Curriculum Fernando Szlagen

EDUCATION

• Doctor (Ph.D.) in Philosophy, UNEM, 2006.
• Master (M.A.) in Jewish Philosophy, Bar Ilan University, 2004. Graduated Magna Cum Laude.
• Yeshiva Studies, Bar Ilan University.
• Yeshiva Studies, Beit Midrash Bnei Brak.
• Jerusalem Fellows Graduate, Mandel Leadership Institute, 2005.
• Licenciado en Filosofía, UNEM, 2002.
• Profesor en Disciplinas Industriales(College Lecturer), INSPT Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, 2002. Graduated Summa Cum Laude.
• B.A. in Automatic Control & Digital Electronics, ORT Technological Institute, 1993. Graduated with Highest Honors.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

• Research Scholarship, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, USA. 2009-2010.
• Research Scholarship, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, USA. 2008-2009.
• Distinction in Research, "Defensoría de la Vida y los DD. HH.", Sociedad Científica Argentina. 2008.
• Doctoral Scholarship, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, USA. 2006-2007.
• Doctoral Scholarship, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. 2005-2006.
• Doctoral Scholarship, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. 2004-2005.
• 5766 Talmud Tora's First Prize, Fundación Ashekor Internacional & Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano, Spain - Argentina. 2005.
• Mandel Jerusalem Fellows Program, Mandel Leadership Institute, Israel. 2003-2005.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Current Tasks.

• Scholarship Researcher for Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, USA

  Researcher Work: Objeción de Conciencia en el Judaísmo: los límites de obediencia al Estado. (current).

  Researcher Work: El Aborto en el Judaísmo: estatus legal del feto y repercusiones bío-éticas. (completed).

  Researcher Work: Educación Masiva y Minorías: conservación de identidades étnicas en la globalización. (completed).



• Professor at Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires

  Doctoral Seminar: La Construcción de la Persona en la Filosofía Judía.

  Postgraduate Course: Introducción a la Filosofía Política Judía.



• Professor at Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano

  Course: Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Philosophy.

  Course: The Philosophy of Talmud.

  Course: Applied Jewish Philosophy.

  Course: Introduction to Jewish Philosophy.



• Senior Lecturer at Académie Juive de France

  Course: Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Philosophy.

  Course: Monotheism and Modern Jewish Philosophy.



• Executive Member and Lecturer of KolDor Organization, Israel-USA.

  Annual Global Conferences on Jewish Peoplehood.



• Visiting Professor at: "Universidad Católica Argentina","Universidad Iberoamericana de México ", "Universidad Hebraica de México", "Universidad del Salvador" , "Hillel Foundation Argentina", "OSA", "CIDiCSef", "Osfa-Wizo", "Bamah".

  Course: Jewish Philosophy and Radical Monotheism.

  Course: Between Destruction and Idolatry: Jewish Perspective on Environmentalism.

  Course: Greek Androcentrism and Gender Parity in Jewish Philosophy.

  Course: Philosophy of Judaism.

  Course: Jewish Philosophy and Jewish Identity.

  Course: The Influence of Greek Philosophy on Jewish Thought.

  Course: Jewish Philosophy in Jewish Education.

2000–2003 ORT Argentina

• Lecturer with Tenure

  Development of Curriculum.

  Mathematical Analysis I (Differential & Infinitesimal Calculus).

  Mathematical Analysis II (Differential Equations and the Laplace's Method).

1998-2000 ORT Argentina

• Lecturer with Tenure

  Development of Curriculum.

  Mathematical Models of Physical Systems.

  Mathematical Applications to Automation Theory I.

  Mathematical Applications to Automation Theory II.

NON-FORMAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Current Tasks.

• Host a weekly Radio Program "Visión Filosófica con el Dr. Fernando Szlajen",

  with a focus on applied Jewish philosophy. "Radio Jai station 96.3 FM". Argentina..



• Visiting Analist at "Radio Sefarad". Spain.

2007-2008 Maimónides Jewish School, Argentina.

• Educational Advisor of School Board.

2005-2007 Fundación Judaica

• Jewish Studies Coordinator.

  Jewish High Studies Program for Adults and Jewish Educators.

  Jewish Institutional Leadership Vision Training Program for Education Board and Lay Leaders.

1999-2003 Colegio Tarbut (Tarbut high school) Bs. As., Argentina

• Counsellor of the Executive Direction

  Jewish Education.

  Jewish Philosophy and its Educational Translation.

TECHNICAL WORKING EXPERIENCE

1993 – 1998 Sava-Gancia Group (partners of Martini & Rossi International). Bs. As., Argentina

• Automation Manager / Engineering Dept.

  Re-Engineering.

  Industrial Automation.

  Advisor on Statistics for Marketing & Quality Control Department.

1989 -1993 Servotrón s.a. Bs. As., Argentina

• Engineering Designer

  Automation of Industrial Processes.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Books

• Szlajen, F. Judaísmo y Filosofía de la Objeción. (forthcoming).
• Szlajen, F. Filosofía Judía y Aborto. Buenos Aires: ACE (2008).
• Szlajen, F. Filo-Sofía del Judaísmo: construyendo nuestro destino. Buenos Aires: FJE (2006).

Research Papers:

• Szlajen, F. "Amor y Diálogo: originalidad del pensamiento de Yehuda Abravanel." Paper presented at III Simposio Internacional de Estudios Sefaradíes, Universidad Maimónides, November 2009. Sefárdica XVIII, (2010).
• Szlajen, F. "Misoginia griega y paridad de géneros en la filosofía judía." Paper presented at IX Coloquio Internacional: Humanismo en el Pensamiento Judío, Universidad Iberoamericana de México, October 2009.
• Szlajen, F. "Abortion and the Construction of Person in Judaism." Paper presented at IV KolDor Global Conference, KolDor Organization Israel, November 2008.
• Szlajen, F. "KolDor, The Lost Jewish People and The Relevance of Practices." Paper presented at KolDor EJournal, March 2008.
• Szlajen, F. "Translating Jewish Philosophy into Education." Paper presented at III KolDor Global Conference, KolDor Organization Israel, October 2007.
• Szlajen, F. "El androcentrismo medieval en el judaísmo y la transformación filosófica de lo femenino." Paper presented at I Simposio Internacional de Estudios Sefaradíes, Universidad Maimónides, August 2007. Sefárdica "30° Aniversario del CIDiCSef" XVII, (2008).
• Szlajen, F. "Levinas, Derrida y Habermas frente al terrorismo." Paper presented at Terrorismo e Islamismo: crisis y desafíos contemporáneos, Organización Sionista Argentina, May 2007.
• Szlajen, F. "Judaísmo y medio ambiente: un mensaje de mesura." Anuario: Revista de Filosofía y Humanidades 5, (2006).
• Szlajen, F. "Ética, rostro y justicia: problemática de la filosofía de Lévinas como ética altruista." Paper presented at IV Congreso Internacional de Ética, Universidad del Salvador, Facultad de Filosofía, August 2006.
• Szlajen, F. "El pensamiento en Sefarad del siglo X al XV." Paper presented at Plenario sobre Filosofía Medieval Judía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, May 2006.
• Szlajen, F. "La concepción de Dios en el pensamiento de M. Buber y A.Y. Heschel." Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano, September 2005.
• Szlajen, F. "Yehuda Abravanel: Judaísmo como monoteísmo práctico." Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano, September 2005.
• Szlajen, F. "Greek Ethics: Classical and Current Perspectives." Paper presented at II Congress of Post- Modern Ethics, Goldenstein Centre for Jewish Culture, February 2005.
• Szlajen, F. "Jewish Philosophy: Buber's and Heschel's Perspectives." Paper presented at International Annual Seminar on Modern Jewish Thought, Goldenstein Centre for Jewish Culture, December 2004.
• Szlajen, F. "Jewish Bio-Graphy in place of Jewish Identity." Paper presented at Seminar on Judaism and Jewish Identity, Geulim Yeshiva, August 2004.
• Szlajen, F. "Étique and Visage in Lévinas' Philosophy." Paper presented at Workshop on Ethics in Jewish Philosophy, Mekorot Foundation, June 2003.
• Szlajen, F. "Freedom in Spinoza's Philosophy." Paper presented at Seminar on Modern Jewish Philosophy, Mekorot Foundation, January 2003.

Articles:

• Szlajen, F. "Los mitos y nosotros".Boletín Inter-Bibliotecario Comunal de Buenos Aires 1, (2001): 9-11.
• Szlajen, F. "Del arte a la razón". Boletín Inter-Bibliotecario Comunal de Buenos Aires 2, (2001): 14-18.
• Szlajen, F. "Los peligros del exclusivismo". Boletín Inter-Bibliotecario Comunal de Buenos Aires 2, (2000): 16-20.
• Szlajen, F. "Comprehender al hombre". Boletín Inter-Bibliotecario Comunal de Buenos Aires 1, (2000): 15-19.