James Tully (philosopher)

James Tully
FRSC
James Tully FRSC
Born	James Hamilton Tully; 1946 (age 77–78); Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Awards	Killam Prize (2010)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of British Columbia; Trinity College, Cambridge;
Thesis	John Locke's Writings on Property in the 17th Century Intellectual Context (1977)
Doctoral advisor	Quentin Skinner
Influences	Michel Foucault; Quentin Skinner; Charles Taylor; Ludwig Wittgenstein;
Academic work
Discipline	Philosophy; political science;
Sub-discipline	Intellectual history; political philosophy;
Institutions	McGill University; University of Victoria; University of Toronto;
Main interests	Deep diversity
Notable works	Strange Multiplicity (1995); Public Philosophy in a New Key (2008);

James Hamilton Tully FRSC (/ˈtʌli/; born 1946) is a Canadian philosopher who is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Law, Indigenous Governance and Philosophy at the University of Victoria, Canada. Tully is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Emeritus Fellow of the Trudeau Foundation.^[1]

In May 2014, he was awarded the University of Victoria's David H. Turpin Award for Career Achievement in Research.^[2] In 2010, he was awarded the prestigious Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize and the Thousand Waves Peacemaker Award^[3] in recognition of his distinguished career and exceptional contributions to Canadian scholarship and public life. Also in 2010, he was awarded the C. B. Macpherson Prize^[4] by the Canadian Political Science Association for the "best book in political theory written in English or French" in Canada 2008–10 for his 2008 two-volume Public Philosophy in a New Key. He completed his doctorate at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and now teaches at the University of Victoria.

His research and teaching comprise a public philosophy that is grounded in place (Canada) yet reaches out to the world of civic engagement with the problems of our time. He does this in ways that strive to contribute to dialogue between academics and citizens. For example, his research areas include the Canadian experience of coping with the deep diversity of multicultural and multinational citizenship; relationships between indigenous and non-indigenous people; and the emergence of citizenship of the living earth as the ground of sustainable futures.^[5]

^ "Bio" Archived 30 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, James Tully, Emeritus Faculty, University of Victoria. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
^ "2014 Recipients" Archived 19 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Craigdarroch Awards, University of Victoria. Retrieved on 18 November 2014.
^ "Killam Prize awarded to people’s advocate", The Ring, University of Victoria Retrieved on 18 November 2014.
^ "Excerpt from the jury report: James Tully’s two-volume work argues for the democratically engaged role of public philosophy. A new, fresh and clear synthesis of his previous work on the history of Western political thought, colonialism and post-colonialism, modern constitutionalism, and indigenous peoples, Tully’s book advances an inspiring project that stresses the need for public philosophy to enter into dialogue with citizens engaged in struggles against various forms of injustice and oppression. Public philosophy can throw a critical light on the field of practices in which civic struggles take place and the practices of civic freedom available to change them. The focus upon relationships of normativity and power, and the need to bring them into the light of public scrutiny thanks to the particular academic skills available to the researchers, make public philosophy 'in a new key' distinctively democratic. The breadth and depth of the work, combined with Tully’s focus on civic freedom and the possibility of the reciprocal elucidation of academic work and citizens' democratic struggles, make it a major and truly inspiring contribution to contemporary political theory," from "C.B. Macpherson Prize, 2010, James Tully" Archived 30 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Canadian Political Science Association. Retrieved on 1 December 2014.
^ Paraphrased from James Tully, “Faces of UVic Research: James Tully”, University of Victoria.

[1] "Bio" Archived 30 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, James Tully, Emeritus Faculty, University of Victoria. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[2] "2014 Recipients" Archived 19 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Craigdarroch Awards, University of Victoria. Retrieved on 18 November 2014.

[3] "Killam Prize awarded to people’s advocate", The Ring, University of Victoria Retrieved on 18 November 2014.

[4] "Excerpt from the jury report: James Tully’s two-volume work argues for the democratically engaged role of public philosophy. A new, fresh and clear synthesis of his previous work on the history of Western political thought, colonialism and post-colonialism, modern constitutionalism, and indigenous peoples, Tully’s book advances an inspiring project that stresses the need for public philosophy to enter into dialogue with citizens engaged in struggles against various forms of injustice and oppression. Public philosophy can throw a critical light on the field of practices in which civic struggles take place and the practices of civic freedom available to change them. The focus upon relationships of normativity and power, and the need to bring them into the light of public scrutiny thanks to the particular academic skills available to the researchers, make public philosophy 'in a new key' distinctively democratic. The breadth and depth of the work, combined with Tully’s focus on civic freedom and the possibility of the reciprocal elucidation of academic work and citizens' democratic struggles, make it a major and truly inspiring contribution to contemporary political theory," from "C.B. Macpherson Prize, 2010, James Tully" Archived 30 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Canadian Political Science Association. Retrieved on 1 December 2014.

[5] Paraphrased from James Tully, “Faces of UVic Research: James Tully”, University of Victoria.

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James Tully FRSC
Born	James Hamilton Tully 1946 (age 77–78) Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Awards	Killam Prize (2010)

Academic background
Alma mater	University of British Columbia Trinity College, Cambridge
Thesis	John Locke's Writings on Property in the 17th Century Intellectual Context (1977)
Doctoral advisor	Quentin Skinner
Influences	Michel Foucault Quentin Skinner Charles Taylor Ludwig Wittgenstein
Academic work
Discipline	Philosophy political science
Sub-discipline	Intellectual history political philosophy
Institutions	McGill University University of Victoria University of Toronto
Main interests	Deep diversity
Notable works	Strange Multiplicity (1995) Public Philosophy in a New Key (2008)