Hermeneutics Seminar II
Hermeneutics Seminar II
Bimonthly September – May 2024-25
Bimonthly September – May 2024-25
This online seminar will provide an entry into contemporary hermeneutic thought through the interrelation of the topics of metaphor and hermeneutics. Understanding the relevance of metaphor to hermeneutics will enrich appreciation of hermeneutics’ depth and application. If as Paul Ricoeur writes, metaphor may lie at the origin of categorization, then may hermeneutic interpretation go all the way down as well? The practical relevance of hermeneutics will be shown throughout in fields such as digital technology, organizational behavior, and justice.
Hermeneutics Seminar II is designed to be a more advanced course for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Some background in hermeneutics is encouraged but not required. There are separate links at the bottom right of this page for more specific program requirements and for registration and payment.
A certificate will be awarded upon successful completion of the course.
The deadline for registration is Saturday, September 14, 2024.
The seminar will meet bimonthly between September 2024 and May 2025, with classes on the following Saturdays:
September 28
November 16
January 11
March 8
May 10
To facilitate international participation, classes will begin at 10am Eastern US time.
Each class will be conducted online and taught in English
Class sessions will each run 90 minutes
Office hours will be held following each session
Hermeneutics offers an approach to interpretation geared toward understanding, a theme that may seem ordinary and banal but is quite sophisticated and greatly in demand in a world striven by opposition and conflict. Hermeneutics has been applied in numerous fields, including not only philosophy but anthropology, education, gender studies, history, intercultural dialogue, international development, law, literature, medicine, natural science, psychology, race studies, religious studies, rhetoric, social science, social and political theory, and translation studies. The 20th century intellectual heirs of hermeneutics include Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Paul Ricoeur.
John Arthos
Anna Borisenkova
Michael Johnson
Fernando Nascimento
George Taylor
David Utsler
Many of the instructors have committed to attend all or most of the class sessions and office hours, even when they are not the class instructor themselves. All of the instructors have committed to participating in office hours on the day they teach.