DR. TIMOTHY O’LEARY – UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
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I am Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy,
and Associate Dean (Research & Postgraduate) in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong.
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Email: teoleary [at] hku [dot] hk
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RECENT ACTIVITIES:
I recorded a discussion (with Chris Fraser) on “Happiness East and West” for the RTHK Radio 3 program ‘The Big Idea’. It was broadcast on Nov 25th 2011. A podcast version will be available here soon. In the meantime, THIS might work.
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I am currently working with my co-editors Jana Swicki and Chris Falzon on the Blackwell Companion to Foucault. We hope to publish the collection – of more than 30 chapters – some time in 2012.
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Part of my own contribution will be a translation of Daniel Defert’s “Chronologie”, an 80-page outline of Foucault’s life and work, originally published in Dits et Ecrits, vol.1, 1994.
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On August 2nd, I present a paper at UNSW, Sydney, entitled: “What’s ‘Experimental’ about Philosophy?”
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In early May 2011, I presented a paper (“Transformations in Experience: Foucault with Benjamin”) at a Critical Theory conference in Rome, organised by Loyola University Chicago.
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On April 21st, I presented a paper at the HKU Philosophy Seminar, entitled: “History, Experience, Ethics: The Real X-phi?”
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In April, I advertised a 2-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship. It is part of a collaboration between my Happiness East and West project and the Department of Psychology at HKU. Theme: “Psychological Well-Being East and West: Philosophical Foundations”. Full details: HERE.
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PROFILE:
I joined the Department of Philosophy at HKU in 2001, after spending several years completing a PhD and teaching in Australia. Originally from Ireland, where I did my BA at UCD, I also spent some years in Paris doing an MA at the University of Paris X, and researching at the Foucault Archives (now at IMEC in Caen).
My major research interests are in the fields of ethics, politics, and the philosophy of literature and art, with a particular focus on 20th century European philosophy. I have published extensively on the work of Michel Foucault. In recent years I have published in the area of the philosophy of literature, especially in relation to the works of modern and contemporary Irish writers.
I also work on comparative (East-West) philosophical approaches to happiness – an area in which I have established a major collaborative research project at HKU. This now includes a collaborative project with the Department of Psychology at HKU on notions of psychological well-being. See links for the Happiness East and West Project above. As an extension of this interest, I have completed a Master in Counselling (Monash) and now practice as a counsellor and psychotherapist in Central, Hong Kong (see link below).
At HKU, I have taught courses on Foucault, Nietzsche, happiness, contemporary European philosophy, philosophy of art and literature, Plato, and the philosophical problems of modernity.
I supervise post-graduate students in the fields of 20th century European philosophy, ethics in the continental tradition, and aesthetics.
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Counselling & Psychotherapy — HERE
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