Curriculum VitaeAREAS OF RESEARCH
Nineteenth-Century German Philosophy (especially Nietzsche & Schopenhauer) Philosophy of Religion AREAS OF TEACHING COMPETENCE Phenomenology Ethics Aesthetics Epistemology Philosophy of Science EMPLOYMENT Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Lincoln (2017-) Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Hull (2012-2017) College Lecturer in Philosophy, St. Hugh’s College, Oxford (2011-13) College Lecturer in Philosophy, Worcester College, Oxford (2010-11) Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy, Worcester College, Oxford (2007-10) Fixed-Term Lecturer in Philosophy, Birkbeck College, London (2005-07) EDUCATION University of Oxford, D.Phil. in Philosophy (2006) University of Cambridge, M.Phil. in Philosophy (2000) University of Cambridge, B.A. in Philosophy (1999) RESEARCH GRANTS, ACADEMIC PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS University of Lincoln, Vice-Chancellor's Award for Public Engagement with Research (2019) John Templeton Foundation Research Grant: $45, 000 (2014) Residential Fellowship, Center for Inquiry, Amherst, N.Y. (2009) Graduate Student Philosophy Scholarship, University of Cambridge (1999) Tutorial Prize in Philosophy, University of Cambridge (1998) PUBLICATIONS A. MONOGRAPH
B. EDITED BOOKS
C. ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS
D. ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
E. BOOK REVIEWS
TEACHING Undergraduate Lecture Courses University of Lincoln Introduction to Philosophical Logic (2017-) Mind and Reality (2017-) God, Evil, and the Meaning of Life (2017-) Great Thinkers in Philosophy from Classical to Modern Times (2017-) University of Hull Philosophy of Religion (2012-) Nietzsche (2012-) Heidegger’s Being and Time (2013-) Philosophy of Love (2012-) Philosophy of Science (2013) Twentieth Century Philosophy (2012-) History of Western Thought (2012-13) University of Oxford The Problem of Evil (2012) Schopenhauer (2011) Nietzsche (2009-2010) Schopenhauer & Nietzsche (2008) University of Kent Contemporary Theory of Knowledge (2012) Philosophy of Language (2012) Normative Ethics (2012) Philosophy of Religion (2012) University of Reading Aesthetics (2008) Birkbeck College, University of London Schopenhauer & Nietzsche (2005-07) Ethics (2005-07) Undergraduate Tutorial Teaching University of Oxford (2002-2006; 2007-2012) Post-Kantian Philosophy (Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty) Knowledge and Reality Ethics History of Modern Philosophy from Descartes to Kant Philosophy of Art and Art Criticism Philosophy of Religion General Philosophy Moral Philosophy Introductory Logic Postgraduate Supervision Primary supervisor to Mr Kevin Rother (2013-): Thesis on creativity Primary supervisor to Mr Nash Jojic (2016-): Thesis on Nietzsche Primary supervisor to Ms Louise Mabille (2013- [Transferred to Department of English in 2014]): Thesis on Nietzsche Co-supervisor to Mr James Whittle, (2015-): Thesis on narratives of the self Secondary supervisor to Mr Antony Okpanachi (2012-): Thesis on Karl Popper External Examining University of Queensland: PhD External Examiner (2019) University of Kent: MA External Examiner (2019-) University of Hertfordshire: BA External Examiner (2019-) University of Southampton: External MPhil examiner (2017) University of Reading: External Panelist for the Department of Philosophy’s Periodic Review (2016) University of Reading: External PhD examiner (2016) Birkbeck College, London: External MPhil examiner (2016) University of Southampton: External PhD examiner (2015) University College London: External MPhil examiner (2013) University of Ghent: Member of Doctoral Advisory Committee (2011-) SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (*= by invitation)
CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION
REFEREEING & CONSULTING Referee for Oxford University Press, Routledge, Blackwells, University of Chicago Press, Macmillan, Acumen, Mind, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, European Journal of Philosophy, Journal of Philosophical Research, Journal for the History of Philosophy, Journal of Nietzsche Studies. Evaluator for the Brian Leiter Philosophical Gourmet Report (2005) Consultant for Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst MEMBERSHIPS Steering Committee of the International Schopenhauer Research Network Friedrich Nietzsche Society of Great Britain The Aristotelian Society British Wittgenstein Society MEDIA
PUBLIC TALKS
LANGUAGES English (native speaker), German (fluent), French (intermediate), Latin (basic) OTHER INTERESTS I am a classically trained guitarist and achieved ABRSM Grade 8 in 1994. REFEREES 1. Prof. Ken Gemes Birkbeck College University of London Email: [email protected] 2. Prof. Simon May King’s College University of London Email: [email protected] 3. Prof. A.W. Moore St. Hugh’s College, Oxford Email: [email protected] |