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New Publication: Butler on Whitehead (April 1, 2012)
We are pleased to announce the second volume of the Contemporary Whitehead Studies series: Butler on Whitehead: On the Occasion. This volume is based on the first set of formal conversations which brings together the dynamic philosophies of two eminent thinkers: Judith Butler and Alfred North Whitehead.
Thinking in a Whiteheadian Mode (December 12, 2011)
Jay McDaniel, Professor of Religion at Hendrix College, scholar of Whitehead, and author of the website Jesus, Jazz, and Buddhism (JJB), provides an interesting reflection on what it means to be a process thinker, and reviews the variety of vantage points represented at WRP's fifth international conference, Whitehead: The Next Generation. Visit the JJB website to read the full article.
New Books (August 19, 2011)
- Nature and Logos: A Whiteheadian Key to Merleau-Ponty's Fundamental Thought, by William S. Hamrick and Jan Van der Veken
- A. N. Whitehead and Social Theory: Tracing a Culture of Thought, by Michael Halewood
Call for Manuscripts: Contemporary Whitehead Studies (August 1, 2011)
The Whitehead Research Project is seeking scholarly contributions to its book series, Contemporary Whitehead Studies, published by Lexington Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield. The series will explore original and innovative approaches connecting the work of A. N. Whitehead to contemporary philosophies and current questions across the humanities and around the world. CWS especially seeks projects that:
- explore the connections between Whitehead and contemporary Continental philosophy,
- reconnect Whitehead to pragmatism, analytical philosophy and philosophy of language,
- explore creative East/West dialogues facilitated by Whitehead's work,
- explore the interconnections of the mathematician with the philosopher and the contemporary importance of these parts of Whitehead's work for the dialogue between sciences and humanities,
- reconnect Whitehead to the wider field of philosophy, the humanities, the sciences and academic research with Whitehead's pluralistic impulses in the context of a pluralistic world,
- address Whitehead's philosophy in the midst of contemporary problems facing humanity, such as climate change, war & peace, race, and the future development of civilization.
Fifth International Conference (April 1, 2011)
The Whitehead Research Project announces its Fifth International Conference, entitled "Whitehead: The Next Generation," to be held in Claremont, California, at Claremont Graduate University on December 1-3, 2011. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Alfred North Whitehead, the Whitehead Research Project will gather emerging Whitehead scholars both from Claremont and from the international community to present the burgeoning work of the next generation of Whiteheadian thought. This conference will be quite transdisciplinary in nature, as it embraces the variety of approaches taken by these young thinkers. In true Whiteheadian fashion, the conference seeks not to highlight a single focus for the future of Whitehead scholarship, but rather it aims at uncovering multiple trajectories through which the influence of Whitehead will carry us into the future.
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Faber to Speak at the Library of Congress (January 29, 2011)
Professor Roland Faber, Kilsby Family/John B. Cobb Jr. Professor of Process Studies, has been invited to lecture at the Library of Congress on February 17. This keynote address, given to the larger public, will invite better appreciation of the thought and intellectual legacy of Alfred North Whitehead as an important philosopher, physicist, and mathematician. The lecture will be given in conjunction with a symposium of the Manuscript Division and the John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress in recognition of a gift to the Library of Congress of a letter by Whitehead's student and research assistant, Henry Leonard of Harvard, which has been donated to the Library by Dr. Leonard's son.
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