April 2006
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Cornell’s Simson Named New Dean at Case Western
Gary Simson, an expert on constitutional law at Cornell University, has been appointed the new Dean of the law school at Case Western Reserve University.
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First On-Line Philosophy Conference Has Begun! (Leiter)
Here. An impressive group of contributors and commentators…and opportunities for readers to contribute as well. Do check it out.
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Colbert roasts Bush, reporters at the WH correspondents’ dinner (Wilson)
Actually, it’s more like an incineration (the audience reaction shots are priceless). The complete video is here and a clean transcript is here. UPDATE: my mother, the former intrepid journalist, emailed me on Colbert: Can you believe how great this guy was—and can you believe how many stories have been written by the msm on…
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Friday Poem: “Applause for Poverty”
Applause for Poverty Applause for povertyflaccid impof heteronomy Mere preteritionwhich somecall fate Reserve excoriationfor willfulabjuration So fractiveis autonomyto the ship of state Tolerate the victimbut bewarethe saint ca. ‘94-‘95 Copyright 1995 by Maurice Leiter Posted with permission
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Academic Generations (J. Stanley)
I was raised in an academic family, with some of the standard features thereof (for example, my babysitters were all graduate students of my father). But my father’s attitude towards his career was very different than mine. At various times throughout his career, he was asked to apply for jobs at other institutions, some of…
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Fischer Declines Davis Offer, to Remain at Riverside
John Martin Fischer, a leading figure in action theory and cognate fields at the University of California at Riverside, has declined the senior offer from the Department of Philosophy at the University of California at Davis.
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“Blogs as Scholarship” Conference at Harvard
Various colleagues and readers have asked why I’m not participating in this conference at HLS. Paul Caron kindly invited me, and while I thought at first I’d do it, I decided in the end that I was too busy and that I didn’t really want to attend a conference on what strikes me as a…
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March for Peace, Justice, and Democracy in NYC this Saturday (Wilson)
United for Peace and Justice is organizing what looks to be a great opportunity to demonstrate this Saturday, April 29. The march will start at noon just north of Union Square, proceed south along Broadway to Foley Square, and end with a Peace and Justice Festival; logistical details are here. Last week, Bill Camarada posted…
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Tenure-track hiring by Philosophy Departments, 2005-06
MOVING TO THE FRONT (originally posted March 12) ======================== It’s that time of year again…I am opening comments on this thread for people to post news about junior, tenure-track hires in philosophy departments, i.e., hires made during this year of new assistant professors who will be starting in fall 2006. This year, you may also…
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Mary Midgley’s Oxford (Edmundson)
There is a review by Raymond Tallis (Gerontology, Manchester) of Mary Midgley’s autobiography, The Owl of Minerva (Routledge 2006) in the current (Apr.26) Times Literary Supplement. The review offers an interesting perspective upon the the era we might call Wittgenaustinian England: There is a striking story from her time at Oxford, where she was an…
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Political blog reader stats (Wilson)
The Blogads 2006 survey of political blog readers is available here (other survey results from this and previous years are available here). Chris Bowers notes some caveats and summarizes the results here; interesting trends involve an increase in the median age (46.4 from 40.4 in 2005) and some narrowing of the gender gap (33.9% female…
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Sign Petition and Open Letter to U Miami President Shalala Regarding Strike by Janitors (Leiter)
I want to urge readers to sign this worthy and well-crafted petition/open letter to University of Miami President Donna Shalala regarding the two-month-old labor dispute involving union-busting tactics by the contractor that handles cleaning services at the University. There is also a blog site covering the dispute here. Thanks to Professor Simon Evnine from the…
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The Fake War on Terror, Part 514 (Leiter)
First it was the FBI cracking down on distributors of free vegetarian meals, now it is the Department of Defense engaging in surveillance of legal and constitutionally protected activities by law students. Details here. What a relief. Those law students are scary.
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Defense Department Monitoring Law School Activities! NYU Dean Speaks Out
Dean Richard Revesz has issued the following strong statement regarding the unbelievable Defense Department surveillance of Law School activities, including at NYU: Recently released documents from the U.S. Department of Defense confirm prior media reports that, in the name of investigating terrorist threats, government agencies have monitored activities at law schools throughout the country, including…
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Three Finalists in Denver Dean Search
They are: Dean Martin Belsky from the University of Tulsa; Jim Chen from the University of Minnesota; and Jose Roberto (Beto) Juarez from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio.
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that