MRLS November 12 Jason Wirth (Seattle University)

Mountains and Water:

Zen Master Dogen and the Sutra of Nature

Social Science building 1019 Thursday November 12 12:30

Jason Wirth is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Film Studies, and Global African Studies at Seattle University. His many publications include works on aesthetics, comparative philosophy, and contemporary continental philosophy. His translation of Schelling's, The Ages of the World (1815), is published by the State University of New York Press (2000). His edited volume, Zen no Sho: The Calligraphy of Fukushima Keido Roshi, is published by Clear Light Publishers and his most recent book, The Conspiracy of Life: Meditations on Schelling and His Time, is also from SUNY. Recently, Schelling Now, an edited volume of contemporary readings of Schelling, has appeared with Indiana University Press. He is at work on a book about Milan Kundera (Tamina on the Border: Milan Kundera and Philosophy) and an edited volume, Conversations on the Ox Path: Comparative Approaches to the Kyoto School, with Brian Schroeder and Bret Davis. He and Peter Warnek are also at work on a new critical edition of Schelling's Freedom essay. In 2003-2004, he was Oglethorpe University's recipient for the Distinguished Teaching Award and received the Outstanding Teaching Award in the College of Arts and Sciences at Seattle University in 2008. He has degrees from Holy Cross, Villanova University, and Binghamton University, where he was awarded his Ph.D.