{"id":35991,"date":"2019-02-13T16:15:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T21:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/?post_type=profile&p=35991"},"modified":"2025-09-03T16:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:49:18","slug":"kevin-stoehr","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/profile\/kevin-stoehr\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Stoehr"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teaching Interests<\/h3>\n

<\/span>Theoretical and Applied Ethics, Existentialism, and Film Studies<\/p>\n

Research Interests<\/h3>\n

<\/span>Philosophy and Film, Film Studies, and History of Philosophy<\/p>\n

Selected Publications<\/h3>\n

Books<\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

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King Vidor in Focus: On the Filmmaker’s Artistry and Vision.<\/em> (McFarland, 2024). https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/King-Vidor-Focus-Filmmakers-Artistry\/dp\/1476670099<\/a><\/p>\n

Ride, Boldly Ride:\u00a0<\/span><\/em>History of the American Western Movie<\/em>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Co-authored with Mary Lea Bandy, with Preface by Clint Eastwood (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2012).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/www.moma.org\/visit\/calendar\/films\/1309<\/a><\/p>\n

John Ford in Focus: Essays on the Filmmaker\u2019s Life and Work.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Co-edited (with introduction) by K. L. Stoehr and Michael C. Connolly (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. Publishers, 2008).<\/p>\n

Nihilism in Film and Television<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006).<\/p>\n

Jung\u2019s Psychology as a Spiritual Practice: \u00a0A Dialogue<\/em>.\u00a0 By William D. Geoghegan and K. L. Stoehr.\u00a0 Edited (with intro) by K. L. Stoehr (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2002).<\/p>\n

Film & Knowledge: \u00a0Essays on the Integration of Images & Ideas<\/em>.\u00a0 Edited (with introduction) by K. L. Stoehr (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2002).<\/p>\n

Philosophies of Religion, Art, and Creativity: \u00a0Volume IV of the Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy.<\/em>Edited (with introduction) by K. L. Stoehr (Bowling Green, OH: Philosophy Documentation Center, 1999).<\/p>\n

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Articles<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe A-Production Western.\u201d\u00a0Blackwell\u2019s History of American Film, Volume II (1929-1945),<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>eds.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Roy Grundmann, Cynthia Lucia, Art Simon (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2012).<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018By Cinematic Means Alone\u2019: The Russell-Wartenberg-Carroll Debate.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Film and Philosophy<\/em>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Volume 15, edited by Daniel Shaw.\u00a0 General Interest Edition, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Haneke and the Consequences of Radical Freedom.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Existentialism and Contemporary World Cinema<\/em>, eds. Jean-Pierre Boul\u00e9 and Enda McCaffrey (Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2011).<\/p>\n

\u201cHaneke\u2019s Secession: Perspectivism and Anti-Nihilism in\u00a0<\/span>Code Unknown<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Cach\u00e9<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Companion to Michael Haneke<\/em>, ed. Roy Grundmann (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2010).<\/p>\n

\u201cHeroism, Faith, and Idealism in\u00a0<\/span>7 Women<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>and Other Films by Ford.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>John Ford in Focus: Essays on the Filmmaker\u2019s Life and Work<\/em>, edited by K. L. Stoehr and M. C. Connolly (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. Publishers, Inc., printed December 2007 with official publication date of March 2008), 205-222.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c2001<\/em>: A Philosophical Odyssey.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film<\/em>, edited by Steven M. Sanders (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, November 2007), 119-134.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sopranos<\/em>, Film Noir, and Nihilism.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The Philosophy of TV Noir<\/em>, edited by Steven M. Sanders and Aeon J. Skoble (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, November 2007), 143-159.<\/p>\n

\u201cCivilization amidst Wilderness: Poker, Hobbes, and Classic Westerns.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Poker and Philosophy<\/em>, edited by Eric Bronson (Chicago and La Salle, IL: Open Court Publishing, 2006), 191-201.<\/p>\n

Other Professional Activity and\/or Awards<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe Artistry and Evolution of the Hollywood Western Movie.\u201d \u00a0Invited lecture.\u00a0 Sunday at the Met Series, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY.\u00a0 February 2, 2014.
\nhttp:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/events\/programs\/lectures-and-panels\/free-lectures\/the-artistry-and-evolution-of-the-hollywood-western-movie<\/a><\/p>\n

Associate Editor of\u00a0<\/span>Film and Philosophy<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(annual journal of the Society for the Philosophical Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts).\u00a0 2007-2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Irish in John Ford\u2019s Life and Films.\u201d\u00a0 Invited lecture.\u00a0 Kennebec Historical Society.\u00a0 Augusta, ME. Dec. 21, 2011.<\/p>\n

Visiting Professor, College of General Studies Summer Humanities Program in London, Boston University International Programs.\u00a0 London, UK.\u00a0 May-July 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13125,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13125"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49076,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35991\/revisions\/49076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}