Curriculum Vitae
Anthony D. Spiteri, Ph.D.
Office Address: Residential Address:
University of Malta Jaklin House
Room 205, OHB. Tower Gate Street,
Msida Msida
Malta Malta
MSD06 MSD04
Tel.: 21.33.27.86
Facsimile No. : 21.31.05.35
e-mail address aspiteri@arts.um.edu.mt
Citizenship: Maltese & Canadian
Current Position: Lecturer - Departments of Philosophy & Theology
Director - International Institute for the Social Sciences
Education
Ph.D. Social and Political Thought, 1992
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(Thesis Supervisors: H.S. Harris, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy; Mildred Bakan, Professor of Philosophy; Patrick Taylor, Associate Professor of Humanities)
M.A. Philosophy, 1983
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
B.A. Philosophy, 1981
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Experience
Teaching and Research:
Lecturer Department of Philosophy
University of Malta,
1993 - present
Lecturer Faculty of Theology
University of Malta,
1994 - present
Lecturer Department of History
University of Malta,
1996 - present
Thesis M.A. Supervisor in Philosophy, 2000 - 2001
Supervision: Mr. James Caron (USA)
M.A. Supervisor in Philosophy, 1996 - 1997
Mr. Kit Barton (Canada), M.A. Graduate in
Philosophy, (proceeded to Ph.D. studies at Essex University)
M.A. Supervisor in Philosophy, 1994 - 1996
Mr. Mark Debono (Malta), M.A. Graduate in Philosophy
Lecturer Department of Humanities
& Teaching York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1991-1993
Associate:
Research Centre of Excellence for Refugee Studies,
Associate York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1987-1993
Teaching Department of Philosophy
Associate Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1981-1983
Administrative and Related Experience:
· Member of the scholarship selection committee for the International Council for Canadian Studies Summer Seminar, 2002 - present
· Director of the International Institute for the Social Sciences (IISS) & The European Mediterranean Network for the Social Sciences (EUMENESS), Foundation of International Studies, 1995 – present.
· Representative of the Foundation of International Studies on the Board of the Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta, 1995 – present.
· Member of the MATSEC Examining Board for Intermediate and Advanced levels in Philosophy, 1997 – present.
· Member of the International Editorial Advisory Board Regional Contact, published by ISCOMET – Institute for Ethnic and Regional Studies, Maribor, Slovenia, 1998 – present.
· Member of the B.A. (Honours) and M.A. Examining Boards for the European Documentation and Research Centre, (EDRC), University of Malta, 1998 – present.
· Member of the Editorial Board for Humanitas, Journal of the Faculty of Arts, University of Malta, 1999 – present.
· Member of the Board of Studies for the B.A. (Honours.) Degree Course, University of Malta, 1999 – present.
· Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Mediterranean Studies, Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta, 2000 – present.
· Liaised with the Canadian Embassy in Rome in obtaining a graduate scholarship grant for a University of Malta student to study social sciences in Canada.
· Chairperson of the M.A. Examining Board for Mr. Hillary Caruana’s thesis oral defence, September 2001.
International Conferences Convened
Geographies of the European-Arabic Encounter: Past, Present and Future
International Conference in Collaboration with the Arab World Geographer Society, Akron University, Ohio, Malta, November 2001.
Stereotypes and Alterity: Perceptions of Otherness in the Mediterranean
International Conference in Collaboration with UNESCO’s Management for Social Transformations (MOST) Programme. Malta, November, 1997.
European Mediterranean Network for the Social Sciences (EUMENESS)
Meeting of the International Partners of the Network. Malta, November, 1997.
The State of the Social Sciences in Europe and the Mediterranean
International Conference. Malta, January, 1996.
Cultural Tourism in the Mediterranean
International Conference in Collaboration with the UNESCO’s Mediterranean Programme, Malta, 1996.
Public Lectures Hosted
The State of the Social Sciences in the Third Millennium
Emmanuel Wallerstein,
May 2000
The Geometry of War
Barry Smith, Department of Philosophy, Buffalo University, New York, USA.
December 1999
Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Post-Maastricht Europe
Michael Lanphier, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada.
April 1997
Places to Play: Reflections on Cultural Tourism
Briavel Holcomb, Urban Studies Department, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.
May, 1996
Nations Without Nationalism?
François-Pierre Gingras, Department of Political Science, University of Ottawa, Canada. March 1995
Publications
Spiteri, A.D. From an Analysis of the Concept of Ideology to an Investigation of Faith that does Justice. (Forthcoming book as a University of Malta Publication, 2003.)
Spiteri, A.D. “Laclau and Mouffe on the Future of Marxism”. (Forthcoming article in a book edited by C. Vassallo as a University of Malta publication, 2002.)
Spiteri, A. D. (ed.), Journal of Mediterranean Studies, Vol.1, No. 11, 2001.
Spiteri, A.D. "Metaphysics, Society, and Solidarity: Anamnestic Solidarity and the Eucharist". Proceedings of the Metaphysics for the Third Millennium Conference, Rome, September 5-8, 2000.
Spiteri, A.D. Book Review on Yannis A. Stivachtis' The Enlargement of International Society: Culture versus Anarchy and Greece’s Entry into International Society. (Great Britain: MacMillan Press Ltd., 1998) in Journal of Mediterranean Studies, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1998.
Spiteri, A. D. “A Nominalist Gloss to the Meaning of the Concept Refugee”, Mediterranean Social Sciences Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1997.
Spiteri, A.D. “Scientific Research Programmes and the Religious Option”, Interfaces: Essays in Philosophy and Bordering Areas, ed. Joe Friggieri, University of Malta, 1997.
Spiteri, A.D. (ed.) Mediterranean Social Sciences Review, Vol.2, No.1, 1997.
Papers Presented
Metaphysics, Society, and Solidarity: Anamnestic Solidarity and the Eucharist
Metaphysics for the Third Millennium Conference, Rome, September 5-8, 2000.
Society, Community and Solidarity
Philosophy Society of Malta, University of Malta, Malta, 2001.
Anamnesis and Solidarity
Society of Christian Philosophers. Learneds Meeting in Sherbrooke, Quebec, May, 2000.
Weber and Durkheim on Subjectivity
Works-In-Progress Seminars of the Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta, December 1999.
Islands in the (Cyberspace) Sun: The Internet and Remote Island Economies
Conference on Cities in the Global Information Society: An International Perspective.
Centre for Urban Technology, Newcastle upon Tyne, November 1999, (In collaboration with Briavel Holcomb and Roger Balm, Rutgers University, U.S.A.
The Nature of Mutual Recognition in Social Relations
UNESCO Conference, Bratislava, 1998.
The Requirement for “A Common Human Nature”
International Conference - Anthropological Roots to Conflict, Malta, November, 1996.
Showing the Fly out of the Fly Bottle
Philosophy Society of Malta, University of Malta, December, 1995.
The Religious Option: A Philosophical Response
Philosophy Society of Malta, University of Malta, December, 1994.
Respondent
Respondent to Anthony Frendo. Archaeology and Epistemology. Paper presented to the Philosophy Society of Malta, March, 2000.
Respondent to Daniel Monterescu. Plantiga on Truth. Paper presented to the Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers at the Canadian Learneds Society Conference, Sherbrooke, Canada, May 1999.
Respondent to Christopher New, Fatalism. Paper presented to the Philosophy Society of Malta, December, 1999.
Respondent to Barry Smith. What’s all the Rage about Post-Modernism? Paper presented to the Philosophy Society of Malta, January 1999.
Memberships
American Catholic Philosophical Association
Philosophy Documentation Center
P. O. Box 7147
Charlottesville, VA 22906-7147 - USA
Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers
Department of Philosophy
St Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, NS
The Canadian Philosophical Association
PO Box 450, Station A
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 6N5
Australasian Association of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria, 3052
Australia
Courses Taught
1. Contemporary Philosophy 2. European Social and Political Thought
3. Philosophy of the Social Sciences I 4. History of Political Thought
5. Philosophy of the Social Sciences II 6. Metaphysics I
7. Metaphysics II
Extra-Curricular Experience:
Founding Member for the establishment of a National Emigration Museum with the Emigrants Commission of Malta. 2000 – present.
Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 2001 – present.
Curator of a photographic exhibition commemorating the Maltese migration experience to Canada at the Malta Emigrants Commission, March 12-8, 2002. (held in collaboration with the Canadian Embassy in Rome)
Mediator for the Canadian Embassy in Rome in arranging a series of educational initiatives at the University of Malta during the “Canada Days and Nights of Malta” events (book exhibition, public lecture, scholarship grant for a local academic) which took place in Malta, March 12-15, 2002.
Local References:
Professor Peter Serracino-Inglott Tel: 3290-3204
Chair email: psinglot@arts.um.edu.mt
Mediterranean Institute
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Professor Victor Mallia-Milanes Tel: 3290-2297
Dean email: vmilanes@arts.um.edu.mt
Facultry of Arts
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Professor Anthony Frendo Tel: 3290-2300
Deputy Dean email: afrendo@arts.um.edu.mt
Faculty of Arts
University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Foreign References:
Professor Howard Adelman Tel.: (416)736-2100
Department of Philosophy email: hadelman@yorku.ca
York University
Toronto, Canada
Professor
Professor Mildred Bakan Tel.: (416) 736-2100
Professor Emeritus email: Spot@Yorku.Ca
Department of Philosophy
York University
Toronto, Canada
Professor Saul Tanenzapf Tel.: (416) 736-2100
Associate Professor email: solt@yorku.ca
Department of Humanities
York University
Toronto, Canada