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.


2011 Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture
“Globalization and The Other: Lifeworld(s) on the Brink”
Maxine Sheets-Johnstone
University of Oregon


2010 Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture
“Reflections on the Problem of Relevance”
Kenneth Liberman
University of Oregon


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


2000 Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture
“Alfred Schutz’s Influence on American Sociology”
George Psathas


1999 Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture
“A Stroll with Alfred Schutz”
Fred Kersten



1998 Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture
“Moral Communication in Modern Societies.”
Thomas Luckmann
University of Konstanz


1997
Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture
“Making Music Together While We Grow Older: Further Reflections on Intersubjectivity.”
Richard Zaner
Department of Philosophy
Vanderbilt University


1996 Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture
“Phenomenological Analysis and its Contemporary Significance.”
Ilja Srubar
Department of Sociology
University of Erlangen


1995 Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture
“Alfred Schutz: Philosopher and Social Scientist.”
Maurice Natanson
Department of Philosophy
Yale University