For those interested, some of our members have launched a new site, Hermeneutical Movements, which is devoted to hermeneutic philosophy. The site is still “in flux,” but new content will be added regularly.
One of our members, Dr. Carolyn Culbertson, has recently published her first book, Words Underway: Continental Philosophy of Language. Congratulations, Carolyn. Below is a brief description of the book from Rowman and Littlefield.
Words Underway offers the first full account of the important contributions the Continental tradition has made to the philosophy of language. Carolyn Culbertson examines the vital work of a range of thinkers, including Heidegger, Gadamer, Blanchot, and Kristeva. The book argues that Continental theorists are particularly helpful in recognizing our unique potential for becoming alienated from some discourse. At the same time, Culbertson argues that Continental philosophy of language tends not to treat the alienated relationship to language as something absolute. For most Continental theorists, at least, language is a living system, that is, a system maintained by undergoing constant expansion and transformation by language users. The book goes on to explore the attention Continental theorists have given to the way that forms of political power, for example, gender dynamics in communication, can sometimes thwart this process and thus reinforce alienation. This book will transform the reader’s sense of what the philosophy of language is about and will attract the attention of students and scholars of both philosophy of language and the Continental tradition.
9:00-10:00
“Historical Materialism as Hermeneutics
in Herbert Marcuse,” Oscar A. Ralda
(Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon)
10:15–11:15 Invited Paper: “Decolonial African Thought and Hermeneutics,” Michael
Stern (German and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oregon)
11:30–12:30 Key Note I: “Understanding and the
Political: Lessons from Arendt and Gadamer,”
James Risser (Seattle University)
LUNCH
1:30 Words of Welcome, Dean and
Head of Department
1:45–2:45 Invited Paper: “Accounting
for an Assumed Responsibility,” Peter Warnek (Department of Philosophy,
University of Oregon)
3:00–4:00 Key
Note II: “Diversifying
the Canon of Hermeneutics”? Kristin
Gjesdal (Temple University)
Reception 6:00–7:30, Civic Winery
Friday, Oct. 4, University of Oregon Library, Browsing Room
9:00–10:00 “Interpretation in
Kristeva’s ‘Psychoanalysis and the Polis’,” Ricardo Friaz
(Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon)
10:10–11:10Hans George Gadamer Essay Prize: “Hermeneutic Justice in Miranda Fricker and Hannah Arendt,” Magnus Ferguson (Boston College)
11:15–12:15 Key Note III:
“Interpreting Silence?” Charles Scott (Penn. State)
LUNCH
1:15–2:15 “Gadamer and the
Nature of Language: Hermeneutics and Chinese Aesthetics,” Andrew Fuyarchuk (Hanson College,
Yorkville University)
2:30- 3:30 Invited Paper: “Folds and Fragments of the Desert: Lineages of ‘Border
Arte’,” Omar Rivera (South Western University, Texas)
3:45 Business Meeting
Open Dinner
Saturday, Oct. 5, Graduate School Lounge, Susan Campbell Hall
10:00–11:00 Panel Session: 1. “Hermeneutics … Beyond
Philosophy,” Abram Fernandez (University of Oregon); 2. “Ethical
Hermeneutics/Hermeneutical Ethics: Some Reflections on a Pedagogy of Kindness,“
Caroline Lundquist (University of Oregon); 3. “Art of Interpreting Landscapes,” Annie Ring
(University of Oregon).
11:15–12:15 Invited Paper: “Hermeneutic Practice: What Gadamer has to Teach
Nursing,” Nancy Moules (University of Calgary, Chair of the Canadian
Hermeneutic Institute)
LUNCH
University of Oregon Library, Browsing Room
1:30–2:30 What Gets Fused in Fusion of Horizons,” Greg Lynch (North Central College)
2:45–3:45 Invited Paper: “Nietzsche and History,”
Jason Winfree (California State University)
4:00–5:00 Book Session: Words Underway:
Continental Philosophy of Language by Carolyn Culbertson (Florida Golf
Coast University): David
Vessey (Grand Valley State University) and Jessica Elkayam (Sam Houston State
University)
North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics
14th Annual Meeting, October 3–5, 2019, University of Oregon
Keynote Speakers: Kristin Gjesdal (Temple University) Charles Scott (Penn State) James Risser (Seattle University)
Papers on all themes related to philosophical hermeneutics are welcome. Sessions will consist of 30-minute presentations of papers followed by discussion. In the spirit of dialogue and meaningful reflection, presenters will be invited to make their papers available to be read in advance. While time to present papers is limited, submissions may be between 3,000 and 5,000 words. Papers in English, formatted for blind review, must be submitted electronically to nasphermeneutics@gmail.com. Attachments in .doc, .pdf, or .rtf format are preferable. The new extended submission deadline is June 22, 2019. Papers by graduate students on relevant themes will be considered for the Hans-Georg Gadamer Essay Prize. Please indicate if you wish to be considered. Lastly, direct inquiries about the conference and the society to avallega@uoregon.edu or consult our website at http://www.nasph.org.
NASPH was formed in 2005 in order to
further the study of philosophical hermeneutics and to foster dialogue in light
of difference. While honoring the rootedness of philosophical hermeneutics in
the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer we find that the force and value of
philosophical hermeneutics lie in the development of dialogue that brings life
to history and illuminates contemporary issues.
