THOMAS W. SIMON Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University
Center for Chinese and American Studies Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210093
People’s Republic of China [email protected]
8625-8359-3709 EDUCATION 1991 JD Law University of Illinois 1988 Fellow Liberal Arts Harvard Law School 1973 PhD Philosophy Washington University 1967 BA Philosophy St. Lawrence University 1966 Philosophy Howard University PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2010- Hopkins-Nanjing Center, Nanjing University, Professor, International Law 2008-2010 American University of Sharjah, UAE, Professor, International Studies 1992-2008 Illinois State University, Professor (Tenured), Department of Philosophy 1991-1992 U. of Baltimore, Professor (Tenured), Legal Studies 1988-1989 Harvard Law School, Liberal Arts Fellow in Law and Philosophy 1973-1988 University of Florida, Associate/Assistant Professor (Tenured) VISITING APPOITMENTS 2005-2006 University of Malaya, Law Faculty/Centre for Civilization Dialogue 2002-2003 University of Northern Colorado, Distinguished Chair 2002, 2003 Prishtina Summer University, Kosovo, Law Faculty 2002 Vassar College, Summer Institute for the Gifted 2002, 2003 Illinois Wesleyan University, May Term Faculty 1998 University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Visiting Professor Faculty of Law, Faculty of Philosophy 1994-1996 Miyazaki International College, Japan
Founding Faculty and Fellow, Comparative Cultures 1989-1990 University of Illinois, Visiting Associate Professor Department of Political Science; Department of Philosophy 1989 Brandeis University, Instructor, Summer Program 1988-1989 Harvard University, Teaching Fellow Professor Michael Sandel (Department of Government)
Professor Amartya Sen (Departments of Economics and Philosophy) 1983-1984 York University, England, Department of Philosophy 1980-1981 University of Delaware, Research Fellow, Center for Value Studies PUBLICATIONS BOOKS:
1. Group Injustices: From Muslims to Rwandans. Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, 2011.
2. Dialogue of Civilisations and the Construction of Peace (edited w/Azizan Baharuddin) Centre for Civilization Dialogue, 2009.
3. Laws of Genocide. Greenwood/Praeger, 2007. 4. Law and Philosophy. McGraw Hill, 2001. 5. Democracy & Social Injustice. Rowman & Littlefield, 1995. 6. Language, Mind, & Brain (edited w/Robert Scholes). Erlbaum Press, 1982.
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ARTICLES: 2011 “Remedial Secession”
Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law
2009 “Teachers of Religion, Religions of Teachers,” Radical Teacher, No. 82. 2006 "Expunging Evil"
Free Inquiry. Vol. 20, No. 1. December 2005/January 2006, pp. 40-44. http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=simon_26_1
2005 “Genocide, Evil, and Injustice: Competing Hells”
The Palgrave Handbook to Philosophy, Genocide, and Human Rights, edited by John K. Roth.
2004 “New Deal, New Development: A Public Works Philosophy”
The Good Society. Vol. 13, No.1., pp. 49-61. (Invited symposium paper on Democratic Distributive Justice by Ross Zucker, Cambridge University Press, 2001).
“Meta-Legal and Philosophical Dimensions of Autonomy Paradoxes of Autonomy” Beyond a
One-Dimensional State: An Emerging Right to Autonomy? Edited by Zelim Skurbaty. The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Library, 19. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
“Lufta, Gjenocidi Dhe Ligji”
E Drejta (Law ) Journal of the Law Faculty of the University of Prishtina, Qerim R. Qerimi, translator.
2003 “As If Law Mattered, A Review Essay”
Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 4, No. 1. "Cleansing the Concept of Ethnicity: Taking Group Harms Seriously"
Emancipating Cultural Pluralism. Cris E. Toffolo, editor. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, pp. 55-78.
“Debating Hate?”
Yes!, Summer, pp. 26-28. 2001 “Genocide: Normative Comparative Studies”
Remembering for the Future: The Holocaust in the Age of Genocide. London: Macmillan, pp. 1-23.
2000 “United Nations Convention on the Wrongs to the Child”
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8 The International Journal of Children's Rights, pp. 1-13. Reprinted in The International Library of Essays on Rights (2004), anthology of most significant journal essays in contemporary legal studies.
“The Holocaust’s Moral Uniqueness?”
Contemporary Portrays of Auschwitz and Genocide: Philosophical Challenges. Alan Rosenberg et. al., editors. Humanity Press, pp. 76-94.
"The Injustice of Procedural Democracy"
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Southeastern Europe. Florian Bieber and Dzemal Sokolovic, editors. London: Ashgate.
"Human Rights Paradigm Shifts: European Union and United Nations Philosophy"
Human Rights Protection in the Developing Countries. George Papadimitriou, editor. Centre for European Constitutional Law. Athens-Komotini.
1999 “Groups: Rights, Wrongs, and Culture”
Nature of Groups and Group Rights. Larry May and Christine Sistare, editors. University Press of Kansas.
"Injustice"
5 Philosophers' Magazine, pp. 19-21. "Racists Versus Anti-Semites?: Critical Race Theorists Criticized"
American Philosophical Association Newsletters: Special Issue on Philosophy, Law, and the Black Experience. Richard Nunan, editor. Volume 98, No. 2, pp. 29-35.
"Radical Class, Gender, and Race Theories" The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia. Christopher Berry Gray, editor. New York: Garland Press, pp. 714-716.
1998 "Focus on Children"
25 Constitutional Law & Liberty, Individual Rights and Responsibilities Council, Illinois State Bar Association. Patrick Hughs, editor. pp. 1-3.
"Minority Rights or Wrongs: A United Nations Challenge,"
8 Human Rights Interest Group Newsletter, American Society of International Law. Cynthia Price Cohen, editor. pp. 17-20.
1997 “Minorities in International Law”
10 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, pp. 1-13. "First, Prevent Harms: Minority Protection in International Law"
9 International Legal Perspectives, pp. 129-167. 1996 "Jurisprudential Indeterminacy: The Case of Hate Speech"
Radical Critiques of the Law. Steve Griffin and Robert Moffat, editors. University of
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Kansas Press, pp. 293-309. "Defining Genocide"
Wisconsin International Law Review 15:1 (Fall 1996), pp. 243-256. 1995 "Anti-Inequalitarianism: Democracy's Non Contestable Presupposition"
Public Affairs Quarterly, pp. 75-83. "Group Harm"
Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 123-138. 1994 "Fighting Racism: The Hate Speech Detour"
Indiana Law Journal, pp. 411-432. An Ethical Education (reprint). Mortimer Sellars, editor. Oxford: Garland Press, pp. 171-186.
"A Theory of Social Injustice"
Radical Philosophy of Law. David Caudill, editor. Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press.
"Theoretical Marginalization of the Disadvantaged, Liberal/Communitarian Failings” The Liberalism-Communitarianism Debate. C.F. Delaney, editor. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, pp. 103-136.
1993 "Narratives of Technology," (co-authored)
Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society. 1991 "Double Reverse Discrimination in Housing: Contextualizing Starrett City"
39 Buffalo Law Review, pp. 803-854. "Affirmative Action: Croson Road to Color-Blindness"
79 Illinois Bar Journal, pp. 94-97. "Electronic Inequality"
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society , pp. 144-146. 1990 "Suspect Class Democracy: A Social Theory"
45 University of Miami Law Review, pp. 107-158. "Varieties of Ecological Dialectics"
12 Environmental Ethics, pp. 211-231. "Beyond Technological Things"
Renewing the Earth: Writings of Social Ecology. John Clark, editor. London: Merlin Press.
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"Artificial Intelligence Methodology Meets Philosophy" The Foundations of Artificial Intelligence: A Sourcebook. Derek Partridge and Yorick Wilks, editors. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 155-164.
FELLOWSHIPS Fulbright Fellowships
Malaysia, University of Malaya, Faculty of Law/Centre Civilization Dialogue, 2005-2006 Slovenia, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law, 1998-1999
Sabbatical Awards
Illinois State University, 1998, 2005-2006 University of Florida, 1987-1988, 1977-1978
Peace Fellowship, United States Institute of Peace
University Faculty Seminar, Conflict and Peacemaking, Washington, DC, July 1998 Summer Fellowship, Oregon Humanities Center, University of Oregon, 1996 Faculty Fellowships, Comparative Cultures
Miyazaki International College, Japan, 1994-1995 Liberal Arts Fellowship in Law and Philosophy, Harvard Law School, 1988-1989 National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminars
Colorado College Debates in Islam John Bowen 2004 Cornell University Post Communism Valerie Bunce 2001 University of Wisconsin Ethnic Nationalism Crawford Young 1997 University of Notre Dame Comparative Law Donald Kommers 1993
Yale Law School Law & Economics Jules Coleman 1989
GRANTS Yeung Grant, Johns Hopkins University, Minorities Studies, January Term Program, 2011-12 Yeung Grant, Johns Hopkins University, Law Initiative, Moot Court, 2011-12 Ma’an Alliance, Training Grant, Civic Engagement, Beirut, May 2009 Fulbright Lecture/Research Fellowship. Malaysia, Summer 2006. -Unusual award of extension of regular Fulbright fellowship. Fulbright Research Travel Grants. Fall 2005-2006
-Sarawak, ethnic issues relating to indigenous peoples. -Vietnam and Cambodia to interview guides at My Lai Museum and S21 Prison.
Corporation for National Service. Spring/Summer 1998.
“Narratives of Moral and Social Issues for Children,” Learn & Serve Scholarship of Engagement.
Yomiuri Research Institute, Japan, Conference Grant, September 1995
Conference Director, “International Perspectives on Japan's Constitution.”
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HONORARIA United States Embassy, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), July 2006.
Keynote Address, “The Rule of Law,” 25th Anniversary FSM Supreme Court. Austrian-American Educational Commission/Institute Für Philosphie, Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz, Austria. June 1999.
"Children's Rights/Children's Harms: International Conventions/American Law.” European Commission on Development Issues, Athens, Greece. April 1999.
Conference, Human Rights Protection in Developing Countries. Centre for European Constitutional Law.
Central and Eastern European Law Initiative, American Bar Association.
Constitutional Drafting Sessions with Albanian Delegation. May 1998. American Council of Learned Societies, Invited Participant Grant. November 1993. Bratislava Symposium, Constitutionalism and Politics, Slovakia. American Bar Association, Selected Participant Grant. April 1989. Commission on College and University Nonprofessional Legal Studies Conference,
University of Connecticut. Matchette Foundation Lecture Award. August 1990.
International Conference on Social Philosophy, University of Vermont. RECENT PRESENTATIONS CHINA LAW SOCIETY “Universal Wrongs: A New Approach to Natural Law” XXIV World Conference on Philosophy of Law. Sep 09 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH “Connecting the Dots: The Definitive Argument against 9/11 Conspiracy Theories” UNIVERSITY OF SURREY “Citizenship as a Weapon” Conference on Citizenship. Jun 08 UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA "Malay Ethnicity"
Centre for Civilization Dialogue, University of Malaya. Nov 05 “Minds, Brains, And Machines”
Department of Science/Technology, Faculty of Science. Feb 06 “Ten Truths About the University of Malaya”
University public lecture requested and sponsored by the Vice Chancellor, University of Malaya. May 06.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
"Tolerating Intolerance," Department of Philosophy. Jan 06.
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UNIVERSITY PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS “Teaching in Different Cultures,” Faculty of Education. Feb 06.
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY LAW FACULTY "Philosophy, Law, and Islam," 8 Mar 06.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA (UKM) “Spreading Global Fear: Bird Flu, Motorbikes, and Outlaws,”
Faculty of Social Sciences. Mar 06. UNIVERSITY OF MACAU “Religious Sensitivities,” Department of Philosophy, Apr 06.
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (FSM) “Law and Society” Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
Invited keynote address to commemorate the Silver Anniversary of the FSM Supreme Court. July 2006.
TEACHING AWARDS Outstanding College Teaching Award Nominee, Illinois State University
Department of Philosophy, 1997
Recognition for Teaching Excellence, University of Illinois Department of Political Science, Fall 1991 Department of Philosophy, Spring 1991
Lilly Foundation Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship, 1979-1980 Awards for Teaching Excellence, University of Florida
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1976-1977; 1977-1978 ACADEMIC RECOGNITION College of Arts and Sciences Lecturer, Illinois State University, 2002-2003 College of Arts and Sciences Scholar of Year Award, Illinois State University, 2002 College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Research Award, Illinois State University, 2000 Highest Merit, Philosophy Department, Illinois State University, 1995-2001 Diploma Class, Certificate, Hague Academy of International Law, Summer 1995 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EDITOR
Dialogues of Civilizations and the Construction of Peace. Papers (250 page ms) from International Conference organized by Oxford University and University of Malaya. 2006. Occidentalism and Orientalism: Reflections of the East and Perceptions of the West. 2006.
MOOT COURT DIRECTOR, International Law, Jessup International Competition
Hopkins-Nanjing Center. Formed first team. 2010-11. American University of Sharjah. Winner of national competition and first time
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competitors in Jessup and in Oxford University Media Law internationals, 2009-10.
University of Malaya Law Faculty. First national competition and thirty second in the Jessup international competition held in Washington DC, 2005-06, 2009. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Faculty of Law. First Slovenian women’s team to participate in a regional European competition, 1998.
INVITED REFEREE, National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Panel Washington,
DC. 2005 EXERNAL EVALAUTOR, Tenure Review, University of Colorado, Denver, 2002 REPORTS Malaysia's Minister of Education re Christian/Islam Dialogue 2005 Central and Eastern European Law Initiative, American Bar Association: Ombudsman Law, Slovakia, 2001
Constitutional Draft, Autonomous Territory of Gagauzia, Moldavia, 1999 Protection of Minorities, Albania, 1998 Individual Rights, Belarus, 1996 Equal Protection, Ukraine, 1996 Judicial Independence, Albania, 1995 Media Law, Albania, 1993 CONSULTANT Constitutional Drafting Committee, Albania, American Bar Association, 1998 Northwestern University, Program for Academically Talented Young Students, 2003 United Nations Working Group on the Protection of Minorities, 1998-2000 FOUNDER AND EDITOR, Injustice Studies electronic interdisciplinary-refereed journal, 1996- (http://wolf.its.ilstu.edu/injustice/) LEGAL EXPERIENCE Admitted to Practice of Law
Federal Bar 1993 Illinois 1992 District of Columbia 1992 Maryland 1992
Of Counsel, Rwandan Diaspora Students in Michigan and Indiana Extradition case to War Crimes Tribunal for Rwanda
Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children, Bloomington, Illinois, 1997-1998 Individual Rights and Responsibilities Law Section Council
Illinois State Bar Association, 1997-2001 (appointed)
Attorney, Private Practice and Prairie State Legal Services, Bloomington, Illinois, 1993-1994; 1996-1998 (public law, pro bono)
Of Counsel, Frank & Breads, 1700 K Street, NW, Washington, DC, 1992
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Of Counsel, Hyatt Legal Services, 8737 Colesville Road, Silver Springs, Maryland, 1991
REFERENCES
Professor Azizan Baharuddin, Director +603-7967 5697 Centre For Civilization Dialogue, [email protected] University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur
• Professor Sandra Bartky (773) 472-9846
Philosophy, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60607 [email protected] • Professor Elisabeth Bartholet (617) 495-3128
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected] • Professor Francis Boyle (217) 333-0061
Law, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820 [email protected]
• Professor Milton Fisk (812) 855-9503 Philosophy, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 [email protected] Professor Dr. Mary George Law, University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 50603 [email protected]
• Professor Hurst Hannum (617) 627-2244 Law, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (617) 627-3712 (fax) Medford, MA 02155 [email protected]
• Professor Donald Kommers (219) 631-6304 Law, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 [email protected]
Professor Marie Livingston, Director (970) 351-1565 Life of the Mind Program, [email protected] University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO 80639
• Dean Thomas M. Mengler (651) 962-4892
University of St. Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis, MN 55403
• Professor Frank Michelman (617) 495-4628 Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected]
• Professor Jeffrey Reiman (202) 885-2925
Philosophy, American University (202) 885-1094 (fax) 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016 [email protected]
• Professor James Sterba (219) 239-5231 Philosophy, U. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 [email protected]
• Professor Tom Ulen (217) 333-1955
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Law, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820 [email protected] • Professor M. Crawford Young (608) 263-2414
Political Science, U. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 [email protected]
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