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Stanley Fish
short cv
Gijs van Oenen was born in 1959, and studied
political science at the University of Amsterdam. After getting his M.A.
in 1986, he was awarded a research appointment in philosoophy of law, and
received his Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam in 1994. Since december
1994 he is lecturer in ethics and legal philosophy at the Department of
Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
longer cv
* Lecturer in ethics
and legal philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Erasmus University
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1994-present.
* Adjunct professor,
Webster University Leiden, 2002.
* Post doc researcher,
Department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam, 1996-1998 (part time).
Subject: justification of Dutch immigration policy, as part of the Ethics
and Public Policy project of NWO, sponsored jointly by the Dutch National
Science Organisation and the Dutch government
* Lecturer in legal
philosophy, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam, 1995 (part
time)
* Ph.D. degree in law/philosophy, january
1994, University of Amsterdam. Thesis (in Dutch): Convention and law's
intrigue. A vision on Ronald Dworkin's legal philosophy (published by Tjeenk
Willink, Zwolle, The Netherlands)
* Research assistent
in legal philosophy, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam, 1987-1993
* Lecturer in political
science at the Haarlem Polytechnic, 1987 and 1988 (part time)
* M.A. degree in political science, University
of Amsterdam, august 1986 (cum laude).
* Assistent lecturer
in Political Science, Department of Political and Social Sciences,
University of Amsterdam, 1984-1986
teaching
Most of my courses are in Dutch, but as a rule I teach at least one course a year in English.
Please see:
My main research areas are: identity formation, political theory, rule of law, multiculturalism, cultural studies.
My list of publications contains items in Dutch and English, often with summaries and/or online texts.
Also available
is an overview of my professional public activities.
Some of my shorter English-language texts are available online:
* The
art of unsettling. Mobile architecture and its political surplus value.
In: Parasite
Paradise. A manifesto for temporary architecture and flexible urbanism.
SKOR (Foundation for art and public space) and NAI publishers 2003., 14-19
* Prepare
to be assimilated! Resistance is futile (comments on Will Kymlicka,
april 2000)
* Identity
time! Being yourself without really trying (originally published in
Dutch in Krisis, winter 1999)
* Take
it easy. How underenforcement of law can benefit the rule of law (originally
published in NRC Handelsblad, september 20, 2000)
how to contact
(new) address (as
per june 17, 2004) Faculty of Philosophy, Woudestein campus,
H-building, room H5-27,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
postal address
Faculty of Philosophy, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
telephone
+31.10.4088999/8963. Fax: +31.10.2120448
email vanoenen@fwb.eur.nl
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