Dr. Ann Ward, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Studies
Dr. Ann Ward
Associate
Professor of Philosophy and Political Studies
B.A. (Toronto), M.A.
(Brock), Ph.D. (Fordham)
Phone: (306) 359-1264
E-mail: Ann.Ward@uregina.ca
Research Interests
Relation between philosophy and history in the ancient historians,ancient political philosophy, 19th century political thought, and feminist philosophy.
Representative Publications
Books:
Monograph:
Herodotus and the Philosophy of Empire, Baylor University Press, (2008).
Edited Collections:
Matter and Form: From Natural Science to Political Philosophy, edited volume, Lexington Books (forthcoming 2009).
Socrates: Reason or Unreason as the Foundation of European Identity,edited volume, Cambridge Scholars Press (2007).
Articles:
"Mothering and the Sacrifice of Self: Women and Friendship in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics," in thirdspace: a journal of feminist theory and culture 7/2 (Winter 2008), 32-57.
"Self-reflection, Egyptian beliefs, the Scythians and 'Greek ideas':Reconsidering Greeks and Barbarians in Herodotus." The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms, (February 2006).
Book Chapters:
"The Complexity of Divine Speech and the Quest for the Ideas in Plato's Euthyphro," in From the Rim of the Pit: Creative Responses to the Abyss, edited by John F. Humphrey and Wendy C. Hamblet (forthcoming).
"The Immortality of the Soul and the Origin of the Cosmos in Plato's Phaedo," in Matter and Form: From Natural Science to Political Philosophy, edited by Ann Ward, Lexington Books (forthcoming 2009).
"Montesquieu on Federalism and the Problem of Liberty in the International System," co-authored with David Fott, in Ashgate Research Companion to Federalism, edited by Ann Ward and Lee Ward, Ashgate Publishing Limited, (July 2009).
"Nascent Federalism and its Limits in Ancient Greece: Herodotus and Thucydides," co-authored with Sara MacDonald, in Ashgate Research Companion to Federalism, edited by Ann Ward and Lee Ward, Ashgate Publishing Limited, (July 2009).
"Socratic Irony and Platonic Ideas? Kierkegaard's 'Critique' of Socrates in The Concept of Irony," in Socrates: Reason or Unreason as the Foundation of European Identity, edited by Ann Ward, Cambridge Scholars Press, (2007).
"Abraham, Agnes and Socrates: Love and History in Kierkegaard's Fear Trembling," in Love and Friendship: Rethinking Politics and Affection in Modern Times, edited by Eduardo Velasquez (Lexington Books, 2003).
Current Scholarly Projects
I am currently working on articles on ancient political philosophy,with a focus on Aristotle.