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Mark Kingwell

Professor

Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Philosophy

  • Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Philosophy
  • 416-536-5788
  • University of Toronto, 15 Devonshire Place, Trinity College, Gerald Larkin Building (room 309), Toronto, M5S 2C8, Canada

BIO

Mark Gerald Kingwell FRSC is a Canadian professor of philosophy and former associate chair at the University of Toronto's Department of Philosophy. Kingwell is a fellow of Trinity College and a contributing editor of Harper's Magazine in New York

Kingwell has published twenty books, most notably, A Civil Tongue: Justice, Dialogue, and the Politics of Pluralism, which was awarded the Spitz Prize for political theory in 1997. In 2000 Kingwell received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, for contributions to theory and criticism. He has held visiting posts at institutions including the University of Cambridge, the University of California at Berkeley, and the City University of New York where he held the title of Weissman Distinguished Professor of Humanities.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Philosophy, Toronto, Canada2002 - present
  • Visiting Lecturer
    Escola da Cidade, São Paulo, Brazil2019 - 2019
  • Associate Chair
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2016 - 2017
  • Visiting Fellow
    University of Chicago, Chicago, United States2015 - 2016
  • Chancellor Jackman Faculty Research Fellow
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2011 - 2012
  • Associate Chair
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2009 - 2011
  • Faculty Associate
    University of Toronto, Cities Centre, Toronto, Canada2008 - 2010
  • Faculty Associate
    University of Toronto, Centre for Ethics, Toronto, Canada2006 - present
  • Fellow
    University of Toronto, Trinity College, Toronto, Canada2004 - present
  • Faculty Associate
    University of Toronto, Graduate Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, Toronto, Canada2004 - present
  • Senior Associate Fellow
    University of British Columbia, International Institute of Hermeneutics, Vancouver, Canada2002 - present
  • Associate
    University of Toronto, Trinity College, Toronto, Canada2002 - 2004
  • Weissman Distinguished Professor
    City University of New York, Baruch College, New York, United States2002 - 2002
  • Visiting Scholar
    University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Law and Society, Berkeley, United States2000 - 2000
  • Visiting Fellow
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom1999 - 1999
  • Senior Fellow
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1999 - 2009
  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Philosophy, Toronto, Canada1998 - 2002
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1993 - 1998
  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
    Toronto and York Universities, Canada1991 - 1993
  • Lecturer
    York University, Philosophy, Toronto, Canada1992 - 1993
  • Lecturer
    University of Toronto, Philosophy, Toronto, Canada1991 - 1991
  • Lecturer
    Yale University, Philosophy, New Haven, United States1991 - 1991
  • Teaching Fellow
    Yale University, Philosophy, New Haven, United States1988 - 1991

DEGREES

  • B.A.
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1985
  • MLitt
    University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom1987
  • MPhil
    Yale University, New Haven, United States1989
  • PhD
    Yale University, New Haven, United States1991
  • DFA
    Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada2000

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INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

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