Where should I study? (interests in Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Levinas

[Earnest]

I am a graduate student majoring philosophy. The title of my master's thesis is "Different perspectives beteen Heidegger and Levinas on death"

However, these days, I am really interested in Kierkeggard. I want to study the relationship between Kierkegaard and romanticism. And thinking of applying to Oxford University(Theology and Religion), since there is an expert in Kierkegaard.( Professor Joel Rasmussen). And I also think Boston College is wonderful place to study phenomenology and existentialism. To study Kierkegaard, I really need to leave this place as soon as possible since there is no opportunity to study him here. So I am thinking of applying to about 8 Universities. Could you recommend me suitable places?

[seung]

Haeyon,

Seoul National U is a wonderful school! But I'm not surprised that Kierkegaard is not strong there. Have you check of U Chicago Div? There's Ryan Coyne, Kevin Hector, and, of course, Jean Luc Marion.

 

also, check out Yale - Religious Studies. Noreen Khawaja does both Heidegger and Kierkegaard.

[Earnest]

Thank you so much. Your reply helped me a lot. I think those are also perfect places to study Kierkegaard and Heidegger. Thanks again, I really appreciate your help.

Edited May 28, 2017 by Haeyeon Han

[maxhgns]

Some possibilities: Chicago (Boyle, J. Lear, Moati, maybe Pippin), Memorial University of Newfoundland (McGrath, Stafford), Riverside (Clark, Wrathall), Warwick (Beistegui, Houlgate, James, Poellner.

[lyellgeo]

26 minutes ago, maxhgns said:

Some possibilities: Chicago (Boyle, J. Lear, Moati, maybe Pippin), Memorial University of Newfoundland (McGrath, Stafford), Riverside (Clark, Wrathall), Warwick (Beistegui, Houlgate, James, Poellner.

FYI: Wrathall recently accepted a position at Oxford, so will no longer be at UCR.

[maxhgns]

7 hours ago, lyellgeo said:

FYI: Wrathall recently accepted a position at Oxford, so will no longer be at UCR.

Thumbs up. That's an important consideration.

[Absurd'sTheWord]

I am interested in Kierkegaard. I am applying to both religious studies and philosophy programs in hopes of working with a Kierkegaard scholar. Aside from the above mentioned (which are great suggestions), there are some other notable Kierkegaard scholars in the U.S. in philosophy and religious studies/theology departments. They are not always easy to find, but there are some great S.K. specialists in the States. Here is a list of professors (of which I am aware) in graduate departments of philosophy, theology, and religious studies who specialize in and/or have recently published work on Kierkegaard (in no particular order):

C. Stephen Evans (Baylor); Paul Martens (Baylor, Dept of Religion); Noel Adams (Marquette); John Davenport (Fordham); Merold Westphal (Emeritus, Fordham); Daniel Conway (Texas A&M); Michelle Kosch (Cornell); Vanessa Parks Rumble (Boston College); Peter Kreeft (Boston College); Daniel W. Brinkerhoff Young (NYU); David C. Wood (Vanderbilt); Paul DeHart (Vanderbilt, Dept of Religion); Marcia Robinson (Syracuse, Dept. of Religion); Edward Mooney (Emeritus, Syracuse); M. Jamie Ferreira (Emerita, UVA); Gregory Beabout (St. Louis University); Cyril O'Regan (Notre Dame, Dept of Theology); John Hare (Yale); Noreen Khawaja (Yale, Dept of Religion); Mark C. Taylor (Columbia, Dept of Religion); Lee C. Barrett (Lancaster Theological Seminary); Kyle Roberts (United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities); David J. Gouwens (Brite Divinity School); Terrence P. Reynolds (Georgetown, Dept of Theology); Husain Sarkar (Louisiana State University); Gregory Schufreider (Louisiana State University); Sean Turchin (Knox Theological Seminary); Paul Griffiths (Duke University, Dept of Religion). 

Don't count the U.S. out for Kierkegaard scholarship just yet!  

[seung]

1 hour ago, FearNTrembling said:

I am interested in Kierkegaard. I am applying to both religious studies and philosophy programs in hopes of working with a Kierkegaard scholar. Aside from the above mentioned (which are great suggestions), there are some other notable Kierkegaard scholars in the U.S. in philosophy and religious studies/theology departments. They are not always easy to find, but there are some great S.K. specialists in the States. Here is a list of professors (of which I am aware) in graduate departments of philosophy, theology, and religious studies who specialize in and/or have recently published work on Kierkegaard (in no particular order):

C. Stephen Evans (Baylor); Paul Martens (Baylor, Dept of Religion); Noel Adams (Marquette); John Davenport (Fordham); Merold Westphal (Emeritus, Fordham); Daniel Conway (Texas A&M); Michelle Kosch (Cornell); Vanessa Parks Rumble (Boston College); Peter Kreeft (Boston College); Daniel W. Brinkerhoff Young (NYU); David C. Wood (Vanderbilt); Paul DeHart (Vanderbilt, Dept of Religion); Marcia Robinson (Syracuse, Dept. of Religion); Edward Mooney (Emeritus, Syracuse); M. Jamie Ferreira (Emerita, UVA); Gregory Beabout (St. Louis University); Cyril O'Regan (Notre Dame, Dept of Theology); John Hare (Yale); Noreen Khawaja (Yale, Dept of Religion); Mark C. Taylor (Columbia, Dept of Religion); Lee C. Barrett (Lancaster Theological Seminary); Kyle Roberts (United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities); David J. Gouwens (Brite Divinity School); Terrence P. Reynolds (Georgetown, Dept of Theology); Husain Sarkar (Louisiana State University); Gregory Schufreider (Louisiana State University); Sean Turchin (Knox Theological Seminary); Paul Griffiths (Duke University, Dept of Religion). 

Don't count the U.S. out for Kierkegaard scholarship just yet!  

That's quite the list! Just beware: John Hare of Yale and Paul Griffiths of Duke are both going to be leaving their positions soon... Hare is retiring and Griffiths has some bad blood w the school.

[Earnest]

On 2017. 5. 31. at 3:30 PM, FearNTrembling said:

I am interested in Kierkegaard. I am applying to both religious studies and philosophy programs in hopes of working with a Kierkegaard scholar. Aside from the above mentioned (which are great suggestions), there are some other notable Kierkegaard scholars in the U.S. in philosophy and religious studies/theology departments. They are not always easy to find, but there are some great S.K. specialists in the States. Here is a list of professors (of which I am aware) in graduate departments of philosophy, theology, and religious studies who specialize in and/or have recently published work on Kierkegaard (in no particular order):

C. Stephen Evans (Baylor); Paul Martens (Baylor, Dept of Religion); Noel Adams (Marquette); John Davenport (Fordham); Merold Westphal (Emeritus, Fordham); Daniel Conway (Texas A&M); Michelle Kosch (Cornell); Vanessa Parks Rumble (Boston College); Peter Kreeft (Boston College); Daniel W. Brinkerhoff Young (NYU); David C. Wood (Vanderbilt); Paul DeHart (Vanderbilt, Dept of Religion); Marcia Robinson (Syracuse, Dept. of Religion); Edward Mooney (Emeritus, Syracuse); M. Jamie Ferreira (Emerita, UVA); Gregory Beabout (St. Louis University); Cyril O'Regan (Notre Dame, Dept of Theology); John Hare (Yale); Noreen Khawaja (Yale, Dept of Religion); Mark C. Taylor (Columbia, Dept of Religion); Lee C. Barrett (Lancaster Theological Seminary); Kyle Roberts (United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities); David J. Gouwens (Brite Divinity School); Terrence P. Reynolds (Georgetown, Dept of Theology); Husain Sarkar (Louisiana State University); Gregory Schufreider (Louisiana State University); Sean Turchin (Knox Theological Seminary); Paul Griffiths (Duke University, Dept of Religion). 

Don't count the U.S. out for Kierkegaard scholarship just yet!  

 

Thanks. I deeply appreciate your thoughtful advice. It is really nice to meet you who will become a Kierkegaard sholar. I probably should check some more details before I apply. Thanks again and please keep in touch.

[Earnest]

On 2017. 5. 28. at 9:41 PM, maxhgns said:

Thumbs up. That's an important consideration.

Thank you very much. I will consider the schools you have recommened. 

[Earnest]

On 2017. 5. 28. at 2:20 PM, lyellgeo said:

FYI: Wrathall recently accepted a position at Oxford, so will no longer be at UCR.

Thanks!! It seems I definitely should try Oxford. 

[Armchair_Phil]

Are you trained in the continental tradition or analytic? 

[thehegeldialectic]

On 5/28/2017 at 12:49 AM, Haeyeon Han said:

I am a graduate student in Seoul National University majoring philosophy. The title of my master's thesis is "Different perspectives beteen Heidegger and Levinas on death"

As you can see, my main interests are phenomenology and existentialism. However, these days, I am really interested in Kierkeggard. I want to study the relationship between Kierkegaard and romanticism. And thinking of applying to Oxford University(Theology and Religion), since there is an expert in Kierkegaard.( Professor Joel Rasmussen). And I also think Boston College is wonderful place to study phenomenology and existentialism. To study Kierkegaard, I really need to leave this place as soon as possible since there is no opportunity to study him here. So I am thinkging of applying to about 8 Universities. Could you recommend me suitable palces?

I would recommend that you ignore anything that the Leiter report says about where to study.

Instead, check out this list on the SPEP: http://www.spep.org/resources/graduate-programs/

I would also recommend against any schools that lean heavily analytic, as you might be forced to take a ton of classes with little or no relevance for your interests, just to study under the one Kierkegaard or Heidegger person.

Boston College is indeed a great place for phenomenology and existentialism!

Some other great places include:

Duquesne

Villanova

Emory

DePaul

Loyola Chicago

Northwestern

University of New Mexico

University of Oregon

University of South Florida

Washington University in St. Louis

Vanderbilt

SUNY Stony Brook

Fordham

New School for Social Research


Those are just some off the top of my head.

[rheya19]

On 5/31/2017 at 3:41 PM, seung said:

That's quite the list! Just beware: John Hare of Yale and Paul Griffiths of Duke are both going to be leaving their positions soon... Hare is retiring and Griffiths has some bad blood w the school.

Having applied to religious studies programs last season, I can confirm that Duke's department seems to be... shifting, for lack of a better word. I would do some research on the state of the faculty before applying there.

[Earnest]

On 6/29/2017 at 11:08 AM, iunoionnis said:

I would recommend that you ignore anything that the Leiter report says about where to study.

Instead, check out this list on the SPEP: http://www.spep.org/resources/graduate-programs/

I would also recommend against any schools that lean heavily analytic, as you might be forced to take a ton of classes with little or no relevance for your interests, just to study under the one Kierkegaard or Heidegger person.

Boston College is indeed a great place for phenomenology and existentialism!

Some other great places include:

Duquesne

Villanova

Emory

DePaul

Loyola Chicago

Northwestern

University of New Mexico

University of Oregon

University of South Florida

Washington University in St. Louis

Vanderbilt

SUNY Stony Brook

Fordham

New School for Social Research


Those are just some off the top of my head.

 

Thanks, since I don't know how things go on in the U.S., your comments were really helpful. I will consider your recomendations.