Anthony Paul Smith

Education
PhD, 2010 [anticipated], University of Nottingham, Philosophical Theology.

• Thesis: ‘The Damp Earth – The Mother of God: Thinking Nature in Philosophy, Theology, and Ecology’ [working title].
• Committee: Prof. Philip Goodchild (principal supervisor), Dr. Michael Mack (secondary supervisor), internal and external readers tbc.

M.A. with Distinction, 2007, University of Nottingham; Philosophical Theology.

• Thesis: ‘Eternal Custodians of a Machine for the Making of Gods: Thinking Ecological Restoration with Bergson and Deleuze/Guattari’ [available online].
• Supervised by Prof. Philip Goodchild.

B.A., 2005, DePaul University; Philosophy.

• Cum laude.
• One quarter in Paris at L’Alliance Française with additional coursework in philosophy, art, and literature conducted by Prof. Michael Naas.

Teaching Experience
Adjunct Lecturer, Theology through Film, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham, Spring Semester 2009 and Spring Semester 2010 [draft syllabus available online].

Teaching Assistant for Dr. Conor Cunningham, Philosophy of Religion, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham, Spring Semester 2008.

Teaching Assistant for Dr. Michael Mack, Introduction to the Study of Religion, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham, Spring Semester 2008.

Articles and Chapters

Some drafts of articles are available online at my Academia.edu page.

‘The Philosopher and the Heretic: On the Importance of Religion for Laruelle’s Non-Philosophy’. Introduction to François Laruelle’s Future Christ: A Lesson in Heresy. London and New York: Continuum, Forthcoming 2010.

‘What Can Be Done with Religion?: François Laruelle’s Non-Philosophy and the Future of Philosophy of Religion’. After the Postmodern and the Postsecular: New Essays in Continental Philosophy of Religion. Edited by Anthony Paul Smith and Daniel Whistler. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, Forthcoming 2010.

‘The Judgment of God and the Immeasurable: Political Theology and Organizations of Power’. Political Theology, (Forthcoming 2010).

‘Too Poor for Measure: Working with Negri on Poverty and Fabulation’ w/ Daniel Colucciello Barber. Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory (Forthcoming April 2010).

‘Towards Believing in this World: On the Ecology of the Actual and the Virtual’. SubStance, (Forthcoming 2010).

Translations
François Laruelle. Future Christ: A Lesson in Heresy. London and New York: Continuum, Forthcoming 2010.

Edited Volumes
After the Postmodern and the Postsecular: New Essays in Continental Philosophy of Religion. Edited by Anthony Paul Smith and Daniel Whistler. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, Forthcoming 2010.

Scholarly Book Profiles and Reviews
‘Review of Michael Lewis, Heidegger beyond Deconstruction: On Nature’. The Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 40.1 (January 2009), pp. 98-111.

‘Review of Alberto Toscano, The Theatre of Production: Philosophy and Individuation between Kant and Deleuze.’ Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory 9.3 (Fall 2008), pp. 49-52 [available online].

‘Review Essay of Peter Hallward, Out of this World: Deleuze and the Philosophy of Creation.’ Angelaki 12.1 (April 2007), pp. 151-156.

‘Profile of Creston Davis, John Milbank, and Slavoj Žižek (eds.), Theology and the Political: The New Debate.’ Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory 8.2 (Spring 2007), pp. 214-217 [available online].

Invited Lectures
‘What Can Be Done with Religion? François Laruelle’s Non-Philosophy and the Future of Philosophy of Religion’, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham, January 2010.

‘”Nature is not…”: Apophatic Ontologies of Nature’, Department of Politics, Philosophy and International Relations, University of the West of England, February 2009.

‘A Science of Philosophy: Introduction to Non-Philosophy’, Philosophy Society, University of Dundee, January 2009.

Conference Presentations
‘The Ethical Relation of Bodies: Thinking with Spinoza Towards an Affective Ecology’, Spinoza and Bodies, Spinoza Research Network Conference, University of Dundee, September 2009. [Audio available online.]

‘Shooting the Animal: On Animal-Philosophy and Film-Philosophy’, Second Annual Film-Philosophy Conference, University of Dundee, July 2009.

‘”Nature is not…”: An Apophatic Critique of Nature’, The American Academy of Religion General Conference, Chicago, November 2008. [Audio available online.]

‘Heresy, Mysticism, and the Struggle for Utopia: On the Importance of Religion for François Laruelle’s Non-Philosophy’,  2nd Annual Conference in Continental Philosophy of Religion, Oxford University, September 2008.

‘The Damp Earth – The Mother of God: Nature, Divinity, and the Life beyond Reason’, The Grandeur of Reason, Centre of Theology and Philosophy, Rome, September 2008.

‘Believing in this World: Towards a Philosophy of Religion after Deleuze’, What is Philosophy after Deleuze?, University of Dundee, April 2008.

Panelist for ‘The Political and the Religious: Exploring Recent Turns’, The American Academy of Religion General Conference, San Diego, November 2007.

‘The Earth Hidden Within the World: Phenomenology and Sophiology’, 1st Annual Conference in Continental Philosophy of Religion, Oxford University in association with the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion, September 2007.

‘On Poverty in Negri’, w/ Daniel Colucciello Barber, European Consortium for Political Research, Università di Pisa, September 2007

‘Immanence and Religion: Theological Determination, Vital Forces, and the Return of the Religious.’ Theory, Faith, Culture: An International Interdisciplinary Conference, Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, Cardiff University, July 2007.

‘The Vital Practice of Religion: Or, How Religion Becomes Resistance.’ NEXUS: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Department of English, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, April 2006.

Fellowships and Awards
Overseas Research Scholarship, School of Humanities, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham, 2007-2010.

Building Experience and Skills Travel Scholarship, Graduate School, University of Nottingham, May 15th – July 1st, 2009.

Responding to Excellence in the Arts Postgraduate Scholarship, School of Humanities, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham, 2006-2007.

Research Fellow, Institute for Nature and Culture, DePaul University, 2004-2006.

Service
Research Coordinator, Arts & Humanities Research Agenda, Institute for Nature and Culture, DePaul University, May – July 2009.

Founder, Dialogue Postgraduate Seminar Series, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham, September 2008-Current.

Co-organizer, Eclectic Criticism Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference, University of Nottingham, May 2008.

Languages
French (reading and translation).

Professional Associations
American Academy of Religion

References
Professor Philip Goodchild, Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham (Philip.Goodchild@nottingham.ac.uk).

Professor Liam Heneghan, Co-Director of the Institute for Nature and Culture, Department of Environmental Science, DePaul University (lhenegha@depaul.edu).

Dr. Karen Kilby, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham (Karen.Kilby@nottingham.ac.uk).

Dr. Michael Mack, Lecturer in Religious Studies, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham (Michael.Mack@nottingham.ac.uk).