Maija KULE

Professor Maija KULE Faculty of history and Philosophy University of Latvia Director Institute of Philosophy and Sociology Akademijas laukums 1 Riga, LV 1940 Latvia Phone: +371 722 9208 Fax:     +371 721 0806 E-mail: maya@lza.lv ;  maija.kule@lu.lv

Born: April 21, 1951, Gulbene district, Latvia

Interests

• History of philosophy
• Phenomenology
• Hermeneutics
• Philosophy of culture
• Philosophy of education
• Social philosophy
• Human rights
• European Union: ideas and values
• Contemporary European culture and art: a philosophical analysis

• Full member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1996
• Active member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Class 11 - Philosophy), 1996
• Corresponding member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1992-1996
• Felix Award ( European Academy of Sciences and Arts and Latvian Academy of Sciences) for the best book in Humanities “Phenomenology and Culture”, 2003
• T.Celm’s Award in philosophy, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2006

• Member of the Steering Committee, International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP), 1998 – 2008;  Head of the International Committee of Philosophical Collaboration and Philosophical Encounter, 2004 -
• Member of the Senate, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1996-
• Member of the University of Latvia Senate, Head of the Commission of University Development Strategy, 1999-2001,  2004- 2007
• Head, Committee of Experts of the Latvian Council of Science ( Humanities and Social Sciences), 2007 -
• Chairperson, Committee of Experts of the Latvian Council of Science (Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, Pedagogy), 1991-2007
• Board of Directors, International Husserl and Phenomenological Research Society, 1996
• Head of the Board, Institute “Eurolat”, 2000
• Delegate of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, UAI - International Union of Academies, 1998- 2004
• Member of the Council, Department of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1996 –
• Head ( 2005-2006), member of the Committee of Ethics, Latvian Academy of Sciences and Latvian Council of Science, 1996 -
• Member of the Editorial Council of the journal "Humanities and Social Sciences. Latvia", 1993 -
• Editor-in-chief of the journal (almanac) "Philosophy" (in Latvian), 1998 -
• Member of  Editorial Board of the journals:
      -   (Man and World) "Continental Philosophical Review", University of New Hampshire,USA,1997
      -   “Logos”, Vilnius, 2006 –
      -   "Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Part A. Humanities", 1992 -
      -   “Religiski – filozofiski raksti”, 2001
      -   “LU raksti. Filosofija”, 2005 -

• Member of the Promotion Council, LAS Institute of Philosophy and Law, 1986 - 1990

• University of Latvia:
  
      - Head of the Professors' Commission in Philosophy and Theology, 2000 -
      - Head of the Doctoral studies program in Philosophy, 1998 -
      - Head of the Promotion Committee in Philosophy ,  1998- 2006

• Member of the Consultative Commission, Latvia’s Institute, 1998 - 2001
• Member of the National Committee of Culture of Latvia, 1995-1998
• President, Latvian Association of Intelligentsia, 1998 -
• Deputy Chairman of the Latvian Section,  Philosophical Society of USSR, 1986 - 1991

• Member of the General scientific organizing committee, XXII World Philosophy Congress, Seul – 2008; Head of the committee of international philosophical collaboration, head of the congress’ symposia “Hermeneutics”, 2003 – 2008
• Deputy head of the organizing committee of the congress „LETONIKA“, head of the section, 2005 – 2007
• Head of the organizing committee -
  
      -   Philosophy section, the First Letonica Congress,   Riga, October, 2005   
      -   International conference “Philosophy Against Violence”, Riga, University of Latvia December, 2004
      -   International conference “F. Nietzsche - 160”, Riga, University of Latvia, October, 2004
      -   International conference, organized by the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and Latvian Academy of Sciences “Security and Certainty”, Riga,  May, 2003
      -  Conference "Europen Values in Education and Culture: Latvia's Way to the EU", October, 2002
      -  Conference " Culture in Changing Latvia". Riga, Latvia, May, 1995
      -  Conference " Dialoque between Christian and Secular Worlds". Riga, Latvia, March 1995
      -  Conference " F.Nietzsche - 150". Riga, Latvia, October, 1994
      -  Conference on honour Pope`s John Paul II visit in Latvia. Riga, September, 1993
      -  XXVII International Phenomenology Conference, "Toward the Phenomenological Concept of Life." Jurmala, Latvia, September, 1991
      -  Section of Philosophy and Theology, World Congress of Latvian Scientists, Riga, Latvia, July 1991
      -  XXV International Phenomenology Conference, "Reason, Life, Culture." Riga, Latvia, September 1990
      -   All-USSR Conference "The 200th Anniversary of Kant's Kritik der Urteilskraft First Publicaton in Riga ". Riga, Latvia, May 1990
      -  All- USSR Conference, ''Communication and Culture''. Jurmala, Latvia, May, 1987
      -  All- USSR Conference, ''Problems of Ontology in Western Philosophy''. Jurmala, Latvia, September, 1986
     
• Member  of the organizing committee -
  
      - International conference “ I. Kant- 280”, Riga, University of Latvia, April, 2004
      - All- USSR Conference "The 200th Anniversary of Kant's Kritik der praktischen Vernunft First Publication in Riga "  Riga, Latvia, May 1988
      - All-Union Conference, ''The 200th Anniversary of Kant's Kritik der reinen Vernunft First Publication in Riga''. Riga, Latvia, September, 1981

• Euro-life: Forms, Principles, Feelings, Riga: FSI (in Latvian)
• Phenomenology and Culture, 2002, Riga (in English).
• Philosophy, 1996(1st edition), 1997 (2nd edition), 1998 (3rd edition), Riga,  658 pp. (together with R.Kúlis, in Latvian); 1998 (transl. in Russian), 716 pp.
• The Path in the Maze of Understanding, 1989,  Riga: Zinatne (in Latvian).

• Scientific editor - book “Communication and existence”, University of Latvia, 2005
• Scientific editor - book “Philosopher between tradition and experience”, University of Latvia, 2004
• Editor-in-chief. Almanac. Philosophy, Nr. 4, Riga, 2004
• Editor-in-chief. Almanac. Philosophy, Nr. 3, Riga, 2002
• Editor-in-chief. Almanac. Philosophy, Nr. 2, Riga, 2000
• Editor-in-chief. Almanac. Philosophy, Nr. 1, Riga, 1998
• Eternal and Secular, 1995, Riga: Lielvards.
• Phenomenology in Baltics. Analecta Husserliana, 1993,vol. XXXIX, Kluwer Acad. Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London.
• Phenomenology in the Contemporary World, 1991, Eds. with Viktors Molchanow. Riga: Zinatne, (in Russian).
• Philosophy and Theology. Materials of the World Congress of Latvian Scientists, 1991, Riga, (in Latvian).
• Teleology and Aesthetics, 1991, Riga, (in Latvian, Russian, German).
• Thoughts about Ancient Philosophy, 1990, Riga:Avots, (in Latvian).
• Human Being and Spirit, 1988, Riga: Zinatne, (in Russian).
• Problems of Ontology in Western Philosophy, 1988, Riga: Zinatne, (in Russian).
• Ancient Philosophie: Specific Features and Contemporary Meaning, 1988, Riga: Zinatne, (in Russian).
• Kant's "Critic of Pure Reason" and Modern Thought, 1984, Riga: Zinatne, (in Russian).
• Critic of Phenomenological Trend in Western Philosophy, 1981, Riga: Zinatne, (in Russian). 

• Principle of Historicity in the Phenomenology of Life. – Analecta Husserliana, Vol. XC, Springer Science and Business Media Publishers, 2006, pp. 237 – 249.
• Post-modern Europe: Three Forms of Life. – Contributed papers. Interim World Philosophy Congress, Delhi, 2006, pp. 73-79.
• Philosophy in the Baltic States. – Philosophy Worldwide. FSI, FISP, 2006, pp. 91 –106.
• History of Philosophy and Philosophy of History: Educational problems. – History in Education. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Pedagogical University, 2005, pp. 40 –52.
• The Role of Ciphering in phenomenology of life. - Analecta Husserliana, vol. LXXIX, Kluwer acad. publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, 2004, pp. 41-50.
• Self-Individualization as the Main Principle of Life. - Analecta Husserliana, vol. LXXXIII, Kluwer Acad. Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, 2004, pp. 47-56.
• Scientist's Code of Ethics in Latvia. – Scientific Dishonesty – Workshop of the Nordic Committees and the Baltic Experts, Abu, Finland, 2003, pp.8-10.
• Change of Values in the East-European Philosophy.- International Conference “Philosophy on the Turning Point of the Century". Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 2002, pp.16.-17 (In English and Chinese )
• New Religiosity in the View of Contemporary Culture and Philosophy - CESNUR 14^th International conference in Riga, August, 2000. Publication in the CESNUR Website, Italy. 
• Intersubjective Parameters of the Life Processes. - Analecta Husserliana, 2002, vol. 77, pp. 79-85,  Kluwer Acad. Publishers.
• The Idea of Europe in Latvia.- National Identity and Vision of Europe. - Annals of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2000, vol. 28, N 9, pp. 25-31.
• Theodor Celms: Forerunner of the Phenomenology of Life. - Analecta Husserliana, 1998, vol. LIV, Kluwer Acad. Publishers.
• The Problems of Intersubjectivity in Th.Celm's Philosophy. - Phenomenological Inquiry, October, 1996
• Religious Philosophy in the Latvian Academy of Sciences in 1990-1995. - Dialogue between Christianity and Secularism in Latvia. Riga, 1996, European Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 15, Nr. YI
• Phenomenology in the USSR. - Encyclopaedia of Phenomenology, 1997, Florida Atlantic university, Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology, Kluwer Acad. Publishers.
• Über Stille. -Kultur und Kritik. Leipziger philosophische Zeitschrift. Heft 5. August, 1993
• Silence as Cultural Phenomenon. - Analecta Husserliana, 1993,vol. XXXIX, Kluwer Acad. Publishers.
• The Ontological Pre- Conditions of Understanding and the Formation of Meaning. - Analecta Husserliana, 1991, vol. XXXIY, Kluwer Acad. Publishers.
• The Role of Historicity in Man‘s Creative Experience: a Comparative Analysis of the Ideas of Kant, Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger, and theHermeneutical School. - Analecta Husserliana, 1990, vol. XXXI, Kluwer Acad. Publishers.
• The Formation of Sense and Creative Experience. - Analecta Husserliana, 1989, vol.XXYII, Kluwer Acad. Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London.

• M.Kule (Head of Project). Phenomenological and Hermeneutical Description of Lebenswelt. Latvian Council of Science, 2001 - 2007
• M.Kule (Deputy Head). State research program "Letonika", 2005-2008
• M.Kule (Head of Project). Christian Values and Latvian Identity”. Latvia, Ministry of Education and Science. 2004-2005
• M.Kule (Head of Project). Contemporary Phenomenology.  Latvian Council of Science, 1991 - 2001.
• M. Kule (Head of  Program).  Integration and Modernization of Letonica. Latvian Council of Science, 1995

• Short term Research Grant “Contemporary Phenomenology”. Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Vienna, Institute of Philosophy, 2004
• Short term research grant “Phenomenology and Hermeneutics in Latvia”. University of Vienna, Institute of Philosophy, 2004
• Short term Research Grant “Phenomenology and Culture”. The British Academy, 2002
• 2 month scientific project.  Humboldt University, Berlin, 1999
• Grant for a preparation of book "Eternal and Secular", Soros Foundation of Latvia, 1995
• Short term Research Grant,  program " Research and Training for Reform" of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. Montreal University, 1995.

14.04.2007