Vanderbilt Modern Philosophy

Faculty organizer currently on scholarly leave and programming will resume during AY 25-26.

The Vanderbilt Modern Philosophy Group (VAMP) is an association, organized by faculty at Vanderbilt University, with the purpose of discussing figures in modern philosophy, ranging from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century, including early modern authors, Kant, Hegel, and figures in Romanticism and Idealism.

The spirit behind VAMP is to break down walls between neighboring disciplines and foster a sense of communication, cross-contamination, and mutual inspiration. In this sense, events organized by VAMP will include participants from several U.S. and worldwide institutions, bridging the divide between analytic and continental history of philosophy.

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Committee Members:

Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus
Karen Ng, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Emanuele Costa, Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Events

Events take place via Zoom and/or in person and are advertised via the VAMP listserv. If you are not yet on the listserv, please contact Emanuele Costa to be added.

Past Events

2024

February 9 –  Professor Huaping Lu-Adler (Georgetown University) discussed questions of canon formation and the interrogatives that all historians of modern philosophy should ask themselves. We partnered with the Minorities and Philosophy chapter at Vanderbilt for this event.

2023

April 18 – Katarina Peixoto (University of São Paulo)
April 4 – Gabriel Gottlieb (Xavier University)
March 21 – Natalia Strok (University of Buenos Aires, CONICET, University of La Plata)
March 7 – Noemi Magnani (University of Hertfordshire)
February 21- Robert Engelman (Vanderbilt University).
February 7 – Oliver Istvan Toth (Graz), Marie Wuth (University of Hamburg), and Luce deLire (Johns Hopkins University)