Curriculum Vitae Brett Buchanan Associate Professor of Philosophy Laurentian University Department of Philosophy 935 Ramsey Lake Road Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6, Canada (705) 675-1151, ext. 4331 bbuchanan@laurentian.ca Research Interests Areas of Specialization: Areas of Competence: Continental Philosophy, Environmental Thought, Animal Studies History of Western Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Aesthetics, Psychology, Cultural and Literary Theory Education PhD DePaul University, Chicago, IL., 2006 Dissertation: Onto-Ethologies: Relations Between Uexküll, Heidegger, Merleau- Ponty, and Deleuze (336 pp). Directed by Dr. William McNeill, with Dr. H. Peter Steeves and Dr. Tina Chanter. MA University of Western Ontario, London, ON., 1999 Thesis: Who is Nietzsche s Philosophy: Psychological Remainders of Post-Kantian Anthropology (121 pp). Directed by Dr. Tilottama Rajan, F.R.S.C. BA (Honors) University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB., 1997 Academic Appointments Honors Thesis: Individualism and Collectivism: An Interpretative Analysis of the Self and Culture (66 pp). Directed by Dr. Leendert Mos. 2011-present Associate Professor of Philosophy (tenured), Laurentian University Core Faculty Member, Humanities M.A. in Interpretation and Values, Laurentian University Associate Faculty Member, Ph.D. in Human Studies, Laurentian University 2006-2011 Assistant Professor of Philosophy (tenure track), Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON 2004-2006 Course Director and Tutor, Atkinson College, York University, Toronto, ON 2002-2004 Instructor in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, DePaul University, Chicago, IL Buchanan 1
2000-2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, DePaul University, Chicago, IL 1997-1999 Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, The Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON 1997 Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Publications Book Onto-Ethologies: The Animal Environments of Uexküll, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Deleuze. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2008. 223pp. (Environmental Philosophy and Ethics Series.) Reviewed in: International Philosophical Quarterly, Environmental Philosophy, Symposium, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, Dialogue Peer-Reviewed Articles & Book Chapters Translations Reviews Being-with Animals: Reconsidering Heidegger s Animal Ontology, Animal Others and the Human Imagination, eds. Anne Vallely and Aaron Gross (New York: Columbia University Press, forthcoming 2011/12). Painting the Prehuman: Bataille, Merleau-Ponty, and the Aesthetic Origins of Humanity, Journal for Critical Animal Studies IX (I/II), 2011: 14-31. Animal, Abécédaire de Martin Heidegger, ed. Alain Beaulieu. Paris: Les Éditions Sils Maria, 2008. The Time of the Animal, PhaenEx: Journal for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture 2 (2), Fall/Winter 2007: 61-80. Do Animals Exist? On the Essence and Existence of Humans and Animals, Proteus: A Journal of Ideas (Special Issue: Humans and Animals), Spring 2007: 21-26. Daignault, Jacques. Pedagogy and Deleuze s Concept of the Virtual, trans. Brett Buchanan. Nomadic Education: Variations on a Theme by Deleuze and Guattari, ed. Inna Semetsky. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2008. A review of Animals and the Moral Community: Mental Life, Moral Status, and Kinship, by Gary Steiner (Columbia University Press, 2008). Society & Animals, 19 (2010): 103-105. A review of Stalking the Subject: Modernism and the Animal, by Carrie Rohman (Columbia University Press, 2009). Modern Fiction Studies, 56 (3), 2010: 642-645. A review of Animal Lessons: How They Teach Us To Be Human, by Kelly Oliver (Columbia University Press, 2009). Environmental Philosophy, 7 (1), 2010: 82-84. Buchanan 2
A review of Becoming Heidegger: On the Trail of His Early Occasional Writings, 1910-1927, eds. Theodore Kisiel and Thomas Sheehan (Northwestern University Press, 2007). Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques, XXIX (3), 2009: 196-200. A review of Heidegger s Being and Time: An Introduction, by Paul Gorner (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and Heidegger s Being and Time: A Reader s Guide, by William Blattner (Continuum Press, 2006). Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques, XXIX (1), 2009: 3-6. A review of Twentieth-Century French Philosophy: Key Themes and Thinkers, by Alan D. Schrift (Blackwell, 2006). Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques, 26 (5), 2006: 400-402. A review of Deleuze and Geophilosophy, by Mark Bonta and John Protevi (Edinburgh Press, 2004). Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, 7 (1), 2005: 131-134. A review of Nietzsche and Depth Psychology, eds. Golomb, Santaniello, and Lehrer (SUNY Press, 1999). Theory and Psychology, 11 (2), 2001: 283-286. Works in preparation: A co-edited collection of papers on ethology and continental philosophy. Various papers examining the philosophy of nature, animals, and environment in art and politics. Figures to be considered: Kant, Bataille, Heidegger, Arendt, Benjamin, Merleau-Ponty, Guattari, Latour. Papers Presented Conference Papers (refereed) Oct. 2010 Nov. 2009 The Prehuman: Bataille and the cradle of animality, Rethinking the Nonhuman: Comparative and Continental Approaches. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Oct. 1-3, 2010. It s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine, International Association for Environmental Philosophy. Arlington, VA, Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2009. July 2009 Herder and the roots of ethology, Minding Animals. Newcastle, Australia. July 13-18, 2009. May 2007 Oct. 2006 May 2006 April 2006 The time of the animal is now (or, the time of death), The Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture. Saskatoon, SK. May 29-31, 2007. The role of nature in Merleau-Ponty s ontological rehabilitation of the sensible, The Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Philadelphia, PA. October 12-14, 2006. The role of nature in Merleau-Ponty s ontological rehabilitation of the sensible, The Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture. Toronto, ON. May 27-29, 2006. The structure of being: On the intertwining of biology and ontology in Merleau-Ponty s Nature, The 15 th Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture Conference. Binghamton, NY. April 21-22, 2006. Buchanan 3
Dec. 2005 July 2005 June 2005 Sept. 2003 June 2002 June 2001 May 1999 April 1997 Chasing chimeras: Aesthetic constructions of the animal, The 2005 Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association. New York City, NY. December 27-30, 2005. A Kantian biologist?: Jakob von Uexküll and the intersubjective life of organisms, The International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology Conference. Guelph, ON. July 13-17, 2005. Symbiotic selves: A contribution to eco-phenomenology, The Environmental Studies Association of Canada. London, ON. June 2-4, 2005. Some huge animal whose organs our bodies would be : Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty on animal life, The 28 th Annual Meeting of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle. London, ON. September 17-20, 2003. The gesture of betrayal : Sarah Kofman and philosophy s language of art, The 26 th International Association for Philosophy and Literature Conference. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. June 3-8, 2002. Aristotle s ψυχη, Heidegger s λογος: Reconsidering psychology in Heidegger s early philosophy, The 45 th International Society for Theoretical Psychology Conference. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. June 6-10, 2001. Prefacing Nietzsche: An autobiographical narrative of self-identity, The 61 st Canadian Psychological Association Conference, History and Theory Division. Halifax, NS. May 21-24, 1999. Individualism and collectivism: An interpretation of the self in culture, The 15 th Annual Brian Harder Honours Conference. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. April 10, 1997. Invited and Response Papers Feb. 2011 Oct. 2010 May 2010 Nov. 2009 May 2009 June 2008 May 2007 What is called behavior? Ethological articulations of bodies, spheres, and territories, International Workshop on the History, Philosophy, of Ethology. Macquarie University. Sydney, Australia. February 19-21, 2011. Figuring the prehuman: Bataille, Merleau-Ponty, and the aesthetic origins of humanity. DePaul University. Chicago, IL. October 29, 2010. Pre-Kantian conditions in Agamben, The Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture. Montreal, PQ. May 31 June 4, 2010. Revolt against nature, Thought & Culture Seminar Series, Dept. of Education, Laurentian University. November 18, 2009. Book Launch for Onto-Ethologies. Bodily Differences: Social and Scientific Technologies of Self-Making. Laurentian University, May 8-9, 2009. Benjamin and Heidegger on art (response), The Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture. Vancouver, BC. June 2-5, 2008. Love beyond being (response), The Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture. Saskatoon, SK. May 29-31, 2007. Buchanan 4
May 2007 March 2006 May 2005 Between phenomenology and Deleuze (response), The Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture. Saskatoon, SK. May 29-31, 2007. The question of the animal in continental philosophy, Laurentian University. Sudbury, ON. Foucault and Parrhesia (response), The Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture. London, ON. May 28-30, 2005. Scholarships, Fellowships, Awards Laurentian University Research Fund Grant, Laurentian University, 2008. Laurentian University Start-Up Grant, Laurentian University, 2006-2008. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Doctoral Fellowship (#752-00-059), 2000 2004. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Hochschulsommerkurs (#324). Friedrich Schiller Üniversität Jena, Jena, Germany, 2002. The John T. Richardson Fellowship, DePaul University. Karl-Eberhards Üniversität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, 2002. University Teaching Fellowship, DePaul University, 2000 2002. Ontario Graduate Student Scholarship, 1998 1999. Student University Scholarship, The University of Western Ontario, 1997 1999. Sigmund Koch Award for Best Student Paper, The 45 th International Society for Theoretical Psychology Conference, June 2001. University Service Laurentian University Service University Service President s Committee on Strategic Plan 2012-17 2011 Chair, MA Defense in Psychology 2010 Internal committee member, Dept of English program review 2010 Senate Committee on Student Appeals 2008 present Member of Senate 2007 2009 Laurentian University Research Pedagogy Cluster 2009 present Environmental Earth Sciences program review, Internal review member 2009 Chair, Ph.D. Defense in Boreal Ecology 2009 Laurentian University Research Fund Committee 2007 2009 MRI Post-Doctoral Fellowship Competition Committee 2008 & 2009 Computer Workstation Committee Member 2007 Buchanan 5
Department of Philosophy Chair, Philosophy Essay Awards Committee 2010 present Interim Chair, Department of Philosophy 2010 (Jan-June) Interim Chair, Department of Philosophy 2009 (Jan-June) Chair, Canada Research Chair in Environment and Culture committee 2009 Humanities Council, Department Representative 2009 Curriculum Committee Member 2007 2010 LU The Next 50 Campaign (1960-2010), Department Representative 2009 LU Academic Fair, Department Representative 2009 Department webpage committee member 2007 present Humanities M.A. in Interpretation and Values Curriculum & Practicum Committee 2010 - present Teaching Committee 2008 2009 Humanities M.A. Council Member 2007 2009 Chair, Speaker Series on Memory and the Environment 2007 2009 Coordinator, Colloquium on Memory and the Environment March 27-28, 2008 (keynote speaker: Dr. Catriona Mortimer-Sandilands 2008 DePaul University Service Department of Philosophy Graduate Student Representative, elected position 2002 2003 Coordinator, 10 th Annual DePaul Graduate Student Conference (keynote speaker: Dr. Stephen Houlgate, University of Warwick, UK) 2003 Professional Service Secretary, Executive Board Member, The Society for Existential and Phenomenological 2006 2010 Theory and Culture (national professional organization) Editorial Board Wilfrid Laurier Press, Environmental Humanities Series 2010 present PhaenEx: Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture 2006 present Submission Reviewer Columbia University Press PhaenEx: Journal for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture 2007 present The Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture 2005 present Session Moderator Ethology Workshop, Sydney, Australia 2011 Minding Animals. Newcastle, Australia 2009 The Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture 2006 present Public and Private Memory Symposium, Laurentian University 2007 Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy, Toronto, ON 2006 Student volunteer SubStance: A Review of Theory and Literary Criticism 1998 1999 Buchanan 6
Courses Taught Laurentian University, Graduate Ph.D. in Human Studies dissertation committee member, Mr. Patrick Gamsby ( Absence of Style: The Quotidian Experience of Boredom ) HUMA 5126: Selected Topics: Environmental Aesthetics (3 cr) HUST 6127: Independent Studies (3 cr): Heidegger and the Frankfurt School Laurentian University, Undergraduate PHIL 4805: Independent Studies (6 cr), Heidegger and Technology (2009-10) PHIL 4805: Independent Studies (6 cr), Derrida and Plato (2008-09) PHIL 4805: Independent Studies (6 cr), Phenomenology and Aesthetics (2007-08) PHIL 4007: Honours Seminar: Philosophy of Animal Life (3 cr) PHIL 4006: Honours Seminar: Aristotle, Heidegger, and Levinas on Time and Death (3 cr) PHIL 3497: Hermeneutics (3 cr) PHIL 3496: Phenomenology (3 cr) PHIL 3476: Existentialism (3 cr) PHIL 3407: Kant (3 cr) PHIL 3406: Hegel (3cr) PHIL 3217: Philosophy of Nature and the Environment (3cr) PHIL 3655: Philosophy of Language (6 cr) PHIL 2217: Environmental Ethics (3cr) PHIL 1115: Introduction to Philosophy (6 cr), 3 sections York University, Undergraduate (full course responsibility) AK/MODR 1730: Modes of Reasoning (6 cr), 1.3 sections DePaul University, Undergraduate (full course responsibility) PHL 204: Philosophy and Existential Themes (3 cr), 2 sections PHL 100: Philosophy and its Issues (3 cr), 9 sections DePaul University, Teaching Assistant PHL 100: Philosophy and Its Issues (Professor Franklin Perkins) PHL 264: Philosophical Perspectives on Multiculturalism (Professor Tina Chanter) PHL 292: Proseminar on Philosophical Writing (Professor David Farrell Krell) PHL 236: Philosophy and the City (Professor Peg Birmingham) The University of Western Ontario, Teaching and Research Assistant Introduction to the Visual Arts (Professor Madeleine Lennon) Co-organizer for the Histories of Theory Conference, April 1998, (Professor Tilottama Rajan) University of Alberta, Teaching Assistant Introduction to Psychology (Professor Gay Bisanz) Languages & Foreign Studies French Fluent in reading, good proficiency in speaking and writing. German Good proficiency in reading, medium proficiency in speaking. Buchanan 7
Karl-Eberhards Üniversität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. January 2002 June 2002. Friedrich Schiller Üniversität Jena, Jena, Germany. July 2002. Memberships and Organizations American Philosophical Association (APA) Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA) Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy (CSCP) Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture (EPTC/TCEP) International Association of Environmental Philosophy (IAEP) Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP) References Available upon request. Buchanan 8