2025 NEWS
November 28
I have been invited by Prof. Ken Gemes to present and discuss my research paper on the compatibility of democracy with self-mastery and the cultural development of both the individual and society at the King’s/NOVA Nietzsche Seminar.
Location: The seminar will take place on Friday 28 November 2025, 4-6PM at the Strand Campus of King’s College, Bush House (SE) 2.12. Those interested in attending the workshop are kindly asked to contact Prof. Ken Gemes at K.Gemes@bbk.ac.uk
2024 NEWS
May 3
I will give a lecture entitled "A Quest for Self-Determination Beyond Personal Autonomy" to the Philosophy Department at Boğaziçi University on Friday, May 3rd, at 5:00 PM (GMT+3).
Location: Boğaziçi University, South Campus, John Freely Building, Room JF 507, Bebek / Istanbul.
2023 NEWS
December 4
I gave a lecture on the sense of displacement and cultural estrangement experienced by immigrants to a vibrant group of faculty and graduate students at Middle East Technical University (Monday Seminars).
July 5
I presented an online lecture titled "Self- and World-Understanding in Schopenhauer" at the Society for European Philosophy Conference 2023, Budapest (Panel 19).
The event took place virtually on Wednesday, July 5th, from 7:00–8:30 AM CDT / 2:00–3:30 PM CEST.
March 19
I was invited to present my paper "On Reflexivity and Immigrant Identity" at the University of Nebraska Omaha, Philosophy Colloquium.
The talk took place on Friday, March 24th at 4:00 PM (Central US Time), in Room 205 of the Arts and Sciences Hall (ASH).
February 24
The inaugural meeting of the Online Schopenhauer Working Group was held on Friday, March 17th, at 1:30 PM (Eastern US Time).
I was invited to present and discuss my recently published manuscript.
If you're interested in attending future meetings, please contact me for the Zoom link.
January 11
My manuscript entitled “Schopenhauer on Inner Awareness and World-Understanding” was accepted for publication in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy.
*Praise for the manuscript*
"This is an excellent, finely polished paper that advances both textual evidence and general philosophical arguments for the thesis that inner awareness has a representational character.
I found it a pleasure to read and to be presented with admirable perspicuity. Changed my mind about Schopenhauer's position in important ways and is likely to have the same effect on more generous critics. The paper is very, very good about providing recaps of complex strands of argument."
— Anonymous referee
"Fascinating paper - very pleased to be publishing this."
— Editor, British Journal for the History of Philosophy
(The full text is available on PhilPapers and ResearchGate.)
You may also wish to read my blog post “The Legacy of Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics,”
which appeared on the Official Blog of the American Philosophical Association:
The Official Blog of the American Philosophical Association.
https://blog.apaonline.org/2020/09/24/the-legacy-of-schopenhauers-metaphysics/
2022 NEWS
October 8
I chaired and moderated a panel titled “Love in the Deepest Sense” at the 2022 North American Nietzsche Society meeting, held at Brown University.
