John J. Stuhr

Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and American Studies, and Department Chair

Department of Philosophy
561 S. Kilgo Circle
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

404-727-4199
404-712-9425 FAX

jstuhr@emory.edu

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1976

Research: social theory and political philosophy, ethics, pragmatism and American philosophy, 19th and 20th century European philosophy, philosophy and contemporary culture.

Selected Publications: Author of Pragmatism, Postmodernism, and the Future of Philosophy (Routledge, 2003); Genealogical Pragmatism:  Philosophy, Experience, and Community (SUNY, 1997); John Dewey (Carmichael and Carmichael, 1991).  Editor of 100 Years of Pragmatism:  William James's 'Epoch-Making' Philosophy (Indiana, forthcoming, 2009); Pragmatism and Classical American Philosophy (Oxford, 2nd ed. 2000); Philosophy and the Reconstruction of Culture (SUNY, 1993).

American Philosophy series General Editor (Indiana); American and European Philosophy series Co-Editor (with Charles E. Scott) (Penn State); Managing Editor and Co-Editor (with Vincent M. Colapietro), The Journal of Speculative Philosophy; Director, American Philosophies Forum.

Fellowships and Honors: Outstanding Faculty Member, Lotus Eaters Honor Society/Pi Beta Phi, Vanderbilt University (2007); President, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (2004-06); Visiting Scholar, Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell University (2006); Director, “Contested Values and Moral Reasoning in International Affairs,” Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs (2004); Co-Director (with Richard Shusterman), NEH Summer Seminar on Art, Politics, and American Culture and Pragmatism, National Endowment for the Humanities (2001); Visiting Research Fellow; Centre Michel Foucault (IMES), Paris, France (1994); Director, Western Humanities Conference (1990-93); Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Lenningrad State University (1991); Founding Steering Committee, Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (1988-1994); Senior Research Scholar and Visiting Fellow, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (1988); Fulbright Fellow, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Germany (1984); Greenlee Prize, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (1981); President, Northwest Philosophy Conference (1981).

Current Projects include books on forgiveness and the unforgivable, pragmatism and philosophical criticism, and American philosophy, and a research project with the Kettering Foundation on media, public good, and democracy.