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Eileen M Brennan

Contact Details

Spc M 101

T:Ext. 9225

E:Eileen.Brennan@dcu.ie

SPC M 101
T:Ext. 9225

E:Eileen.Brennan@dcu.ie

Eileen Brennan is an Associate Professor in the School of Human Development at the DCU Institute of Education. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. from University College Dublin, and an Habilitation au Doctorat and a Doctorat de Philosophie from the Catholic University of Paris.

She is one of the editors of Reading Ricoeur through Law (Lexington Books, 2022), and was formerly Co-editorial Director of the international, peer-reviewed, bilingual, academic journal, Études Ricoeuriennes /Ricoeur Studies. She has translated several philosophical books and articles, including Paul Ricoeur, On Translation (Routledge) and Dominique Janicaud, On the Human Condition (Routledge).

Book

	Year	Publication
	2006	Ricoeur, P. and Brennan, E. (2006) On Translation (E. Brennan, trans.). London and New York: Routledge.
	2005	Janicauld, D. and Brennan, E. (2005) On the Human Condition (E. Brennan, trans.). London and New York: Routledge.

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2022	E. Brennan (2022) ''Kearney's Journey between Imagination and Touch -in Dialogue with Ricoeur'' In: Anacarnation and Returning to the Lived Body with Richard Kearney. Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Routledge.
	2022	Paul Ricoeur (2022) ''The Just between the Legal and the Good' (E. Brennan trans.)' In: Reading Ricoeur through Law. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books.
	2022	Antoine Garapon (2022) ''Symbolism and the Generativity of Justice' (E. Brennan trans.)' In: Reading Ricoeur through Law. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books.
	2019	Brennan, E. (2019) 'The Role of Religious Symbolism in Paul Ricoeur's Philosophical Anthropology' In: Ciphers of Transcendence. Dublin : Irish Academic Press.
	2012	Brennan, E. (2012) 'Communication, struggle, and human destiny: Ricoeur's Judicial Praxis and Heidegger's power of destiny' In: Human Destinies: Philosophical Essays in Memory of Gerald Hanratty. [Link]
	1999	Greisch, J. and Brennan, E. (1999) 'Ethics and Lifeworlds (E. Brennan, trans.)' In: Questioning Ethics: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. London and New York : Routledge.
	1999	Kristeva, Julia (1999) 'Revolt Today? (E. Brennan, trans.)' In: Questioning Ethics: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. London and New York : Routledge.

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2023	Brennan, Eileen (2023) 'Paul Ricœur's Philosophy of Education and its Relevance for our Scientific-Technological Civilization'. ETUDES RICOEURIENNES-RICOEUR STUDIES, 14 (2). [DOI]
	2022	Murphy, R.; Ward, F.; McCabe, U.; Flannery, M.; Cleary, A.; Hsu, H.P.; Brennan, E. (2022) 'Recasting embodied and relational teaching in the arts: teacher educators reflect on the potential of digital learning'. Irish Educational Studies, 41 . [Link] [DOI]
	2018	Brennan, Eileen (2018) 'Paul Ricoeur and the Theological Turn in French Phenomenology'. Philosophy Today, 62 (1). [DOI]
	2016	Brennan, Eileen (2016) 'The History of Hermeneutics'. BLACKWELL COMPANION TO HERMENEUTICS, .
	2016	Brennan, Eileen (2016) 'Hermeneutics and Phenomenology'. BLACKWELL COMPANION TO HERMENEUTICS, .
	2014	Brennan, Eileen (2014) 'Doing Justice to Justice: Ricoeur's Discovery of the Juridical Plane'. Philosophy Today, 58 (4). [DOI]
	2008	Brennan, E. (2008) 'Ricoeurian Hermeneutics and the Paradigm of Translation'. International Journal of Translation, 19 (2).
	1995	Ricoeur, P. and Brennan, E. (1995) 'Reflections on a New Ethos for Europe (E. Brennan, trans.)'. Philosophy and Social Criticism, 21 (no 5/6 1995):3-13.

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2017	Brennan, E. and Amalric, J-L. (eds.) (2017) 'Varia' 8 (2) .
	2017	Brennan, E., Amalric, J-L., and Dosse, F. (eds.) (2017) 'History-Philosophy: Round Trip' 8 (1) . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Brennan, E., Amalric, J-L., Busacchi, V. and César Freitas Pinto, W. (eds.) (2016) 'Ricoeur and Psychoanalysis' 7 (1) . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Brennan, E., Amalric, J-L., Lelièvre, S. and Inizan, Y. (eds.) (2016) 'Ricoeur and the Arts' 7 (2) . [Link] https://doi.org/10.5195/errs.2016.375
	2015	Brennan, E. (2015) 'Paul Ricoeur’s Hermeneutics of the Self' .
	2015	Brennan, E., Amalric, J-L. and Dierckxsens, G. (eds.) (2015) 'Justice at its Margins' 6 (2) . [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Brennan, E. and Amalric, J-L. (eds.) (2015) 'Ricoeur and Translation' 6 (1) . [Link] [DOI]
	2014	Michel, J., Brennan, E. and Amalric, J-L. (eds.) (2014) 'The Social and Political Imaginary' 5 (2) . [Link] [DOI]
	2014	Michel, J. and Brennan, E. (eds.) (2014) 'Ricoeur and Analytic Philosophy' 5 (1) . [Link] [DOI]

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2023	(2023) 6th Edition of the Fonds Ricoeur's Summer Workshop 'Parting Ways with the Philosophies of the Subject: Radical Break or Nothing New?' (Keynote) Paris, . [DOI]
	2022	E. Brennan (2022) 16th annual Society for Ricoeur Studies Conference 'Paul Ricoeur's Dialectical Conception of Justice' Los Angeles, California and online, .
	2022	McCabe, U.; Murphy; R. Ward, F.; Cleary, A; Brennan, E (2022) Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) Conference 2022 A Matter of Presence in Higher Education Classrooms: Virtual and In Person Marino College Dublin, .
	2021	Brennan, E. (2021) The Rule of Metaphor. The Fourth Edition of the Fonds Ricoeur's Summer Workshops 'Poetics, Rhetoric, and Hermeneutics' (Keynote) Paris (hybrid conference), .
	2021	Brennan, E. (2021) The Annual International Graduate Conference, Galway 'Husserl and the Unlikely Origins of Ricoeur's Practical Philosophy' (Keynote) online conference hosted by NUI Galway, .
	2020	Brennan, E. (2020) 'Politics, Religion, and Cultural Hermeneutics'. 14th Annual Society for Ricoeur Studies Conference 'The Political Paradox: A Major Milestone in the Development of Ricoeur's Political Thought' (Keynote) online format, .
	2019	Brennan, E., A. O'Donnell (MU), Witt, C. (University of New Hampshire, USA), Battersby, C. (University of Warwick, UK), and K. O'Donnell (UCD) (2019) 7th Annual Conference and General Meeting of SWIP-Ireland Conference theme: Gender and Philosophy All Hallows Campus, DCU, .
	2018	Brennan, E. (2018) Summer Workshop, Fonds Ricoeur Freedom and Evil Paris, .
	2018	Brennan, E. (2018) 6th Annual Conference and General Meeting of SWIP, Ireland ‘Repositioning Feminism: Between Care and Justice’ UCD, .
	2018	Brennan, E. and Professor Zhang Jiang, First Vice-President of the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (2018) 'A Round Table on Public Hermeneutics' 'An Intercultural Dialogue on Public Hermeneutics' Trinity College Dublin, 12/04/2018-12/04/2018.
	2016	Brennan, E. (2016) 'Hermeneutics, Culture, and the Humanities' Symposium 'Paul Ricoeur's Hermeneutics of the Self' MIC, Limerick, .
	2016	Brennan, E. (2016) UCD Festival 'The Future of Education in Ireland: a Creative Appropriation of the Tradition' UCD, 18/06/2016-18/06/2016.
	2016	Brennan, E. (2016) Crossing Boundaries: Ricoeur in a Global Age Paul Ricoeur and the Education Question De Paul University, Chicago, .
	2016	Brennan, E. (2016) The Gender, Public Policy and Philosophies of Emotion Workshop Teaching Patriotic Love in Schools Sutherland School of Law, UCD, .
	2015	Brennan, E. (2015) The Invited Speaker Seminars 2014-2015 'Competing Conceptions of Hermeneutics and Phenomenology: Heidegger v Ricoeur' University College Dublin, .
	2015	Brennan, E. (2015) The Reaches of Pragmatism Conference The Implausibility of Dewey Ascribing an Educative Function to Fear Summer Institute in American Philosophy, University College Dublin, .
	2015	Brennan, E. (2015) The Hermeneutics of Practice Workshop The Hermeneutics of Education Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy, University of Dundee, .
	2014	Brennan, E. (2014) 'Paul Ricoeur, Hermeneutics, and Asia' 'Hermeneutic Phenomenology, and the Paradigm of Translation' Soochow University, Taiwan, 29/05/2014-31/05/2014.
	2013	Brennan, E. (2013) International Postgraduate Conference 'Translations' 'Understanding, Interpretation, and the Paradigm of Translation' Cardiff University, 26/06/2013-28/06/2013.
	2013	Brennan, E. (2013) Camus and Beyond: Literature, Philosophy and the Political 'I rebel-therefore we exist: Camus on Rebellion and Solidarity' MIC, Limerick, 25/04/2013-26/04/2013.
	2012	Brennan, E. (2012) SWIP Ireland Inaugural Workshop 'Distributive Justice: A Hermeneutic Reading' Newman House, Dublin, 27/01/2012-27/01/2012.
	2011	Brennan, E. (2011) Conference on Initial Teacher Education Is There a Place for Habermas’ ‘Religious Citizens’ in Citizenship Education? St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, .
	2010	Brennan, E. (2010) Arts Faculty Seminar 'Recognition and Justice in Paul Ricoeur's Political Philosophy' MIC, Limerick, 23/02/2010-24/02/2010.
	2010	Brennan, E. (2010) Reading Ricoeur Once Again, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Ricoeur's Dialectical Conception of Justice Lisbon, Portugal, .
	2009	Brennan, E. (2009) Society for Ricoeur Studies Conference Paul Ricoeur’s Three Dimensional Justice: Distributive, Corrective, and Reconstructive George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia, USA, .
	2009	Brennan, E. (2009) Invited Speakers Seminar 'Paul Ricoeur's Symbolism of Justice' NUI, Galway, 01/11/2009-02/11/2009.
	2009	Brennan, E. (2009) From Ricoeur to Action: An Interdisciplinary Conference, UK-Ireland Society for Ricoeur Studies, University of Kent Ricoeurian Justice: Where the Scales Eclipses the Gavel University of Kent, UK, .
	2008	Brennan, E. (2008) WIP Seminar, School of Philosophy, UCD Ricoeurian Hermeneutics and the Paradigm of Translation UCD, .
	2007	Brennan, E. (2007) SEP-FEP Conference, University of Sussex The Ethics of Translation University of Sussex, UK, .
	2005	Brennan, E. (2005) The 35th Annual Meeting of the Husserl Circle, UCD Respondent to Don Ihde’s paper, Phenomenology + Pragmatism = Postphenomenology UCD, .
	2005	Brennan, E. (2005) International Workshop on Humanism, UCD On Posthumanism UCD, .

Book Review

	Year	Publication
	2021	Brennan, E. (2021) 'Book Review around Richard Kearney' (Titles reviewed: Imagination Now. A Richard Kearney Reader; Radical Hospitality. From Thought to Action; and Touch. Recovering Our Most Vital Sense). BREV [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Brennan, E (2015) The Good of Recognition: Phenomenology, Ethics, and Religion in the Thought of Levinas and Ricoeur. PITTSBURGH: BREV [DOI]
	1997	Brennan, E. (1997) Nietzsche’s French Legacy. BREV

Editorial

	Year	Publication
	2023	Brennan, Eileen (2023) Introduction - Ricœur and Education. ED [DOI]
	2021	Ricoeur, P. (2021) « Connaissance de l’homme par la littérature du malheur ». Foi-Éducation (Littérature et monde moderne) 21/15 (1951) mai, 149-156. France: ED [Link]

Dictionary Entry

	Year	Publication
	2009	Brennan, E. (2009) Hermeneutics. London and New York: DE
	2009	Brennan, E. (2009) Paul Ricoeur. London and New York: DE

Edited Book

	Year	Publication
	2022	Marc de Leeuw, George H. Taylor, Eileen Brennan (Ed.). (2022) Reading Ricoeur through Law. Lanham, USA: Lexington Books,

Other Publication

	Year	Publication
	2013	Brennan, Eileen (2013) Heidegger and the Measure of Truth. [DOI]

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
The Ireland China Institute	This is an independent think tank dedicated to the study of Irish Chinese affairs. Its mission is to foster a greater understanding of Ireland in China and of China in Ireland.	24/10/2018 - 24/12/2020
Society for Women in Philosophy (Ireland)	The society promotes the work of women philosophers, past and present, and helps women philosophers build networks both nationally and internationally.	22/11/2014 - 29/11/2022
French Reflection Group	Members of this group share an interest in European politics, especially French politics. They analyse key speeches, policy initiatives, and trends, discussing the implications, if any, for Ireland.	19/04/2018 - 28/11/2019
The Society for Ricoeur Studies	Members of this international, interdisciplinary society pursue research related to the work and thought of Paul Ricoeur.	15/10/2013 -

Honors and Awards

	Date	Title	Awarding Body
	01/01/1993	Fondation Irlandaise Scholarship	Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Panel of FCT Scientific Employment Stimulus, Individual Call		01/06/2020 - 31/01/2022
	Albert College Lecture Series Steering Committee		09/09/2021 - 31/10/2023
	Subcommittee of B.Ed. Programme Board		01/09/2021 - 31/08/2024
	Faculty Ethics Committee		01/10/2019 - 01/09/2022
	Committee of The Society for Women in Philosophy (Ireland)		04/10/2018 - 04/10/2022
	DCU's Women in Leadership Action Group		10/11/2017 - 30/08/2020
	Board of Directors of The Ireland China Institute		24/10/2018 - 24/12/2020
	Board of Directors of The Society for Ricoeur Studies		15/10/2013 - 04/11/2018
	Faculty Research Committee		14/12/2016 - 11/09/2017
	Committee of The Society for Women in Philosophy (Ireland)		22/11/2014 - 19/05/2018
	Research Ethics Steering Committee		01/10/2013 - 31/08/2014
	Strategic Planning Sub-Committee		30/11/2010 - 31/08/2014
	Staff-Student Liaison Committee (Human Development)		04/10/2010 - 31/08/2013
	SPD Appeals Board		04/10/2016 - 04/10/2016
	Research Review Committee		01/10/2010 - 31/08/2010
	Management Committee of the Education Department		01/10/2006 - 31/08/2008

Employment

Employer	Position	From / To
Dublin City University	Assistant Professor	30/09/2016 -
St Patrick's College	Lecturer	01/09/2005 - 29/09/2016
University College Dublin	Lecturer and Senior Tutor	01/10/1997 - 30/06/2005
Trinity College Dublin	Lecturer in Philosophy	01/09/1993 - 31/08/1997

Education

	Start date	Institution	Qualification	Subject
		Institut Catholique de Paris	Doctorat en Philosophie
		University College Dublin	Bachelor of Arts
		Institut Catholique de Paris	Habilitation au Doctorat
		University College Dublin	Master of Arts by Research

Media

	Title	Year	Type	Authors
	Dr Eileen Brennan DCU-Spotlight on Research	2017	Podcast	Brennan, E.
	Paul Ricoeur: The philosopher behind Emmanuel Macron	2017	Newspaper column (online)	Joe Humphreys

Research Interests

Google Scholar page

narrative and metaphor in education;
the interface between the philosophy of education and political theory;
the hermeneutics of action;
methodological advances and debates in phenomenology; and
translating philosophical texts

Current Postgraduate Students

	Student Name	Degree	Supervision
	Kouker ,Alexander Paul	Doctor of Education	Supervisor

Internal Collaborators

	Type	Name	Company	Role
	Internal	Regina Murphy; Andrea Cleary; Una McCabe; Francis Ward: Michael Flannery; and Hsiao-Ping Hsu	DCU Institute of Education

Teaching Interests

social philosophy
democratic education.
feminist perspectives on education
critical history

Modules Coordinated

	Term	Title	Subject
	2022	Social Philosophy	HD314
	2023		ED8003A