a page where Martin Luther insults you

Click HERE, and click again and again, to be insulted repeatedly by jabs from the collected works of Martin Luther.

“A natural donkey, which carries sacks to the mill and eats thistles, can judge you – indeed, all creatures can! For a donkey knows it is a donkey and not a cow. A stone knows it is a stone; water is water, and so on through all the creatures. But you mad asses do not know you are asses.”

good opportunity for my Francophone readers

Université de Montréal – Posted by ladorion –Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Job Description

The Department of Philosophy is seeking applications for a full-time tenure-track professor position, with a specialization in continental philosophy (19th-20th century), at the rank of assistant professor. The appointed candidate will be expected to teach at all three levels of the curriculum, supervise graduate students, engage in ongoing research and publication, and contribute to the academic life and reputation of the University.

Requirements

PhD in philosophy.
Specialization in continental philosophy (19th-20th century).
Teaching and research experience.
A high-quality publication record.
Proficiency in the French language. The Université de Montréal is a Québec university with an international reputation. French is the language of instruction. To renew its teaching faculty, the University is intensively recruiting the world’s best specialists. In accordance with the institution’s language policy

[http://secretariatgeneral.umontreal.ca/fileadmin/user_upload/secretariat/doc_officiels/reglements/administration/adm10-34_politique-linguistique.pdf], the Université de Montréal provides support for newly-recruited faculty to attain proficiency in French.

ominous photo of my Carnegie Mellon talk last night

By Prof. Daniel Selcer of Duquesne University:

somewhere in this hotel

Somewhere in this Buffalo-area hotel is Joan Copjec, and somewhere in this hotel is Adrian Johnston. Looking forward to seeing both of them again shortly. The festivities today run from 3-6, and tomorrow (a more informal roundtable on object-oriented philosophy and psychoanalysis) from 1-3.

more OOO and the arts

A show is up in New York that takes key inspiration from Levi Bryant. Levi explains HERE.

summary of tonight’s lecture

I’m now in Buffalo, but just a few hours ago was speaking at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. Darius Kazemi took notes, HERE.

It turns out that the best way to get from Pittsburgh to Buffalo is to drive. It seems that the air connections tend to pass absurdly through New York, Washington, or even Chicago.

Obama actually does sarcasm pretty well

It’s not his usual mode, but he did it very well in this excerpt from last night (after Romney complained that the U.S. Navy has fewer ships now than it did in 1916).

seismologists on trial in Italy for failing to predict earthquake

WHAT? This sounds completely ridiculous. Am I missing something?

HERE.

Pittsburgh

First time here since 2005. My last lecture at Duquesne was 98 lectures ago, so let’s see how old and creaky I feel this morning. In the afternoon I’ll be headed over to Carnegie-Mellon, and will speak there again tomorrow.

Dan Selcer, now Chair Director of Graduate Studies at Duquesne I believe, is an old friend from graduate school days at DePaul.

Medhat Haroun remembered

A story about our recently deceased provost, HERE. Really a remarkably talented man.