James Higginbotham Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics and Linda MacDonald Hilf Chair in Philosophy Contact Information E-mail: higgy@usc.edu Phone: (213) 821-2308 Office: MHP 107 LINKS Curriculum Vitae

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Tenure Track Appointments

• Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1999-  
• Professor, University of Oxford, England, 06/01/1993-09/01/2000  
• Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 07/01/1987-08/01/1993  
• Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 01/01/1982-01/01/1987  
• Visiting Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 01/01/1980-01/01/1982  
• Senior Fellow in the Humanities, Columbia University, 01/01/1979-01/01/1980  
• Assistant Professor, Columbia University, 01/01/1978-01/01/1979  
• Mellon Fellow in the Humanities, Columbia University, 01/01/1976-01/01/1978  
• Assistant Professor, Columbia University, 01/01/1973-01/01/1976  
• Instructor, Columbia University, 01/01/1970-01/01/1973  

Visiting and Temporary Appointments

• Enseignant Etranger, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, 10/01/2004-11/01/2004  
• Nelson Philosopher in Residence, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 11/29/1999-12/03/1999  
• Visiting Professor of Cognitive Science, Rutgers University, Spring 1998   
• Visiting Researcher, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 07/01/1997-08/31/1997  
• Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fall 1996   

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Research Keywords

Research Specialties

Conferences and Other Presentations

Conference Presentations

• "Context and/or Anaphora", Linguistics Society of Italy, Keynote Lecture, Abstract, Pisa, Italy, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Invited, Fall 2008   

Publications

Book

• Higginbotham, J. T. (2009). Tense, Aspect, and Indexicality. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Book Chapter

• Higginbotham, J. T. (2008). Evidentials: Some Preliminary Distinctions. pp. 22. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
• Higginbotham, J. T. (2008). The English Perfect and the Metaphysics of Events. pp. 173-193. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
• Higginbotham, J. T. (2007). Remarks on Compositionality. pp. 425-444. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Higginbotham, J. T. (2006). Languages and Idiolects: Their Language and Ours. pp. 140-148. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Book Review

• Higginbotham, J. T. (2009). On Jeffrey C. King, The Nature and Structure of Content. Philosophical Books. pp. 29-37.

Journal Article

• Higginbotham, J. T. (2008). Expression, Truth, Predication, and Context. International Journal of Philosophical Studies. Vol. 16 (4), pp. 473-494.

Proceedings

• Higginbotham, J. T. (2007). The Anaphoric Theory of Tense. pp. 26 pp.. Ithaca, NY. Cornell University Linguistics Publications.

Honors and Awards

• USC Distinguished Professor, 1/2008-  
• Fellow of the British Academy, 1995-  
• Endowed Chair, Linda MacDonald Hilf Chair in Philosophy, 3/15/2004-  
• Vera Brittain Visiting Fellow, Somerville College Oxford, 1/2009-7/2009  
• Fulbright Award, Distinguished Professor of the Philosophy of Language, University of Venice Ca'Foscari, Venice, Italy, 4/2003-7/2003  
• Visiting Fellow, All Souls College Oxford, 1/4/1990-4/20/1990  

Service to the University

Administrative Appointments

• Chair, Department of Linguistics, 08/16/2006-08/15/2009  
• Director, School of Philosophy, 09/01/2004-08/15/2007  

Service to the Profession

Editorships and Editorial Boards

• Editorial Board, Oxford Cognitive Science, 1995-  
• Associate Editor, The Journal of Philosophy, 1979-