The Levinas Center
Buffalo, New York
The Levinas Center is dedicated to the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995).
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It is one sponsor of the annual Levinas Philosophy Summer Seminar, a seminar for scholars to study selected topics in the works of Emmanuel Levinas.
Professor Richard A. Cohen and Dr. Jolanta Saldukaityte are honored to announce the names of candidates who have been selected to be guest lecturers, participants and auditors, of the first annual LPSS in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 8-12, 2013.
INVITED SPEAKERS:
Prof. James M. McLachlan (Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USA)
Prof. Chung-Hsiung (Raymond) Lai ( President of Philosophy Association of Tainan, Taiwan; Dean of College of Liberal Arts, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan).
PARTICIPANTS:
Dr. Cyndie Sautereau (PhD, Philosophy, Laval University, Québec, Canada; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Fonds Ricœur, Paris, France),
Dr. Irina Poleshchuk (PhD, Philosophy, Department of Social and Moral Philosophy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Sweden; post-doctoral research, European Humanities University, Vilnius, Lithuania)
Assoc. Prof. Lin Ma (PhD, Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Catholic University, Louvain, Belgium; School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China (Beijing))
Viktoras Bachmetjevas (PhD graduate student of Philosophy at Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania)
Nicole Guerriero (MA, Philosophy, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, USA; Toronto, Canada)
Raluca Badoi (PhD graduate student of Philosophy, Department of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Prof. Igor Dukhan (PhD, Philosophy (Philosophy of Culture) and Architecture, Belarusian State University; Chair, Arts and Design, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus)
Paul-Gabriel Sandu (PhD candidate in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany;Romania)
Assoc. Prof. Abey Koshy (PhD, and Assoc. Prof, Philosophy, Dept. of Philosophy, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, India)
Mao Xin (MA, Theology and Religious Studies Department, PhD graduate student, Theology and Religious Studies, King’s College London, UK)
AUDITORS:
Jake Adair (BA student of Philosophy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA)
Richard A Cohen is a world-wide recognized Levinas scholar. He is author of three books on Levinas: Elevations: The Height of the Good in Rosenzweig and Levinas (Chicago, 1994); Ethics, Exegesis and Philosophy (Cambridge 2001); and Levinasian Meditations: Ethics, Philosophy, and Religion (Pittsburgh, 2010). He is also English translator and/or editor of four of Levinas’s books (Time and the Other and Additional Essays; Ethics and Infinity; Discovering Existence with Husserl; New Talmudic Readings); editor of Face to Face with Levinas (Pittsburgh, 1986); co-editor of In Proximity: Emmanuel Levinas and the Eighteenth Century (Lubbock, 2001); and author of many articles on Levinas and modern and contemporary philosophy. He is Professor of Philosophy, acting Gordon and Gretchen Gross Professor of Jewish Studies, and Director of the Institute of Jewish Thought and Heritage, at the University at Buffalo, and Director of the Levinas Center.
Locations: the July 8-12, 2013, Levinas Philosophy Summer Seminar will be held at the Jewish Culture and Information Center, located at 3a/5 Mesiniu St., Vilnius, Lithuania; Wednesday morning lectures at Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania; Thursday evening roundtable at La Boheme.
Organizing Committee:
Professor Richard A. Cohen (University at Buffalo)
Dr. Jolanta Saldukaityte (Mykolas Romeris University)
Sponsors:
Levinas Center, Buffalo, New York, USA
Institute of Jewish Thought and Heritage, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Mykolas Romeris University,Vilnius, Lithuania.
Jewish Culture and Information Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
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The Levinas Center is presently soliciting books and articles by and about Emmanuel Levinas, including dissertations, and translations, in all languages, for its library collection. Please send manuscript and book contributions to:
The Levinas Center, c/o Professor Richard A.
Cohen
Institute of Jewish Thought and Heritage
729 Clemens Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-4610
Email contact: richacohen1@gmail.com
Related Links
Emmanuel Levinas Web Page by Peter Atterton
Two French language Levinas web sites
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