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  ALBERG, Jeremiah L.

   Tokunin Kyoju (Professor by Special Appointment)

   Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
■ Academic Background
1. 1993/07/23
Degree Acquisition
University of Munich, Ph.D.
2. 1988/10~1993/07 Philosophy, Graduate School, Division of Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximillian-Universität München, Completed
3. 1986/04~1988/03 Theology, Graduate School, Division of Theology, Sophia University, Completed
4. 1980/08~1982/01 Philosophy, Graduate School, Division of Arts and Letters, Saint Louis University, Completed
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■ Professional Background
1. Professor by Special Appointment, Master's Course, Comparative Culture Program, Graduate School, School of Arts and Sciences
2. Peace Studies Major Coordinator, ID Majors, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts
3. 2023/04~2028/03 Tokunin Kyoju (Professor by Special Appointment), Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
4. 2023/04~ Professor by Special Appointment, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
5. 2017/04~2019/03 Library, , International Christian University
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■ Present Specialized Fields
Religious studies, History of thought, Philosophy/Ethics (Key Word:Rene Girard,Jean-Jacques Rousseau,Immanuel Kant,hermeneutics,violence and religion,Hegel,mimetic theory,German Idealism) 
■ Profile
President of the Colloquium on Violence & Religion (COV&R) (2015-
Executive Secretary of the COV&R (2012-2015)
International Relations Committee of Japan Philosophical Association (2012-2015)
International Journal of Philosophical Association of Japan Working Group
■ Main Course Titles
Introduction to Philosophy
■ Books and Articles
1. Book Through the Narrow Gate of Scandal, the Challenge of Kant's Metaphysics: Rousseau's Influence on the Critique of Pure Reason   (Single) 2024
2. Book "Rethinking Hume and Kant: Philosophy and Christianity"  pp.231-261 (Collaboration) 
3. Book "Immanuel Kant" René Girard and the Western Philosophical Tradition  (Collaboration) 2024
4. Book "Jean-Jacques Rousseau" René Girard and the Western Philosophical Tradition  (Collaboration) 2024
5. Article “Did Rousseau Teach Kant Discipline?” Kantian Review 28(1),pp.1-19 (Single) 2023/01
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■ Academic Conference Presentation
1. 2017/11/14 Rousseau, Kant, Discipline (Japan's Kant Association 42nd Annual Meeting)
2. 2017/07/12 The Strange Persistence of Grace (Identity and Rivalry)
3. 2016/07/15 If Anyone Comes to Me and Does Not Hate His Father … He Cannot Be My Disciple: Kieslowski’s Decalogue I and X (Violence in the Name of Religion. Colloquium on Violence and Religion Conference)
4. 2016/07/10 René Girard and Theological Scandal (Canberra Scholars' Group, Charles Sturt University)
5. 2016/06/17 “Kant’s Antinomies from a Mimetic Perspective” (Generative Anthropology Society's Conference)
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■ Lectures
1. 2016/07/06 From Dreams of a Spirit-Seer to the Critique of Pure Reason: Kant’s Changing Relations to Metaphysics
2. 2015/07/20 Über Robert Spaemanns Glück und Wohlwollen (Katholische Universität Eichstätt)
3. 2015/06/02 Rousseau on Alienation (Katholische Universität Eichstätt)
4. 2012/10/10 The Relevance of Religion to Modern Societies: Scandals Must Come
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■ Academic Society Memberships
1. 1998~ Colloquium on Religion and Violence Board of Directors 7/2008 - present
2. 2011/07~ Japan Philosophical Association
3. 2001~ American Philosophical Association
4. 2001~ Rousseau Association
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■ Educational Achievements
● Practice example of education method
1. 2004~ Designed a learning-centered course in Critical Thinking (2004-present)
2. "Core Curriculum Design and Assessment Committee [A subcommittee for Steering Committee of the Core Curriculum Initiative], The University System of Georgia. (- present)"
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■ Professional Achievements
● Other note that should be mentioned specially on duty
1. My main research has been on Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I am now working on the thought of Kant. I also work on the thought of R. Girard and mimetic theory.
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■ E-Mail Addresses
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■ Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number
80552182