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CURRICULUM VITÆ PERSONAL Gary Michael Gurtler, S.J. Address: Campion Center 319 Concord Road Weston, MA 02493-1398 Telephone: 781-419-1346 (home) 617-552-3872 (office) E-Mail: gurtlerg@bc.edu A. EDUCATION Institution Years Degree Date Major, Minor School Weston School of Theology, 1976-1979 MDiv 1979 Patristics Cambridge, MA Fordham University 1974-1978 PhD 1978 Ancient, Medieval Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Philosophy Fordham University 1970-1972 MA 1973 Philosophy Graduate School of Arts & Sciences St. John Fisher College, 1965-1969 BA 1969 History, Classics Rochester, NY B. TEACHING EXPERIENCE (All full time positions.) 1. Dates University Department Rank Courses per semester School 1992- Boston College Philosophy Associate Professor 2.5 College of Arts & Sciences (tenured 1995) 2004F Fordham University Philosophy Visiting Associate 3 Professor 1998 John Carroll University Classics Visiting Associate 1.5 Professor

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1991-92 Loyola University of Chicago Philosophy Associate Professor 3 College of Arts & Sciences 1980-91 Loyola University of Chicago Philosophy Assistant Professor 3 College of Arts & Sciences (tenured 1988) 1972-74 Canisius High School History, English Instructor 5 2. Courses taught. Doctoral Dissertations

David Ellis (in progress) first reader, “Plotinus and Pedagogy.” Steven Cain (in progress) second reader, “The Standing of the Soul: the Search for a Middle Being between God and Matter in the

De statu animae of Claudianus Mamertus.” Santiago Ramos (2015) second reader, “Beauty and Eros in the Hippias Major.” Anthony Coleman (2014) outside reader for the Theology Department, “Lactantius and the Doctrine of Providence.” M. Ross Romero, S.J. (2012) second reader, “Without the Least Tremor: Sacrifice in the Phaedo.” Joshua Smickler (2012) third reader, “Confronting the Philosophers: Socrates and the Eleatic Stranger in Plato’s Sophist.” Hussain Esmail (2005) first reader, “The Possibility of Philosophical Discourse in Plato’s Theaetetus.” John Manoussakis (2005) second reader, “God After Metaphysics: A Theological Aesthetic.” Mark Reuter (17 June 1994) external examiner for the Department of Philosophy,

University of Toronto, “Plotinus on the Role of Nous in Self-Knowledge,”

(at Loyola University of Chicago:)

Atsushi Sumi (1990-92), first reader, “The One’s Knowledge in Plotinus.”

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Lloyd Aultman-Moore (1989-1991), first reader, “Aristotle and Sophocles on the Elements of Moral Virtue.” Stephen Calogero (1988-1993), first reader, “Meaning and Action: Relating Knowledge and Action in the Thought of Saint Thomas

Aquinas.” Roman Ciapolo (1981-1987), second reader, “Life (Ζωή) in Plotinus Explanation of Reality.”

a) Boston College Graduate PHIL 7791: Aristotle & Plotinus: On the Soul PHIL5529: Metaphysics PL 720: Platonic Theories of Knowledge PL 737: Introduction to Platonism PL 703: Aristotle & Plotinus: Ethics PL 791: Aristotle & Plotinus on the Soul PL 788: Aristotle: Metaphysics & Ethics PL 779: Plato: Logos & Myth PL 799: Readings & Research (Philosophical Anthropology) PL 799: Readings & Research (Platonic Dialogues) PL 799: Readings & Research (Ancient & Medieval) PL 596: Soul in Plato & Plotinus PL 565: Ancient Philosophy: Aesthetics PL 563: Logos and Beauty PL 528: Metaphysics PL 504: Plotinus: the One and the Many AD 712: Critical Analysis Undergraduate PHIL4419: Friendship PL 405: Greek Philosophy PL 423: Spanish American Philosophy (Cultural Diversity) PL 407: Medieval Philosophy PL 423: Spanish Philosophy PL 419: Philosophers on Friendship PL 399: Readings & Research PL 71: Philosophy of the Person, II PL 70: Philosophy of the Person, I PL & TH 90: Perspectives on Western Culture, I PL & TH 91: Perspectives on Western Culture, II

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b) Fordham University (Visiting Professor, Fall 2004) 2004 Fall: Graduate PHGA 5001: Introduction to Plato Upper Division PHRU 3501: Ancient Philosophy Honors Program HPRU 1002: Ancient Philosophy c) John Carroll University (Visiting Professor, Spring and Fall 1998) 1998 Spring GK 232: Greek Authors, Plato’s Symposium 1998 Fall LT 498: Advanced Reading, Augustine’s Confessions CL 450, HM 597: Classical Literary Criticism C. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy, June 2003–September 2009; and from September 2013.

Acting Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy, Spring 2003. Hiring Committee, Spring 2003 and Spring 2004. Organized annual meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society, 12-14 April 2007, at Boston

College, including selection of the program, inviting keynote speakers, arranging for accommodations, events on and off the Boston College campus, printing program and proceedings, and arranging transportation; 75-85 participants, 23 speakers, on campus budget of $16,888

D. SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES 1. Publications a. Books Plotinus: Ennead IV.4.30–45 and IV.5 “Problems concerning the Soul” Translation,

Introduction and Commentary. Las Vegas, NV, Parmenides Publishing, 2015. Plotinus: the Experience of Unity. Bern, New York, Peter Lang Publishing Co., 1988. b. Articles and Chapters in Books 31. “Aristotle on Friendship: Insight from the Four Causes,” Ancient and Medieval

Concepts of Friendship, ed. by Gary M. Gurtler, S.J. and Suzanne Stern-Gillet (Albany, SUNY, 2014), 35–50.

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30. “The Distorted City in the Republic,” Literary, Philosophical, and Religious Studies in the Platonic Tradition, ed. by John. Finamore and John Phillips (Sankt Augustin, Academia Verlag, 2013), 115-134.

29. “Imitations of Beings Enter and Exit: Plotinus on Incorporeal Matter in Plato: III 6[26] 11-15,” Philosophy Study (ISSN 2159-5313), Vol.3, No.1 (2013) 123-130. 28. “Emanationism,” New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-13. (Detroit: Gale,

2013) 438-440. Original article, Charles Dubray, William Wallace, revised Gary M. Gurtler, S.J.

27 “Comment on Smith,” Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient

Philosophy, Vol. XXVII, (Brill, 2012), 21-28.

26. “Plotinus on the Limitation of Act by Potency,” The Saint Anselm Journal, Volume 7, Number 1 (Fall 2009), http://www.anselm.edu/library/SAJ/SAJindex.html

25. “Neoplatonism,” New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2009. 2 Vols. (Detroit:

Gale, 2009) 674-678. Original article, Pierre Hadot, revised Gary M. Gurtler, S.J. 24. “Happiness and Teleology in Aristotle,” Yearbook of the Irish Philosophical Society Fealsúnacht, ed. Fiachra Long (Maynooth, 2008) 17-31.

23. “Neoplatonism,” in THE HUMANITIES AT WORK International Exchange of Ideas in Aesthetics, Philosophy, and Literature, ed. Yubraj Aryal (Kathmandu, Sunlight Publication, 2008) 277-279.

22. “Plotinus on the Soul’s Omnipresence in Body,” International Journal of the

Platonic Tradition, 2 (2008) 113-127. 21. “Commentary on Gonzalez,” Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient

Philosophy, Vol. XXIII, (Brill, 2008), 112-119. 20. “Plotinus: Omnipresence and Transcendence of the One in VI 5[23],” Reading An-

cient Texts. Volume II: Aristotle and Neoplatonism. Essays in Honour of Denis O’Brien, eds. Suzanne Stern-Gillet & Kevin Corrigan (Brill, 2007) 137-152.

19. “Tensions in the Papal Presentation,” John Paul II on the Body: Human, Eucharistic,

Ecclesial, Festschrift in Honor of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., eds. J. McDermott and J. Gavin (Philadelphia, St. Joseph’s University Press, 2007) 349-351.

18. “St. Paul and Plotinus: The Ontology of Evil,” St. Paul: Between Athens and Jerusa-

lem, ed. J. Panteleimon Manoussakis (Athens, The American College of Greece, 2006) 57-66.

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17. “Commentary on Brown,” Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXI, (Brill, 2006) 82-86.

16. “Plotinus: Self and Consciousness,” History of Platonism: Plato Redivivus

(University Press of the South, 2005) 113-129.

15. “Plotinus: Matter and Otherness, ‘On Matter’ (II 4[12]),” Epoche, 9 (2005) 197-214. 14. “The Activity of Happiness in Aristotle’s Ethics,” The Review of Metaphysics, 56

(2003) 801-834. 13. “Providence: The Platonic Demiurge and Hellenistic Causality,” Neoplatonism and

Nature, ed. Michael Wagner (SUNY, 2002) 99-124. 12. “Sympathy: Stoic Materialism and the Platonic Soul,” Neoplatonism and Nature, ed.

Michael Wagner (SUNY, 2002) 241-276. 11. “Zubiri, Post-Modernism, and Plato,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofía, 56 (2000)

559-72. 10. “La Noética de Zubiri y la Noética de Aristóteles,” Analogía, Revista de Filosofía,

13 (1999) 197-211. 9. “Standing on Philosophy’s Own Ground: Zubiri’s Critique of Plato’s Dualism,” International Philosophical Quarterly, 38 (1998) 409-22. 8. “Plotinus and the Alienation of the Soul,” The Perennial Tradition of Neoplatonism

(Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Series), ed. John J. Cleary (Leuven, University Press, 1997) 221-34.

7. “Commentary on Schroeder,” Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient

Philosophy, Vol. XII, (Lanham, MD, University Press of America, 1997) 23-29. 6. “Commentary on De Groot,” Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient

Philosophy, Vol., X, (Lanham, MD, University Press of America, 1996) 24-34. 5. “The Spirituality of John Paul II: A Response,” The Thought of John Paul II (Rome, Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 1993) 115-121. 4. “Plotinus and the Platonic Parmenides,” International Philosophical Quarterly, 32

(1992) 441-455. 3. “Plotinus and Byzantine Aesthetics,” The Modern Schoolman, 66 (1989) 275-284. 2. “The Origin of Genera: Ennead VI 2[43] 20,” Dionysius, 12 (1988) 3-15. 1. “Sympathy in Plotinus,” International Philosophical Quarterly, 24 (1984) 395-404.

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c. Other i) Edited Works Ancient and Medieval Concepts of Friendship, ed. by Gary M. Gurtler, S.J. and Suzanne Stern-Gillet (Albany, SUNY Press, 2014) co-editor. ii) Edited Series Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXX (Brill, 2015), co-editor. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXIX (Brill, 2014), co-editor. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXVIII (Brill, 2013), co-editor. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXVII (Brill, 2012), co-editor. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXVI (Brill, 2011), co-editor. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXV (Brill, 2010), co-editor. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXIV (Brill, 2009), co-editor. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXIII (Brill, 2008), co-editor. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXII (Brill, 2007), co-editor. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XXI (Brill, 2006), co-editor Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XX (Brill, 2005), co-editor, author of “Preface,” p. vii. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XIX (Brill, 2004), co-editor, author of “Preface,” pp. vii-viii.

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Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XVIII (Brill, 2003), co-editor, author of “Preface,” pp. vii-viii. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XVII (Brill, 2002), co-editor, author of “Introduction,” pp. ix-xix. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XVI (Brill, 2001), co-editor, author of “Introduction,” pp. ix-xix. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XV (Brill, 2000), co-editor, author of “Introduction,” pp. ix-xxiv. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XIV (Brill, 1999), co-editor, author of “Introduction,” pp. ix-xx. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Vol. XIII (Brill, 1998), co-editor, author of “Introduction,” vii-xviii. Proceedings of the Sixty-Second Annual Meeting of the Jesuit Philosophical Association (Chestnut Hill, Boston College Press, 2001). Proceedings of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Jesuit Philosophical Association (Chestnut Hill, Boston College Press, 1997). Proceedings of the Fifty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Jesuit Philosophical Association (Chestnut Hill, Boston College Press, 1995). Proceedings of the Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Jesuit Philosophical Association (Chestnut Hill, Boston College Press, 1994). ii) Reviews 19. Kevin Corrigan, Reason, Faith and Otherness in Neoplatonic and Early Christian

Thought. Farnham, Surrey, Ashgate Publishing, 2013. PP. xii + 298 £85. The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition, 9 (2015) 257-260.

18. Mark J. Nyvlt, Aistotle and Plotinus on Intellect. Monism and Dualism Revisited.

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012. Ancient Philosophy, 34, 2 (2014) 4pp. 17. Barrie Fleet, Plotinus Ennead IV.8. Translation, Introduction, Commentary. Las

Vegas: Parmenides Publishing, 2012. Ancient Philosophy, 34, 2 (2014) 3pp. 16. Pauliina Remes, Plotinus on Self: The Philosophy of the ‘We.’ Cambridge

University Press, 2007. The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition, 4 (2010) 82-85.

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15. Giannis Stamatellos, Plotinus and the Presocratics. Albany, State University of New York Press, 2007. Ancient Philosophy, 30 (2010) 203-07.

14. R. Chiaradonna (ed.), Studi sull’ anima in Plotino (Elenchos 42) (Naples:

Bibliopolis, 2005), Classical Quarterly, 57 (2006) 86-87. 13. Daniel Russell, Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life (Oxford, Clarendon Press,

2005), International Philosophical Quarterly, 46 (2006) 500-02. 12 Jennifer Yhap, Plotinus on the Soul: A Study in the Metaphysics of Knowledge Cranbury, NJ, Associated University Presses, 2003), Ancient Philosophy, 25 (2005) 231-234. 11. Hugh Benson, Socratic Wisdom (New York, Oxford University Press, 2000), International Philosophical Quarterly, 61(2001) 118-119. 10. Evanghélos Moutsopoulos, Philosophie de la culture grecque (Athens, Académie D’Athènes, 1998), The Review of Metaphysics, 52 (1999) 467-68. 9. Pamela Huby & Carlos Steel, trans., Priscian: On Theophrastus’ On Sense-

Perception; with ‘Simplicius’: On Aristotle’s On the Soul 2.5-12 (Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1997), The Review of Metaphysics, 52 (1999) 718-19.

8. Robert B. Todd, trans, Themistius: On Aristotle’s On the Soul (Ithaca, Cornell

University Press, 1996), The Review of Metaphysics, 51 (1998) 721-22. 7. Lloyd P. Gerson, Plotinus: The Arguments of the Philosophers (London, Routledge,

1994), The Journal of the History of Philosophy, 36 (1998) 128-30. 6. Frederic Schroeder, Form and Transformation (Montreal, McGill-Queens University Press, 1992), forthcoming in The Journal of Neoplatonic Studies. 5. John P. Kenney, Mystical Monotheism: A Study in Ancient Platonic Theology

(University Press of New England, 1991), Critical Review of Books in Religion, 6 (1993) 459-461.

4. John Dillon, trans., Dexippus, On Aristotle’s Categories, (Ithaca, Cornell University

Press, 1990), Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Revue Canadienne de Comptes rendus en Philosophie, anglophone ed., 11 (1991) 311-312.

3. Alfonso Gomez-Lobo, Parmenides, texto griego, traducción y comentario (Buenos

Aires, Editorial Charcas, 1985), Ancient Philosophy, 10 (1990) 274-276. 2. Eyjolfur K. Emilsson, Plotinus on Sense-Perception, (Cambridge, Cambridge

Univeristy Press, 1988), International Philosophical Quarterly, 30 (1990) 379-382.

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1. Giovanni Reale, A History of Ancient Philosophy, I: From the Origins to Socrates, ed. and tr. by John R. Catan (Albany, SUNY Press, 1987), Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Revue Canadienne de Comptes rendus en Philosophie, anglophone ed., 8 (1988) 186-187.

2. Research and Grants 2012-2013: Sabbatical Year, awarded competitively by Boston College in 2011. 2007-2008: Sabbatical Year, awarded competitively by Boston College in 2006. 1999-2000: Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, awarded for work with A. Xavier Baker, ’01, on Aristotle and Plotinus. 1999: Sabbatical Year, awarded competitively by Boston College in 1997. Results: Alienation and Otherness in Plotinus’ Account of the Soul, monograph approximately three-quarters finished. Publication: “The Activity of Happiness in Aristotle’s Ethics” (2003). 1998: Visiting Associate Professor in Classics (The Edmund F. Miller, S.J., Chair in Classical Studies) John Carroll University, appointed for calendar year 1998. Summer Research in Spain: on Xavier Zubiri, supported by the Edmund F. Miller, S.J., Chair in Classical Studies. Publication: “Zubiri, Post-Modernism, and Plato,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofía, 56 (2000) 559-72 1994: Summer Research Expense Grant, Project: Response to Zubiri’s Critique of Plato. Publication: “Standing on Philosophy’s Own Ground: Zubiri’s Critique of Plato’s Dualism,” International Philosophical Quarterly, 38 (1998) 409-22. E. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 1. Learned Societies President of the International Board of Directors of the International Society for

Neoplatonic Studies, reelected: 1 December 2014, elected 29 June 2006; Chairman: 22 October 2005.

Member of the Board of Directors of the Ancient Philosophy Society, 2005-08. Member of the Board of Directors of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, elected summer 2004.

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Member of the Editorial Board for a new monograph series in Neoplatonism, published by Brill, since 2003. Member of the Board of Directors of the Xavier Zubiri Foundation of North America, since April 1997. Co-Editor of Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, 1996 to present. Boston College Representative on the Steering Committee of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, from 1992. American Philological Association, 1991-2012. American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division), from 1985. American Catholic Philosophical Association, from 1980. International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, from 1980. Jesuit Philosophical Association, from 1980. Secretary-Treasurer, 1993-1997, Vice-President, 1997-1998. President, 1999. 2. Presentations and Participation in National Meetings of Learned Societies 88. Conferencia: “La Noética en Aristóteles y Zubiri” (en español): miércoles 1 de julio

2015, de 18 a 20 hs., Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chile. 87. Seminario sobre Plotino (en español, sobre Enéada IV.5, en la nueva traducción en

inglés): martes 30 de junio 2015, de 11,30 a 13 hs., Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chile.

86. “Aristotle and Plotinus: Act and Potency and the Two Acts,” 13th Annual Conference

of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, III Simposio de la Sociedad Iberoamericana de Estudios Neoplatónicos, 15–19 June 2015 Biblioteca Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

85. “Comment on Nikulin, ‘Proclus on Evil,’” Thirty-Seventh Annual Boston Area

Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Boston College, 12 March 2015. 84. Lecture and Discussion of Aristotle’s Ethics, Reader Series, Boston College, 30

January 2015.

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83. “Transformations: Platonic Mythos and Plotinian Logos,” Plato’s Statesman, 20–22

November 2014, Boston College. 82. “Aristotle and Plotinus: Act and Potency and the Two Acts,” Aristotle and The

Peripatetic Tradition, 16–17 October 2014, Collège Universitaire Dominicain, Ottawa, Canada.

81. “The Relentless Pursuit of Justice,” 12th Annual Conference of the International

Society for Neoplatonic Studies, 16–21 June 2014, University of Lisbon, Lisbon Portugal.

80. “Plotinus: Omnipresence and Transcendence of the One in VI 5[23],” Philosophy-

Theology Workgroup, 17 March 2014, Boston College. 79. “Curiosities of Vision and Light in Plotinus, Ennead IV.5,” Jesuit Philosophical

Association, Indianapolis, IN, 1 November 2013. 78. “Plotinus’ Study of Light: Metaphysical and Epistemological Implications,” M.Phil.

seminar ‘Plato and the Platonic Tradition,’ 2012-2013, Categories in the Platonic Tradition, KULeuven, 3 May 2013.

77. “Evils Must Necessarily Haunt This Region,” 10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, 20-24 June 2012, University of Cagliari, Sardinia. 76. Organized Panel, ‘The Moral Life, the Philosophical Life and the Ideal of God- likeness’ (Gary Gurtler SJ and Suzanne Stern-Gillet), 10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, 20-24 June 2012University of Cagliari, Sardinia. 75. “Plotinus’ Study of Light: Metaphysical and Epistemological Implications,” Philosophy, Poetry and Religion Seminar, Harvard Humanities Center, Thursday, March 1, 2012, 7:00 P.M., Barker Center 133. 74. Lecture and Discussion of Ennead I 6[1] and III 7[45], Reader Series, Boston

College, 2 December 2011. 73. “Plotinus’ Study of Light: Metaphysical and Epistemological Implications,” 9th

Annual Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, 22-26 June 2011, Holiday Inn, Atlanta, Georgia.

72. “Imitations of Beings Come and Go: Plotinus on Incorporeal Matter in Plato:

III6[26] 11-15,” Ancient Philosophy Society, 11th Annual Independent Meeting, 13-17 April 2011, Sundance Resort, Utah.

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71. “Norris Clarke on the Limitation of Act by Potency: Plotinian Background,” Jesuit Philosophical Association, 71st Annual Meeting, Loyola University of

Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 5 November 2010. 70 Lecture and Discussion of Ennead I 6[1] and III 7[45], Reader Series, Boston

College, 27 October and 17 November 2010. 69. “Comment on Andrew Smith, ‘Image and Analogy in Plotinus’,” Thirty-Third

Annual Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Boston College, 7 October 2010.

68. “Distortions in Republic X: Painting’s Two Dimensions,” invited lecture in Plato

Seminar, College of the Holy Cross, 30 September 2010. 67. “Aristotle on Friendship: Insight from the Four Causes,” The 8th Annual Conference

of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, La Cristalera, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Miraflores de la Sierra, Spain, 17-20 June 2010.

66. Organizing committee for The 8th Annual Conference of the International Society for

Neoplatonic Studies, La Cristalera, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Miraflores de la Sierra, Spain, 17-20 June 2010.

65. “The Distorted City in the Republic, Humanities Lecture, College of the Holy Cross,

9 November 2009. 64. “The Distorted City in the Republic,” The 7th Annual Conference of the International

Society for Neoplatonic Studies, Collegium Ignatianum, Krakow, Poland, 18-21 June 2009.

63. “Plotinus on the Limitation of Act by Potency,” Metaphysics Colloquium, St.

Anselm’s College, 10-11 June 2009. 62. “Ennead III 6[26]: Imitations of Being Go in and out,” 2009 Annual Conference on

Christian Philosophy, The Legacy of Neo-Platonism, Franciscan University of Steubenville, 24-25 April 2009.

61. “Plotinus on Ethics: Theory and Practice,” Annual Meeting of the International

Society for Neoplatonic Studies, New Orleans, Louisiana, 19-22 June 2008. 60. “Plotinus on Incorporeal Matter in Plato,” invited lecture at Trinity College, Dublin,

sponsored by the The Dublin Centre for the Study of the Platonic Tradition, 4 April 2008. 59. “Happiness and Teleology in Aristotle,” invited lecture by the Faculty of Philosophy

at NUI, Maynooth, Ireland, 3 April 2008.

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58. “El Banquete y la Identidad Humana en Platón,” Taller de Filosofía, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 14 November 2007.

57. “Happiness and Teleology in Aristotle,” invited lecture at Bolton University,

Manchester, UK, 17 October 2007. 56. “Plotinus on Incorporeal Matter in Plato and Aristotle,” Stapledon Philosophy

Colloquium, sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy, University of Liverpool, 15 October 2007.

55. “How the Mighty Have Fallen: On Virtues (I 2[19]), On Dialectic (I 3[20]),” Annual

Meeting of the International Society of Neoplatonic Studies, Helsinki, Finland, 14-16 June 2007.

54. Organized annual meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society, 12-14 April 2007, at

Boston College, including selection of the program, inviting keynote speakers, arranging for accommodations, events on and off the Boston College campus, printing program and proceedings, and transportation; 75-85 participants, 23 speakers, on campus budget of $16,888.

53. “Comment on Francisco Gonzalez, ‘Plato’s Question of Truth’,” Twenty-Eighth

Annual Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Boston College, 9 November 2006. 52. “Plotinus: Omnipresence and Transcendence of the One,” The Neoplatonic

Conference, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, 26-30 June 2006. 51. “Plato on Eros and the Divine” lecture and panel discussion, Framingham State

College, 27 April 2006. 50. “Comment on Michael Shaw, ‘Teleology and Nutrition in De Anima B.4’,” Ancient

Philosophy Society Meeting, DePaul University, Chicago, 20-22 April 2006. 49. “Zubiri: Time and Translation,” Jesuit Philosophical Association, Notre Dame

University, South Bend, IN, 28 October 2005. 48. “Plotinus on the Soul’s Omnipresence in Body,” Annual Meeting of the

International Society of Neoplatonic Studies, New Orleans, 22-26 June 2005. 47. Chair, Section Three, and Member of Executive Committee, Ancient Philosophy

Association, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 14-16 April 2005. 46. “The Beautiful City in the Republic,” Jesuit Philosophical Association, Miami

Beach, FL, 5 November 2004. 45. “The Omnipresence of Soul in Plotinus,” Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy,

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Lincoln Center Campus, Fordham University, 22 October 2004. 44. “Comment on Professor Eric Brown, ‘Aristotle on External Goods and Happiness,’” Twenty-Sixth Annual Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, College of the

Holy Cross, 14 October 2004. 43. “La Dificultad de Traducción: Un texto de Zubiri,” Encuentro Zubiri, Madrid, 11-14 July 2004. 42. “Matter in Plotinus,” Annual Meeting of the International Society of Neoplatonic

Studies, University of Liverpool, 24-27 June 2004. 41. “St. Paul and Plotinus: The Ontology of Evil,” St. Paul: Between Athens and

Jerusalem, 3rd Summer International Philosophical Conference, sponsored by the Philosophy Department of Boston College and the American College of Greece, Athens, 10-12 June 2004.

40. “Plotinus: Matter and Otherness,” Ancient Philosophy Society, Penn State University, College Park, 16-18 April 2004. 39. Assisted at IV Centenario de los Jesuitas en Colombia, at Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, 21-27 March 2004. 38. “Zubiri and his Context,” invited lecture at Loyola Marymount Univeristy, 3 March 2004. 37. Commentator on “Unity and Primary Substance for Aristotle,” by Catherine Jack

Deavel, American Catholic Philosophical Association meeting in Houston, TX, 1 November 2003.

36. “Self and Consciousnes: A Plotinian Model,” The Neoplatonic Conference,

Ambassador Hotel, New Orleans, LA, 5-8 June 2003. 35. “Does Aristotle Exclude Contemplation in Action,” Jesuit Philosophical Association, Cincinnati, OH, 1 November 2002. 34. “Intellgible Matter and Other Matters,” presented at Jesuit Philosophical

Association, Albany, NY, 9 November 2001. 33. “Response to Professor Carlos Steel, ‘Abraham and Ulysses: Christian and Neo-Platonic Eschatology,’” Bradley Medieval Lecture Series, Boston College, 26 October 2001. 32. Local organizer, Conference on the Thought of John Paul II, Boston College, 21-23

June 2001.

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31. “How the Mighty Have Fallen: On Virtues (I 2[19]), On Dialectic (I 3[20]),” seminar for The Dublin Centre for the Study of the Platonic Tradition, Trinity College, Dublin, 10 March 2000. 30. Presidential Address, “Humpty Dumpty and the Oracular Tripod,” presented at the Jesuit Philosophical Association, St. Paul, MN, 5 November 1999. 29. Lecture and Seminar Leader, “Plotinus’ Treatise On Beauty,” at the invitation of Professor Nicholas Constas, Harvard Divinity School, 1 March 1999. 28. Elected president of the Jesuit Philosophical Association, at the annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 27 March 1998. 27. “Comment on Professor Alice Ramos, ‘Beauty and the Perfection of Being,’” American Catholic Philosophical Association, Buffalo, NY, 22 March 1997. 26. Organized 58th Annual Meeting of the Jesuit Philosophical Association, at Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, 21 March 1997. 25. “Comment on Professor Frederic Schroeder, ‘Prophecy and Remembrance in

Plotinus,’” Eighteenth Annual Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Boston College, 5 October 1995.

24. “Plotinus and the Alienation of the Soul,” at the International Conference on Mysticism, Rationalism and Empiricism in the Neoplatonic Tradition, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Ireland, 9-16 July 1995. 23. Organized 57th Annual Meeting of the Jesuit Philosophical Association, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 24 March 1995. 22. “Response to Professor James McEvoy, ‘Kant on Friendship,’” Bradley Lecture, Boston College, 7 April 1995. 21. Organized 56th Annual Meeting of the Jesuit Philosophical Association, at All Saints Catholic Church, Atlanta, GA, 25 March 1994. 20. “Comment on Professor Jean De Groot, ‘Form and Succession in Aristotle’s

Physics,’” Seventeenth Annual Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Boston College, 7 October 1993.

19. “La Noética de Zubiri y la Noética de Aristóteles,” Primer Congreso Internacional

Xavier Zubiri, Madrid, Spain, 5-9 July 1993. 18. Response to Professor Emil J. Piscitelli, Lecture Series on Plato’s Symposium, Lonergan Workship, Boston College, 26-27 March 1993.

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17. Chaired session of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, meeting with the American Catholic Philosophical Association, San Diego, CA, 28 March 1992.

16. “Xavier Zubiri: Contemporary Spanish Philosopher,” Jesuit Philosophical

Association, San Diego, CA, 27 March 1992. 15. “Theodicy and Providence in Plotinus,” International Society for Neoplatonic

Studies (ISNS), meeting with the American Philological Association, Chicago, IL, 28 December 1991. 14. “The Platonic Demiurge and the Design Argument in Plotinus,” International Society

for Neoplatonic Studies (ISNS), at the American Catholic Philosophical Association, Boston, MA, 5 April 1991.

13. “Image versus Technique in Byzantine Art, an interdisciplinary lecture,” with

Professor Marilyn R. Dunn, Department of Fine Arts, The Medieval Studies Committee, Loyola University of Chicago, 1 February 1991.

12. Respondent to “The Spirituality of John Paul II” by John Sheets, Conference on the

Thought of John Paul II, Loyola University of Chicago, 13 August 1990. 11. Local organizer, Conference on the Thought of John Paul II, Loyola University of

Chicago, 11-13 August 1990. 10. Chaired session on Pseudo-Dionysius and Eriugena at the 24th International

Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 6 May 1989.

9. “Grabar Reconsidered, II: Plotinus and the Image,” International Society for

Neoplatonic Studies (ISNS), at the Patristics, Medieval and Renaissance Conference, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 17 October 1987.

8. “Grabar Reconsidered: Plotinus and Inverse Perspective,” International Society for

Neoplatonic Studies (ISNS), the 22nd International Congress for Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 7 May 1987. 7. “Dynamis in Plotinus, VI 2[43] 20 and Aristotle, Metaphysics, M, 10, 1087a15-25,” Jesuit Philosophical Association, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, 27 March 1987. 6. “Consciousness: Stoic Synthesis and Plotinian Power,” Department Colloquium,

Loyola University of Chicago, 17 October 1986. 5. “Aristotle and Plotinus on the Soul,” International Society for Neoplatonic Studies

(ISNS), American Catholic Philosophical Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 7 April 1984.

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4. “Art and the Structure of the Cosmos in Plotinus,” International Society for Neoplatonic Studies (ISNS), American Philosophical Association, Longbeach, CA, 23 March 1984.

3. “Aristotle and Plotinus on the Soul,” Faculty Seminar, Philosophy Department,

Loyola University of Chicago, 8 September 1982. 2. “Allegorical Interpretation in Plotinus,” Department Colloquium, Loyola University

of Chicago, 26 February 1982. 1. “Sympathy in Plotinus,” International Society for Neoplatonic Studies (ISNS), the American Catholic Philosophical Association, St. Louis, MO, 4 April 1981.

3. Consulting Work

Evaluación del proyecto N° 11150222, presentado por el Sr. JOSE DOMINGUEZ, Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT), Gobierno de Chile, el 6 de Agosto 2015. Peer-review evaluation of an article for International Philosophical Quarterly (IPQ), 28 April 2015.

Review of book manuscript, Aesthetic Themes in Pagan and Christian Neoplatonism

from Plotinus to Gregory of Nyssa, by Daniele Iozzia, for Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 14 September 2013.

Peer-review evaluation of an article for International Philosophical Quarterly (IPQ), 8 June 2014.

Letter in Support for Receiving the Distinction of “International Doctorate,” for Diego Sebastián Garrocho Salcedo, “Agencia y pasividad: La responsabilidad moral de las pasiones en la ética de Aristóteles,” Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 14 October 2013.

Review of book proposal, Phos and Thambos by Daniele Iozzia, for Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 25 September 2013.

Consultant on Latin and Medieval Philosophy, Anthony Oldcorn’s translation of “The Use and Interpretation of Medieval Texts,” by Umberto Eco on Jacques Maritain (Harvard University Press), 14 September 2013.

Peer-review evaluation of an article for Issue 1, Volume 69, of the year 2013 Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia (0870-5283), 20 August 2013. Peer-review evaluation of an article for American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly (ACPQ), 16 August 2013.

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Reviewed book manuscript, Plato’s Socrates as Narrator: A Philosophical Muse, for Lexington Books, An Imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 14 November 2012. Review of Sarah Byers’ publications for her third year tenure track review, for the Philosophy department and College of Arts and Sciences, 22 May 2012. Reviewed article for American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly (ACPQ), on Plotinus’ theory of sign and nature, 3 February 2012.

Reviewed article for International Philosophical Quarterly, on Plotinus and desire, 29 July 2011. Evaluation of scholarly publications for promotion and tenure case at University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, at the request of Kenneth Williford, Chairman of Philosophy, 24 August 2010. Evaluation of scholarly publications for promotion and tenure case at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, at the request of Elizabeth Murray, Chairman of Philosophy, 24 September 2008. Reviewed article for Journal of Religious History, on Plotinus’ influence on the use of im-ages in medieval representations of the divine. September 2008. Reviewed article for Harvard Theological Review, on universalism in Eusebius and Porphyry, January 2008. Evaluation of scholarly publications for promotion and tenure case at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, at the request of Elizabeth Murray, Chairman of Philosophy, 25 September 2007. Reviewed article for Synthese, on Plotinus’ use of vocabulary about value in relation to the divine. June 2007.

Reviewed article for International Journal of the Platonic Tradition, on Aristotle’s account of human knowledge. May 2007.

Reviewed article for International Philosophical Quarterly, on Plotinus on the cosmos and the soul. July 2006.

Reviewed article for Ancient Philosophy on Plotinus on the good. June 2006.

Reviewed article for International Society on Neoplatonic Studies, on Plotinus’ articulation of world religions. December 2005. Reviewed paper for Epoche on apophasis. September 2005.

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Reviewed article for The Journal of Philosophical Research on self-predication in Plotinus. January 2005.

Reviewed two articles for the Harvard Theological Review, on the change of a term in pagan and Christian authors in its philosophical context, and on the use of various cultural resources in Patristic theology, October 2004. Reviewed book manuscript, translation of H. Daniel Dei, The Human Being in History, tr. James G. Colbert, for Lexington Book, Lanham MD, July 2003. Reviewed Atsushi Sumi’s application for a team residency grant at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Study and Conference in Bellagio, Italy, June 2003. Edited translation of Xavier Zubiri, Dyanimc Structure of Reality, for Nelson Orringer (translator), at request of University of Illinois Press, August-October, 2001. Reviewed book manuscript, translation of Xavier Zubiri, Dyanimc Structure of Reality, tr. Nelson Orringer, for University of Illinois Press, 14 May 2001.

Reviewed book manuscript, John Sallis, Chorography, for Indiana University Press, June 1998. Evaluation of Research Grant Application of Frederic Schroeder, “Spiritual Direction in

Plotinus” for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, June 1996

Evaluation of Research Grant Application of John Cleary, “The Mathematical Basis for the Theology of Proclus” for the National Endowment for the Humanities, January 1995

F. SERVICE Parish Mission, Catholic Community of Gloucester & Rockport: Holy Family Parish -

Our Lady of Good Voyage Parish, 8-10 December 2015. Faculty Moderator, Una Voce, Boston College Chapter, from Spring 2011. Elected to the Board of Trustees of St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, 2010–2013. Grievance Committee, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2005-08. Fulbright Interview Committee, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2008, 06.

White Dissertation Award Committee, April 2006-07

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Marshal, University Commencement, 1999-2007. Marshall, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Commencement, 2006-07. Shared Vision Program, presentation to University staff, 10 March 2004 (Part I); 26 March 2003 (Part III); 20 February 2003 (Part II); 19 March 2002 (Part II); 9 October 2002 (Part I); 27 March 2001 (Part III); 24 October 2000, 13 March 1997 (Part I).

Consultant for Madrid Players’ production of The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe, March-April 2008, Madrid, Spain.

Weekend assistance at Our Lady of Mercy Church, Madrid, Spain, 2007-08

Retreat for RCIA Program, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Walton, NY, 11 March 2006, 6 March 2005, 14 March 2004. Mass for Spanish-speaking community at St. Charles Borromeo Church, Woburn, MA. 1995 to present.