CURRICULUM VITAE Gil Germain University of Prince Edward Island I. PERSONAL INFORMATION Address: University of Prince Edward Island 550 University Avenue Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3 Position: Associate Professor Phone: 902-566-0446 (office) 902-894-3397 (home) E-mail: ggermain@upei.ca II. ACADEMIC HISTORY DEGREES: Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, IN, USA, 1990. M.A. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1984. B.A. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1982. III. EMPLOYMENT Dates Rank Department Institution 1987-88 Assistant Professor Political Science Carleton 1988-89 Assistant Professor Politics Brock 1989-2002 Assistant Professor Political Studies UPEI 2002 - Associate Professor Political Science UPEI
IV. FIELDS OF ACADEMIC EXPERTISE Philosophy of technology; Phenomenology; Postmodernism; history of political thought. V. REFEREED SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS a) Books Disbelieving Technology: An Essay. Single-author monograph. Completed, 2015. Contacted publishers: Routledge, Polity, McGill-Queens, University of Toronto, Lexington. Spirits in the Material World: The Challenge of Technology. Single-author monograph. Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland, 2009. A Discourse on Disenchantment: Reflections on Politics and Technology. Single-author monograph. State University of New York Press, Albany, New York, 1993. b) Chapters in Books "Between Hope and Despair: Justice in the Global Age," to be published in a Festschrift honoring Tom Darby (Fall, 2015) Camus, Baudrillard, and the Recovery of the Object, in Camus Reconsidered, ed. Ron Srigley, McGill-Queen s Press, (in press). The Human Condition and the Age of Technology, in Technology, Philosophy, and Globalization, eds. D. Tabachnick and C. Kovoski, State University of New York Press, 2005. Revenge of the Sacred: Technology and Reenchantment, in The Barbarism of Reason: Max Weber and the Twilight of Enlightenment, eds. Asher Horowitz and Terry Maley. University of Toronto Press, 1994. c) On-Line Articles
Globalization, Justice, and Technology: Cosmopolitan Justice Reconsidered, Voegelin View, June, 2014. It s Not Yours To Do With What You Like! : A Critical Reading of George Saunders Jon, Voegelin View, April, 2014. In Praise of Alienation: The Case Against Technology (Part One), Voegelin View, November, 2013. In Praise of Technology: The Case Against Technology, (Part Two), Voegelin View, November 2013. VI. NON-REFEREED SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS Book Review of Darin Barney s The Network Society, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Spring, 2005, pp. 221-222. VII. CONFERENCE PAPERS "The Human, the Inhuman, and the Post-Human," HumanBeingHuman Conference, University of Victoria, May, 2015. Human Rights and Getting the Human Right: A Baudrillardian Critique, How to be Human in the Age of Human Rights Conference, Brock University, October 25, 2013. The Flight From the Real: On the Postmodern Exodus, International Conference of the Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion, Ramakrishna Institute, Calcutta, India, August 4, 1997. Art and the Disappearance of the Real, Lansdowne Lecture Series, University of Victoria, Department of Visual Arts, Victoria, BC, March 13, 1997. Lyotard and the Eclipse of the Real, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, June 3, 1996. Revenge of the Sacred: Technology and Disenchantment, invited paper delivered at the Max Weber Conference, York University, Toronto, ON, October 19, 1988.
Disenchantment, Technology, and Politics, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, June 7, 1987. VIII. AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada, GRG, 2002. Invited Guest Lecturer (Department of Visual Arts), Lansdowne Lecture Series, University of Victoria, 1997. Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada, GRG, 1996. Graduate Research Scholarship (Notre Dame), 1986. Teaching Assistant Scholarship (Notre Dame), 1983-85. Exxon Tuition Scholarship, 1976-80. IX. ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES Senate: Arts Representative: Three-year term: May, 2011 - May, 2014. External, Department Review Committee (Sociology/Anthropology), 2007. Author of Self-Assessment Report and Review of External Departmental Review, as part of the mandated external departmental review process, 2006-07. Chair: Department of Political Studies, UPEI, 2003 2010. Acting Secretary of Senate: September 15, 2002 - July 1, 2003. Head Librarian Environmental Studies Steering Group: Founding member of the Group which, in 2002, initiated a minor program in environmental studies Board of Governors: Senate representative on Board of Governors. Two-year term: October, 2001 - October, 2003. Senate: Three-year term: July, 2000 - July, 2003.
X. EXTERNAL COMMITTEE WORK Honours B.A. Committee (oral defense), Ethan Meanor, Philosophy, UPEI, April, 2013. Doctoral Committee (oral defense), Julia Brotea (PhD candidate), Political Science, Carleton University, September, 2011. Honours B.A. Committee (oral defense), Emily Carpenter, English, UPEI, April, 2011. Doctoral Committee (oral defense), David Tabachnick (PhD candidate), Political Science, Carleton University, June, 2003. Doctoral Committee (oral defense), Brent Gilchrist (PhD candidate), Political Science, Carleton University, June, 2002. XI. EXTRA-DEPARTMENTAL TEACHING Primary lecturer, Global Issues 151, 2010-2012. Primary Lecturer, Inquiry Studies 101, 2013-2015.