Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture

This lecture is sponsored by the American Philosophical Association, the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology, and the Society for Phenomenology in the Human Sciences with bequests from Schutz's family and friends. It has been held under this sponsorship at the latter society's annual meetings since 1995 and the lectures are published in the international and multidisciplinary journal Human Studies.

2008 Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture

"Alfred Schutz and the Pedagogy of Suffering"

Mary F. Rogers

University of West Florida

2007 Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture

"A Schutzian Perspective on Legal Interpretation"

Ion Copoeru Lecturing and with Evelyn Schutz Lang
Universitea Babes-Bolyai (Cluj-Napoca)

2006 Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture

"A Continuing Dialogue with Alfred Schutz"

NASU, Hishashi
Waseda University, Japan

2003 Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture

"This, Yes!"
Kurt Wolff
Professor Emeritus, Brandeis University

Sadly, Professor Wolff died before he could present his lecture. It was presented half by George Psathas (left picture) and half by Gary Backhaus (right picture).

2002 Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture

"A Moment of Unconditional Validity?
Schutz and the Habermas/Rorty Debate"

Michael Barber
Saint Louis University

2001 Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture

"Some Schutzian Theory of History
Illustrated from the Women's Movement"

Lester Embree
Florida Atlantic University

Previous Schutz Lecturers

2000: George Psathas, "Alfred Schutz's Influence on American Sociology"

1999: Fred Kersten, "A Stroll with Alfred Schutz"

1998: Thomas Luckmann, "Moral Communication in Modern Societies."

1997: Richard Zaner, "Making Music Together While We Grow Older: Further Reflections on Intersubjectivity."
1996: Ilja Srubar, "Phenomenological Analysis and its Contemporary Significance."
1995: Maurice Natanson, "Alfred Schutz: Philosopher and Social Scientist."

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