EDUCATION
B.A. University of Dublin 1975
M.A. McGill University 1976
Masters Travelling Studentship, National University of Ireland, 1977
Ph.D. University of Paris-X 1980
PUBLICATIONS
(For Complete Bibliography of Books and Articles from 1973 Through 2005 see Publications Page)
346 Entries:
37 Books : 22 As Single Author, 15 As Editor
309 Articles (including essays, book chapters, short stories, but excluding reviews, newspaper articles and interviews, media presentations, debates, dialogues and forthcoming articles)
ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
1980 – 1990: Lecturer, University College Dublin
1990 – 2001: Personal Chair of Philosophy, University College Dublin
1993 – 1998: Rotating Head of Philosophy Department, University College Dublin
1986-2001: Visiting Professor, Boston College
1993-: Chair, Film School, University College Dublin
1994-1999: EU Erasmus Exchange Professor at L’Institut Catholique de Paris, Louvain and Lisbon University
1993-1997: External Examiner, University of Warwick
1997: Visiting Professor, University of Paris, Sorbonne.
1999: Visiting Professor, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis
2001- Charles B. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College
VISITING LECTURER at the following Universities:
Harvard, Yale, McGill, Emory, Princeton, Oxford, Cambridge, Rome, UCLA at Riverside, Connecticut State, Amherst, Boston University,
UMass, NYU, SUNY at Stoneybrook, New School NY, Tampa, Edmundton, Jacksonville, Miami, Naples, Camaldoli,
Perugia (Collegium Phenomenologicum), Turin, Halifax, Leuven, Louvain-la-Neuve, St. Louis-Brussels, Paris (I, IV, X) Lyons, Lille,
L’Institut Catholique de Paris, Halle-Wuttenberg, Moscow, Charles-Prague, Edinburgh, Munich, Strathclyde, Loyola Baltimore,
Goldsmith-London, Kings College-London, Lancaster, Manchester, Warwick, Essex, Zurich, Emory, University of Georgia,
University of London, Villanova, New York University, Fordham, U. Chicago, Northwestern, University of Edinburgh, Grenoble, Rennes,
Caen, A&M Texas, U. Oregon at Eugene, Vanderbilt, U. of Alberta at Edmonton, John Carroll at Cleveland, University of Illinois at Carleton,
CSCU, Princeton, University of Georgia, Pontifical University of Lima (Peru), State University of Arizona, University of Nevada (Reno),
Seattle University, Loyola Marymount, (Los Angeles), University of Cincinatti, University of Toronto, Catholic University of Washington,
American College of Greece (Athens), City University of New York, University of Nice-Sophia, Drew University
Charles Mercier Chair at the University of Leuven.
EXTERNAL EXAMINER for graduate theses at the following Universities:
Harvard, MIT (Massachussets), University of Paris (Sorbonne), University of London (King’s College), Warwick, Essex, Queens (Belfast),
McGill (Montreal),University of Hong Kong, L’Institut Catholique de Paris, La Trobe University (Australia) Macquarie university (Australia),
European University Institute at Florence (Italy), Boston College, New School (New York), State University of New York at Binghamton, Pacifica Institute (California).
LANGUAGES
English, Irish, Latin, French, German
EDITOR OR EDITORIAL MEMBER IN ACADEMIC AND SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
Formerly as Editor or Co-Editor:
The Crane Bag Journal, (Blackwater Press, Dublin)
The Irish Review ( University College, Cork Press)
The Irish Philosophical Journal ( Queens University, Belfast)
Irish Literary Supplement ( New York, Boston)
Currently or formerly as editorial member:
The International Journal of Philosophical Studies (Routledge)
Metaphilosophy (Blackwell)
Esprit (Paris)
The Irish Philosophical Journal (Dublin/Belfast)
Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory(Villanova)
Philosophy and Social Criticism (Sage)
Journal of Visual Art Practice (University of the West of England, Bristol)
Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia (Portugal)
Religion and the Arts (Boston College, The Netherlands)
Fealsunacht (Belfast)
Thesis 11 (Melbourne)
Etudes Irlandaises (Paris)
The Journal of Phenomenological Aesthetics (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy (McMaster University, Canada)
Bulletin de la Société Americaine de Philosophie de Langue Française (Vanderbilt, USA)
Analecta Hermeneutica
(International Institute for Hermeneutics, Canada)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
1988, 1990:Co-director of the International Conference of Philosophy at Cerisy, France.
1992-1995:Member of the Arts Council of Ireland.
1993-1994:Member of the Higher Education Authority of Ireland.
1994-1995:Chair of the Irish Film Centre Building Board (Arts Council)
1998- Member of the Royal Irish Academy.
1994- :Co-Founder and Chair of Board of Studies, Irish Film School at the National University of Ireland, Dublin.
1993-1999EU Erasmus Exchange professor to the Universities of Louvain, Institute Catholique de Paris and Lisbon.
1996/1998/1999-Visiting Professor on semester basis at the University of Paris (Sorbonne), University of Nice, Boston College and National University of Ireland at UCD.
2005 Mercier Chair Holder, Leuven University, Belgium.
OTHER PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITIES
1983 Proposal on Joint-Sovereignty to the New Ireland Forum, Dublin Castle
1993 Proposal on Northern Ireland’s future as a European Region, International Opsahl Commission
1995 Proposal on the British-Irish Council to the National Forum for Peace and Reconciliation, Dublin Castle
1992 Speechwriter for Mary Robinson, President of Ireland
1998 Member of British-Irish Council Advisory Academic Board, University of Edinburgh
National intellectual representative for Ireland at a number of International Political and Cultural Forums in London, Prague, Strasbourg, Paris, Budapest, Arles and Brussels.
Presenter of a numerous prime-time television and radio programs on literary and philosophical themes for Irish, British and French national media.
These included the following five TV series: First Edition, States of Mind, Visions of Europe, Slants and Ireland and the French Revolution.
2001 Board Member of The Sugan Theatre Company, Boston Centre for the Arts,
2001 Advisory Board Member of Fordham University Press, Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
2001 Series editor, with Simon Critchley, of Thinking in Action book series for Routledge, London and New York
MEMBERSHIPS
Irish Philosophical Society
British Phenomenological Society
Royal Irish Academy
International Association of Philosophy and Literature (IAPL)
Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP)
American Philosophical Association (APA)
American Association of Religion (AAR)
AWARDS
Entrance Scholarship to Christian Brothers College for First Place - 1967
University College Dublin Entrance Scholarship for Joint First Place – 1973
University College Dublin 2 nd Year Scholarship for First Place – 1974
University College Dublin 3 rd Year Scholarship for First Place – 1975
First Short Film Award (with Michael Kearney) at Cork International Film Festival - 1974
McGill University Full Postgraduate Scholarship – 1976-1977
National University of Ireland International Travelling Studentship (First Place) – 1978-1980
Sunday Independent Excellence in the Arts Award (Dublin) - 1982
Choice Book Award for Outstanding Academic Publication (USA) – 1988
Raconteur Short Fiction Award (London) – 1995
Guardian Book of the Year Award (Manchester) - 1997
FNAC Book Selection Award (Paris) – 1998
Cardinal Mercier Memorial Lecturer (Leuven) – 2005
Emediate International Research Award (EU Commission) – 2004-20065
Boston College Distinguished Research Award
Kearney is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards including the Choice Outstanding Book award, the FNAC Meillur Livre Prix, Observer Best Book nomination, Independent Arts Acheivement Award, Raconteur Fiction Prize Award, Outstanding Research Scholar Award, and election to the Royal Irish Academy, among others. |