Philosophy Department Faculty

Vanessa Parks Rumble

Associate Professor

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Vanessa Parks Rumble

Ph.D.

Contact

Stokes Hall North 239

Telephone: 617-552-3865

Email: vanessa.rumble@bc.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Emory University

Courses

German Romanticism and Idealism, Kierkegaard

Freud and Philosophy

Perspectives on Art

Research Interests

S酶ren Kierkegaard

German Romanticism

History of Philosophy

Psychoanalysis

Office Hours

M聽 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

W聽 4:20 - 5:30 p.m.

Department

Philosophy

Profile

Vanessa Rumble joined the philosophy faculty in 1989. She served as translator and member of the editorial board for the English language edition of聽Kierkegaard鈥檚 Journals and Notebooks聽(12 volumes, Princeton University Press, 2007-2020) and founded and directed Boston College鈥檚 Psychoanalytic Studies Program (2004-08; 2011-2020).

Professional Activities/Awards

Keynote: 鈥淭aking on the Idols of the Tribe: Kierkegaard as Existentialist,鈥� Ninth International Kierkegaard Conference (virtual), Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, May 6, 2022.

Conference Organizer: 鈥淟ove and Mourning in the Constitution of the Subject: Recent Psychoanalytic Perspectives, October 17, 2016. ILA Major Grant, 2016.

Conference Organizer: 鈥淎fter the Unspeakable: Trauma, Nachtr盲glichkeit, and Coming to Terms,鈥� March 22-24, 2012. ILA Major Grant, 2011.

2005 Phi Beta Kappa Award for Teaching Excellence.

1999 Boston College鈥檚 Nominee: CASE U.S. Professor of the Year.

Selected Articles

鈥淜ierkegaard and King on Passion: In the Narrow Straits of Time,鈥� in Taking Kierkegaard Personally: First Person Responses, ed. James Lorentzen and Gordon Marino, Macon: Mercer University Press, 2020.

鈥淲hy Moriah? On Weaning and the Trauma of Transcendence,鈥� in Kierkegaard鈥檚 Fear and Trembling: A Critical Guide, ed. Daniel W. Conway, Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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