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Conferences and Lectures in 2007

February 24 "Narrative, History, Fiction," University of Amiens, France.
February 27 "Hermeneutics of Narrative: Between History and Story," National University of Ireland, Dublin.
March 8 "Catharsis and Phronesis: The Double Duty of Narrative," Dunloaghaire School of Art, Ireland.
April 17 "Towards a New Eschatology," National Emergent Conference, Philadelphia.
April 20 "Interreligious Imagination," Boston University Conference on New Directions in Philosophy of Religion.
May 10 "Suffering, the Sacred and the Sublime," Trinity Western University, British Columbia.
   

Past Conferences and Lectures

2006

January 1 "On Narrative Imagination." University of Allahabad, India.
January 4 "Interreligious Dialogue and Violence." University of Kathamandu, Nepal.
January 6

"The Interreligious Imagination." Centre for Philsophy and Culture, Madras, India.

January 8

"Epiphany and Eschatology" University of Madras, India.

January 9

"Hermeneutics and Interconfessional hospitality." University of Bangalore, India.

January 21

"Traversing the Heart," Rishikesh, India.

February - March

Broadcast Three 1 Hour programs on CBC "Ideas" Series entitled "Richard Kearney and the Philosophy of Narrative".

March 24

March 24 "Narrating Pain', Harvard University, Barker Centre for the Humanities.

April 8

"Beckett - Imagination Dead or Alive." RTE Dublin

April 12-14

"Hermeneutics of Religion." National University of Ireland at Dublin.

May

"Narration and Truth: Between Story and History." American College of Cairo, Egypt.

May 6

Mapping Memory" at University Of Uppsala, Sweden

May 8

"Poetics of Remembrance" at NISN International Conference, Dalarna University, Sweden.

May 18

"L'Homme Capable" Paul Ricoeur International Conference, McGill University, Montreal.

July 8

'Eschatology of the Everyday.' Athens Conference, American College of Greece.

July 18

"Philosophy and Figuration," Dialogue with John Lalor at th ePompidou Museum of Modern Art, Paris

September 3 "Phenomenology of Liturgy," 2nd Annual Seminar on Theology and Philosophy, Glenstal Abbey, Limerick
October 13 "Ricouer Memorial," SPEP Conference, Philadelphia, PA
October 23 Launch of Navigations: Collected Irish Essays, Hosted by Tomas O Cathasaigh, Connolly House, Boston College
October 25 "Phenomenology and Micro-Eschatology," Syracuse University
   
   

2005

 

April 1-2

'Towards an Ethics of Narrative Memory,' Plenary address at the 'Difficulty of an Ethical Life' Conference, Penn State University.

April 11

'On Epiphany of the Everyday,' The McManis Lecture at Wheaton College, Illinois.

April 16

'Paul's Notion of Dumanis: Between Power and Possibility,' Plenary Lecure at the 'Saint Paul Among the Philosophers' Conference, University of Syracuse.

April 21 'On Possibility: Husserl, Heidegger, Rilke,' Lecture at Columbia University

April 29-30

'On Narrative Ethics,' Lecture and seminar at the University of San Francisco

May 6

Plenary Lecture on 'God After Metaphysics' at AAR Eastern Division Meeting, McGill University, Montreal

May 7

Response to Book Panel on Richard Kearney's Trilogy at teh AAR Eastern Division Meeting, McGill University, Montreal

June 21

'Beckett and Philosophy' Seminar at University College Dublin

July 2

'Phantasia and its Discontents' at American College of Greece Conference on 'Phantasia,' Athens.

July 28 'Joyce and Postmodernity' Plenary Address to the International Association for the Study of Irish Literature, Charles University, Prague
September 1 'Micro-Eschatology and the 4th Reduction' Plenary Address, University of Nottingham Philosophy and Religion Conference
September

Kearney recently completed recording four one hour programs on the theme: "Richard Kearney: Philosophies of Narrative" for the Canadian Broadcasting Company.

October   22 "Ethics, Narrative and History" at SPEP, Salt Lake City, Utah.
October 26 "Narrating Pain: Mourning, Catharsis, and Rebirth." The Kileen Chair Lecture in Philosophy and Theology at St. Norbert's College, Wisconsin,
October 31

"Religion and Violence" at the World Council of Churches Meeting, Hellenica College.

November 17-18

'L'Homme Capable - Dieu Capable" Plenary Address, Le Colloque Paul Ricoeur at College International de Philosophie, Paris.

Cardinal Mercier Chair Lectures

Richard Kearney has been appointed to the Mercier Chair at Leuven University in Belgium for 2005. His four lectures, delivered during the spring semester of 2005 are:

March 1st Narrating Desire: From Plato's Symposium to the Song of Songs
March 2nd Narrating Terror: Philosophy After 9/11
March 3rd Narrating Pain: Trauma and Catharsis
March 4th Narrating the Sacred: A Poetics of Epiphany