Publications

Hugh J. Silverman

INVITED LECTURES

AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

[Invited Lectures - PDF ( Feb 2008)]

"HUGH J. SILVERMAN: Curriculum Vitae & Publications"
Invited Lectures and Conference Papers - 1970s

 

1972-73

1. "Four Phenomenological Views of the Self." Philosophy Department, University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, CANADA, March 1973.

2. "Man and the Self as Identity of Difference." Philosophy Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, May 1973.


 

1973-74

3. "Beckett's Philosophy of the Self." Philosophy Department, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY, February 1974.

4. "Beckett's Philosophy of the Self." Philosophy Department,SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, February 1974.

5. "Sartre's Concept of Person (or Saussure Stood on his Head)." American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, San Francisco, CA, March 1974.

 


1974-75

6. "Dufrenne's Phenomenology of Poetry." Response to Mikel Dufrenne. Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, November 1974.

7. "Sartre's Words on the Self." Philosophy Department, Union College, Schenectady, NY, May 1975.

 


1975-76

8. "Edgerton on Linear Perspective." Response to S. Y. Edgerton. International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, April 1976.

9. "Is There a Science of Literature?" Response to Michel Beaujour. Conference on Methods in Philosophy and the Sciences, New School for Social Research, NY, May 1976.

10. "Edwards' Sartrianism." Response to J. Edwards' "Sartre's The Words: Existence, Liberation, and Self-Knowledge." Long Island Philosophical Society, York College, CUNY, Jamaica, NY, May 1976.

11. "Beckett, Philosophy, and the Self." International Association for Philosophy and Literature, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, May 1976


1976-77

12. "Re-reading the Tradition with Merleau-Ponty." Merleau-Ponty Circle, University of Akron, Akron, OH, September 1976.

13. "Sartre and the Structuralists." Colloquium on the Thought of Jean-Paul Sartre, Seventh Annual Philosophy Colloquium, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, October 1976.

14. "Sartrian Descriptions and Self-Descriptions." Philosophy Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, November 1976.

15. "Imagining, Perceiving, and Remembering." Response to E. S. Casey. American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Boston, MA, December 1976.

16. "For a Hermeneutic Semiology of the Self." Conference on Hermeneutics, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, January 1977.

17. "Cross-Cultural Approaches to the De-Ontological Self-Paradigm" (with David A. Dilworth). International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, Bradford College, Haverhill, MA, April 1977.

18. "Jean-Paul Sartre versus Michel Foucault on Civilizational Study."Panel on New Methods in the Comparative Study of Civilizations: Structuralism, Phenomenology, and Critical Theory, International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, Bradford College, Haverhill, MA, April 1977.

19. "Foucault's Nineteenth Century System of Thought and the Anthropological Sleep." Invited Speaker. Colloquium on Nineteenth Century French Studies, University of Maine at Orono, Orono, ME, May 1977.

20. "Is a Science of Literature Possible?" International Association for Philosophy and Literature, University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, May 1977.

21. "Communicability." Conference on Cross-Cultural Phenomenology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, CANADA, June 1977.


1977-78

22. "Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty: Interpreting Hegel." Merleau-Ponty Circle, Ohio University, Athens, OH, October 1977.

23. "From Utopia/Dystopia to Heterotopia: An Interpretive Topology."Department of Physics, SUNY/Stony Brook, NY, November 1977.

24. "Self-Decentering: Derrida Incorporated." Conference on Continental Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, February 1978.

25. "Biographical Situations/Developmental Structures: Confronting Sartre and Piaget." International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, April 1978.

26. "Biographical Situations/Developmental Structures: Confronting Sartre and Piaget." Philosophy Club and Philosophy Department, University of Akron, Akron, OH, May 1978.

27. "For a Hermeneutic Semiology of Literature." International Association for Philosophy and Literature, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, May 1978.

28. "The Limits of Logocentrism (On the Way to Grammatology)."Workshop on Heidegger and Language, University of Warwick, Coventry, ENGLAND, July 1978.

29. "For a Hermeneutic Semiology of the Self." International Council of Psychologists, Munchen Kongresshalle, Munich, W. GERMANY, July 1978

30. "The Appropriation of Language," and "Seminar on Being and Time, Section 43." Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Monastero Monteripido, Perugia, ITALY, August 1978.

31. "From Utopia/Dystopia to Heterotopia: An Interpretive Topology." World Congress of Sociology, Uppsala, SWEDEN, August 1978.

 


1978-79

32. "Psychology: Its Status as a Science." Invited Discussion Paper on Studies by D. N. Robinson, J. Rychlack, and R. Romanyschyn. American Psychological Association, Toronto, CANADA, August 1978.

33. "Merleau-Ponty on Language and Communication (1947-48)." Merleau-Ponty Circle, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, September 1978.

34. "Literature/Text." Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, September 1978.

35. "Epistemé, Dialectic, History." Society for the Study of the History of Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Washington D.C., December 1978.

36. "The Autobiographical Space and its Limits." Program in Comparative Literature, SUNY/Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, February 1979.

37. "The Place of History: Sartre/Foucault." Department of Philosophy, Concordia University, Montreal, Québec, CANADA, February 1979.

38. "L'Espace autobiographique: topologie du sujet." Département de littérature comparée, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, CANADA, February 1979.

39. "Existential Phenomenology and Structuralism: A Synchronic and Diachronic Account." International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, California State University, Northridge, CA, March 1979.

40. "Le Lieu de l'histoire: Sartre et Foucault." Colloque de Cerisy: "Sartre Aujourd'hui," Cerisy-la-Salle, Normandy, FRANCE, June 1979.

41. "The Autobiographical Textuality of Thoreau's Walden." Anglistisches Seminar, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, WEST GERMANY, June 1979.

42. "The Interrogation of Language." Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Monastero Monteripido, Perugia, ITALY, July-August 1979.


1979-80

43. "Sartre versus Structuralism." The Jowett Philosophy Society, Oxford University, Oxford, ENGLAND, January 1980.

44. "Relations Between Philosophy and Literature." The Philosophy- Literature Society, University of Warwick, Coventry, ENGLAND, February 1980.

45. "History as Limit: Sartre/Foucault." Staff and Post-Graduate Seminar, Department of Philosophy, School of Mental and Moral Science, Trinity College, Dublin, IRELAND, February 1980.

46. "The Appropriation and Interrogation of Language" and "Sartre versus Structuralism." Department of Philosophy, University College, Cork, IRELAND, February 1980.

47. "Nietzsche's Autobiographical Textuality." Philosophy Residential Weekend/Guest Speaker. Warwick Philosophy Department, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, ENGLAND, February 1980.

48. "Between Phenomenology and Structuralism." Departments of French and Philosophy, The University of Leeds, Leeds, ENGLAND, February 1980.

49. "Lévi-Strauss and Structuralism," and 'Seminar on Thoreau." Two Matchette Foundation Lectures. Huddersfield Polytechnic, Huddersfield, ENGLAND, February 1980.

50. "Jacques Derrida and his 'Works'." Sponsored by the French Cultural Attaché, The University of Manchester, Manchester, ENGLAND, February 1980.

51. "Between Phenomenology and Structuralism." Human Sciences Seminar, Institute for Advanced Studies, Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester, ENGLAND, February 1980.

52. "Sartre and Structuralism." Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, The City University, Northampton Square, London, ENGLAND, February 1980.

53. "History as Limit: Sartre/Foucault." The Philosophy Society, University of Warwick, Coventry, ENGLAND, February 1980.

54. "Between Phenomenology and Structuralism." Philosophy Society, University of Sussex, Falmer, Sussex, ENGLAND, February 1980.

55. "Between Phenomenology and Structuralism." Philosophy Staff Seminar, University of Warwick, Coventry, ENGLAND, March 1980.

56. "Merleau-Ponty and the Interrogation of Language." Department of Philosophy, University of Essex, Colchester, ENGLAND, March 1980.

57. "Writing at the Literature/Text Interface." And Seminar Presentation: "The Practice of Literary Theory," Conference on the Necessity of Theory, Organized by the Students of the English Course Degree, Oxford University, Oxford, ENGLAND, March 1980.

58. "Sartre versus Structuralism." Filosofisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS, March 1980.

59. "Literature/Text: The Literary Theories of Sartre and Barthes."Instituut voor Algemene Literatuurwetenschap, Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS, March 1980.

60. "Reading Thoreau's Walden," and "Reading Nietzsche's Ecce Homo."Two Invited Lectures. Philosophy Department, Technische Hogeschool Delft, THE NETHERLANDS, March 1980.

61. "Structure et existence." Faculté de Philosophie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, BELGIUM, March 1980

62. "Merleau-Ponty and Language." Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., April 1980.

63. "The Limits of Autobiography." Comparative Literature Colloquium, New York University, New York, NY, May 1980.

64. "The Philosopher's Body and the Body of the Photograph: Sartre and Heidegger." Phenomenology of the Body Conference, Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester, ENGLAND, July 1980.

65. "Lecture de Merleau-Ponty." Eight Lectures with Discussions on "Merleau-Ponty's Aesthetics." Centre International d'Etudes Françaises, Université de Nice, Nice, FRANCE, August 1980.

 

Invited Lectures and Conference Papers - 1990s

 

1990-91

176. "Visibility, Expressivity, and the Unconscious." Invited Paper. Merleau-Ponty Circle. Annual Conference. Penn State University, University Park, PA. September 1990.

177. "Zarathustra's Gate: Inscriptions of the Moment." Nietzsche Society. Held in conjunction with the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Villanova University, Villanova, PA. October 1990. [Also presented as an invited lecture to Sophrosyne: Stony Brook Undergraduate Philosophy Club. October 1990.]

178. "Textuality of the Sublime." Invited Paper. Colloquium on the Sublime. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. October 1990.

179. "The Differential Character of Don Juan." Invited Major Address. Conference on Don Juan in Literature. Pennsylvania Conference on World Literatures. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. March 1991.

180. "Derrida on Schapiro on Heidegger on Van Gogh." Invited Guest Lecture. University of Kansas "Arts in New York" Program. Cooper Union, New York City. May 1991

181. "Semiotics and Hermeneutics" and "Hermeneutics and Deconstruction." Two Invited Lectures. "Postmodernism and Philosophical Difference." Faculty Seminar. Wroclaw University, Wroclaw, POLAND. June 1991.

182. "an almost perfect chiasm...." Invited Lecture. International Philosophical Seminar - I. Topic: "Reading Truth in Painting". Castelrotto, Alto Adige, ITALY. June 1991. 


1991-92

183. "Reading Texts and Dialogues." Invited Speaker. Book Session on Merleau-Ponty's Texts and Dialogues. Merleau-Ponty Circle. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO. September 1991.

184. "Derrida on Schapiro on Heidegger on Van Gogh." Invited Lecture. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. October 1991.

185. "Contemporary Italian Philosophy: Between Eco and Vattimo." Invited Paper. Conference on "Vico and Postmodernity." Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Toronto,. CANADA. October 1991.

186. "Difference and the Differend: Derrida and Lyotard." Invited Paper. Société américaine de philosophie française. American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division. New York City, NY. December 1991.

187. "An almost perfect chiasm..." Invited Lecture. Philosophy Club. SUNY/Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY. March 1992.

188. "Heidegger's Body Fragments." Invited Panel Presentation. Heidegger Conference. Loyola University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. May 1992.

189. "The In-Difference of Ends." Seminar Lecture. International Philosophical Seminar - II. Topic: "The Ends of Modernity". Seven-day Seminar. Castelrotto, Alto Adige, ITALY. June 1992.

190. "Textuality and Visibility." Invited Lecture. Conference on "Visuelle Realitäten." Gesammthochschule Kassel, Kassel, GERMANY. July 1992.  


1992-93

191. "Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze, and the Cinematic Image." Invited Lecture. Merleau-Ponty Circle, St. Joseph's College, Hartford, CT. September 1992.

192. "Eco, Philosophy, and Film," and "The Mark of Postmodernism: The Framing of Roger Rabbit," Two Invited Lectures, Departments of Philosophy, Romance Languages, Comparative Literature and Film Theory, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CANADA. January 1993.

193. "Lyotard und das Postmoderne Erhabene," Public Lecture with Peter Mahr. Philosophisches-Institut, Universität Wien, Vienna, AUSTRIA. June 1993.

194. "And What does Philosophy Want from Lyotard?" Seminar Lecture. International Philosophical Seminar - III. Topic: "Reading The Lyotard Reader." Seven-day Seminar. Kastelruth/Castelrotto, Südtirol/Alto Adige, ITALY. July 1993.

195. "Postmodernism and the Ends of In-Difference," and "Lyotard and the Postmodern Sublime." Two Invited Lectures. Philosophy Department. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BRAZIL. August 1993.

196. "Postmodernism as Fin-de-Siècle Modernism," Invited Plenary Paper, XIXth FILLM (International Federation of Modern Languages and Literatures) World Congress. Brasilia, BRAZIL. August 1993. 


1993-94

197. "The Restitution of Visibility: Merleau-Ponty/Derrida," Invited Paper. Merleau-Ponty Circle Nineteenth Annual Conference. Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. September 1993.

198. "Postmodernism and the Ends of In-Difference," Invited Lecture, Department of Philosophy, SUNY/ Binghamton, Binghamton, NY. November 1993.

199. "The Adventures of Truth in Postmodernity," Invited Symposium with Gary Madison, Department of Philosophy, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY. November 1993.

200. "Of the Child's New Logic: Derrida's Choreographies," Invited Keynote Lecture, Conference on Zarathustra's Joyful Annunciations, Brock Philosophy Society, Brock University, St. Catherine's, Ontario, CANADA. November 1993.

201. "Why Philosophy and Literature?," Invited Symposium Panelist. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA. December 1994.

202. "Entre la phénomenologie et la théorie du texte," Invited Lecture, Société azurienne de la philosophie, Université de Nice, FRANCE, January 1994.

203. "Textuality and Visibility," Invited Lecture, Human Sciences Seminar, George Washington University, Washington D.C., March 1994.

204. "Fiction and Truth: Lacoue-Labarthe's Nietzsche," Invited Lecture. University of Vienna, Vienna, AUSTRIA, June 1994.

205. "When the Subject Became a Fable," Seminar Lecture. International Philosophical Seminar - IV. Topic: "Reading The Subject of Philosophy." Seven-day Seminar. Kastelruth/Castelrotto, Südtirol/Alto Adige, ITALY. June 1994. 


1994-95

206. "Postmodernism as Interruption," Invited Paper. International Society for the Study of European Ideas conference on "The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms," Graz, AUSTRIA., August 1994.

207. "Inhuman All-Too-Inhuman," Invited Paper. International Society for the Study of European Ideas conference on "The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms," Graz, AUSTRIA, August 1994.

208. "Écartez les Différances: Merleau-Ponty and Derrida," Invited Lecture. Merleau-Ponty Circle. Berry College, Rome, GA, September 1994.

209. "Symposium on Nietzsche and Ethics" (Judith Butler, Alphonso Lingis, and Gianni Vattimo), Introduction. Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Seattle, WA, October 1994.

210. "Postmodernism as Interruption," Invited Lecture. Philosophy Department and Trinity College, University of Toronto, Toronto, CANADA, November 1994.

211. "The Anxiety of Repetition," Kierkegaard Conference. Brock Philosophical Society, Brock University, St. Catherine's, Ontario, CANADA, November 1994.

212. "The Postmodern Interruption," Invited Lecture, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, February 1995.

213. "On 18th Century Philosophy," General Commentator, SEASECS conference on 18th Century Studies, Mobile, AL, February 1995.

214. "On Postmodern Theory and American Philosophy," Invited Respondent, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, March 1995.

215. "The Postmodern Interruption," Invited Lecture in Humanities, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, March 1995.

216. "The Postmodern Interruption," Invited Political Science Lecture, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, March-April 1995.

217. "The Postmodern Interruption," Invited Philosophy Lecture, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. April 1995.

218. "Introducing Mark Taylor." IAPL Invited Speaker. 19th Annual International Association for Philosophy and Literature Conference, Villanova University, Villanova, PA. May 1995.

219. "‘Wenn ich Fremder bin, gibt es keine Fremden:’Reflexionen über den postmodernen Fremden," Invited Lecture. Institut für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Vienna, AUSTRIA, June 1995.

220. "Postmodern Strangers" Seminar Lecture. 5th Annual International Philosophical Seminar - IV. Topic: "Reading Strangers to Ourselves" Seven-day Seminar. Kastelruth/Castelrotto, Südtirol / Alto Adige, ITALY. July 1995. 


1995-96

221. "Warhol’s Chiasms." Invited Paper. Twentieth Annual International Merleau-Ponty Circle Conference. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. September 1995.

222. Current Research Session devoted to Textualities: Between Hermeneutics and Deconstruction with a Response by the author (Hugh J. Silverman) to papers by Galen Johnson and Drew Hyland. Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, 34th Annual Conference. De Paul University, Chicago, IL. October 1996.

223. "Introducing Rosi Braidotti." IAPL Invited Speaker. 20st Annual International Association for Philosophy and Literature Conference, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. May 1996.

224. "Postmodern Signatures: Pulping Fiction with Eco (and Derrida)." 6th Annual International Philosophical Seminar, Kastelruth, Südtirol, ITALY, June 1996. 


1996-97 

225. "Is Merleau-Ponty Inside or Outside the History of Philosophy?" Invited Lecture. 21st Annual Merleau-Ponty Circle, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, September 1996.

226. "Postmodernism and Film: Pulping Fiction with Eco and Derrida." Invited Lecture. Loyola University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. October 1996.

227. "Introducing Julia Kristeva." Humanities Institute Lecture Series in Art and Philosophy. SUNY-Stony Brook, NY. November 1996.

228. "Postmodernism as Interruption." Invited Public Lecture. University of Helsinki, FINLAND. January 1997.

229. "Introducing Slavoj Zizek." Humanities Institute Lecture Series in Art and Philosophy. SUNY-Stony Brook, NY. February 1997.

230. "Postmodernism and the Ends of In-Difference." Invited Lecture. Department of Philosophy and Religion, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA. February 1997.

231. "Introducing Richard Kearney." Philosophy Club Invited Lecture Series. SUNY-Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY. March 1997.

232. "Introducing Mario Perniola." IAPL Invited Speaker. 21st Annual International Association for Philosophy and Literature Conference, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL. May 1997.

233. "The Power of Ghosts," 7th Annual International Philosophical Seminar, Kastelruth, Südtirol, ITALY, July 1997.

234. "Framing the Liberal Arts in a Postmodern World," Session on "New Paradigms in Humanistic Thought," Preliminary Conference for the International School of Theory in the Humanities, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, SPAIN, July-August 1997.

235. "Levinas: Entre Merleau-Ponty et Derrida," 1er Congres International de Philosophie a Sophia Antipolis, Cote d’Azur, FRANCE, August 1997. 


1997-98

236.  "Levinas Between Merleau_Ponty and Derrida," Merleau_Ponty Circle, Seattle University, Seattle, WA., October 1997

237.  "Dufrenne in the Light of Contemporary Aesthetics," Session on"Remembering Mikel Dufrenne," Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 1997.

238.  "Presenting Inscriptions," Universita di Milano, Milan, ITALY, March 1998.

239.    "Levinas : Entre Merleau-Ponty et Derrida," International Merleau-Ponty Conference, University of Milan, ITALY, March 1998.

240.     "Postmodernism as Interruption," University of Torino, ITALY, March 1998.

241.    "Levinas : Entre Merleau-Ponty et Derrida," University of Nice, FRANCE, March 1998.

242.    "Deconstruction and Film," University of Salerno, ITALY, March 1998.

243.    "Deconstruction and Film," Department of Aesthetics, University of Rome-III, ITALY, March 1998.

244.    "Reading Pulp Fiction Philosophically," Invited Lecture, University of Richmond, VA, April 1998.

245.    "The Power of Ghosts," Invited Lecture, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, April 1998.

246.    "Introducting Jacques Derrida," International Association for Philosophy and Literature, University of California, Irvine, CA, May 1998.

247.    "Lyotard Memorial Symposium," with David Carroll, Dalia Judovitz, Andrew Benjamin, Mary Lydon, and Jacques Derrida, International Association for Philosophy and Literature, University of California, Irvine, CA, May 1998.

248.    "Postmodern Communities," Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, Vienna, AUSTRIA, June 1998.

249.    "Postmodern Communities," International Philosophical Seminar, Kastelruth, ITALY, July 1998.

250.    "Postmodern Subjects," Australian Society for Continental Philosophy, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA, July 1998.

251.    "Reading Pulp Fiction Philosophically," Invited Lecture, Department of Film Studies, University of New South Wales, AUSTRALIA, July 1998.

252.    Levinas : Between Merleau-Ponty and Derrida," Invited Lecture, Department of Philosophy, University of Melbourne, July 1998.

253.    "The Power of Ghosts," Invited Lecture, Departments of Philosophy and Cultural Studies, Monash University, AUSTRALIA, July 1998.

254.    "Reading Pulp Fiction Philosophically," Invited lecture, Departments of Philosophy, English, and Communications, Deakin University, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. July 1998.

255.    "The Power of Ghosts," Invited Speaker, Medium Cool Conference, Queensland of Technological Institute, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA, July 1998.

256.    "Postmodern Communities," Macquarrie University, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, August 1998.

257.    "Andy Warhol: Chiasmatic Visibilities," Major Invited Lecture, Power Institute and Department of Art, University of Sydney, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, August 1998. 


1998-99

258.    "Postmodern Communities," Merleau-Ponty Circle, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD, September 1998.

259.    "Many Ghostly Returns: Postmodernism and Contemporary Culture," Departments of English and History of Ideas, University of Aarhus, DENMARK, January 1999.

260.    "Merleau-Ponty and the History of Philosophy," Department of Practical Philosophy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FINLAND, January 1999.

261.    "The Return of Postmodernism," 5 Lectures at University of Helsinki, Finland, January 1999.

262.    "Postmodernism and Music," Interdisciplinary Panel Paper and Participant, American Musicological Society, SUNY-Stony Brook, March 1999.

263.    "Deconstruction and Writing," Invited Panel Participant, Italian Cultural Institute, New York, NY, March 1999.

264.    "Ethik der postmodernen Differenzen," Major Invited Speaker, Oesterreichische Gesellschaft für Phänomenologie, University of Vienna, Vienna, AUSTRIA, June 1999.

265.    "Luce Irigaray and the Ethics of Postmodern Differences," Paper, 9th Annual International Philosophical Seminar, Kastelruth, South Tyrol, ITALY, July 1999.

266.    "Deconstruction of Political Differences," Invited Paper, Conference on "Reading Deconstruction Politically," University of Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, ENGLAND, August 1999. 


1999-00

267.    "Lyotard’s Postmodern Sites: The Event of the Postmodern Sublime." Invited Paper. Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. October 1999.

268.    "Specters of Merleau-Ponty." Keynote Speaker. Goucher College Conference on "Merleau-Ponty and the Culturing of the Body." Goucher College, Baltimore, MD. November 1999.

269.    "Postmodern Turns." Plenary Speaker. "Turnings/ Tournants/ Kehren/ Svolte: Philosophy, Culture, and the Arts at the Turn of the Century." IAPL in Naples. Vico Equense and Naples, ITALY. January 2000.

270.    "Postmodern Turns." Invited Speaker. SUNY College at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY. March 2000.

271.    "Towards a Philosophy of the Future: Between Ethics and Aesthetics." Invited Lecturer. Two days of lectures (sixteen hours), Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. March 2000.

272.    "Derrida and the Question of Values," Invited Paper. Oesterreichische Gesellschaft für Philosophie, Technische-Universität, Linz, AUSTRIA. June 2000.

273.     "Postmodern Film/Postmodern Media," International Philosophical Seminar - X, Kastelruth, South Tyrol, ITALY. July 2000.

274.     "Postmodern Turns," Invited Speaker, British Society for Phenomenology, University College, Cork, IRELAND. August 2000.

 

Invited Lectures and Conference Papers - since 2000

2000-2001

275. "Ethics of Postmodern Differences," Invited Speaker, International Merleau-Ponty Circle, George Washington University, Washington D.C., September 2000.

276. "Postmodern Environments," Paper, International Association for Environmental Philosophy , Sessions held at the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Penn State University, University Park, PA, October 2000.

277. "Postmodern Media and the Fear of Simulations," Invited Speaker, International Symposium on "Art/ Signs/ Technology (Zeichen, Kunst, Technik: Wissenformen),: the Analysis of Forms of Knowledge as a Contribution to the Philosophy of Cultural Studies," , organized by the Institut für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Vienna, AUSTRIA, January 12-14, 2001.

278. "Postmodern Media and the Fear of Simulations," Invited Lecture, Department of Philosophy, University College, Cork, IRELAND, January 2001.

279. "Ethics of Postmodern Differences," Invited Lecture, All Souls College, University of Oxford, Oxford, ENGLAND, January 2001.

280. "Postmodern Media and the Fear of Simulations," Centre for Culture and Theory, University of Leeds, Leeds, ENGLAND, February 2001.

281. "Lyotard and the Sites of the Postmodern Sublime ," Department of English, University of Hull, Scarborough Campus, Scarborough, ENGLAND, February 2001.

282. "The Return of the Postmodern: The Power of Ghosts," Sociology and Cultural Studies, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, ENGLAND, February 2001.

283. "Postmodern Media and the Fear of Simulations," Centre for Culture and Theory, University of Keele and Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, ENGLAND, February 2001.

284. "Lyotard’s Postmodern Sites: The Event of the Postmodern Sublime," Human Sciences Seminar, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, ENGLAND, February 2001.

285. "The Postmodern Subject: When the Modern Subject Became a Fable...," Philosophisches Institut, Universität-Marburg, Marburg, GERMANY, February 2001.

286. "The Power of Ghosts," Institut für Anglistik, Universität-Giessen, Giessen, GERMANY, February 2001.

287. "Racconto e veritB: cosmologie postmoderne." Three lectures. Dipartimento di Philosofia (Philosofia teoretica), UniversitB di Milano, Milan, ITALY, February 2001.

288. "The Aesthetics of Deconstruction" Six lectures. Dipartimento di Philosophia (Aesthetica), UniversitB di Roma-II (Tor Vergata), Rome, ITALY, March 2001.

289. "Postmodern Media and the Human Sciences," Invited Speaker, Conference on "Knowing Subjects" In honor of Professor Peter Caws, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., April 2001.

290. "Le developpement de la philosophie continentale aux USA," Special Invited Speaker, Lycee Francais de Washington, Washington D.C., April 2001.

291. "En-countering Postmodern Strangers," Alliance Francaise de Washington, Washington D.C., April 2001.

292. "Heidegger and the Postmodern Sublime," Conference on "Thinking With and Against Heidegger," Invited Speaker, Philosophy, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, May 2001.

293. "Postmodern Strangers," Conference on "Das Subjekt der Ästhetik / das Subjekt der Praxis," Collegium Philosophiae Transatlanticum, University of Marburg, GERMANY, May 2001.

294. "Ethics of Postmodern Differences," Dept of Philosophy, Katholisches Universität- Linz, Linz, AUSTRIA, May 2001.

295. "Postmodern Media," Experimentelle Kunst und Theorie, Kunst Universität, Linz, AUSTRIA, May 2001.

296. "Are there any Postmodern Strangers?," Invited Speaker, Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

297. "Ethics of Postmodern Differences," University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 2001.

298. "Ethik der Beziehungen und Postmoderne Differenzen," Invited Speaker, Philosophy Department, Universität Klagenfurt, Carinthia, AUSTRIA, June 2001.

299. "Just Friends: Ethics of Postmodern Relationships," Participant Lecture, Eleventh Annual International Philosophical Seminar, Alto Adige/Südtirol, ITALY, July 2001.


2001-2002

300. "Is Sartre an Existentialist or a Postmodernist?"  Current Research Session on the Work of Thomas R. Flynn, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD. October 2001.

301. "The Politics of Postmodern Communities," Philosophy Department Lecture, University College, Cork, IRELAND. January 2002.

302.  "The Ethics of Postmodern Relationships," Philosophy Department Lecture, University College, Cork, IRELAND. January 2002.

303.  "The Power of Ghosts," "Postmodern Relationships," "Interdisciplinary Lecture, University College, Cork, IRELAND. January 2002.

304.   "Just Friends: Postmodern Relationships," Department of Scandinavian and Comparative Literature, NTNU, University of Trondheim, Trondheim, NORWAY.  March 2002.

305.   "The Power of Ghosts in the Postmodern," Department of Scandinavian and Comparative Literature, NTNU, University of Trondheim, Trondheim, NORWAY.  March 2002.

306.   "Postmodern Communities," Department of Scandinavian and Comparative Literature, NTNU, University of Trondheim, Trondheim, NORWAY.  March 2002.

307.   "Are There Any Postmodern Subjects?"  Department of Scandinavian and Comparative Literature, NTNU, University of Trondheim, Trondheim, NORWAY.  March 2002.

308. "Ereignisse of the Postmodern: Heidegger and Lyotard,"  Heidegger Conference, Southern Connecticut University, held on the Yale University Campus, New Haven, CT.  May 2002.

309.    "Theorizing the Postmodern: Responses to Six Papers on "Hugh J. Silverman Theorizing the Postmodern -- Between Inscriptions and Textualities,"  Plenary Session, International Association for Philosophy and Literature, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS.  June 2002.

310.     "Zizek's Postmodern Subjects,"  Invited Lecture, Three Day Erasmus University Conference on Slavoj Zizek's Social Ontology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS.  June 2002.

311.     "Chiasmen Zwischen Merleau-Ponty und Derrida," Invited Lecture, Katholische Fakultaet, University of Vienna, Vienna, AUSTRIA.  June 2002.

312.    "Being Slavoj Zizek and Being Ticklish (Postmodern?) Subjects," Participant Lecture, Twelfth Annual International Philosophical Seminar, Alto Adige/Südtirol, ITALY, July 2002


2002-2003

313.   "The Subject(s) of Philosophy: The Postmodern Conditions of Contemporary European Philosophy," Plenary Speaker, Society for European Philosophy, University College, Cork, IRELAND. September 2002.

314.    "The Justice of Social Justice: Reading Cynthia Willett," and "Remembering Dominique Janicaud," Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, DePaul University, Chicago, IL. October 2002.

315. "The Postmodern and the Power of Ghosts," Invited Speaker, Philosophy Department, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY. March 2003.

316. "Just Friends -- or the Politics of Postmodern Friendships," Invited Lecture, English, Philosophy, History of Ideas, Religion Departments, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, DENMARK. April 2003.

317. "Ethics of Postmodern Differences," Invited Speaker, Institut for Pædagogisk Filosofi - Department of Philosophy of Education, Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitet - The Danish University of Education, København - Copenhagen, DENMARK. April 2003.

318. "Unstable Borders," Major Invited Speaker, Georg Brandes School, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DENMARK. April 2003.

319.  “Introducing Daniel Charles: Aesthetics Beyond Writing,” International Association for Philosophy and Literature, Annual Conference, Leeds Town Hall and the University of Leeds , Leeds , ENGLAND . May 2003.

320. “Perniola’s Postmodern Shadows,” Seminar Participant Lecture, Thirteenth Annual International Philosophical Seminar, Alto Adige/Südtirol, ITALY , July 2003.

321.   “Ereignisse der Postmoderne,” Invited Lecture,  University of Wuppertal , Wuppertal , GERMANY .  August 2003.


2003-2004

322.   “Postmodern Events: Heidegger, Lyotard, and Gerhard Richter,” Invited Lecture,  University of Guelph , Guelph , Ontario , CANADA .  September 2003.

323.   “Living On Borderlines (Merleau-Ponty and Derrida),” Invited Speaker, Annual International Merleau-Ponty Circle Conference, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CANADA. September 2003.

324.   “Postmodern Events,”  Invited Speaker.  Department of Religion.  Syracuse University , Syracuse , New York . October 2003.

325.   "The Work of Hugh J. Silverman,” Scholar’s Session: Responses to Papers by Thomas R. Flynn and Gary E. Aylesworth,  Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Boston, MA.  November 2003.

326.   “Postmodern Events,” Invited Lecture, Departments of Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Comparative Literature, University of Helsinki , Helsinki , FINLAND .  January 2004.

327.   “Living On Borderlines (Merleau-Ponty and Derrida),” Invited Lecture with a Response by Kristian Klockars, Conference on Art and Life, Departments of Philosophy, University of Helsinki , Helsinki , FINLAND .  January 2004.

328.   “The Time of the Postmodern,” Invited Lecture Series, Department of Philosophy, Institute of Information Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, FINLAND. January 2004.

329.  "The Languages of Postmodernism," Invited Speaker, Conference on Language, Philosophy, and Semiotics, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT. April 2004.

330. "Introducing Mario Perniola," IAPL Invited Speaker - Introduction, International Associaiton for Philosophy and Literature, Syracuse University and Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY. May 2004.

331. "Being Postmodern Plural," Seminar Participant Lecture, Fourteenth Annual International Philosophical Seminar, Alto Adige/Südtirol, ITALY . July 2004.

332. "Living on/Borderlines: Merleau-Ponty and Derrida," Invited Lecture, Korea University, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA, July 2004.

333. "The Ethics of the Event: Living on Borderlines," Invited Lecture, School of Philosophy, University of Tasmania, Hobart, AUSTRALIA. July 2004.

334. "The Time of the Postmodern," Four Seminar Lectures, School of Philosophy, University of Tasmania, Hobart, AUSTRALIA. July-August 2004.

335. "Jean-Luc Nancy and Being Postmodern Plural," Invited Lecture, School of Comparative and Cultural Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. August 2004 .

335. "Ethics of Postmodern Differences," Invited Lecture, Seminar in Psychoanalysis, Deakin University, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. August 2004.

336. "Powers of the Postmodern," Invited Lecture, School of Philosophy, University of Tasmania, Launceston, AUSTRALIA. August 2004.

337. "Ethics of Postmodern Differences," Invited Lecture, School of Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AUSTRALIA. August 2004.

338. "Being Postmodern Plural," Invited Lecture, School of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney, AUSTRALIA. August 2004.


2004-2005

339. "Being Postmodern Plural," Invited Lecture, Department of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Toledo, OHIO. September 2004.

340. "Code Enforcement and the Limits of Expression: Derrida and Merleau-Ponty," Invited Speaker, International Merleau-Ponty Circle, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. September 2004.

341. "Can the Globalized World be In-the-World?" Response to Gianni Vattimo. Invited Speaker, Re-Interpreting the Continent: Contemporary Italian Philosophy in America (Two-Day Conference), DePaul University, Chicago, IL. October 2004.

342. "The Limits of Enlightenment and the Event of Limit: Derrida and Adorno," Conference on "Derrida and Adorno," Institut fuer Wissenschaft und Kunst & Institut-Francais, Clam Galas, Vienna, AUSTRIA. January 2005.

343. "European Differences / Postmodern Communities (The Question of European Identity)," Conference on "The New Europe," Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. March 2005.

344. “Introducing Steven Holl, Architect: From Chiasms to Porosity,” and "Thanks to Derrida," International Association for Philosophy and Literature, Annual Conference, Kiasma , Museum of Contemporary Art and the University of Helsinki, FINLAND . June 2005.

345. "Erinnerungen an Derrida," Derrida Symposium, Depot (two day Memorial Conference), Vienna, AUSTRIA. June 2005.

346. "The Limits of the Timeless: Kristeva's Intimate Re-volts," Seminar Participant Lecture, 15th Annual International Philosophical Seminar, Alto Adige/Südtirol, ITALY . July 2005.


2005-2006

347. "Responsibilities: Derrida for Merleau-Ponty," Invited Speaker, International Merleau-Ponty Circle, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. September 2005.

348. "Gary Shapiro and the Archaeology of Vision," Invited Speaker. Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Salt Lake City, UTNovember 2005.

349. "Responsibilities - Between Three ," Convegno Castelli, Departimento di Philosophia, Univerista di Roma- La Sapienza, Rome, ITALY. January 2006.

350. "Derrida, Code-Enforcement, and the Limits of Expression," Invited Speaker, University of Kings College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA. March 2006.

351. "Codes and Communities," Invited Speaker, Faculty Seminar, St Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA. March 2006.

352. "Community and Responsibility," Invited Speaker, Christian Culture Series, University of Saint Francis-Xavier, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, CANADA. March 2006.

353. "Responsibilities," Special Invited Lecturer, Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD. March 2006.

354. "Merleau-Ponty and Lyotard: Visibility and the Sublime," Invited Speaker, Philosophy Department / Honor's College, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. April 2006.

355. "Postmodern Media /Modern Mediations," Invited Speaker, Media Studies Program and Philosophy Department, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI. April 2006.

356. “Introducing Jean-Francois Courtine: Husserl-Heidegger-Derrida> Deconstructing the Between," International Association for Philosophy and Literature, 30th Annual Conference, Historisches Kaufhaus, Freiburg, GERMANY, "Phenomenological Differences: Tengelyi, Greisch, Di Cesare," Universit of Freiburg, GERMANY and "Introducing Bernard Stiegler and The Ister," Palais Universitaire, University of Strasbourg-Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, FRANCE. June 2006.

357. "Vestiges of Responsibility - Announcing the Im-presentable," Seminar Participant Lecture, Sixteenth Annual International Philosophical Seminar, Alto Adige/Südtirol, ITALY . July 2006.


2006-2007

358. "Respons-abilities for Legacies -- Jacques, on vous s uit a travers vos textes ," Final Presentation of the MOSAIC "Following Derrida - Legacies" Conference, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CANADA. October 2006.

359. "Vestiges of Responsibility," Society for the Philosophy of Difference, held at the 45th annual conference of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Philadelphia, PA. October 2006.

360. "The Psychic Space Between Us: Reading Kelly Oliver's The Colonization of Psychic Space," 45th annual conference of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Philadelphia, PA. October 2006.

361. "Bodies Sharing Institutions - Traces of Responsibility," Plenary Paper, International Merleau-Ponty Circle, George Mason University, Arlington, VA. October 2006.

362. "Legacies of Contemporary French Philosophy," American Society for French Philosophy, held in conjunction with the American Philosophical Association, Washington D.C. December 2006.

363. "Vestiges of Responsibility and the Art of Making Differences," Institute of Art | Design | Technology (IADT),  Dun Laoghaire (Dublin), IRELAND. January 2007.

364. "Being Postmodern Plural," Department of Philosophy, University College, Cork, IRELAND. January 2007.

365. "The Limits of the Timeless: Kristeva's Intimate Re-volts," Department of English Studies, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CYPRUS. January 2007.

366. "Derrida, Code-Enforcement, and the Limits of Expression," Invited Speaker, Department of Philosophy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. April 2007.

367. "The Place of Postmodern Envirnonments," International Conference on Space, Place, and Environment, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. April 2007.

368. "Bodies Sharing Institutions - Merleau-Ponty and Derrida," Session on "Merleau-Ponty and Derrida," 31st Annual Conference of The International Association for Philosophy and Literature, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CYPRUS. June 2007.

369. "Introducing Panayiotis A. Agapitos on 'Image and Word, Height and Depth: Byzantine Layering and Ekphrasis as Ekstasis," 31st Annual Conference of The International Association for Philosophy and Literature, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CYPRUS. June 2007.

370. "The Culture and Practice of the Postmodern Plural," Keynote Speaker, Soochow University, Taipei, TAIWAN. June 2007.

371. "Vestiges of Responsibility and the Sense of the World," Soochow University, Taipei, TAIWAN. June 2007.

372. "The Limits of the Timeless: Kristeva's Intimate Re-volts," Keynote Speaker, Soochow University, Taipei, TAIWAN. June 2007.

373. "Responsibilities between Three," Academia Sinica, Taipei, TAIWAN. June 2007.

374. "Derrda, Code Enforcement and the Limits of Expression," Taiwan National Normal University, Taipei, TAIWAN. June 2007.

375. "Vestiges of Responsibility - Asia and the Other," Asia and the Other Conference, Taiwan National Normal University, Taipei, TAIWAN. June 2007.

376. "The Aporias of Technicity and the Responsibility between Us," Seminar Participant Lecture, Seventeenth Annual International Philosophical Seminar, Alto Adige/Südtirol, ITALY . July 2007.


2007-2008

377. "Tracing Responsibility: Levinas between Merleau-Ponty and Derrida," Invited Speaker, International Merleau-Ponty Circle, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. September 2007.

378. "Introducing Cathrine Malabou and Frederic Worms - Contemporary French Thought," Invited Session, American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Baltimore, MD. December 2007.

379. "The Responsibility Between Us and Stiegler's Aporias of Technicity," Invited Lecture, School of Arts, Brunel University, Uxbridge, West London, UK. January 2008.

380. "Announcing the Vestiges of Responsibility," Invited Lecture, Department of Philosophy, University College, Cork, IRELAND. February 2008.

 

Hugh J. Silverman, Professor of Philosophy, and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies
Dept. of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3750
Tel: (631) 331-4598; (631) 632-7592; Fax: (631) 331-0142

Email: hugh.silverman@stonybrook.edu

Last Updated: February 8, 2008