Ancient Philosophy Society

Tad Schmalz, editor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy, requested that we post the following letter to encourage scholars in ancient philosophy to submit to the JHP.

Dear colleague:

I write in my role as Editor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy to draw the attention of scholars and students of ancient philosophy (including the philosophy of late antiquity) to JHP. The Journal has an established tradition of publishing excellent peer-reviewed articles, notes, reviews and discussions across the breadth of the Western philosophical tradition. This work has included seminal articles on ancient philosophy. Though there are of course several reputable journals that specialize in ancient philosophy, publication in JHP allows authors to reach not only specialists but also a more general audience that includes those who do not work primarily in this area but who find scholarship on ancient thought to be valuable.

Recent JHP articles on ancient philosophy include:

• Christine Thomas, “Inquiry Without Names in Plato’s Cratylus”
• Richard Foley, “Plato’s Undividable Line: Contradiction and Method in Republic VI”
• Hye-Kyung Kim, “Metaphysics H 6 and the Problem of Unity”
• Jean De Groot, “Dunamis and the Science of Mechanics: Aristotle on Animal Motion”
• Mark L. McPherran, “Socratic Epagôgê and Socratic Induction”
• Miriam Byrd, “The Summoner Approach: A New Method of Plato Interpretation”
• Thornton Lockwood, “Is Natural Slavery Beneficial?”
• Glenn Rawson, “Platonic Recollection and Mental Pregnancy”
• Pauliina Remes, “Plotinus’s Ethics of Disinterested Interest”
• Lloyd P. Gerson, “What is Platonism?”

JHP also has a special Current Scholarship series, which comprises invited critical reviews by senior scholars of the recent literature on various figures or topics in the history of philosophy. Recent and forthcoming contributions to this series that pertain to ancient philosophy include:

• Mary Louise Gill, “Aristotle’s Metaphysics Reconsidered” (July 2005)
• Jan Opsomer on Late Ancient Philosophy (forthcoming)
• Patricia Curd on Presocratic Philosophy (forthcoming)
• Francesco Fronterotta on Plato’s Republic (forthcoming)

The Journal prides itself on a quick turn-around from submission to decision; in 2007–08, the average time between initial submission and final decision for manuscripts reviewed externally was just 68 days. The average time between final acceptance and publication is now approximately one year. For further information about JHP, please visit our online site at http://philosophy.duke.edu/jhp/.

I hope that you and your students will keep JHP in mind when considering an apropriate venue for your articles on ancient philosophy.  Please feel free to contact me at jhpeditor@duke.edu if you have any questions concerning the Journal.

Sincerely,

Tad M. Schmaltz

Editor, Journal of the History of Philosophy

Below is a job announcement from UNC Charlotte.  They asked that I post this here and encourage our members to consider applying.  It seems that they are open to someone who has been out a few years or even someone who has been recently tenured.  The announcement below is also found in Jobs for Philosophers.

40, *41. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHARLOTTE, NC The Philosophy Department invites applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor, beginning August 2009. The area of specialization is open, but we have particular needs in Ancient Philosophy, Ethics/Applied Ethics, non-Western philosophy, or some combination of these areas. Teaching load: two courses per semester, undergraduate and graduate. Teaching experience appropriate to rank; Ph.D. required; publication appropriate to rank. Research and service interests that enhance our ability to pursue external grants are desirable.

UNC Charlotte is a rapidly growing doctoral-level state university located in a thriving urban area with a student body of more than 22,000 and a full-time faculty of over 750. The department currently has 13 full-time and 7 part-time faculty, including two Distinguished Professors. We offer a traditional and applied major, a Graduate Certificate in Applied Ethics, and an M.A. in Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Our M.A. is linked to a number of interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs on campus and we provide research ethics courses for many of them. So we have a strong tradition of interdisciplinary studies involving all seven of the University’s colleges. We are closely affiliated with UNC Charlotte’s Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, where the successful candidate is expected to be an active faculty associate.

Please visit our web site: www.philosophy.uncc.edu. Please submit electronically only a letter describing your qualifications, CV, and writing sample as attachments on the following UNC Charlotte website: https://jobs.uncc.edu. A transcript and three letters of recommendation should be sent through regular mail to: Michael Kelly, Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223. Screening of electronic applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. We may be interviewing at the 2008-2009 APA Meetings. UNC Charlotte is an AA/EOE employer, values diversity in its faculty and students, and strongly encourages applications from women and underrepresented minorities.