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Lilia Castle, Ph.D.

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Lilia Castle

Lilia Castle, Ph.D.

Professor, Philosophy and History

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (808) 739-4628

Education

  • MA, and PhD in Philosophy, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
  • M.A. Thesis: “Machiavelli and Machiavellianism: Philosophy & Politics” 1981.
  • Ph. D Dissertation: “Neo-Conservatism: The Origins, Philosophical Foundations & Political views”, 1990.

Association Membership

International Association for Greek Philosophy (IAGP); International Society for Neoplatonic Studies (ISNS); Mediterranean Study Association; Religion in Society Research Network, Euroacademia (2016).

Teaching Experience

  • Professor of Philosophy & History, Chaminade University of Honolulu; 2012- present
  • Associate Professor of Philosophy & History, Chaminade University of Honolulu, 2006-2012
  • Assistant Professor of Philosophy & History, Chaminade University of Honolulu, 1999-2006
  • Adjunct professor of Literature, California State University, San-Marcos, California, 1997 -1998;
  • Associate Professor of History & Humanities, Department of Liberal Arts, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1993 – 1997;
  • Assistant Professor of History & Humanities, Department of Liberal Arts, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1992-1993;
  • Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Saint- Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 1990 -1992.

Research Interests

Philosophy of Religion; Religious philosophy focused on Christian on man’s spiritual transformation; Philosophy of Christian Art; Religious symbols in Art, Culture and Science; Cultural Medical systems and their modern rediscovery.

Publications

  • The Characteristic Features of the ‘New Wave’ of Neo-conservatism (in Russian)- in Philosophy Journal of  St. Petersburg University, Russia, 1987
  • Neo-conservatism and the Problem of Social Dynamics in Modern Society (in Russian)- in Human Beings and Social Progress, Academy of Science, Russia, 1989
  • Philosophy and the Eastern Fathers (with R. Purtill) – in Philosophy and Orthodoxy, Selected texts from the Fifth Convention of the International Association for Greek Philosophy (Samos, Greece, 1993) Athens, 1994, pp.236- 242
  • Aristotle and Berdyaev on Revolution (with Prof. Purtill) in:
  • Aristotelian Political Philosophy. Selected texts from the Sixth Convention of the International Association fro Greek Philosophy (Ierissos, Greece, 1994), Athens, 1995; pp.166-172
  • b)  Festschrift  in honor of Vladimir Milichek, collection of essays, Western Washington University, 1996.
  • Is Plato a Friend or an Enemy of Democracy?(dialogue) – in Platonic Political Philosophy.Selected texts from the Eighth Convention of the International Association for Greek Philosophy (Athens/ Samos, Greece, 1997), Athens 1997, Vol. I, p.162-168
  • Ancient and Modern Medical Ethics – inPhilosophy and Medicine, selected texts from the Ninth Convention of International Association for Greek Philosophy (Kos, Greece,1997), Vol. I, Athens, 1998, pp.162- 171
  • The Basis for Our Environmental Obligations- in Philosophy and Ecology , selected texts from the Tenth Convention of the International Association for Greek Philosophy ( Samos, Greece, 1998), Athens, vol. II, 1999, pp.186-191.
  •  Love as a Means to Truth, and Truth as a Means to Love- in Greek Philosophy and Epistemology,selected texts from Twelfth Convention of International Association for Greek Philosophy (Greece, 2000), Athens, 2001; pp.170–176
  • Prophecy in Greek Mythology and Drama–Selected texts from the XII International Symposium of the Olympic Center for Greek Philosophy and Culture on Ethics, Psychology, And Biology In The Ancient Greek Tradition, 2001, Greece.
  • The Predestination of Reason – in  Platonopolis: History ,Philosophy and Philology of Antiquity., Saint-Petersburg State University Press, 2003; pp.98-108 (electronic version is on Platonopolis site)
  • Gender in Religious Philosophy-  in Platonopolis: History, Philosophy and Philology of Antiquity. Saint-Petersburg University Press, 2003, pp.133-142
  • The Medea Principle -in Platonopolis: History ,Philosophy and Philology of Antiquity.Saint-Petersburg University Press, 2003; pp.179-186
  • The Religious Foundations of the Ideal State –in Polis and Cosmopolis: Problems of a Global Era. Selected texts from the Fourteenth Convention of the International Association for Greek Philosophy(Samos, Greece, 2002), Athens, 2003, vol. II, pp.28-46
  • The Trajectory of Reason (extended version)- in Rationalism and Reasoning from Myth in Greek Tradition. Selected papers from Fourteenth International Symposium of the Olympic Center For Philosophy And Culture Pyrgos, Greece, 2003
  • The Religious sense of Gender and the Search for the Ultimate Knowledge –in  Philosophy and Tolerance ,  XV International Congress, Lima, Peru, Jan.2004
  • All we need is Love: Plato’s Concept of Philosophy in the Symposium(with Dr. J. Hardy)- in Conceptions of Philosophy: Ancient and Modern. Selected papers from the Fifteen Convention of the International Association for Greek Philosophy (Athens, 2003), Athens, 2004, pp.61-78.
  • Transcending the Limits: the Competition of a Hero with the Gods– in Philosophy, Competition and Good Life. Selected papers from theFirst World Olympic Congress on Philosophy, Athens, 2005,Vol.I; p. 39-49
  • A Dialogue on Miracles – in Man. Nature. Society. Collection of essays on History and Philosophy: Saint-Petersburg State University Press, 2006
  • Time in Ancient Cosmogonies–in Universum of Plato’s Thought. (Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2004),  SPGU Press, 2006.
  • Neo-Platonism and Evil (dialogue)- – in Academia: Materials and Research on the History of Platonism. Vol.8, Saint Petersburg State University Press, 2010, pp.298-303.
  • Is Via Negativa a Form of Skepticism? (dialogue) – In Academia: Materials and Research on the History of Platonism. Vol.8, Saint Petersburg State University Press, 2010, pp.293-298.
  • ‘Nuummioq’ – film review on the first film from Greenland (directors: T. Beck and O. Rosing) – for “Films for Thought,” section of Hawaii International Film Festival in Oct.14-24, 2010.  Published in the Festival materials (pp.10-13), and the Internet.
  • Tvorets I Tvorchestvo (“The Master and His Art”) – an essay about life and creativity of renowned Russian artist Peter Kapustin (in Russian and English) – essay in the Art Book about his creativity, Saint Petersburg, May, 2014.
  • “The Problem of Choice in Greek Mythology”- in philosophical journal AKAΔΗMEIA: Researches in the history of Platonism. Issue 9, St. Petersburg: Skifia-Print, 2014. 380 p. (Pp.5-15).
  • “The Idea of Choice in Greek Drama”- in the Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Economics and Social Science (ISSN 2309-3773), Tokyo, Japan, 2015, pp.815-824.  
  • “The Representation of Time in Ancient Myth and Art”- in the Proceedings of the International Academic Autumn Conference, Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 2016, pp.32-41
  • “An Idea of Justice in the Platonic Tradition of Russian Religious Philosophy”- In the Conference Proceedings of Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy        (ISSN: 2187-476X), Kobe, Japan, 2016, pp. 73-79.
  • “Effectiveness of Stanislavsky Theatrical System for Teaching and Learning”- in the Proceedings of Tokyo Conference on Education (paper # 0051), ICEL, Japan, 2017;
  • “The Problem of Choice in Plato and Aristotle”- submitted for the publication;
  • “Methods, Forms and Functions of a Dialogue in Teaching and Learning”-submitted for the publication in the Proceedings of the 27th International Annual Conference of the Universe of Plato’s Thought;
  • “The Problem of Choice in Post-Secular Society”- submitted for publication; 32.       Educational Practices in Platonic Dialogues – submitted for publication.

Presentations at Conferences

  • Philosophy and the Eastern Fathers of the Church – Fifth International conference of International Association for Greek Philosophy on Philosophy and Orthodoxy, Samos, Patmos, Greece, August 1993;
  • 2.     Aristotle and Berdiaev on Revolution.-  Sixth  International Conference of IAGP on The Politics of Aristotle and Its Relevance in Modern Times.”  Ierissos, Greece, August 1994;
  • 3.     Is Via Nagativa a Form of Skepticism? (dialogue)- Sixth International Symposium of Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture on Skepticism and the Platonic Tradition,  Olympia, Greece, August 1995.
  • 4.     Neoplatonism and Evil (dialogue) -Regional American Conference of Christian Philosophers, Seattle, April 1996;
  • 5.     Russian Writers and Moral Imagination– Regional American Conference of Christian Philosophers, Seattle, April 1996;
  • 6.     Logos in Russian Religious Philosophy– The Seventh International Conference of International Association for Greek Philosophy on The Philosophy of Logos, Samos, Greece, , August 1995;
  • 7.     Freedom and the Ideal State –The Eighth  International Conference of International Association for Greek Philosophy on Plato’s Political Theory and Contemporary Democratic Theory, Athens, Samos, Greece, July1996;
  • 8.     Is Plato a Friend or Enemy of Democracy? (dialogue)– The Eighth  International Conference on Plato’s Political Theory and Contemporary Democratic Theory: a dialogue, Athens, Samos, Greece, July1996;
  • 9.     Ancient and Modern Medical Ethics– The Ninth International Conference of International Association for  Greek Philosophy  on Philosophy and Medicine: a dialogue  Kos, Greece, August 1997;
  • 10.   The Basis for Our Environmental Obligations-The X International Conference of IAGP on Philosophy and Ecology: Greek Philosophy and Environment , Samos, Greece, 1998;
  • 11.   Love as a Means to Truth, and Truth as a Means to Love (dialogue)- The Twelfth International Conference of International Association for Greek Philosophy on The Quest for Truth: Greek Philosophy and Epistemology, Samos, Greece,  2000;
  • 12.   Trajectory of Reason– The Twelfth  International Conference of IAGP on Quest for Truth: Greek `Philosophy and Epistemology, Samos, Greece, August, 2000;
  • 13.   Prophecy in Greek Mythology and Drama – The Twelfth International Symposium of the Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture on Ethics, Psychology, and Biology In The Ancient Greek Tradition.  July 29-August 3, 2001, Greece;
  • 14.   Armageddon on New Jerusalem? – The Fourteenth International Conference of International Association for Greek Philosophy on Polis and Cosmopolis: Problems of a Global Era, Samos, Greece, August 2002;
  • 15.   The Medea Principle – The Eleventh Annual International conference of Saint-Petersburg Plato Society on the Universum of Plato’s Thought: XXIV centuries of Platonism, June 2003;
  • 16.   Love and Knowledge in Platonism– The Philosophical Summer School of Council of Young Scholars of Saint-Petersburg State University on History, Philosophy and Philology of Antiquity, June.,  2003;
  • 17.   The Platonic Tradition in Russian Religious Philosophy– The Fifteenth International Conference of Greek Philosophy on the Conceptions of Philosophy: Ancient and Modern, Ouranopolis, Greece, August, 2003;
  • 18.   All we need is Love: Plato’s Concept of Philosophy in the Symposium (with Dr. J. Hardy)- The Fifteen International Conference of Greek Philosophy on the Conceptions of Philosophy: Ancient and Modern, Greece, August, 2003;
  • 19.   The Enigma of Reason– Fourteenth International Symposium of Philosophy  on Rationalism and Reasoning from Myth in the Greek Tradition ,  July, 26-31,  2003, Pyrgos, Elias, Greece;
  • 20.   The Religious Sense of Gender– poster presentation at the XV Congress of Inter-American Society of Philosophy on Toleration, Lima Peru, Jan.2004;
  • 21.   Time in Plotinus and Ancient Cosmogonies –The Twelfth International Conference of The Universe of Plato’s Thought on  “1800 years from the Birth of Plotinus and The World Philosophy”, St. Petersburg, June 22-23, 2004;
  • 22.   Transcending the Limits: the Competition of a Hero with Gods – The First  World Olympic Congress of Philosophy on  Philosophy, Competition and Good life, Athens-Spetses, Greece, June- July, 2004;
  • 23.   Oneness and War – Regional Conference of Chaminade University on Religious Pluralism, Tolerance and Humanities, Spring, 2005;
  • 24.   A Dialogue on Miracles – The Fifth Philosophical Summer School of Council of Young Scholars of Saint-Petersburg University on Philosophy and Religion, , Saint-Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 2005;
  • 25.   The Punishment of Justice– The Eighteenth   International Conference of International Association for Greek Philosophy on Values and Justice in the Global Era, Greece—Kavala, July 2006;
  • 26.   Epistemological Role of Love in Symposium, -The International Conference of Plato Society of Saint-Petersburg State University on Universum of Plato Thought, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, June, 2006;
  • 27.   The Religious Sense of Education – for XIX International Conference of Philosophy on Paideia: Education in Global Era, Samos, 15-21 July, 2007;
  • 28.   Platonic Tradition in Philosophy and Poetry of Russian Symbolism-presented at 11th Annual Mediterranean Studies Association Congress in Luneburg, Germany, May 28-31, 2008;
  • 29.   Gateways to Immortality in Sumerian and Greek Myth – XVI-th International Conference of Plato’s Society on “Platonism and the Ancient East” – Saint- Petersburg, Russia, 18-23 June 2008;
  • 30.   Homo Arbitrans: An Idea of Choice in Greek Philosophy and Modernity–   20th International Conference of Philosophy on the topic of Greek Philosophy and its Relevance to Issues of Our Age- Crete: 12 – 19 July 2008;
  • 31.   Diotima and the Ultimate Knowledge–   XVII International Conference on History and Philosophy: The Universe of Plato’s Thought: Platonism in the Culture of Antiquity, Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24-25, 2009;
  • 32.   Representation of Time in Religious Art–   Twenty First International Conference of the International Association for Greek Philosophy on “Philosophy, Art and Technology”, Cyprus, Greece, July 21-27, 2009;
  • 33.   An Idea of Choice in Greek Myth–   XVIII International Conference of Saint Petersburg Plato’s Society on the “Universe of Plato’s Thought”, Saint Petersburg, Russia, June, 2010;
  • 34.   Nuummioq – film presentation and discussion at Hawaii International Film Festival, section “Films for Thought,” Oct., 2010;
  • 35.   Ancient and Modern Views on Globalization – Twenty Third International Conference of the International Association For Greek Philosophy on  Philosophy, Politics And Economics In The Global Era, Vouliagmeni (Athens) , Greece, 17th – 22nd Of July 2011;
  • 36.   On the Ontology of Love – Twenty Fourth International Conference of IAGP on  Philosophy of Inter-Human Relations and relations with other Natural Beings in the Global Era, Samos, Greece, 2012;
  • 37.   The Elevation of Nonprofit Organizations in Russia Today– Twenty Sixth International conference on Greek Philosophy and Moral and Political Issues of Our Global Era’’, Vouliagmeni – Athens: 12–17 July 2014.
  • 38.   The Problem of Choice in Modern Context– 27th International Conference of Philosophy on Global Ethics and Politics in Relation to Ecological Philosophy and Other Crucial Issues of Our Era, Vouliagmeni-Athens, 11th – 16th July 2015;
  • 39.   The Idea of Choice in Greek Drama– Third International Symposium on Economics and Social Science, Waseda University, Tokyo, July, 22-24, 2015;
  • 40.   The Representation of Time in Ancient Myth and Art– in the Proceedings of the International Academic Autumn Conference, Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 2016;
  • 41.   An Idea of Justice in the Platonic Tradition of Russian Religious Philosophy– The International Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, Art Center, Kobe, Japan, March 31-April 3, 2016;
  • 42.   Methods, Forms and Functions of a Dialogue in Teaching and Learning- 24th International Annual Conference on the Universe of Plato’s Thought (‘Plato and Modernity’), Saint-Petersburg, Russia, June 2016;
  • 43.   The Concept of Choice in Plato and Aristotle- The World Congress in Philosophy on the topic “Philosophy of Aristotle”, Athens, Greece, 2016;
  • 44.   Cosmos and Chaos in the Views of Ancient Religions of the Pacific– Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, May 27-28, 2016;
  • 46.   Some Parallels inPlato’s Symposium and Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh– International Conference of the “The Universe of Plato’s Thought”- Russia, June, 2017;
  • 47.   The Problem of Choice in Post-Secular Society-19th International Conference on Social Science & Humanities (ICSSH), Barcelona, Spain, July, 2017;
  • 48.   Effectiveness of Stanislavsky Theatrical System for Teaching and Learning – 20th International Conference on Teaching, Education & Learning -ICEL, Tokyo, 2017 (paper 0051);
  • 49.   The Destiny of Man in Russian Religious Literature– 2nd Rome International Conference on Social Science & Humanities, (Paper ID: GICICSSH1806128), Rome, Italy, June, 2018;
  • 50.   The role of Love in Anthropogenesis in Plato’s Symposium-27-th International Conference on “Paideia, State, Man: Anthropology in Platonic Tradition” June, 2019, St Petersburg, Russia;51.       Platonic Dialogue in Educational Practice-28-th online International Conference of Plato Philosophical Society on ‘Plato and Rhetoric’, June, 2020, Saint Petersburg, Russia;

Documentaries, Interviews