Philosophy Lecturer Wins Two NEH Awards
Jeremy Hyman
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Jeremy S. Hyman, a lecturer in the Department Philosophy in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, has received a 2015 Summer Stipend Award from the National Endowment of the Humanities. He was also invited by the organization to participate in its Summer Institute for College and University Teachers.
The summer institute will be used to enhance the Medieval philosophy course by extending it into the 14th century figures, Ockham and Scotus. Titled "Between Medieval and Modern: Philosophy from 1300-1700," it will be hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder July 6-July 31, 2015.
He will use the stipend to work on his book Discovering Bodies: Descartes on the Nature and Existence of Material Things.
Hyman regularly teaches courses in early Modern Philosophy and Medieval Philosophy, which are required for students seeking a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts or doctorate in philosophy. Students in related departments also often attend his classes.
Although his primary research focus is on René Descartes, Hyman also studies John Locke, Robert Boyle Nicholas Malebranche and other early modern metaphysicians. He is particularly interested in their philosophy of body and its relation to the major thinkers of the Scientific Revolution.
Hyman joined the University of Arkansas faculty in 1994. He has taught at the University of California Los Angeles, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University and received the University of California Regents award for distinguished teaching.
Contacts
Jeremy Hyman, lecturer
Department of Philosophy
479-575-3551,
jhyman@uark.edu
Darinda Sharp, director of communications
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
479-575-3712,
dsharp@uark.edu
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