Daniel Conway

A native of Terre Haute, Indiana, Daniel Conway received his BA in Philosophy and Economics from Tulane University and his PhD in Philosophy from the University of California, San Diego. He has held faculty appointments at Stanford University, Harvard University, Penn State University, and, since 2006, Texas A&M University, where he is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Thomas F. Mayo Professor of Liberal Arts, Affiliate Professor of Religious Studies and Film Studies, and Courtesy Professor in the School of Law and the Bush School of Government and Public Service. A former Head of Department, he currently serves the University as a Faculty Teaching Fellow in the Honors Academy and as a Member in Residence (and Past President) of the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds a leadership position in the Philosophy for Children initiative (P4C Texas).

Conway has lectured and published widely on topics in post-Kantian European philosophy, American philosophy, political theory, aesthetics (especially film and literature), critical theory, education, religion, and genocide studies. Thus far, he has published eighteen books and more than 150 articles in scholarly journals and edited collections. To date, he has delivered more than 300 lectures and conference papers, including invited presentations on six continents. His research and teaching have been supported by competitive grants from a number of prestigious foundations and granting agencies, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, the Mellon Faculty Fellowship at Harvard University, the American Philosophical Association, the National Humanities Center, and the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research. Here at Texas A&M University, he has received grants and awards from the Office of the President, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Office of the Vice President for Faculty Affairs, Undergraduate Studies, the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Arts & Sciences, the Mays Innovation Research Center, the Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, the European Union Center, the Scowcroft Center, and the Office of the Dean of Faculties. In 2024 he was awarded an Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching.

Conway currently serves the profession as Liaison to the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society. In addition to serving as a series co-editor for Edinburgh University Press and for Bloomsbury Academic, he serves on the Advisory Boards of Arendt Studies, Basilíade, Symposion, Nietzsche-Studien, Journal of Nietzsche Studies, Nietzsche Online, Monographien und Texte zur Nietzsche-Forschung (Walter de Gruyter), and Filozofia. To date, he has held visiting appointments at Harvard University, University of Oregon, University of Warwick, the National Humanities Center, UMass Amherst, Amherst College, and Deakin University. In 2014 he was named an Honorary Life Member of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society.

Spring 2025 Course Schedule

• Phil 332.500 - Social & Political Philosophy. T, R - 2:20-3:35 p.m. - YMCA 109

• Phil 414.900 - 19th Century Philosophy. T, R - 8:00-9:15 a.m. - YMCA 115

Office Hours

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