Scholarships and Awards
Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2011
Pass with Distinction on Doctoral Comprehensive Exam, Boston College, 2011
Pass with Honors on Comprehensive Masters Exam, Boston College, 2009
High Pass on Comprehensive Masters Exam, Loyola Marymount University, 2006
Teaching Fellow, Loyola Marymount University, 2006
Department Assistantship Grant, Loyola Marymount University, 2004-2006
Departmental Grant, Loyola Marymount University, Philosophy, 2004-2006
Member of Phi Alpha Chi Honors Society, 2001-Present
Phi Alpha Chi Scholarship, 2002
Luke A. & Mary Moore Wood Memorial Scholarship, 2001 Presidential Honors, Gordon College, All semesters
Other Academic Work Experience and Service
Director, Lead Faculty
International Seminar to Croatia and Bosnia, (Gordon College, May 17 – June 5, 2009)
Associate Director
Guestbook Project and Hosting the Stranger Seminar, Boston College, 2009
Editorial Assistant
Philosophy and Social Criticism: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal, 2008/09
External Referee
Foucault Studies, journal, 2009
Co-Director
“Facing the Stranger Across the Divide: Youth of Kosovo and Serbia Speak Up.” Documentary Film, 2011. Premiered at World Voices Festival at Pen International, New York City, April 25 – May 1, 2011
Memberships
Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Society for Continental Philosophy and Theology
American Philosophical Association
Languages
German
French
Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian
References
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James L. Taylor III Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Richard Kearney
The Charles B. Seelig Professor in Philosophy Boston College
(617) 964-8664
Dr. Jeffrey Bloechl
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Boston College
(617) 964-8664
Dr. Judith Oleson
Associate Professor of Social Work
Gordon College
(617) 875-5340