{"id":2,"date":"2012-11-14T22:27:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T03:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-07-04T10:50:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T14:50:50","slug":"aboutme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/","title":{"rendered":"&nbsp;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script><span style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\/\/ <\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interests<\/strong>: Ancient Philosophy, Moral and Political Philosophy, Eighteenth-Century Philosophy, Philosophy and Literature, Metaphilosophy.<\/p>\n<p>Before coming to Boston University in 1991, Charles L. Griswold (also known as Charles L. Griswold, Jr.) taught at Howard University. He has held visiting appointments at the Universit\u00e9 de Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne (in 2004) and Yale University (in 1996, as Olmsted Visiting Professor). In 2010 he was appointed Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. His teaching and research have addressed various themes, figures, and historical periods.<\/p>\n<p>Griswold\u2019s current work in progress is a series of philosophical ruminations and conversations in podcast form on such topics as wonder, walking in nature, solitude, self-delusion, aging, philosophy, and perfectionism.\u00a0 He also wishes to address the issues of form, content, and medium as reflected in various styles of philosophical writing as well as in the spoken word (including the podcast modality made possible by the internet).\u00a0 Griswold hopes to broaden that tentative list to include a wide range of other topics.\u00a0 The rumination on philosophy was discussed via Zoom with faculty and students of Duquesne University&#8217;s philosophy department on Sept. 11, 2020 and with those of the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) philosophy department on Dec. 4, 2020.\u00a0 Griswold also presented a paper on self-forgiveness, guilt, and sorrow at a 2019 conference in Germany (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kulturwissenschaften.de\/veranstaltung\/tagung-responding-to-harm-and-wrongdoing-forgiveness-and-other-ways-of-moral-repair\/\">here<\/a>).\u00a0 Other topics about which he is currently thinking include surveillance and privacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>books &#8211;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jean-Jacques-Rousseau-Adam-Smith-Philosophical\/dp\/1138218952\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1504281042&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=charles+griswold\">Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith: a Philosophical Encounter.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/a><\/em> Routledge, 2018 (available Fall 2017; paperback, Dec. 2019). This book draws and builds on my work on Rousseau and on Smith in an effort to construct a kind of conversation between them about aspects of what could be termed &#8220;the question of the self.&#8221;\u00a0 For a review in <em>Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews <\/em>(3.8.18), see <a href=\"https:\/\/ndpr.nd.edu\/news\/jean-jacques-rousseau-and-adam-smith-a-philosophical-encounter\/\">here<\/a>. \u00a0For a review in the <em>Journal of the History of Philosophy<\/em> (10.2020), see <a href=\"\/griswold\/files\/2025\/07\/Review-of-Griswold-JJR-and-AS-in-JHP-Oct.-2020-project_muse_770448.pdf\">here<\/a>. \u00a0The podcast of a conversation about the book with Professor Jeffrey Church in <em>The Political Theory Review <\/em>is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.listennotes.com\/podcasts\/the-political\/charles-griswold-jean-aFbCqNhVG6p\/\">here<\/a> (interview dated 11.27.18).\u00a0 Drafts of the book&#8217;s chapter on self-falsification, exchange, and freedom were presented at Boston College (as a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bc.edu\/content\/dam\/files\/centers\/clough\/email\/griswold\/griswold.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Marshall Lecture)<\/a>, at a Smith<a href=\"\/griswold\/files\/2012\/11\/Smith-Conference-Poster.pdf\"> conference<\/a> at Yale University, at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/media\/Media_410308_smxx.pdf\">conference<\/a> at the University of Glasgow (plenary address), and elsewhere.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Platonic-Writings-Readings-Charles-Griswold\/dp\/0271030089\/ref=sr_1_4\/105-7903179-1150818?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1191422955&amp;sr=1-4\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><\/em><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Forgiveness-Philosophical-Exploration-Charles-Griswold\/dp\/0521703514\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/103-5344197-8972656?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1189182948&amp;sr=8-1\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Forgiveness: a Philosophical Exploration<\/em><\/a>. Cambridge University Press, 2007, simultaneous paperback and hardback publication.\u00a0 (Third printing with corrections 2007, reprinted with corrections 2014).\u00a0 &#8220;Author meets critics&#8221; panels on the book were held at a 2008 meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division (the exchange was published in <em>Philosophia<\/em> 38 (2010), and is on-line <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11406-010-9245-x\">here<\/a>), and at a 2oo8 meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association (the exchange was published in the 2008 ACPA <em>Proceedings<\/em>; my contribution is on-line <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdcnet.org\/acpaproc\/free\">here<\/a>. A conference occasioned by the book took place at the University of Oslo (Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature) in April of 2008. The results, edited by C. Fricke, were published by Routledge in 2011 under the title <em>The Ethics of Forgiveness<\/em> (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ethics-Forgiveness-Collection-Routledge-Studies\/dp\/0415754402\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1507473656&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=christel+Fricke\">here<\/a>). For an exchange in <em>Tikkun<\/em> (March\/April, 2008) about the book see <a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/issue\/32010\/print\">here<\/a>; for a review in the <em>TLS<\/em> (12.14.07) see <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/files\/2012\/11\/ScrutonreviewCG-TLS.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>; for a review in the <em>Times Higher Education<\/em> book section (May 8, 2008), see <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/story.asp?sectioncode=26&amp;storycode=401809&amp;c=1\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>; and for a review in <em>Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews<\/em> (6.19.08), see <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ndpr.nd.edu\/review.cfm?id=13334\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. For relevant discussions with the author on various radio shows, see <a href=\"#someoccasionalpieces\">below<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Smith-Virtues-Enlightenment-Charles-Griswold\/dp\/0521621275\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1277217372&amp;sr=1-3\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment<\/em><\/a>. Cambridge University Press, 1999, simultaneous paperback and hardback publication. \u00a0For a review in <em>Philosophy and Public Affairs <\/em>(Spring 1999), see <a href=\"\/griswold\/files\/2025\/07\/Darwall-22Sympathetic-Liberalism22.pdf\">here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Self-Knowledge-Platos-Phaedrus-Charles-Griswold\/dp\/0271016183\/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1326988210&amp;sr=1-4\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Self-knowledge in Plato&#8217;s Phaedrus<\/em><\/a>. Yale University Press, 1986, paperback 1988. Reprinted with a new preface and supplementary bibliography by the Pennsylvania State University Press in 1996. Awarded the Franklin J. Matchette Prize by the American Philosophical Association.<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Forgiveness-Philosophical-Exploration-Charles-Griswold\/dp\/0521703514\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/103-5344197-8972656?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1189182948&amp;sr=8-1\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>edited\/co-edited books &#8211;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ancient-Forgiveness-Classical-Judaic-Christian\/dp\/0521119480\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1349291111&amp;sr=1-2\" rel=\"noopener\">Ancient Forgiveness: Classical, Judaic, and Christian<\/a><\/em> (co-edited with David Konstan). Cambridge University Press, 2012.\u00a0 This book is a collection of essays by eminent scholars on the nature and scope of classical (both Greek and Roman) as well as early Christian and Judaic conceptions of forgiveness (related notions such as mercy, clemency, pardon, reconciliation, and the like are also discussed).<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Platonic-Writings-Readings-Charles-Griswold\/dp\/0271030089\/ref=sr_1_4\/105-7903179-1150818?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1191422955&amp;sr=1-4\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Platonic Writings, Platonic Readings<\/em><\/a> (ed.). Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1988, hardback and paperback. Reprinted with a new preface, supplementary bibliography, and corrections by the Pennsylvania State University Press in 2002.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>other publications (selected) &#8211;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>\u201cBeing and Appearing: Self-falsification, Exchange and Freedom in Rousseau and Adam Smith,\u201d in <i>Adam Smith and Rousseau: Ethics, Politics, Economics,<\/i> ed. M. P. Paganelli, D. C. Rasmussen, and C. Smith (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018), pp. 185-213.\u00a0 (This essay is drawn from ch. 4 of my book on Rousseau and Smith.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Genealogical narrative and self-knowledge in Rousseau&#8217;s <em>Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of Inequality among Men<\/em>,&#8221; <em>History of European Ideas, <\/em>published online Dec. 17, 2015, and then in the journal\u2019s print edition: vol. 42.2 (2016): 276-301, \u201cSpecial Issue: Essays in Honour of Knud Haakonssen.\u201d\u00a0 Available <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"&quot;Genealogy and self-knowledge&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/01916599.2015.1115223\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Liberty and Compulsory Civil Religion in Rousseau&#8217;s <em>Social Contract<\/em>,&#8221;\u00a0 <em>Journal of the History of Philosophy,<\/em> 53.2 (2015): 271-300. (Accepted for publication 12.12.13.)\u00a0 Available via Project Muse <a title=\"Griswold, JHP 53.2. (2015), Rousseau and civil religion\" href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/journals\/hph\/summary\/v053\/53.2.griswold.html\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Narcissisme, amour de soi et critique sociale.\u00a0<em>Narcisse<\/em>\u00a0de Rousseau et sa\u00a0<em>Pr\u00e9face<\/em>,&#8221; in\u00a0<em>P<a href=\"https:\/\/classiques-garnier.com\/philosophie-de-rousseau.html\">hilosophie de Rousseau<\/a><\/em>, ed. B. Bachofen,\u00a0B. Bernardi, A. Charrak et F. Gu\u00e9nard (Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2014), pp. 289-304 (trans. by C. Litwin). (<a href=\"\/griswold\/files\/2012\/11\/Griswold-Rousseaus-Narcissus-and-Preface.pdf\">pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Nature and Ethics of Vengeful Anger,\u201d <em>Nomos<\/em> LIII: &#8220;Passions and Emotions,&#8221; ed. J. Fleming (NYU Press, 2013), pp. 77-124. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/files\/2012\/12\/Griswold-v-anger-essay.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>)\u00a0 Reprinted with minor changes in <em>Recht und Emotion II: Sph\u00e4ren der Verletzlichkeit<\/em>, ed. H. Landweer and F. Bernhardt (Freiburg: Karl Alber, 2017), pp. 145-95; and in <em>The Ethics of Anger<\/em>, ed. C. D. Lewis and G. L. Bock (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2020), pp. 9-49.<\/li>\n<li>Review of T. Brudholm&#8217;s <em>Resentment&#8217;s Virtue: Jean Am\u00e9ry and the Refusal to Forgive<\/em>, N. Smith&#8217;s <em>I was Wrong: the Meanings of Apologies<\/em>, and L. Radzik&#8217;s <em>Making Amends: Atonement in Morality, Law, and Politics<\/em>; all for the <em>Times Literary Supplement (TLS)<\/em>, Jan. 7, 2011, p. 28. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/files\/2012\/11\/TLSReviews.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSocrates\u2019 Political Philosophy,\u201d in <em>The Cambridge Companion to Socrates<\/em>, ed. D. Morrison (Cambridge University Press, 2011), pp. 333-354. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/files\/2012\/11\/CUPSocrates.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Smith and Rousseau in dialogue: sympathy, <em>piti\u00e9<\/em>, spectatorship and narrative,&#8221; in <em>The Philosophy of Adam Smith: Essays Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of <\/em>The Theory of Moral Sentiments, ed. V. Brown and S. Fleischacker, vol. 5 of <em>The Adam Smith Review<\/em> (Routledge, 2010), pp. 59-84. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/files\/2012\/11\/SmithRousseau.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Reading and Writing Plato,&#8221; <em>Philosophy and Literature<\/em> 32 (2008): 205-216. Article review of R. Blondell, <em>The Play of Character in Plato&#8217;s Dialogues<\/em>; K. Corrigan and E. Glazov-Corrigan, <em>Plato&#8217;s Dialectic at Play: Argument, Structure, and Myth in the <\/em>Symposium; D. Hyland, <em>Questioning Platonism: Continental Interpretations of Plato<\/em>; D. Nails, <em>The People of Plato: a Prosopography of Plato and Other Socratics<\/em>. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/files\/2012\/11\/GriswoldLitReview.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Longing for the Best: Plato on Reconciliation with Imperfection,&#8221; <em>Arion<\/em> 11 (2003): 101-136.\u00a0 Available via Jstor.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Plato on Rhetoric and Poetry,&#8221; <em>Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy<\/em> (first published 12\/03, substantive revision 2\/4\/2016), Edward N. Zalta (ed.). On-line <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/plato-rhetoric\/\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Philosophers in the Agora,&#8221; <em>Perspectives on Political Science<\/em> 32 (2003): 203-206. Commentary on M. Lilla&#8217;s <em>The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics. <\/em>A reply by Lilla to this and the other responses to his book is included in this issue of <em>Perspectives<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Comments on Kahn,&#8221; in <em>New Perspectives on Plato, Modern and Ancient<\/em>, ed. J. Annas and C. Rowe (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002), pp. 129-144. (This commentary on C. Kahn&#8217;s &#8220;On Platonic Chronology,&#8221; included in the same volume, is a discussion of the case for any organization of Plato&#8217;s works according to (presumed) dates of their composition.)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Irony in the Platonic Dialogues,&#8221; <em>Philosophy and Literature<\/em> 26 (2002): 84-106. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/files\/2012\/11\/PlatonicIrony.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Relying on Your Own Voice: An Unsettled Rivalry of Moral Ideals in Plato&#8217;s <em>Protagoras<\/em>,&#8221; <em>Review of Metaphysics<\/em> 53 (1999): 283-307. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/files\/2012\/11\/GriswoldPROTarticle.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>E Pluribus Unum<\/em>? On the Platonic &#8216;Corpus&#8217;,&#8221; <em>Ancient Philosophy<\/em> 19 (1999): 361-397. An exchange about this article between the author and Charles Kahn is published in <em>Ancient Philosophy<\/em> 20 (2000): 189-197.<\/li>\n<li>Review of J. Gray&#8217;s <em>Enlightenment&#8217;s Wake: Politics and Culture at the Close of the Modern Age<\/em>, <a title=\"CG, Political Theory review of Gray\" href=\"http:\/\/ptx.sagepub.com\/content\/27\/2.toc\"><em>Political Theory<\/em><\/a> 27 (1999): 274-281.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Platonic Liberalism: Self-Perfection as a Foundation of Political Theory,&#8221; in <em>Plato and Platonism<\/em>, ed. J. M. van Ophuijsen (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1999), pp. 102-134. Slightly different version published in French as &#8220;Le Lib\u00e9ralisme Platonicien: de la Perfection Individuelle comme Fondement d&#8217;une Th\u00e9orie Politique,&#8221; in vol. 2 of <em>Contre Platon<\/em>, ed. M. Dixsaut (Paris: Vrin, 1995), pp. 155-195 (trans. by M. and J. Dixsaut).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Adam Smith on Friendship and Love,&#8221; co-authored with D. J. Den Uyl, <em>Review of Metaphysics<\/em> 49 (1996): 609-637.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Happiness, Tranquillity, and Philosophy,&#8221; <em>Critical Review<\/em> 10 (1996): 1-32. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/files\/2012\/11\/CG-happiness-piece-CR.pdf\" title=\"here\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Rights and Wrongs: Jefferson, Slavery, and Philosophical Quandaries,&#8221; in <em>A Culture of Rights: The Bill of Rights in Philosophy, Politics and Law\u20141791 and 1991,<\/em> ed. M. Lacey and K. Haakonssen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), pp. 144-214. (<a href=\"\/griswold\/files\/2020\/09\/Griswold-Jefferson-slavery.pdf\">pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>Politike Episteme<\/em> in Plato&#8217;s <em>Statesman<\/em>,&#8221; in <em>Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy<\/em>, ed. J. Anton and A. Preus, vol. 3 (New York: State University of New York Press, 1989), pp. 141-67. (<a href=\"\/griswold\/files\/2020\/09\/Griswold-Political-Episteme-in-Platos-Statesman.pdf\">pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Washington Mall: Philosophical Thoughts on Political Iconography,&#8221; <em>Critical Inquiry<\/em> 12 (1986): 688-719. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/files\/2012\/11\/GriswoldVVM.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>) Reprinted in <em>Critical Issues in Public Art: Content, Context, and Controversy<\/em>, ed. H. Senie and S. Webster (New York: Harper\/Collins, 1992), pp. 71-100; and in <em>Art and the Public Sphere<\/em>, ed. W. J. T. Mitchell (University of Chicago Press, 1992), pp. 79-112.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Philosophy, Education, and Courage in Plato&#8217;s <em>Laches<\/em>,&#8221; <em>Interpretation<\/em> 14 (1986): 177-193.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Plato&#8217;s Metaphilosophy,&#8221; in <em>Platonic Investigations<\/em>, ed. Dominic O&#8217;Meara (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1985): 1-33. Reprinted with some changes under the title &#8220;Plato&#8217;s Metaphilosophy: Why Plato Wrote Dialogues,&#8221; in <em>Platonic Writings, Platonic Readings<\/em>, ed. C. Griswold (New York: Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1988), pp. 143-167. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/files\/2012\/11\/PlatosMetaphilosophy.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>) French translation, with further changes, published as &#8220;La naissance et la d\u00e9fense de la raison dialogique chez Platon,&#8221; in <em>La naissance de la Raison en Gr\u00e8ce<\/em>, ed. J.-F. Matt\u00e9i (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1990), pp. 359-89 (trans. by B. Boulad and reviewed by A. and J.-F. Matt\u00e9i). Also reprinted in <em>Plato: Critical Assessments<\/em>, ed. N. Smith, vol. 1 (New York: Routledge, 1998): 221-252.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Ideas and the Criticism of Poetry in Plato&#8217;s <em>Republic<\/em>, Book 10,&#8221; <em>Journal of the History of Philosophy <\/em>19 (1981): 135-150.\u00a0 Available via Project Muse <a href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/login?auth=0&amp;type=summary&amp;url=\/journals\/journal_of_the_history_of_philosophy\/v019\/19.2griswold.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"someoccasionalpieces\"><strong>some occasional pieces &#8211;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;On Forgiveness,&#8221; in &#8220;The Stone&#8221; series of <em>The\u00a0New York Times<\/em>, published on-line on Dec. 26, 2010, and archived <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/12\/26\/on-forgiveness\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Happiness and Cypher&#8217;s Choice: is Ignorance Bliss?&#8221; in <em>The Matrix and Philosophy<\/em>, vol. III of a series &#8220;Popular Culture and Philosophy,&#8221; ed. W.T. Irwin. (Open Court, 2002), pp. 126-137.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Attracting Blacks to Philosophy,&#8221; <em>American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy<\/em> 92.1 (1993), pp. 55-59.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, Griswold has written on subjects such as the American Enlightenment. He has also published in such venues as\u00a0<em>The Monist<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Revue de M\u00e9taphysique et de Morale<\/em>, <em>Man and World, <\/em>the\u00a0<em>Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, <\/em>and in various edited volumes (including <em>The Cambridge Companion to Adam Smith<\/em>). His work has been translated into French, German, and Italian.<\/p>\n<p>In another register: Griswold discussed the topic of forgiveness on <em>Philosophy Talk<\/em> (hosted by Stanford philosophers Ken Taylor and John Perry, 2005); it is archived <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philosophytalk.org\/shows\/forgiveness\">here<\/a>. For another conversation about forgiveness and related notions with Griswold, on Australian National Radio (2008), see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/archived\/encounter\/forgiveness\/3166292\">here<\/a>. In 2009 he appeared on &#8220;Why? Philosophical discussions about Everyday Life,&#8221; broadcast by North Dakota public radio (archived <a href=\"https:\/\/philosophyinpubliclife.org\/2009\/04\/13\/on-forgiveness-withcharles-l-griswold\/\">here<\/a>), as well as on a show on forgiveness broadcast by Connecticut Public Radio (archived <a title=\"WNPR\/Conn. interview on forgiveness\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wnpr\/from-the-archives-on-forgiveness-2009\">here<\/a>). In 2014 he was interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for a show on forgiveness in the age of the internet (archived <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/spark\/spark-240-1.2848107\/forgiveness-1.2848112\" title=\"Forgiveness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>), and by &#8220;The Takeaway&#8221; (a national radio show co-produced by Public Radio International and WNYC Radio, in collaboration with <em>The New York Times<\/em> and WGBH Boston) on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of President Ford&#8217;s pardon of Richard Nixon (archived <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetakeaway.org\/story\/40-years-after-nixons-pardon-look-forgiveness\/\" title=\"The Takeaway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>).\u00a0<ins><br \/>\n<\/ins><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fellowships and Grants (selected):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, 2009\/10<\/li>\n<li>Cullman Center Fellowship (New York Public Library), 2009\/10 (declined)<\/li>\n<li>Stanford Humanities Center Fellowship, 2004\/05<\/li>\n<li>National Humanities Center Fellowship, 1989\/90, 2009\/10 (declined)<\/li>\n<li>National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 1986\/87<\/li>\n<li>National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, 1984<\/li>\n<li>National Endowment for the Humanities, Director, Seminar for<br \/>\nSecondary School Teachers, 1985<\/li>\n<li>Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowship, 8\/1989 \u2013 12\/1990<\/li>\n<li>American Council of Learned Societies Travel Grants, 1987, 1990<\/li>\n<li>Earhart Foundation Fellowship Research Grants, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Teaching (partial list):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spring 1998: contemporary virtue ethics<\/li>\n<li>1999\/2000 academic year, team-taught seminar with Glenn Loury, supported by a Templeton Foundation grant. Enlightenment political theory (Sem. I), and its applicability to contemporary social and political issues, especially as relating to race and poverty (Sem. II)<\/li>\n<li>Spring 2001: moral realism<\/li>\n<li>Spring 2002: Hume&#8217;s <em>Treatise of Human Nature<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Spring 2003 and Spring 2004: seminar on the problem of reconciliation with imperfection (Platonic perfectionism being the point of departure)<\/li>\n<li>Spring 2006: sympathy, empathy, and their ethical relevance (readings from Hume, Smith, Rousseau, and contemporary work)<\/li>\n<li>Fall 2007: graduate seminar on Rousseau (with contrasting texts from Hume and Smith, as well as relevant contemporary readings on such topics as social contract theory; narrative; and the emotions)<\/li>\n<li>Spring 2008: undergraduate seminar on the notion of narrative and its possible usefulness in understanding the idea of the unity of one&#8217;s life. Readings from Plato and Aristotle through MacIntyre, Velleman, and Goldie.<\/li>\n<li>Fall 2008: graduate seminar on narrative<\/li>\n<li>Fall 2010: the emotions (undergraduate seminar)<\/li>\n<li>Fall 2011: graduate seminar on the emotions<\/li>\n<li>Fall 2012: undergraduate seminar on Rousseau and the Enlightenment (with discussion of Hume, Smith, and numerous contemporary sources). Similar seminar, Spring 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Spring 2013: undergraduate course, &#8220;Wealth, Ethics, and Liberty.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Spring 2014, 2016, and later: undergraduate seminar on the political problem of religion<\/li>\n<li>Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017: freshman honors seminar on anger and related emotions (Kilachand Honors College)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Griswold&#8217;s graduate level teaching at Boston University has also included courses on various Platonic dialogues. His undergraduate teaching has included introductory and mid-level courses in ethics, political philosophy, and the history of modern philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014 he was the recipient of a Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences (Boston University).<\/p>\n<p>Griswold&#8217;s professional <strong>service<\/strong> has included membership on the committees of the Stanford Humanities Center, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities evaluating applications for Fellowships. He serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of\u00a0<em>Ancient Philosophy <\/em>and\u00a0<em>Theoria<\/em>, and was a member of the Advisory Council of B.U.&#8217;s Institute on Race and Social Division. His service to Boston University has included chairing the philosophy department. He has served as a member of the University Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure (UAPT) committee (2011-13); as departmental Director of Graduate Studies; and as departmental Director of Fundraising and Alumni Outreach.\u00a0 During the 20-21 academic years he was a member of the Academic Freedom Committee of BU&#8217;s Faculty Council.<\/p>\n<p>As department Chair at BU, Griswold helped land substantial gifts to the department (for some further information, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/2007\/supporting-the-life-of-the-mind\" title=\"here\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University\u00a0 Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Moral and Political Philosophy, Eighteenth-Century Philosophy, Philosophy and Literature, Metaphilosophy. Before coming to Boston University in 1991, Charles L. Griswold (also known as Charles L. Griswold, Jr.) taught at Howard University. He has held visiting appointments at the Universit\u00e9 de Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne (in 2004) and Yale University [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3718,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3718"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/griswold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}