James Bradley Passed Away (May 31, 2012) It is with great sadness that we report the death of James Bradley, Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. James passed away on May 17th, 2012. James was on the International Board of Academic Advisors for the… Read More Death of James Bradley
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. READ MORE »
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,… Read More News: Jay McDaniel
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
A. N. Whitehead and Social Theory: Tracing a Culture of Thought by Michael Halewood “This book outlines Whitehead’s philosophy, using it to reorient a range of specific questions and topics within contemporary social theory, namely: the relation of language and the body; the relationship between the individual and society; sexual difference; conceptions of nature; the… Read More New Books: Nature and Logos; Whitehead and Social Theory
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… Read More Call for Manuscripts: Contemporary Whitehead Studies
Fifth International Conference 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… Read More Upcoming Conference: “Whitehead: The Next Generation”
The Whitehead Research Project sadly reports the death of Reiner Wiehl, philosopher and Whitehead expert at the University of Heidelberg. Professor Wiehl died on December 30, 2010, at the age of 81. He served as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg since 1976, where lectured and wrote on Kant, Whitehead, and existentialism. Together… Read More News: Death of Reiner Wiehl
Inauguration of the Critical Edition of Whitehead (September 11, 2010) It is our pleasure to announce that the Whitehead Research Project (WRP) has secured permission from A. N. Whitehead’s estate to begin editing his published and unpublished academic writings. With this very welcome news we also announce the inauguration of the Critical Edition of Whitehead,… Read More News: Critical Edition Inaugurated
Roland Faber is pleased to announce the publication of Secrets of Becoming: Negotiating Whitehead, Deleuze, and Butler, Roland Faber and Andrea M. Stephenson, eds., (New York: Fordham University Press, 2010) Event and Decision: Ontology and Politics in Badiou, Deleuze, and Whitehead, Roland Faber, Henry Krips, and Daniel. Pettus, eds., Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010)
