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A VAN　FOSSEN Joel
Faculty of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies　Department of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies
Assistant Professor

Researcher information

■ Research Keyword
  • Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Philosophy of Love
  • History of Ethics
  • Ethics
  • Philosophy
■ Field Of Study
  • Humanities & social sciences, Philosophy and ethics

Career

■ Career
  • Mar. 2023 - Present
    Hosei University, Faculty of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies Department of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies, Assistant Professor
  • Sep. 2022 - Dec. 2022
    Boston College, Department of Philosophy, Part-Time Instructor
  • Sep. 2021 - Sep. 2022
    Northeastern University, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Part-Time Instructor
  • Jan. 2022 - Jun. 2022
    Harvard University, Harvard Extension School, Teaching Fellow
  • Jun. 2021 - Dec. 2021
    Boston University, Department of Philosophy, Senior Teaching Fellow
  • Sep. 2018 - Jun. 2021
    Boston University, Department of Philosophy, Teaching Fellow
  • Jan. 2021 - May 2021
    Assumption University, Department of Philosophy, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
  • Sep. 2016 - May 2017
    Georgia State University, Department of Philosophy, Graduate Instructor
■ Educational Background
  • Sep. 2015 - Dec. 2022, Boston University, Department of Philosophy, Ph.D.
  • Sep. 2015 - May 2017, Georgia State University, Department of Philosophy, M.A.
  • Sep. 2009 - May 2013, St. Norbert College, Department of Philosophy, B.A.

Research activity information

■ Award
  • Jan. 2023
    American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Travel Grant Award
  • Oct. 2022
    North American Nietzsche Society, North American Nietzsche Society 2023 Graduate Student Prize
  • 2021
    Boston University, Philosophy Department, Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award
  • 2021
    Boston University Center for the Humanities, Angela J. and James J. Rallis Memorial Award and Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize
  • 2020
    Boston University, Philosophy Department, Summer Dissertation Writing Fellowship
  • Feb. 2019
    American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Travel Grant Award
■ Paper
■ Books and other publications
  • Nietzsche on Love (Under Contract)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Single work
    Cambridge University Press, 2026, Reviewed
■ Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
  • Appreciation, Inquiry, and Deliberation: Exploring the Structure of Three Processes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Workshop at the Institute of Social Science, Analytical Philosophy Workshop (Tokyo University), 08 Mar. 2025, [Invited]
  • Nietzsche on Affirmative Love　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Love and Loneliness Workshop (California State University, San Bernardino), 06 Dec. 2024
  • Sidgwick, Rationality, and the Dualism of Practical Reason　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    International Society for Utilitarian Studies (University College London), 20 Jun. 2024
  • Aesthetic Appreciation, Aesthetic Judgments, and Love　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Daniel Star; Joel Van Fossen
    Kyoto Ethics Workshop (Kyoto University), 12 Jun. 2024, [Invited]
  • Love in the Deepest Sense　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    North American Nietzsche Society 2022 Conference
  • Nietzsche on Self‐Reverence　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    North American Nietzsche Society 2021 Conference
  • Satisficing Love　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    American Philosophical Association Eastern Division 2023 Meeting
  • On Egoism and Honor in Spinoza　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    American Philosophical Association Eastern Division 2021 Meeting, 04 Jan. 2021
  • ‘Birth Follows the Belly’: A Reinterpretation of Natural Maternal Dominion in Hobbes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    American Philosophical Association Central Division 2019 Meeting
  • ‘Birth Follows the Belly’: A Reinterpretation of Natural Maternal Dominion in Hobbes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    International Hobbes Association 2019 Annual Meeting
  • ‘Birth Follows the Belly’: A Reinterpretation of Natural Maternal Dominion in Hobbes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    The European Hobbes Society "Women and Gender Workshop", [Invited]
  • Nietzsche and Shame　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    North American Nietzsche Society 2018 Conference
  • Aesthetic Appreciation, Aesthetic Judgments, and Love　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Tokyo Forum for Analytic Philosophy (the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Tokyo)
■ Courses
  • Existentialism　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2023 - Present
    Hosei University
  • Advanced Topics in Philosophy II　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2023 - Present
    Hosei University
  • Advanced Topics in Philosophy I　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2023 - Present
    Hosei University
  • Political Philosophy　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2023 - Present
    Hosei University
  • Topics in Philosophy　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2023 - Present
    Hosei University
  • History of Philosophy　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2023 - Present
    Hosei University
  • Introduction to Philosophy　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2023 - Present
    Hosei University
  • Introduction to Ethics　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2023 - Present
    Hosei University
  • Moral and Social Problems in Health Care　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Sep. 2022 - Dec. 2022
    Northeastern University
  • Philosophy of the Person　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Sep. 2022 - Dec. 2022
    Boston College
  • Early Modern Philosophy　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Sep. 2021 - Dec. 2021
    Northeastern University
  • Medical Ethics　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Sep. 2021 - Dec. 2021
    Boston University
  • Early Modern Philosophy　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Jul. 2021 - Aug. 2021
    Boston University
  • Ethics and the Good Life　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Jan. 2021 - May 2021
    Assumption University
  • Introduction to Philosophy　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Sep. 2016 - May 2017
    Georgia State University
■ Affiliated academic society
  • Oct. 2018 - Present
    North American Nietzsche Society　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • Jan. 2018 - Present
    American Philosophical Association