Curriculum Vitae - Mount St. Mary`s University

Curriculum Vitae
Kathleen Dow Magnus, Ph.D.
8608 Valleyfield Rd.
Lutherville, Maryland, 21093
Tel.: 410-296-5606
Email: [email protected]
Areas of Specialization: German Idealism, Feminist Theory, 19th and 20th Century
Continental Philosophy
Areas of Competence: History of Philosophy, Aesthetics, Ethics, and Social Theory
Education:
Ph.D. in philosophy: DePaul University, Chicago, 1997, granted with distinction.
Dissertation Title: Hegel and the Symbolic Mediation of Spirit.
Director: Stephen Houlgate, University of Warwick, UK.
Committee Members: Michael Naas, David Krell, and Angelica Nuzzo.
MA in philosophy: SUNY at Stony Brook, New York, 1991.
BA in philosophy: Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1989.
Publications:
Published Book(s):
1. Hegel and the Symbolic Mediation of Spirit. Albany: State University of New York
Press, 2001.
Published Papers:
10. “The Unaccountable Subject: Butler and the Social Conditions of Intersubjective
Agency,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. Volume 21, No. 2, Spring 2006, pp.
81-103.
9. “Contributions Toward a Feminist Theory of Freedom” [written and published in German],
Das Jahrhundert des Feminismus: Festschrift fuer Prof. Dr. Ute Gerhard. Frankfurt: Ulrike
Helmer Verlag, 2006, pp. 227-234.
8. “Tipping the Balance: Religious Rhetoric and the US-German Dialogue,” The Advisor.
(Publication of the American Institute of Contemporary German Studies, The Johns
Hopkins University.) http://www.jhu.edu/aicgs.org, March 2005.
7. “The Implications of Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion for Contemporary Cultural
Conflicts,” Hegel Jahrbuch. Hrsg. von Andreas Arndt, et. al. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag,
2003.
6. “Intersubjectivity and Social Identity Formation: Jessica Benjamin and the Politics of
Recognition,” Wissen Macht Geschlecht: Philosophie und die Zukunft der „Condition
Féminine.“ Zurich: Chronos, 2002, pp. 329-337.
5. “Difference as Possibility and the Problem of Pride” [written and published in
German], Pluralität und Konsensesfähigkeit. Hrsg. von Bettina Schmitz und Peter
Prechtl. Würzburg: Könighausen und Neumann, 2001, pp. 69-76.
4. “Hegel and the Problem of Social Integration: Toward a Postmodern Sittlichkeit,” Hegel
Jahrbuch. Hrsg. von Andreas Arndt, et. al. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 2000, pp.180-185.
3. “Spirit’s Symbolic Self-Presentation in Art: A Reading of Hegel’s Aesthetics,” The Owl
of Minerva. Spring 1999, pp. 155-207.
2. “Art and the Symbolic Element of Truth: What Gadamer's Method Conveys,”
International Philosophical Quarterly, June 1996, pp.173-182.
1. “Ex-posing Identity: Derrida and Nancy on the (Im)possibility,” Philosophy and
Social Criticism, January 1994, pp. 261-271.
Conference Presentations and Invited Papers:
13. “Gestures of Recognition: Distributing Justice,” Biannual Conference of the
International Association of Women Philosophers, Göteborg, Sweden, June 17-19,
2004.
12. “Net-Working Women: A Reply to Nükhet Sirmann (Instanbul),” Wissenschaf(f)t
Geschlecht, an International Symposium on Feminist Theories/Critiques of Knowledge,
Kassel, Germany, 13-15 May, 2004.
11. “Contributions Toward a Feminist Theory of Freedom” [written and presented in German],
“The Century of Feminism: An International Conference in Honor of Prof. Dr. Ute Gerhard.”
Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, February 13-14, 2004.
10. “From Intersubjectivity to Interculturality: The Rules of Encounter and the
Resistance to Stereotypes” [written and presented in German], Graduierten Kolleg,
“Intercultural Communication from a Cultural Studies Perspective,” Universität des
Saaarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany, January 11, 2003.
9. “The Social Conditions of Intersubjective Recognition: Butler, Hegel, and the Virtues
of the Unexplainable Subject” [written and presented in German], Graduierten Kolleg,
Public Spheres and Gender Relations: Dimensions of Experience, Goethe Universität
Frankfurt, Germany, December 13, 2002.
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8. “In Between Subjects: Butler, Hegel, and Unhappy Consciousness,” Biannual
Conference of the International Association of Women Philosophers, Barcelona,
Spain, October 2002.
7. “Identity and Alienation: The Role of Symbolically Formed Religious Consciousness,”
International Conference on “Cultural Identity and Religion,” September 2002, Antwerp,
Belgium.
6. “The Implications of Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion for Contemporary Cultural
Conflicts.” XXIV. Kongress der Internationalen Hegel Gesellschaft e. V. Hegel, “Glauben
und Wissen,” August 2002, Jena, Germany.
5. “Witnessing the Traumatic Past: How (Not) to Speak…of Irrevocable Loss,”
Construction des mémoires et interculturalité. Metz, Saarbrücken, Luxembourg, July 15, 2002.
4. “‘Beyond Recognition? Two Feminist Models of Intersubjectivity.” Invited Paper,
Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany, May 29, 2002.
3. “Intersubjectivity and Social Identity Formation: Jessica Benjamin and the Politics of
Recognition,” Biannual Conference of the International Association of Women
Philosophers, Zurich, Switzerland, October 11-15, 2000.
2. “Universal Foreignness: Kristeva and the Unifying Power of Difference,” Society of
Women in Philosophy, Washington DC, December 28, 1998.
1. “Hegel and the Problem of Social Integration: Toward a Postmodern Sittlichkeit,” XXII
Hegel Kongreß Hegels Ästhetik: Die Kunst der Politik - Die Politik der Kunst. Utrecht,
Netherlands, August 27, 1998.
Book Reviews and Conference Reports:
Das X. Symposium der Internationalen Assoziation von Philosophinnen (IAPh) in
Barcelona, Spain, 2-5 Oktober 2002. Die Philosophin. Heft 26, Dezember 2002.
Widerspruch: Geschlechter-Differenz. Heft 34, December 1999, pp. 57-60. A co-authored
review of Shadow of the Other by Jessica Benjamin (Routledge 1998).
Nieuwsbrief vrouwenstudies filosofie (Newsletter for Women Philosophers, First
International Issue), Amsterdam, December 12, 1998. A co-authored review of Shadow of
the Other by Jessica Benjamin (Routledge 1998).
Works in Progress:
The Social Element of Psychic Space: Subjectivity and Subjection in Contemporary
Social Theory.
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The Role of Religious Rhetoric in American Political Discourse.
Post-Doctoral Positions:
At present
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Mount Saint Mary’s University
Emmitsburg, Maryland
Spring 2005
Fellow
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
The Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)
1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20036-2121
Oct. 2002-Sept. 2004
Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate College for Women’s Studies
(“Öffentlichkeiten und Geschlechterverhältnisse:
Dimensionen von Erfahrung” or, Public Spheres and Gender
Relations: Dimensions of Experience)
Cornelia Goethe Centrum,
J.W. Goethe Universität Frankfurt.
May 2003-May 2004
Co-organizer of International Conference: Wissenschaf(f)t
Geschlecht, an International Symposium on Feminist
Theories/Critiques of Knowledge, Kassel, Germany, 13-15
May, 2004.
Aug. 2003-Feb. 2004
Lecturer in Feminist Theory
Institute for North American Studies
Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Germany.
Oct. 2002-Feb. 2003
Lecturer in Feminist Philosophy
Institut für Philosophie
Gutenburg Universität Mainz, Germany.
May –Sept. 2002
Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduierten Kolleg:
“Intercultural Communication from a Cultural Studies
Perspective”
Universität des Saaarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Oct.1999-Feb. 2000
Lecturer in Aesthetics
Institut für Philosophie
Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg, Germany.
Sept. 1998- July 1999
Fulbright Junior Professor
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Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Universität Hamburg, Germany.
Jan. 1998 - June 2002
Chrysothemis - Arbeitskreis feministische Theorie
(Feminist Theory Circle), Würzburg,Germany
Oct.11-14, 2000
Invited Chairperson for Feminist Ethics
International Association of Women Philosophers,
Zürich, Switzerland.
Jan.-Feb. 1998
Fellow,
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Feb. 1997- June 1997
Instructor of Philosophy
DePaul University, Chicago.
Teaching Experience in Philosophy:
Feminist Philosophy
Mount Saint Mary’s University, Fall 2005
Body-Power-Difference: Introduction to US-American Feminist Theory
Institute for North American Studies
Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Germany, Winter Semester 2003-4
Grundfragen der amerikanischen feministischen Philosophie
(The course was taught in German, but would be translated as
“Basic Questions in American Feminist Philosophy”)
Institut für Philosophie
Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany, Winter Semester 2002-3
Einleitung in die Ästhetik des deutschen Idealismus
(The course was taught in German, but would be translated as
“Introduction to the Aesthetics of German Idealism”)
Institut für Philosophie
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany, Winter Semester 1998-9.
American Feminist Theory (Graduate Seminar)
University of Hamburg, Winter Semester 1998-9.
Contemporary Thought from Hegel to Derrida
PHI 313, DePaul University, Spring 1997.
Hegel’s Philosophy of Right
PHI 370, DePaul University, Spring 1997.
Introduction to Philosophy: The Question of the Self
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PHI 100, section 504, DePaul University, Winter 1997.
Introduction to Philosophy: What is Justice?
Sections 401 and 106, DePaul University, Fall 1996.
What is Freedom?
An intermediate level philosophy course, DePaul University, Fall 1992.
Teaching Experience in Related Fields:
American Poststructuralist Literary Theory (Graduate Seminar)
University of Hamburg, Summer Semester 1999.
Race, Gender, and Cultural Madness: Feminist Literature and Literary Theory
University of Hamburg, Summer Semester 1999.
American Gothic Tales
University of Hamburg, Summer Semester 1999.
20th Century Women Writers of the U.S.
University of Hamburg, Winter Semester 1998-9.
Major Pre-doctoral Fellowships and Awards:
Fulbright Travel Grant for study at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg,
Germany, 1994-95.
Quadrille Ball Fellowship, the Germanistic Society of America, 1994-95.
($10,000 was awarded to support a year of dissertation work at the Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg, Germany).
The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, US Department of Education, 1990-94.
(Approximately 90 graduate students were chosen out of over 2,000 applicants to
receive $40,000 ($10,000 per year) plus tuition, books, and educational expenses.)
Languages: German (fluency)
Italian (basic knowledge)
French (some reading knowledge)
Professional Affiliations:
American Philosophical Association (APA)
Hegel Society of America (HSA)
Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST)
International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPh)
Internationale Hegel Gesellschaft (IHG)
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Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP)
Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP)
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