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Biography

Adam Loughnane is currently Lecturer in Philosophy at University College Cork and Co-Director of the Irish Institute of Japanese Studies. His research and teaching centre on the phenomenological and aesthetic traditions of Europe and Asia. Focusing mostly on French and Japanese philosophies, Adam explores themes such as non-duality, non-theistic conceptions of faith, existentialism, phenomenological accounts of motion, perception, and expression, as well as intercultural philosophical methodology. He has recently completed a monograph entitled "Nishida and Merleau-Ponty: Artistic Expression as 'Motor-Perceptual faith,'" (SUNY 2019) which places the Japanese "Kyoto School" philosopher, Nishida Kitarō in dialogue with the French Phenomenologist, Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Adam is editing a forthcoming volume on the last living "Kyoto School" philosopher, Ueda Shizuteru (Springer, 2019). His work in intercultural philosophy and aesthetics has been published in Philosophy East and West, The European Journal of Japanese Philosophy, Performance Philosophy, Polylog, and soon the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.  Adam is spearheading UCC's Philosophy in Schools initiative and is very excited to help philosophy flourish at all levels of Irish education. He is associate editor of the Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology and the European Journal of Japanese Philosophy. ‍

Research Interests

Japanese Philosophy, 'Kyoto School', Continental Philosophy, Phenomenology, Aesthetics, East-West Comparative Philosophy, Intercultural Philosophy, Comparative Aesthetics, Existentialism, Existential-Phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty, Heidegger, Nishida, Ueda, Dōgen, Expression, Motor-Perception, Faith‍

Publications

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Books

	Year	Publication
	(2019)	Merleau-Ponty and Nishida: Artistic Expression as Motor-Perceptual Faith. Adam Loughnane (2019) Merleau-Ponty and Nishida: Artistic Expression as Motor-Perceptual Faith. New York: SUNY. [Details]

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Edited Books

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	Language, Experience and Zen: The Works of Ueda Shizuteru [Forthcoming] Adam Loughnane, Ralf Müller, Raquel Bouso-Garcia (Ed.). (2020) Language, Experience and Zen: The Works of Ueda Shizuteru [Forthcoming] New York: Springer. [Details]

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Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	'Narcissus and the Ox-Herder: Seeing (Interculturally) without a Seer' Adam Loughnane (2020) 'Narcissus and the Ox-Herder: Seeing (Interculturally) without a Seer' In: What is Comparative Philosophy?. London: Oxford. [Details]
	(2018)	'“Poetic Language in the Philosophies of Ueda and Heidegger”' Adam Loughnane (2018) '“Poetic Language in the Philosophies of Ueda and Heidegger”' In: Language, Experience and Zen: The Works of Ueda Shizuteru Tetsugaku Companion to the Philosophy of Ueda Shizuteru [Forthcoming]. New York: Springer. [Details]

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Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	'The Birth of Fire, Indescribable Light, and the Limits of Philosophy’s Violence: Nāgārjuna and Plato Seeing and Speaking of Nothing' Adam Loughnane (2020) 'The Birth of Fire, Indescribable Light, and the Limits of Philosophy’s Violence: Nāgārjuna and Plato Seeing and Speaking of Nothing'. Comparative And Continental Philosophy, 12   [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'MERLEAU-PONTY AND NISHIDA: "INTEREXPRESSION" AS MOTOR-PERCEPTUAL FAITH' Loughnane, A (2017) 'MERLEAU-PONTY AND NISHIDA: "INTEREXPRESSION" AS MOTOR-PERCEPTUAL FAITH'. Philosophy East & West, 67 :710-737 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'“Zum Verhältnis von Performance und Philosophie im Kontext asiatischer Philosophien”' Adam Loughnane (2016) '“Zum Verhältnis von Performance und Philosophie im Kontext asiatischer Philosophien”'. Polylog: Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren, 35 [Details]
	(2016)	'“Merleau-Ponty and Nishida: Art, Depth, and Seeing-without-a-Seer”' Adam Loughnane (2016) '“Merleau-Ponty and Nishida: Art, Depth, and Seeing-without-a-Seer”'. European Journal of Japanese Philosophy, [Details]
	(2016)	'Expression and Bodily Faith in Natalie Heller’s First Impressions' Adam Loughnane (2016) 'Expression and Bodily Faith in Natalie Heller’s First Impressions'. Journal of Performance Philosophy, 2 (1)   [Details]
	(2015)	'“Performing Philosophy in Asian Traditions – Nishida Kitarō”' Adam Loughnane (2015) '“Performing Philosophy in Asian Traditions – Nishida Kitarō”'. Journal of Performance Philosophy, [Details]

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Book Reviews

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	Crossing Paths with Maraldo's Nishida. Adam Loughnane (2018) Crossing Paths with Maraldo's Nishida. Book Reviews [Details]
	(2012)	The End of Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking. Adam Loughnane (2012) The End of Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking. Book Reviews [Details]

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Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2007)	North American Heidegger Circle Adam Loughnane (2007) “Heidegger's Poetic Language and the Ethical Will” North American Heidegger Circle [Details]

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Encyclopedia Entries

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Japanese Aesthetics. Adam Loughnane, Graham Parkes (2018) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Japanese Aesthetics. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Encyclopedia Entries.   [Details]

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Translations

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	Ueda, l'ecteur d'Eckhart. Bernard Stevens (2018) Ueda, l'ecteur d'Eckhart. Translations [Details]

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Professional Activities

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Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	2014	Japan Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship	Japan Foundation
	2011	Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst PhD Fellowship	DAAD
	2011	Irish Research Council Doctoral Fellowship	Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences

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Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Irish Institute for Japanese Studies	Co-Director	01-JAN-16 / 31-AUG-16

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Languages

	Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
	French	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
	German	Functional	Functional	Functional
	Japanese	Basic	Basic	Basic

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Other Activities

	Description
	Associate Editor: European Journal of Japanese Philosophy
	Associate Editor: Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology