Marina Marren Doctoral Fellow Department of Philosophy Boston College 3508 Keystone Avenue, Apt. 6. Los Angeles, California +49 151 583 528 32 denischi@bc.edu or den.marina.den@gmail.com I. Education ABD, Ph.D. Philosophy (Expected 2016) Boston College. Boston, Massachusetts. MA Philosophy (2013) Boston College. Boston, Massachusetts. Eight Graduate Seminars in Philosophy – 24 credit hours (2009 – 2011) Loyola University. Chicago, Illinois. B.S. (2006 With Honors) Roosevelt University. Chicago, Illinois. Research Interests: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Contemporary Continental Philosophy (Ontology, Aesthetics, Hermeneutics) Current Research Projects: Psychic pathology in Plato (Research is focused on analyzing the pathological condition of the soul. The aim of the project is to give a philosophical account of psychic sickness and corruption as it appears in the writings of Plato, Sophocles, and Aristophanes.) Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, Schelling, Kierkegaard, Lacan (Research situates authors’ reflections on health and sickness of the human soul.) II. Academic Appointments Teaching Fellow, Boston College (2012-­‐2015) Visiting Research Fellow, University of Freiburg (2015-­‐2016) Assistant to Professors: John Sallis, Oliva Blanchette, and Richard Kearney, Boston College (2011-­‐2012) III. Courses Recently Taught Philosophy of the Person: Year-­‐long introduction to philosophy course based on great books in philosophy, literature, and theology (2012-­‐2015) Readings and Research: Semester-­‐long 400 level independent study of select philosophical essays by Michel de Montaigne (Spring 2015) IV. Publications The Humanistic Psychologist: “Temporality in Psychosis: Loss of Lived Time in an Alien World” (Volume 43.2, May 2015) Kent State University Annual May 4th Conference Proceedings “Commentary on Andrew Barrette’s Nostalgia in Hegel: Investigating Being-­‐at-­‐Home” (2010) V. Conferences and Presentations Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2015: Masks and Monsters—Derrida’s Promise in Beast and the Sovereign Boston College Phenomenology and Time 2015: Time and Imagination in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason Boston College Violence: Ethical, Political, and Religious Perspectives 2014: Understanding the “Act of Killing”: Indonesian Genocide of 1965-­‐1966 Baylor University Symposium on Faith and Culture 2013: Tyrant: A Paradigm of the Inhuman in Kierkegaard’s Analysis of Despair San Diego State University Aesthetics Conference2013: Paul Klee’s Art as Unearthing of the Relational Nature of Appearances (the paper was accepted for presentation and circulated during the conference, but I could not travel to California give the talk at the time of the event) Lesley University Psychology and the Other Conference 2013: Temporality in Psychosis: Loss of Lived Time in an Alien World Duquesne University Schelling and Naturphilosophie Summer 2013: Psychology and Ontology of Evil in Schelling St. Olaf College Kierkegaard Scholars in Residence Summer 2013: Kierkegaard on Loss, Separation, and the Paradox of Faith Boston College Religion in Secular Age 2013: Care and Liturgy in Heidegger and Lacoste Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2012: Shamelessness and Eros in Plato’s Symposium—Agathon’s Speech University of New Mexico 2012: Eros: The Poetic Nature of Human Making and Dwelling Kent State University 2010: Commentary on Andrew Barrette’s Nostalgia in Hegel: Investigating Being-­‐at-­‐
Home VI. Languages Russian: Superior command: reading, writing, and speaking English: Superior command: reading, writing, and speaking Estonian: Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking German: Proficiency in reading, writing, and translating skills Ancient Greek: Intermediate reading and translating skills VII. Awards and Honors Boston College Graduate and Teaching Fellowship (2011-­‐present) Boston College Teaching Excellence Award (2014-­‐2015 and 2013-­‐2014 academic years) Boston College Institute for Liberal Arts Grant (2015) Boston College Ernst L Fortin Memorial Foundation Grant (Summer 2013-­‐2015) Boston College Dean’s Office Conference Travel and Presentation Grant (2012-­‐2015) Boston College Graduate Student Association Conference Travel and Presentation Grant (2012-­‐2015) Boston College Alumni Association Summer Study Grant (2015, 2012) Boston College Doctoral Comprehensive Examination Distinction (2014) Boston College Comprehensive Examination Distinction (2012) Roosevelt University Franklin Honor Society Scholarship (2002-­‐2006) Roosevelt University Academic Merit Scholarship (2002-­‐2006) Roosevelt University Manfred Steinfeld Scholarship (2002-­‐2006) Roosevelt University Outstanding Academic Achievements (2006) Roosevelt University Honors Program Scholar (2002-­‐2006) VIII. Academic Projects and Engagements Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2015: Derrida’s Seminars (participant in a three week-­‐long daily seminars and lectures on the final seminars of Jacques Derrida.) Boston College Spring 2015: “Reflective Voyages, Explorations of the Self” Undergraduate Student Interdisciplinary Project (I designed and led the project, which engaged the students’ philosophical, artistic, and literary talents. The project was sponsored by BC Institute for the Liberal Arts.) Boston College Fall 2013, 2014: Undergraduate Honors Seminar in Philosophy (presented on the state, history, and the future of philosophy in Estonia and the Baltic States.) Duquesne University Pittsburgh 2013: Summer Symposium in Contemporary Philosophy: Schelling and Naturphilosophe Symposium Participant (The week-­‐long symposium on Schelling’s writings on nature, myth, and freedom consisted of a series of six hour daily lectures by Jason Wirth of Seattle University and Ian Hamilton Grant of the University of the West of England in Bristol.) St. Olaf’s College Kierkegaard Library 2013: Summer Research Fellow (The month-­‐long research project on Søren Kierkegaard’s notion of experimental psychology, especially in view of Kierkegaard’s understanding of the demonic. The research traced the affinity between Friedrich Nietzsche’s and Kierkegaard’s views about psychology, search for selfhood, and experimentation.) Boston College Philosophy Outside the US Forum 2012: Organizer (I presented at and ran a series of workshops aimed at building relations with philosophy departments outside the US) Boston College International Conference 2012: Paul Klee’s Philosophical Vision: From Nature to Art (conference coordinator) Boston College Fine Arts Exhibit 2012: Paul Klee’s Philosophical Vision: From Nature to Art (research, contributions, organizing, overseeing) Boston College Guestbook Project 2012: (coordinator of online international project that facilitates political cooperation and hospitality) Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2012: Ζωή: On the Question of Life in Ancient Greek Philosophy (participant in a three week-­‐long daily seminars and lectures on the ancient Greek philosophy.) North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics Boston College 2011: Conference (assistant organizer) Jack Miller Center Montesquieu Forum 2006 – 2011: For Teaching America’s Public Principles and History (assistant and participant) Roosevelt University – Peace Through Hospitality 2003-­‐2006: International Student Undergraduate Initiative (contributor and participant) IX. Other/Work Experience The Hamstra Group & Slaktis LLC., Indiana – Interpreter: English to Russian/Russian to English (Summer 2011) Trump Hotel, Chicago – Sales and Marketing (2009 -­‐ 2011) Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago – Internship, Global Sales Office (2007 -­‐ 2009) X. Academic Reference John Sallis, Frederick J. Adelmann Professor of Philosophy at Boston College/sallis@bc.edu/617-­‐552-­‐3218 Richard Kearney, Charles B. Seelig Professor of Philosophy at Boston College/rmkearney@gmail.com/ 617-­‐964-­‐8664 Gary Gurtler, S.J., Professor of Philosophy at Boston College/gurtlerg@bc.edu/617-­‐552-­‐3872 William Wians, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Honors Program at Merrimack College/ wiansw@merrimack.edu/978-­‐837-­‐3479 Bernard Freydberg, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Slippery Rock University/bdfphil@yahoo.com Jason Wirth, Professor of Philosophy at Seattle University/ wirthj@seattleu.edu / 206-­‐296-­‐2135