Researchers

José A. Colen

Academic degree:
Doutoramento

Professional category:
Investigador Integrado

Research group(s):
Teoria Política

E-mail: jacolen64@gmail.com

Phone: 00351-963828129

Website(s):
https://uminho.academia.edu/JAColen

CiênciaVitae: https://www.cienciavitae.pt/231B-F541-7D7D

Institutional address:

Universidade do Minho
Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal

Short bionote:

José A. Colen is now doing research and writing on religious freedom, immigration ethics, and human rights philosophy. He previously published on Cold War political thought and recent analytical moral philosophy. 
Colen holds an MBA by IESE Business School (Barcelona) and a Ph.D. in Political Science by  Institute for Political Studies (Lisboa) of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.  
He is currently Permanent Researcher at CEPS of Minho University. He has been a recurrent Guest Professor of the Institute for Political Studies at Portuguese Catholic University and Guest Researcher at the CESPRA of the École des Hautes études en Sciences Sociales (Paris). He was also Visiting Scholar at Notre Dame University (Indiana) in 2014 and for 2 years conducted studies at the Special Collections of the University of Chicago. He was also Visiting Scholar or Guest Researcher at the University of Vienna (Fall 2105), and Universidad de Navarra (Winter-Spring 2016), James Madison Fellow at Princeton University (2016-2017) and Visiting Researcher at the University of Navarra 2017-2018.
Among his former supervisors are João Cardoso Rosas, Pierre Manent, Catherine Zuckert, and Bradford Wilson.

Research interests:

History of Political Theory, Human Rights, Religious Freedom and Religous Tolerance, Immigration Ethics, Cold War Political Thought.

Education:

Ph. D., Institute for Politcal Studies, UCP (Lisbon), (2010)

MBA, IESE Business School (Barcelona)/ AESE Business School (Lisboa) (2007)

Major in History, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1986)

Master in Economic and Sociological History (without Thesis) (1988-1989)

Professional experience:

Visiting Professor at University of Navarra (Spain) (September 2018)

Visiting Scholar at University of Navarra (Spain) (Winter 2015)

Post-Doctorial Fellow Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (January 2013-December 2018)

Visiting Scholar at Notre Dame University (Indiana) (Spring and Summer 2014)

James Madison Fellow at Princeton University (2016-2017)

President of the Departmental Scientific Board and member of the Scientific Board at ISEL-Lisboa (2010-2012)

Master coordinator at ISEL-Lisboa (2009-2011)

Undergratuate studies Director at ISEL-Lisboa (2001-2009)

Professor at ISEL-Lisboa (1999-2012)

Pedagogical Director at Val do Rio (Oeiras) (1993-1995)

Teacher at Val do Rio (Oeiras) (1992-1999)

Institutional positions:

Permanent Researcher at Minho University

Publications

Books

Articles

Book chapters

  • Colen, J.A. (2018). Is There a Natural Framework for the Social Sciences? in Colen, J., Minkov, S. (ed.) Toward Natural Right and History. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 97-104. ISBN: 9780226512105

    https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo27442127.html

  • Colen, J. A. (2018) Republic of Science, Republic of Letters” in Raphael Sassower and Nathaniel Laor (eds.), The Impact of Critical Rationalism: Expanding the Popperian Legacy through the Works of Ian C. Jarvie, Basingstoke, Palgrave. ISBN 978-3-319-90826-7

    https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319908250

  • Colen, J. A. (2018). Recovering Natural Right. In J. A. Colen and Svetozar Minkov (ed.). Toward Natural Right and History. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 209-220. ISBN: 9780226512105.

    https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo27442127.html

  • Colen, J. A. (2018). Toward Strauss’s Intention and Teaching in Natural Right and History. In Colen, J. A. Colen and vetozar Minkov. Toward Natural Right and History, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 255-282.

    https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo27442127.html

  • Colen, J.; Frost, Bryan-Paul. (2017) Relations internationales: « History is again on the move », J. A. Colen and Elisabeth Dutartre-Michaut. La pensée de Raymond Aron. Essais et interprétations , Lisbonne-Wien, Presses Universitaires à Vienne/Epigramm, 17-19.

    https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/56007

  • Colen, J. A.; Nelson, Scott (2017).Théorie, histoire, philosophie: La primauté du politique. In J. A. Colen and Elisabeth Dutartre-Michaut. La pensée de Raymond Aron. Essais et interprétations (co-edition with, Lisbonne-Wien, Presses Universitaires à Vienne/Epigramm, 117-120.

    https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/56010

  • Colen, J. A.; Nelson, Scott (2017). La voix des « grands du passé » : Débats permanents. In J. A. Colen and Elisabeth Dutartre-Michaut (ed.). La pensée de Raymond Aron. Essais et interprétations , Lisbonne-Wien, Presses Universitaires à Vienne/Epigramm, 219-222.

    https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/56008

  • Colen, J. A.; Nelson, Scott (2017). Art de gouverner et éthique. Aron, Max Weber et la vocation du politique. In J. A. Colen and Elisabeth Dutartre-Michaut (ed.). La pensée de Raymond Aron. Essais et interprétations , Lisbonne-Wien, Presses Universitaires à Vienne/Epigramm, 297-309.

    https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/56011

  • Colen, J. A. (2017). Épilogue. In J. A. Colen and Elisabeth Dutartre-Michaut (ed.). La pensée de Raymond Aron. Essais et interprétations , Lisbonne-Wien, Presses Universitaires à Vienne/Epigramm, 311-312.

    Em depósito

  • Minkov, Svetozar; Colen, José (2016). The Natural Frame of Reference and the Possibility of a Comprehensive Science. In Svetozar Minkov, Leo Strauss on Science. Thoughts on the Relation between Natural Science and Political Philosophy, New York, SUNY Press, 45-53.

    Por depositar

  • Colen, José; Frost, Bryan-Paul (2015). International relations: "History is on the move”. In José Colen and Elisabeth Elisabeth Dutartre-Michaut. The Companion to Raymond Aron, Basingstoke, Palgrave, 15-17. ISBN 978-1-137-52243-6.

    Por depositar

  • Colen, J.; Nelson, Scott (2015). Voices of the Great Men of the Past: Perennial Debates. In The Companion to Raymond Aron, Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2015, 191-195. ISBN 978-1-137-52243-6

    Por depositar

  • Colen, J.; Nelson, Scott (2015). Theory, History, Philosophy: The Primacy of the Political. In The Companion to Raymond Aron, Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2015,101-103. ISBN 978-1-137-52243-6.

    https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/56006

  • Colen, José; Nelson, Scott (2015). Statesmanship and Ethics: Aron, Max Weber, and Politics as a Vocation. In The Companion to Raymond Aron, Basingstoke, Palgrave, 205-216.

    Por depositar

  • “Left, Right and Equality for its Own Sake: Raymond Aron and Isaiah Berlin,” in João Cardoso Rosas, Ana Rita Ferreira, Left and Right: The Great Dichotomy Revisited, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013, 352-363.

    Por depositar

  • Colen, José, Abranches, A. (2012). O problema de Sócrates em Leo Strauss: filosofia e poesia. In Leo Strauss, O Problema de Sócrates, Lisboa, Editorial Aster, 5-37.ISBN: 978-972-9111-31-0

    http://id.bnportugal.gov.pt/bib/bibnacional/1813879

Proceedings papers

  • Smith, Renata; Colen, José (2015). Lifting the Veil of Relativism. In Ferenc Hörcher, Béla Mester and Zoltán Turgonyi (eds.). Is a Universal Morality Possible?, Budapest, Institute of Philosophy of the Research Centre for the Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, L’Harmattan Publishing House, 2015, 225-236.

    https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/56005

  • Colen, José (2014). A verdade tornar-vos-á livres: conhecimento e cidadania política. In Maria Alfreda Cruz, Tereza Ventura, Maria Engrácia Cardim e Nuno Melim (Org.). A Cidadania na Sociedade do Conhecimento, Lisboa, Centro de Filosofia das Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 75-93. ISBN (e-book): 978-989-8247-65-0.

    https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/56004

  • Colen, José (2013). The language of human rights: Isaiah Berlin, Raymond Aron and Leo Strauss. In Marta Nunes da Costa (org.), Democracia, Direitos Humanos e Justiça Global, Braga, Húmus, 29-41.

    https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/56012

Other publications

  • Colen, José (Translation) (2013). Platão, Hípias menor ou do falso.Gaudium Sciendi, 4, July 161-189.

    Por depositar

Orientação de teses

PhD

  • 2018 - (...) | Orientador

    António Maria Ramalho Saraiva Russo Baião

    “Anarchism” (Co-orientador/Co-supervisor).

    Doutoramento em Filosofia, SFRH/BD/130642/2017.

  • 2016 - (...) | Orientador

    Pedro Miguel Góis Moreira

    “Pluralism and Political Moderation: Two Face of Democratic Thought” (Orientador/Supervisor),

    SFRH/BD/110184/2015.

  • 2015 - 2017 | Co-orientador

    Scott Nelson,

    “The German Influence on Raymond Aron’s Political Thought,” (Titel der Dissertation / Title of the Doctoral Thesis, supervised by Disseration by Wolfang Schmale and Jose Colen at the University of Wien to obtain the title of Doktor der Philosophie (Dr. phil), Wien 2017 / Vienna 2017.

    Doktor der Philosophie (Dr. phil), Wien

Master

  • 2016 - 2018 | Orientador

    Maurício Casarin

    “Um olhar contemporâneo sobre O Príncipe. Maquiavel nas leituras de Aron, Berlin e Strauss”, Master Thesis in Political science, Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon.

    Mestrado em Ciencia Política

  • 2015 - 2016 | Co-orientador

    Lucas Williams,

    “Liberal Theory and the Human Good A critical study: the compatibility of Galston’s substantive liberalism and Aristotelian moral theory,” Master Thesis in Governance. Leadership, and Democracy Studies, Supervised by Prof. Hugo Chelo and Prof. José Colen, Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Dec. 2016.

    M. A. Governance

  • 2011 - 2011 | Orientador

    Maria Ramos Pires Ribeiro

    Linhas gráficas de publicações diárias em Portugal: Estudo comparativo de publicações diárias nos anos 1985, 1995 e 2005

    Mestrado em Tecnologias Gráficas (ISEL-Lisboa)

  • 2011 - 2011 | Orientador

    ISABEL CRISTINA PEDRO PINTO

    As soluções informáticas para a paginação de documentos. Comparação objectiva de desempenho do QuarkXPress 8.5 e do Adobe InDesign CS5 Isabel Cristina Pedro Pinto Provas destinadas à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Tecnologias Gráficas Instituto Superior

    Mestrado em Tecnologias Gráficas (ISEL-Lisboa)

  • 2011 - 2011 | Orientador

    Nuno Emanuel Pinheiro de Almeida

    Gestão e identidade de uma marca: o caso leadership business consultant S.A.

    Mestrado em Tecnologias Gráficas (ISEL-Lisboa)

  • 2011 - 2011 | Orientador

    Vitor Oliveira Jorge

    A relevância da trama estocástica na impressão offset. Desenho de estes aplicáveis no setor mobiliário

    Mestrado em Tecnologias Gráficas (ISEL-Lisboa)

  • 2011 - 2011 | Orientador

    Maria Filipa Silva Pias

    A sustentabilidade de uma pequena gráfica numa organização da Administração Pública

    Mestrado em Tecnologias Gráficas (ISEL-Lisboa)

  • 2010 - 2011 | Orientador

    Tania Filipa Vilares Marques

    Inovação de serviços e comunicação com o cliente nas gráficas do Oeste: Adição de valor aos Produtos Gráficos através da melhoria da informação e da inovação de serviços em algumas empresas da região Oeste.

    Mestrado em Tecnologias Gráficas (ISEL-Lisboa)

  • 2010 - 2011 | Orientador

    Márcia Gato Brás

    Caracterização da indústria gráfica em Portugal: Inquérito Nacional 2009

    Mestrado em Tecnologias Gráficas (ISEL-Lisboa)

Scientific commitee

Other information

  • Raymond Aron Prize on Social Sciences (2010)