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Graduate Programs with Continental PhilosophyGraduate Programs in Continental Philosophy Listed here are self-descriptions of Philosophy Departments interested in, supportive of, or specializing in continental philosophy. If you wish to submit a departmental description, or to report a broken link, please click here to email us. Page updated: 24 December 2009 ---------------------- American University(MA only) Department Homepage The department of Philosophy and Religion is currently made up of 9 full-time faculty members. Our MA program has two tracks, one in Philosophy and Social Policy and another in the history of philosophy. More than half of our current faculty are trained in continental philosophy, and the remaining faculty work in theoretical and applied ethics, Western and non-Western religion, and the history of philosophy. ---------------------- Baylor University Department Homepage ---------------------- Boston College Department Homepage The graduate program in philosophy at Boston College specializes in Continental Philosophy, History of Philosophy, and Ethics and Social Philosophy. We have distinguished faculty working on Heidegger, Levinas, Lacan, Arendt, Habermas, Husserl, Foucault, and Kierkegaard, as well as on topics such as narrative theory, philosophy of literature, critical theory, and psychoanalysis. The department admits approximately five students from an applicant pool of 140 every year. All are fully funded for five years. We also admit 15-20 new Master's students every year. At present, we have no financial aid for Master's students. ---------------------- Boston University Department Homepage The Department of Philosophy at Boston University has long been committed to pluralism in philosophy and harbors an exceptionally wide spectrum of philosophical views and positions. We are especially well known for our expertise in Continental philosophy. No less than 21 of the department's faculty have published (in many cases, books) in the area. German Idealism, Phenomenology, and Nietzsche are especially well covered. The faculty is also prominent in Ancient, Early, Modern, the Scottish Enlightenment, Analytic Philosophy, American Philosophy, and the Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics. Our philosophers of science combine scientific with philosophical and historical education. The Philosophy of Religion is pursued with special emphasis on metaphysics and on the comparative study of religions.. The department offers a broad philosophical education ultimately centered on the perennial great questions of human life. The Department's philosophical life is significantly enriched by its close association with the Center for Philosophy and History of Science (and its Colloquium); the Institute for Philosophy and Religion (and its Colloquium); and the Institut fur die Wissenschaften vom Mensche (Vienna). ---------------------- Brock University Department Homepage ---------------------- Catholic University of America Department Homepage Catholic University's School of Philosophy studies authors from the major periods in the history of philosophy, with a strong emphasis on modern German thought. Specialists in continental philosophy include Robert Sokolowski, Richard Velkley, John C. McCarthy, and Ricardo Pozzo. Courses are regularly given on Husserl, Heidegger, and French phenomenologists, whose work is related to classical philosophy, whether ancient, mideval, or modern, and to political philosophy, another major interest of the School. Dissertations have been or are being written on Husserl, Heidegger, Marcel, Edith Stein, Ricoeur, and Gadamer. In the past seven years an average of six dissertations were completed annually. ---------------------- DePaul University: Graduate Studies in Continental Philosophy Department Homepage ---------------------- Duquesne University Department Homepage The Department of Philosophy at Duquesne University was one of the first graduate programs in the United States to emphasize the concentrated study of phenomenology and contemporary Continental philosophy. The current program continues this commitment to this distinctive orientation. In addition, the department provides students with a thorough acquaintance with major works in each period of the Western philosophical tradition. Courses are regularly offered on figures such as Husserl, Heidegger, de Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Gadamer, Derrida, Foucault, Adorno, and Habermas, as well as on Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche. The department offers programs leading to a Ph.D. degree and an M.A. degree. ---------------------- Emory University Department Homepage ---------------------- Fordham University Department Homepage The Philosophy Department at Fordham University has a long and distinguished record of offering programs in philosophy for more than one hundred fifty years. The department is committed to the study of the history of philosophy, stressing its importance as the necessary context for contemporary philosophical debates. The department is genuinely pluralistic with internationally recognized scholars in both the analytic and continental traditions. Courses in medieval and continental philosophy are an especially strong part of our program. With respect to continental philosophy, the department regularly offers courses in Kant and German idealism, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, Foucault, Habermas, existentialism, critical theory, and poststructuralism. Full-time faculty working in some area of continental philosophy include Babette Babich, Michael Baur, John Davenport, John Drummond, Jeffrey Flynn, Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei, Ann Murphy, John van Buren, and Merold Westphal. ---------------------- Franciscan University of Steubenville (MA only) Department Homepage ---------------------- Georgetown University Department Homepage ---------------------- University of Guelph Department Homepage. The University of Guelph Philosophy Department is a research-active department of 19 faculty and around 55 graduate students which prides itself on its strong and very fruitful methodological pluralism. We are best known for research in social and political philosophy; continental philosophy; the history of western philosophy; and philosophy of science, mind and language. In comparative terms, we are one of the leading departments in Canada for the study of continental philosophy, as well as in the area of theoretical and applied social/political philosophy. We admit about seven doctoral students a year, all of whom are fully funded for at least four years, to work in a variety of areas of philosophy. Since 1999, 95% of our doctoral students have been successful in finding academic positions, and of these—not including our two most recent 2009 graduates—75% have already attained permanent or tenure-stream positions at places like the University of Alberta, York, King’s University College (UWO), Mount Allison, and the Catholic University of America. In 2010 a senior Canada Research Chair holder in the area of social and political philosophy will join us, increasing the faculty complement to 20. ---------------------- Lewis University (MA only) Department Homepage ---------------------- Louisiana State University (MA only) Department Homepage ---------------------- Loyola Marymount University (MA only) Department Homepage ---------------------- Loyola University of Chicago Department Homepage The doctoral program in philosophy at Loyola University Chicago is strongly pluralistic. Our large size enables us to have professionally active faculty in the areas of continental, analytic, and history of philosophy. All graduate students are required to take at least two seminars in continental philosophy and two seminars in analytic philosophy. Full-time faculty working in some area of continental include John Bannan, Ardis Collins, Andrew Cutrofello, Patricia Huntington, David Ingram, Hugh Miller, Adriaan Peperzak, David Schweickart, and Jacqueline Scott. Research strengths include Kant and German idealism, Heidegger, Levinas, critical theory, feminist philosophy and poststructuralism. ---------------------- Marquette University Department Homepage The Graduate Program in Philosophy at Marquette University is especially strong in Continental Philosophy. We have seven faculty members who work either in contemporary Continental Philosophy or its history (e.g., Hegel, Kierkegaard, Marx, and Nietzsche). In addition, the department maintains its traditional strengths in the History of Philosophy, Ethics, and Social Philosophy. With over 60 Graduate Students and 28 Full-Time Faculty members, the department regularly sponsors speakers in all areas of Philosophy. Particularly notable is the Seminar on Phenomenology and Hermeneutics, which features an international set of speakers each year. In the last three years, dissertations have been written on Levinas, Arendt, Heidegger, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, and Lonergan. ---------------------- McGill University Department Homepage ---------------------- Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (MA only) 19th Century Philosophy Department Homepage ---------------------- Michigan State University Department Homepage The Graduate Program in Philosophy at Michigan State University is especially strong in Social and Political Philosophy. We have four faculty members who work in feminism and four faculty members who work in Continental Philosophy or its history (e.g., Kant, Hegel, Marx, Husserl, Heidegger). In addition, the department maintains its traditional strengths in applied ethics and bioethics. We have around 45 Graduate Students and 17 Full-Time faculty members. ---------------------- New School of Social Research Department Homepage The New School Philosophy Department was founded in the 1930's and achieved prominence in the 1960's and early 1970's lead by its senior faculty (Hannah Arendt, Aron Gurwitsch, and Hans Jonas). It became a center of European scholarship focusing on the history of philosophy, particularly 19th and 20th century German Continental Philosophy. That tradition continues today, but has expanded to embrace the diversity that characterizes current philosophical inquiry. Faculty interests, including Critical Theory, Phenomenology, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, and the Philosophy of Science, reflect an environment interested in bridging traditions. ---------------------- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb (MA only) Department Homepage ---------------------- Northwestern University Department Homepage The Northwestern Philosophy Program seeks to maintain strength in both the "analytic" and "continental" traditions, as well as in the history of philosophy generally. Our graduates tend to be "bitraditional" in this sense and have been quite successful in obtaining job placements for which this is a desideratum. Within continental philosophy our strengths lie classical and contemporary German philosophy and in social and political theory, especially critical theory broadly constructed. In a typical year we form a class of about 7 entering students from a pool of more than 150 applicants. Every admitee is offered a multiple year financial aid package. ---------------------- Ohio University (MA only) Department Homepage ---------------------- Pennsylvania State University Department Homepage The Department of Philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University is characterized by a focus on, and commitment to, the history of philosophy conceived as a basis for pursuing philosophy in an international context. The program includes special emphases on both contemporary Continental philosophy (including phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, social theory, and postmodernism) and classical American philosophy (including transcendentalism, naturalism, semiotics, pragmatism, and contemporary cultural issues). The department is strongly committed to both undergraduate and graduate education. The curricula of both the undergraduate and graduate programs are structured so as to foster and promote genuine dialogue across international borders and philosophical traditions, both established and emerging. The program is organized to facilitate the ability to engage meaningfully a variety of philosophical approaches—including feminist theory, analytic philosophy, critical race theory and social/political philosophy—and a range of systematic fields—including aesthetics, ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of science. Our faculty maintain strong professional relationships in Europe and Latin America. Members of the faculty work in close collaboration with students to ensure the depth and breadth of their philosophical education. ---------------------- Purdue University Philosophy and Literature Ph.D. Program Department Homepage The Philosophy and Literature Ph.D. program encourages the interplay between philosophy and literature currently animating discussions in such areas as social and critical theory, feminism, hermeneutics, narrative, semiotics, psychoanalysis, aesthetics, African-American studies, and cultural studies. In consultation with faculty, each student designs a plan of study to accommodate specific goals and interests. The program seeks to foster critical and independent thought while providing cohesive professional training. ---------------------- Purdue University Philosophy Department Department Homepage ---------------------- Purdue University Philosophy and Communication Ph.D. Program Department Homepage ---------------------- Rice University Department Homepage The program at Rice University is designed for students who want to work within the Continental tradition while also gaining competence in the core areas of analytic philosophy. The Program is distinctive in that it is interdisciplinary, drawing on faculty not only from the Philosophy department (Steven Crowell, H.T. Engelhardt, Mark Kulstad), but from Religious Studies (Edith Wyschogrod), French Studies (Jean- Joseph Goux), and History (John Zammito, Richard Wolin). Opportunities for pursuing bio-ethics and medical ethics from a Continental perspective are another feature of the program, in connection with the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. ---------------------- San Jose State University (MA only) Department Homepage ---------------------- Seattle University (MA only) Department Homepage ---------------------- Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Department Homepage ---------------------- St. Louis University Department Homepage The principal foci of the program are: ethics and social/political philosophy; medieval philosophy, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. The department has enjoyed an excellent job placement record recently. Since 1994, 90% of students who completed their Ph D. found positions within one year; 78% of those positions were tenure track. We offer Master of Arts for research and non-research and a Ph D. Assistantships with stipends up to $11, 000 plus health insurance. Apply by February 1st. ---------------------- Stanford University Department Homepage ---------------------- SUNY Binghamton Program in Social, Political, Ethical and Legal Philosophy Department Homepage The Department of Philosophy's graduate program in Social, Political, Ethical, and Legal Philosophy (SPEL) offers graduate students advanced coursework and individual research in contemporary social and political philosophy, ethics, and the philosophy of law. SPEL recognizes and respects work a in diversity of traditions, with particular strengths in German philosophy and feminist philosophy, as well as coverege in non-Western philosophy, critical race theory, and other emerging areas of philosophy. As a program that specializes in a cluster of subfields of philosophy (namely social, political, ethical and legal philosophy), SPEL gives students some background in the field of philosophy as a whole, a solid grounding in the history of Western philosophy, a good deal of knowledge in SPEL areas, and particularly for students who earn a Ph.D, in-depth training and guidance for original research in the student's chosen area of specialization. The SPEL program also helps students gain the skills and experience necessary to become excellent teachers of philosophy, and prepares students for other aspects of a career in philosophy. ---------------------- SUNY Binghamton Program in Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture Department Homepage ---------------------- SUNY Buffalo Department Homepage ---------------------- SUNY Stony Brook Department Homepage The Department of Philosophy at Stony Brook University grants B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees to a broad range of students with diverse and varied interests. Committed to a pluralist treatment of philosophical issues, the department encourages interdisciplinary study as well as more traditional approaches to philosophy. Convinced that a knowledge of the history of philosophy is essential to understanding contemporary philosophy, the department offers intensive courses in ancient, medieval, and modern thought. Other courses address specific philosophical problems in ethics, political theory, epistemology, aesthetics, environmental philosophy, feminism, critical race theory, and philosophy of technology. The department at Stony Brook is internationally renowned for its concentration in Continental philosophy, with particular emphasis on contemporary French and German thought. Courses in phenomenology, psychoanalysis, structuralism, postructuralism and postmodernism, and critical theory are held regularly, focussing on such figures as Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Derrida, Kristeva, Freud, Lacan, Irigaray, Levinas, and Habermas. Crucial nineteenth century philosophers such as Hegel and Nietzsche are also treated in depth. As well, the department offers many International Research Opportunities to graduate students who wish to pursue the study of Continental philosophy in Europe. ---------------------- Syracuse University Department Homepage ---------------------- Texas A&M University Department Homepage The Department of Philosophy at Texas A&M University offers both Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Philosophy. The Ph.D. program requires that all students earn a Master’s degree in a complementary field outside philosophy. The department is pluralistic in orientation and comprises more than 20 faculty members and 25 graduate students. Professors Stephen Daniel, Claire Katz, and Theodore George all specialize in areas of continental philosophy, with particular interests that include Early Modern Philosophy, German Idealism and Romanticism, contemporary continental philosophy (including phenomenology, existentialism, philosophical hermeneutics, deconstruction, post-structuralism), and feminist theory. Professor Daniel Conway works in nineteenth- century European philosophy, especially Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche, and political philosophy. Departmental strengths in continental philosophy are complemented by the teaching and research of a large number of the faculty, who work in the history of philosophy, social and political philosophy, and classical American philosophy. Students also benefit from the larger College and University environment. Faculty members trained in or sympathetic to continental philosophy work in the departments and programs of French, German, Political Science, Performance Studies, Film Studies, Women’s Studies, Geography, Communication, Comparative Literature, and English. Finally, graduate students at Texas A&M are free to pursue their studies in the context of a welcoming, supportive campus environment. The Department of Philosophy strongly encourages nominations of, and applications from, women and members of underrepresented minority groups. For a statement of the University’s demonstrated commitment to pluralism and diversity, please visit: http://diversity.tamu.edu/commitment/index.asp ---------------------- Tulane University Department Homepage Tulane University's graduate philosophy program is pluralist in orientation, with six members in the analytic tradition, two in continental, two in American, and one in classical. Michael Zimmerman offers seminars in Heidegger and Nietzsche,gender theory, and environmental philosophy (with emphasis on postmodern theory). John Glenn teaches Kant and Kierkegaard on a regular basis. He has also taught Sartre and contemporary French philosophy. Dissertation committees on continental philosophy include Zimmerman and Glenn, with Ronna Burger usually serving as third member. An Aristotle and Plato scholar, she is well informed about continental philosophy. Graduate students can write dissertations on virtually any topic in continental philosophy. ---------------------- University College Dublin Department Homepage The School of Philosophy at U.C.D. is strongly committed to Continental Philosophy, Analytic Philosophy, and the History of Philosophy. With 7 Faculty specialists in Continental Philosophy, the School has research excellence in the following areas: Phenomenology (especially Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Ricoeur), Critical Theory, Kant, Hegel, German Idealism and its Aftermath, Derrida and deconstruction, and in continental aesthetics. The School takes the view that research work in Continental Philosophy is significantly enhanced when placed within the History of Philosophy or articulated alongside common issues in Analytic Philosophy, including cognitive science. It is in this context that our graduate programs in Continental Philosophy are taught. We offer a one year M.A. program in which students select from a range of modules in Phenomenology, Critical Theory and German Idealism, but are also expected to participate in modules offered in Analytic Philosophy. In our Ph.D. program doctoral students take a number of required advanced seminars in topics relevant to their research speciality and are required to be fully active in a wide range of School hosted seminars, workshops, and conferences from across the philosophical spectrum. The School has a very lively visiting speakers program and regularly hosts international conferences (it will host the SEP conference in 2008 and it hosted the Husserl Circle in 2005). The student group is diverse and international students are welcomed. Some research scholarships are available. ---------------------- University of California at Berkley Department Homepage ---------------------- University of California at Irvine Department Homepage ---------------------- University of California, Riverside Department Homepage The Philosophy Department at UC Riverside is a pluralistic program. It has strengths in contemporary European philosophy, and specific areas of analytic philosophy (including the theory of agency, moral and political philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, language, and logic, philosophy of science, and philosophy of religion), and of the history of philosophy (especially early modern through the nineteenth century). There is a large amount of interchange among the different areas of strength in the Department and most faculty work in multiple areas. Ours is a program where students can study both contemporary analytic and contemporary European philosophy, where there is a strong presence in the history of philosophy, and where no rigid barriers between these different areas of philosophy exist. Faculty working in contemporary European philosophy include William Bracken (phenomenology, existentialism, philosophy of psychoanalysis), Maudemarie Clark (Nietzsche, Kant, and 19th century philosophy), Pierre Keller (Kant, 19th century philosophy, phenomenology), Andrews Reath (Kant), Charles Siewert (phenomenology), Georgia Warnke (critical theory and hermeneutics), and Mark Wrathall (phenomenology and existentialism). ---------------------- University of California, Santa Cruz Program in the History of Consciousness Department Homepage ---------------------- University of Colorado, Denver (MA only) Masters of Humanities Program Department Homepage ---------------------- University of Dallas Department Homepage ---------------------- University of Essex Department Homepage Founded in 1974, Essex's philosophy department is internationally recognized for its unique combination of Anglo-American and European continental philosophy. We are committed to fostering a wide variety of philosophical approaches, and to developing links between philosophy and other disciplines. We offer a wide range of degree schemes for undergraduates, taught postgraduates, and doctoral research students. Full-time faculty include Will Cartwright, Peter Dews, Beatrice Han-Pile, Fabian Freyenhagen, Fiona Hughes, Patrice Maniglier, David Mc Neill, Wayne Martin, Mark Sacks, Dan Watts and Mike Weston. We have close ties both with Europe and with the US, and around 50 graduate students from many different countries. The Department also hosts a three year AHRC Project: Transcendental Philosophy and Naturalism, directed by Mark Sacks, and is home to the journal Inquiry, edited by Wayne Martin. We have an RAE research rating of 5 and a QAA teaching ratingof 24/24. ---------------------- University of Guelph Department Homepage ---------------------- University of Kentucky Department Homepage The University of Kentucky is an excellent institution at which to study 19th- and 20th-century continental philosophy, as well as other areas of philosophy (including the history of philosophy). The Department of Philosophy specializes in and covers practically the entire span of modern and contemporary European philosophy, with particular depth in Leibniz, Kant, post-Kantianism, Fichte, German Idealism, Nietzsche, Marx, the phenomenological movement from Husserl to Heidegger and beyond, existentialism, Lebensphilosophie, Wittgenstein, critical social theory from the first through the third generations, and French poststructuralism. Faculty research from a continental perspective extends from metaphysics and epistemology, to the philosophy of language, the philosophy of social sciences, social and political philosophy, critical race theory, and moral philosophy. Many faculty in other departments also work on figures and themes from the continental tradition, and graduate students are encouraged to sample courses in other departments and establish multidisciplinary dissertation committees. The program is oriented towards the doctoral degree, and all entering Ph.D. students are guaranteed at least five years of support through full tuition waivers, free health insurance, and stipends between $11,000 and $18,000/year in the form of teaching assistantships and fellowships. We encourage you to contact the director of graduate studies and peruse our website for more information. -------------------- University of Louisville (MA only) Department Homepage ---------------------- University of Memphis Department Homepage Memphis is a pluralist department with a strong commitment to both continental and analytic philosophy, as well as the history of philosophy. Most standard continental thinkers are covered. Particular strengths are Hegel, Heidegger (especially his interpretation of Greek philosophy), Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Kristeva, Derrida, Deleuze, feminist theory, psychoanalysis, and race theory. In addition to 21 doctoral students, there are 12 students in a strong, autonomous master's program which is especially suitable for students who wish to broaden their conception of the discipline. The students are exceptionally diverse in terms of race and gender. Ph. D. placement in tenure-track is 100 percent. ---------------------- University of Missouri at Columbia Department Homepage ---------------------- University of Montana (MA only) Department Homepage ---------------------- University of Montreal Department Homepage ---------------------- University of New Mexico Department Homepage The Department of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico offers programs leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy. Many areas of concentration are open to students. The department has special strengths in Continental philosophy, American philosophy, and Indian philosophy. Because of our small size, students can expect a high degree of personal attention and interaction with the faculty. ---------------------- University of Notre Dame Department Homepage ---------------------- University of Oregon Department Homepage Philosophy at the University of Oregon is characterized by a living, integrated pluralism that embraces inquires across philosophical perspectives and academic disciplines. We draw especially from the traditions of Continental Philosophy, American Philosophy, and Feminist Philosophy. Within our Continental focus, we approach the history of philosophy as a way of addressing fundamental philosophical issues. We also have strong interests in the moral, social, and political dimensions of this tradition. We thus see Continental Philosophy as a vital cross-disciplinary orientation that includes critical theory, deconstruction, feminism, genealogy, hermeneutics, and phenomenology. ---------------------- University of OttawaDepartment Homepage The University of Ottawa's bilingual (French/English) graduate program is unique in North America, facilitating a rich integration of European and Anglo-American philosophy. Currently in a period of renewal, the department has strengths in all areas of the history of philosophy, but particularly in ancient, mideval, modern, and contemporary, both analytic and continental. Competent in most of the major philosophical sub-disciplines, we have particular strengths in political philosophy, philosophy of 1 guage and epistemology. Currently theses are being written in all of the major periods of philosophy and in many of the sub-disciplines. ---------------------- University of Rhode Island (MA only) Department Homepage ---------------------- University of South Carolina Department Homepage ---------------------- University of South Florida Department Homepage ---------------------- University of Texas, Austin Department Homepage ---------------------- University of Toledo Department Homepage ---------------------- University of Toronto Department Homepage ---------------------- Vanderbilt University Department Homepage ---------------------- Villanova University Department Homepage ---------------------- Washington University Department Homepage ---------------------- Yale University Department Homepage Yale University's Philosophy Department devotes almost half of its academic effort to the history of Western philosophy, within which it maintains a strong interest in Continental European (especially German) philosophy of the last two centuries. Students interested in studying this subject in the context of a broad philosophical education in a major university can find more details by way or our department's homepage. ---------------------- |
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