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Piotr Jaroszyński

• Born 1955
• 1979, M.A. in Philosophy, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. "The Controversy Concerning the Object of Aristotle's Metaphysics according to Joseph Owens"
• 1983, Ph.D. in Philosophy, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. "Metaphysics of Beauty: An Attempt to Reconstruct the Classical Conception of Beauty"
• 1983-1984, spent at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies (Toronto) continuing his research and taking part in courses and seminars led by such prominent figures as Joseph. Owens, Edward. Synan, Armand A. Maurer
• Professor and Tutor Father Mieczyslaw Krapiec, rector of the Catholic University in Lublin (1970-1983)
• 1990, Habilitation in Philosophy, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. "Aesthetics or Philosophy of Beauty?"
• In 1990, research leaves at the Institute of Philosophy, Catholic University of Leuven
• 1983-1991, served as Professor's Assistant to Father Mieczyslaw Krapiec at the Department of Metaphysics
• 1991, became Chair of the Department of Philosophy of Culture (1991)
• 1993, became University Professor at KUL

Memberships in Professional Societies

• Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL (Scientific Society of the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland)
• Polskie Towarzystwo Filozoficzne (Polish Philosophical Society)
• Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu (Polish Society of Thomas Aquinas)
• American Maritain Association
• American Catholic Philosophical Association (USA)
• Società Internazionale Tommaso d'Aquino (Włochy) (International Society of Thomas Aquinas, Italy)
• Societé Paderewski (Morges, Switzereland)
• Yves R. Simon Institute (USA)
• Gilson Society (USA)
• Phi Sigma Tau. International Honor Society in Philosophy (USA)
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Congress Catolicos y la vida publica (Madrid)
• Semiotic Society of America

Awards

• Rector's Award, Catholic University of Lublin, Award for the book Nauka w kulturze (Science in Culture), June 2003.

Relevant Professional Activities

• Editor-in-chief, "Czlowiek w kulturze" ["Man in Culture"], Philosophical Journal (since 1992, 18 volumes)
• Member of the Scientific Committee of Powszechna Encyklopedia Filozofii (Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy), published by Polish Society of Thomas Aquinas, Lublin (8 of 10 volumes have appeared since 2000)
• The Future of Western Civilization, Annual international congress organized every year since 2002 by the Department of the Philosophy of Culture
• Foundation: Lublin School of Christian Philosophy, president

Publications

Scholarly Books

• The Metaphysics of Beauty (Lublin 1986, in Polish).
• The Controversy Over Beauty (Poznan 1992, Krakow 2002, in Polish).
• The Basic Classical Rhetoric (in Polish, Warsaw 1998, 2002).
• Metaphysics and Art (Peter Lang, 2002, in English). Review  foto1
• Ethics: The Drama of the Moral Life (New York Alba House 2003 in English; 6th ed., 2002 in Polish.) He received personal thanks of Pope John Paul II for writing this work.
• Science in Culture (Value Inquiry Book Series, Editions Rodopi, Amsterdam New York 2007, in English).

Articles Published in English or Spanish

• New Methodological Foundations of the Metaphysical Theory of Being, Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, 60 (1986), pp. 77-87.
• On the Nature of Beauty, Angelicum, 65 (1988) pp. 77-98.
• Bonum aut valor?, Atti del III Congresso Internazionale Etica e Societa contemporanea, Citta del Vaticano 1992.
• Pulchrum ut primum amatum et cognitum [The Beautiful as First Loved and First Known], Atti del IX Congresso Tomistico Internazionale II, Noetica, critica e metafisica in chiave tomistica, Citta del Vaticano 1991, pp. 75-80.
• Kalokagathia, Dialogue and Humanism, 5 (1994), pp. 79-87.
• SOFIA, Science and the Freedom of Man, Freedom in Contemporary Culture, Lublin 1998, pp. 539-545.
• Is There a Place for Responsibility in the Liberal Conception of Freedom?, Freedom and Responsibility, ed. Roman Kozlowski i Piotr W. Juchacz, Wyd. Naukowe UAM, Poznań 2003.
• The Relevance of the Classical Greek Conception of Slavery For Our Times, Contemporary Philosophy, 24 (5 & 6, Sept/Oct & Nov/Dec 2002), pp. 24-27.
• Christian Humanism and the Challenges of Contemporary Culture in the Post-communist Lands, Proceedings of the International Congress on Christian Humanism in the Third Millenium: The Perspective of Thomas Aquinas, 21-25 Rome, Vatican City 2004, pp. 153-160.
• Dialogue and The Pursuit of Truth In Science and Revelation, Realia, Vol. XXV, No. 5 & 6, Sep/Oct & Nov/Dec 2003.
• De Sofía a Filosofía, w: Pensamiento y Cultura, Universidad de la Sabana, Bogota 2005, vol. 8, No 1, ss. 49-56.
• Maintaining the Earth's Human Face: Christian Culture's Personalistic Dimension, Star. Saint Austin Review, September/October, vol. 6, No. 5, 2006, pp. 27-30.
• Art and Science: the Clash of Civilizations, Actas del V congreso de la sociedad de lógica, metodología y filosofía de la ciencia en España, Granada, 29 Noviembre - 1 Diciembre de 2006, ss. 703-706.
• De la filosofía a la meta-física, w: Pensamiento y cultura, Universidad de la Sabana, Bogota, vol 9, Noviembre 2006, ss. 25-35.
• Culture of Social Responsibility. Philosophical Reflections, w: Responsibilita sociale d' impresa e nuovo umanesimo, ed. E. Bettini, F. Moscarini, San Giorgio Editrice, Genova 2008, pp. 114-119.
• Freedom and Tolerance, w: The Human Person and a Culture of Freedom, American Maritain Association, Washington 2009, pp. 255-264.
• Sign: Between Metaphysics and Ontology, w: Semiotics 2008. Selected Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of America, Houston, TX, October 16-19, 2008, ed. J. Deely and L. Sbrocchi, Ottawa: Legas, October 2009, ss. 627-639.

Invited Guest Lectures Abroad

• Catholic University of Leuven (Louvain), Belgium, Institute of Philosophy: "The Philosophy of Beauty," December 1992
• University in Seattle, USA, "The Treasure of Polish Culture," 11 February 2002
• Redeemer Pacific College, Kanada, Neoplatonism, 13.02.2002
• St. John's University, New York, USA,"The Relevance of the Classical Greek Conception of Slavery for Our Times," 22 October 2002
• University of Calgary, Canada, "Ethics of the Good or Ethics of the Tolerance?", 30 January 2004
• Université National de Burundi (Africa), Bujumbura, 22.02.2005, « Culture de Paix et philosophie de la culture »
• Grand Séminaire de Burundi, Bujmubura, 18-19.02.2005, « Philosophie de la culture »
• „La ricerca intellettuale via per incontrare Cristo. L'insegnamento dell'Enciclica Fides et Ratio", Vicariato di Roma, Ufficio per la pastorale universitaria, Roma, 4-6 marzec 2005, Reason, Rationality, Ideology
• Katolische Akademie Domschule, Polnische und deutsche Kultur - Möglichkeiten der gegenseitigen Bereicherung, 7. 05.2005, Würzburg.
• Rockuhurst University, Catholic Perspectives on Science and Culture : Europe and America, Kansas City, 6.09. 2005
• The Council of Educators in Polonia, The Educators as Role Models, Chicago, 16.09. 2005
• University of Helsinki, Political Correctness: it's ideological and philosophical background, Finland, 27.02.2006-2.03.2006
• Balemesiana, Humanismo cristiano y los retos de la cultura contemporánea en los países poscomunistas, Barcelona, 30.03.2006
• Universidad Abat Oliba, , El valor de la cultura clásica en la sociedad contemporánea, Barcelona, 31.03.2006
• Polish Institute in Vilnius (Lithuania), 26.09.2006, Culture of the Middle-European Societies in Face of European Integration and Globalization
• Wheeling Jesuit University, Philosophy in Contemporary Europe, Wheeling (West Virginia, USA), October 30, 2006
• Wheeling Jesuit University, Poland: From Soviet Communism to Freemarkets and the European Economic Union, October 30, 2006
• Wheeling Jesuit University, Ethics in Contemporary Europe, October 31, 2006
• St. John's University, The Place of Ethics in Culture, New York, November 9, 2006
• St. John's University, The Place of Philosophy in Culture, New York, November 9, 2006
• Universidad de Valladolid, El arte contra la razón, Valladolid (Spain), 4 Noviembre, 2006
• Universidad de Valladolid, La crisis de la belleza, Valladolid (Spain), 4 Noviembre, 2006
• Universidad de Murcia, Ciencia en la cultura, Murcia (Spain), 14.03.2007
• Universidad San Antonio de Murcia, Comprender la belleza: ayer y hoy, 12.03.2007
• Universidad San Antonio de Murcia, Fides et ratio - introducción, Murcia, 14.03.2007
• Universidad San Antonio de Murcia, Ética y sus problemas mas importantes, 14.03.2007
• Universidad San Antonio de Murcia, Ética y sus problemas, 16.03.2007
• Universidad San Antonio de Murcia, El arte versus la religión y la moralidad, 16.03.2007
• University of Ottawa, Why aesthetics needs metaphysics?, 4.06.2007
• McGill University, Montreal, Science in Culture, 7.06.2007
• Université Catholique de Lille, L'Éthique: classique, moderne, postmoderne, 3.12-9.12.2007
• Universidad de Murcia, Ética clásica, moderna y postmoderna, 20.02.2008
• Universidad Católica San Antonio, Murcia, Introducción a la ética, 19.02.2008
• Universidad Católica San Antonio, Murcia, El hombre y la historia, 22.02.2008
• Universidad Católica San Antonio, Murcia, El hombre y la vida moral, 22.02.2008
• Università degli Studi di Parma, Introduzione all'etica greco-romana, 31.03.2008
• Università degli Studi di Parma, Introduzione all'etica cristiana, 1.04.2008
• Università degli Studi di Parma, Introduzione all'etica moderna e contemporanea 2.04.2008
• Fundación Balemsiana, Barcelona, Una experiencia de totalitarismo educativo: el caso de Polonia 24.04.2008
• St. John's University, Lublin School of Philosophy, New York, October 14, 2008
• Universidad de Salamanca, Cómo comprender ars: recta ratio factibilium, Salamanka, Hiszpania, November 25, 2008.
• Overcoming Evil with Love - Is there a Conflict between Philosophy and Faith? - Ave Maria University, Florida, USA, 4.02.2009.
• Universidad de Valladolid, El arte y la religión, 3.03.2009.
• Universidad de Valladolid, La ciencia y la ética, 3.03.2009..
• Universidad de Valladolid, El arte: la producción o la creación? 5.03.2009.
• Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (Hiszpania), El bien común y el socialismo, 12.05.2009.
• Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (Hiszpania), El bien común: liberalismo o personalismo? 13.05.2009.
• St. John’s University, New York, Slavery and Socialism, 29.09.2009.
• St. John’s University, New York, The Misfortunes of Socialism, 29.09.2009.

Conferences

Presentations at International Conferences

• Baltimore, Md., USA 1986, American Catholic Philosophical Association: New Methodological Foundations of the Metaphysical Theory of Being
• Rome, Italy, September 1990, Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas: Pulchrum ut primum amatum et cognitum
• Rome, Italy, September 1991, Angelicum, Bonum aut valor?
• Lublin, August 1996, KUL: SOFIA, Science and the Freedom of Man
• Barcelona, Spain, September 1997, Balmesianum: Christ and the Concept of Classical Culture
• Rome, Italy, 7-10 September 2000: Personal Dimension of Christian Culture
• Notre Dame, Annual International Meeting, American Maritain Association, "Faith, Scholarship, and Culture in the 21st Century" 19-22 October 2000, University of Notre Dame, USA: Civilization: Immanent or Transcendent?
• Boca Baton, Florida, USA, Annual International Meeting, American Maritain Association, , American Maritain Association, 18-20 October 2001: Dialogue in Latin Civilization
• Princeton, N.J., Annual International Meeting, American Maritain Association, University of Princeton, USA, 17-20 October 2002, The Relevance of the Classical Greek Conception of Slavery for Our Times
• Roma, Plenary Session Address, Rome, Italy, International Congress, "Christian Humanism in the Third Millenium: The Perspective of Thomas Aquinas," 21-25 September 2003: The Challenges of Contemporary Culture to Christian Humanism in Post-Communist Countries"
• Chicago Annual International Meeting, American Maritain Association, "The Human Person and a Culture of Freedom," University of Chicago, USA,16-19 October 2003: Freedom and Tolerance
• Madrid, VI Congreso Católics y la Vida Pública, Fundación Universitaria San Pablo-CEU, 19-21 Noviembre 2004, Postmodernism and the Fall of Marxism.
• Roma, III Giornata Europea degli Universitari, "La ricerca intellettuale via per incontrare Cristo. L'insegnamento dell"Enciclical Fides et ratio", 4-6 Marzo 2005, Pontificia Università Lateranense, Reason, Rationality, Ideology
• Roma, Ora et labora. The Labour in Europe, Pontifical Lateran University, 30.06-3.07. 2005, Il background ideologico della negligenza Intellettuale e del lavoro contemplativio nell'Europa contemporanea.
• Barcelona, "Catolicos y la vida publica", Universidad Abat Oliba, 31.03.2006, Lo Políticamente Correcto y su trasfondo filosófico e ideológico
• Roma, L'impresa e la costruzione di un nuovo umanesimo, Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 22-25 June, 2006, Social Responsibility: Philosophical Reflections.
• Vilnius, "Europos Kalbu Dienos Savaite » [Days of European Languages], University of Vilinius, Lithuania, 25.09.2006, The Place of Language in the Society and The Place of Language in Relations Between Political Power and Society.
• Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Nature-Science-Culture: Contemporary Tensions, November 4, American Maritain Association, Thirtieth Annual International Meeting. Nature, Science and Wisdom: The Role of the Philosophy of Nature, November 2-5, 2006
• Nashville, Tennessee, USA , Panel Discussion on my book: Science in Culture (Rodopi 2006), C. Hancock, R. Blum, Th. Michaud, P. Redpath
• Roma, Incontro Europeo dei Docenti Universitari in occasione del 50° anniversario dei Trattati di Roma (1957-2007). Un nuovo umanesimo per l'Europa. Il ruolo delle Università, 21-24 Giugno 2007, How work and production have changed in the last 50 years in Eastern Europe?
• Religión, Cultura y Educacción, Universidad Abat Oliba, Barcelona, 23.04.2008, Religión, Cultura y Educacción: el caso de Polonia
• Houston, Sign: Between Metaphysics and Ontology. 33rd Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of America, Texas, October 16-19, 2008.
• Maryland, Baltimore, 1-3.10.2009, The Inaugural North American Étienne Gilson Society, Thomist Humanism and the Future of Civilization, Loyola University, , The Influence of Thomist Humanism on Polish Culture: Past, Present, Future.
• Tallin (Estonia), "Trialogos Festival", 26-31.10.2009, Liturgy and Metaphysics (29.10.2009).