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Dr. Irene J. Klaver

Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Philosophy and Religion

Email: Irene.Klaver@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, 1996
    Major: Philosophy
    Dissertation: Indeterminacy in Place. Committee members: Edward S. Casey (Director), Mary Rawlinson, Anthony Weston, Peter Manchester, Stephen A.Tyler (Outside Reader: Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics, Rice University)
  • MA, New School for Social Research, New York, 1988
    Major: Philosophy
  • MA, University of Amsterdam, 1987
    Major: (Cum Laude) Political Theory/ Social Sciences/ De Moed der Wanorde: Noodzaak voor Onbepaalde Ruimte in Stadsplanning (The Courage of Chaos: Necessity of Indeterminate Space in City Planning)
  • BA, University of Amsterdam, 1984
    Major: Psychology/Philosophy

Professional Positions

  • Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2013 - 2013).
  • UNESCO visiting Research Professor, Headquarters UNESCO, Paris, France. Headquarters UNESCO, Paris, France. (2008 - 2008).
  • Associate Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2006 - 2006).
  • Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2000 - 2006).
  • Director, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2003 - 2003).
  • Assistant Professor, California State University-Stanislaus. California State University-Stanislaus. (1999 - 1999).
  • Instructor, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Leiden University, The Netherlands. (1997 - 1998).
  • Post-Doctoral Research Position, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Wageningen University, The Netherlands. (1997 - 1998).
  • Instructor, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (1996 - 1997).
  • Instructor, Montana State University-Billings. Montana State University-Billings. (1994 - 1996).
  • Lecturer, State University of New York at Stony Brook. State University of New York at Stony Brook. (1989 - 1994).
  • Lecturer, State University of New York at Stony Brook. State University of New York at Stony Brook. (1989 - 1994).
  • Instructor, Suffolk Community College (New York). Suffolk Community College (New York). (1990 - 1993).
  • Instructor, Saint Joseph College (Connecticut),. Saint Joseph College (Connecticut),. (1992 - 1992).

    • Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Chair of Department, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2019 - Present).

Professional Memberships

  • American Philosophical Association (APA). (Present).
  • American Society for Literature and the Environment (ASLE). (Present).
  • International Association for Philosophy and Literature (IAPL). (Present).
  • Merleau-Ponty Circle. (Present).
  • Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA). (Present).
  • Society for Ecological Restoration (SER). (Present).
  • Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP). (Present).
  • Texas Society for Ecological Restoration (TX-SER). (Present).
  • AERI Advanced Environmental Research Institute UNT Interdisciplinary Research Team. (2016 - Present).
  • International Association of Environmental Philosophy (IAEP). (1998 - Present).
  • UNT Institute of Applied Science (IAS),UNT Institute of Applied Science (IAS). (2000 - 2015).
  • Biology and Environmental Engineering (BEE) Program. (2007 - 2009).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • PHIL 2500 - Introduction to Contemporary Environmental Issues, 13 courses.
  • PHIL 3100 - Aesthetics, 2 courses.
  • PHIL 4150 - Feminism, 4 courses.
  • PHIL 4200 - Science, Technology, and Society, 2 courses.
  • PHIL 4600 - Phenomenology, 2 courses.
  • PHIL 4650 - Philosophy of Water, 8 courses.
  • PHIL 4700 - Environmental Philosophy, 3 courses.
  • PHIL 4800 - Postmodernism, 4 courses.
  • PHIL 4900 - Special Problems, 11 courses.
  • PHIL 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis, 2 courses.
  • PHIL 4960 - Proseminar in Philosophy, 4 courses.
  • PHIL 5250 - Topics in the History of Philosophy, 1 course.
  • PHIL 5750 - Environmental Ethics and Public Policy, 1 course.
  • PHIL 5900 - Special Problems, 12 courses.
  • PHIL 5910 - Special Problems, 4 courses.
  • PHIL 5950 - Master's Thesis, 16 courses.
  • PHIL 5960 - Seminar in Problems of Philosophy, 5 courses.
  • PHIL 6120 - Social and Political Philosophy, 1 course.
  • PHIL 6250 - Aesthetics, 2 courses.
  • PHIL 6500 - Cultural Criticism, 2 courses.
  • PHIL 6650 - Philosophy of Water Issues, 7 courses.
  • PHIL 6900 - Special Problems, 20 courses.
  • PHIL 6910 - Special Problems, 4 courses.
  • PHIL 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 35 courses.
  • UCRS 1980 - Experimental Course, 1 course.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Rewilding the Human Condition within the Cenozoic Community—Navigating the Spirals of Human Supremacy and Multispecies Justice 2024-2025," Philosophy and Religion. (August 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Finding Common Ground through Information Flow in a Small-town Texas Information Ground,," Information Science. (March 2024).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Posthuman Feminism and Ethics of Care," Philosophy and Religion. (January 2024).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Philosophy and Religion. (October 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Philosophy and Religion. (August 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Philosophy and Religion. (August 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Lamkaang Land, Water, and Place-based Traditional Ecological Practices," Philosophy and Religion. (January 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Semiotics and Communication Channels of Ephemeral Art Documents: A Case Study of Palestinian Street Art," Information Science. (March 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Aesthetics and Temporality," Philosophy and Religion. (2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "The Question Concerning Endocrinology: 2. Gender Experience, Gender Identity, and Sexual Hormonal Nonbinarity," Philosophy and Religion. (2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Beyond Passing: Alain Locke’s Universal Aesthetic," Philosophy and Religion. (2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Beyond Aztlan: In search of documenting a transnational countervisual history of Anglo settler-colonial denials of Chicanx Indigeneity in the Texas Borderlands," Other - Outside UNT. (2019).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Philosophical Perspectives on Climate Change," Philosophy and Religion. (2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Border-Thinking: Decolonializing the Southwest Borderland," Philosophy and Religion. (2016).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "A Posthumanist Feminist Critique of Object-Oriented Ontology’s View from Everywhere," Philosophy and Religion. (2015).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Modeling Transmedial Translation: The Case of Alt Text for Visually Impaired Students in Online Courses," Information Science. (2015).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Comprehensive Exam Preparation," Philosophy and Religion. (August 2024 - January 2025).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, "Fascism, Affect, Aesthetics," Philosophy and Religion. (August 2024 - January 2025).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, "Comprehensive Exam," Philosophy and Religion. (December 2024 - December 2024).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Affective Theories of Aesthetics," Philosophy and Religion. (August 2024 - December 2024).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Affective Theories of Aesthetics," Philosophy and Religion. (August 2024 - December 2024).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, ""Comprehensive Exam Preparation".," Philosophy and Religion. (August 2024 - December 2024).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, "Practicing Care in More-Than-Human Worlds," Philosophy and Religion. (August 2024 - December 2024).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, "Comprehensive Exam," Philosophy and Religion. (August 2024 - December 2024).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, "Feral Disruptions: Education beyond the human," Philosophy and Religion. (August 2024 - December 2024).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Extinction/Rewilding/," Philosophy and Religion. (August 2023 - December 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "The Question Concerning Endocrinology: Gender Experience, Gender Identity, and Sexual Hormonal Nonbinarity," Philosophy and Religion. (May 2021 - May 2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Philosophy and Religion. (September 2022 - December 2022).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Philosophy and Religion. (September 2022 - December 2022).
  • Supervised Research, "Barbados and Climate Colonialism: A Case Study," Honors College. (September 2022 - December 2022).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Philosophy and Religion. (August 2022 - December 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "An Exploration of Attitudes Toward and Understanding of Environmental Education Outreach Programs (for San Antonio River Authority)," Anthropology. (2021 - May 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "An Exploration of Attitudes Toward and Understanding of Environmental Education Outreach Programs (for San Antonio River Authority),," Anthropology. (March 2021 - May 5, 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Queer Phenomenological Framework Of Gender And Sexuality For The Discourses Of Environmental Religion And Ecofeminism," Philosophy and Religion. (January 2021 - March 2022).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Philosophy and Religion. (2021 - January 2022).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Philosophy and Religion. (2021 - 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Decolonialism and Environmental Justice: Settler Responsibilities and Decolonial Horizons," Philosophy and Religion. (2018 - 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Performative Resistance As Ecofeminist Praxis?," Philosophy and Religion. (2016 - 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Ontology of Avulsion: Posthuman Freedom and Accidental Becoming," Philosophy and Religion. (2019 - October 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Life and Death in the Field: Farmer Suicide, Infrastructure, and the Necessity to Feed," Philosophy and Religion. (2018 - May 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, History. (2015 - 2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Alternative Agriculture," Philosophy and Religion. (2014 - 2020).
  • Dissertation Defense Committee Member, Philosophy and Religion. (2011 - 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Orca Recovery by Changing Cultural Attitudes (Orcca): How Anthropocentrism And Capitalism Led To An Endangered Species In Puget Sound," Philosophy and Religion. (2018 - November 2020).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, "Sexualization Of The Female Asian Body," Philosophy and Religion. (2018 - 2019).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, "Sexualizitation Of The Female Asian Body," Philosophy and Religion. (2018 - 2019).
  • Supervised Research (Faculty Mentor Undergraduate Research Fellowship), Biological Sciences. (2017 - 2019).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Hermeneutics, Environments, and Justice," Philosophy and Religion. (2011 - 2019).
  • Other (Faculty Mentor Undergraduate Research Fellowship), "The Trinity’s Trajectory from Trash to Treasure: The Dallas Audubon Center and Re-connecting to the Urban River," Philosophy and Religion. (March 2019).
  • Other (Faculty Mentor University Scholars Day UNT), "Sexualization Of The Female Asian Body," Philosophy and Religion. (March 2019).
  • Other (Faculty Mentor University Scholars Day UNT), "The Trinity’s Trajectory from Trash to Treasure: The Dallas Audubon Center and Re-connecting to the Urban River," Philosophy and Religion. (March 2019).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Sedimentation Lewisville Lake," Graduate School. (2017 - 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Subjective Efficiencies: Water Use, Management and Governance in the North Platte Natural Resources District," Anthropology. (2017 - 2018).
  • Supervised Research (Faculty Mentor Undergraduate Research Fellowship), "Ashley Yarbrough Skating Along the River of Death: A Personal Examination of Fort Worth’s Role in Reframing the Trinity River’s Place in Socio-Political Consciousness," Anthropology. (2017 - 2018).
  • Supervised Research, "Towards a New Reunion with the Trinity River," Philosophy and Religion. (2017 - 2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Long-Term Citizen Science Water Monitoring Data: An Exploration Of Accuracy Over Space And Time," Biological Sciences. (2015 - 2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "The Food-Drug Relationship In Health And Medicine," Philosophy and Religion. (2014 - 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Seeds of Disempowerment? Bt Cotton and Accumulation by Dispossession in India. A case study of Maharashtra, Telangana, & Andhra Pradesh," Geography and the Environment. (2016 - May 2018).
  • Other (Faculty Mentor University Scholars Day UNT), Philosophy and Religion. (March 2018).
  • Other (Faculty Mentor University Scholars Day UNT), Philosophy and Religion. (March 2018).
  • Other (Faculty Mentor University Scholars Day UNT), Philosophy and Religion. (March 2018).
  • Dissertation Defense Committee Chair, "Barriers to Bridges: Urban Rivers as Heterotopic Spaces," Philosophy and Religion. (2014 - 2017).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Operación Ocelote," Other - Outside UNT. (2014 - 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Catastrophe in Permanence: Benjamin’s Natural History of Environmental Crisis," Philosophy and Religion. (2011 - 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Poststructuralist Critical Rhetorical Analysis in Problem Solving: a Case Study of Information Impact," Information Science. (2015 - 2016).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Conversational Use of Photographic Images on Facebook: Modeling Visual Thinking on Social Media," Information Science. (2013 - 2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Negotiated Living: an Ethno-historical Perspective of Punta Allen," Anthropology. (November 2016).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Strange Matter, Strange Objects: An Ontological Reorientation of the Philosophical Concept of Wonder," Philosophy and Religion. (2012 - 2015).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Land Management Through Grazing," Biological Sciences. (2011).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Ranching in the West," Philosophy and Religion. (2011).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Analysis of Brundtland Report Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development," Philosophy and Religion. (2010).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Deliberative Democracy, Divided Societies, and the Case of Appalachia," Philosophy and Religion. (2009).
  • Other, "Tree Seedling Survival and Growth in a Bottomland Old-field Site: Implications for Ecological Restoration," (2007 - 2007).
  • Other, "Toward A Philosophy Of Water: Politics Of The Pollution And Damming Along The Ganges River," (2007 - 2007).
  • Other, "Between Logos and Eros: New Orleans Confrontation with Modernity," (2007 - 2007).
  • Other, "The University of North Texas Footprint: Towards an Interdisciplinary Ecological Applied University Land Ethic,”," (2005 - 2005).
  • Other, "Embeddedness: Agrarianism and the Environment," (2005 - 2005).
  • Other, "Ethical Implications of Ecological Restoration," (2005 - 2005).
  • Other, "Karst Terrain in Southern Trelawny, Jamaica: Implications for Water Systems Development," (2005 - 2005).
  • Other, "Learning with Leopold: Revisiting Land Health, Place, and Culture in Mexico’s Rio Gavilan," (2004 - 2004).
  • Other, "Revealing Reveiling Reveling, Music Composition," (2004 - 2004).
  • Other, "Evaluation of the Biological, Economic, and Social Feasibility of Bioconverting Food Wastes with the Black Soldier Fly (HERMETIA ILLUCENS)," (2004 - 2004).
  • Other, "Buber, Levinas, and the Non-Human Other: Toward a More Inclusive Environmental Ethic," (2003 - 2003).
  • Other, "Connecting Corridors in Conservation and Philosophy: An Approach to Situated Judgment through the Ambiguity of Boundaries and Intruders," (2003 - 2003).
  • Other, "Trans-boundary river basins: a discourse on water scarcity, conflict, and water resource management," (2003 - 2003).
  • Other, "Ranges of Consideration: Crossing the Fields of Ecology, Philosophy, and Science Studies," (2002 - 2002).
  • Other, "Women and Wilderness: Embodiment in Sports and Nature," (2000 - 2000).

Awards and Honors

  • College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Advisory Board Research Award, University of North Texas. (September 2019).
  • UNT Leadership Fellow, University of North Texas. (August 2019).
  • Scholarly & Creative Activity Award, UNT College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. (January 2019).
  • Fulbright Fellowship for study in the United States, (1987).
  • Departmental Teaching Fellowship, SUNY at Stony Brook. (1988).
  • Vera List Fellowship, , awarded by the New School for Social Research for study at the New School. (1987).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Klaver Irene J.,. (2008). "Rivers" in: Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy.
  • Klaver Irene J.,. (2008). "Water" in: Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy.

    • Book

  • Klaver, I.J., Rozzi, R., May, R., Gavin, T., Massardo, F., Núñez, F., Pauchard, a., Simberloff, D. (2018). From Biocultural Homogenization To Biocultural Conservation. Dordrecht, Springer.
  • Barbara Rose Johnston, Lisa Hiwasaki, Irene Klaver, Veronica Strang, Ameyali Ramos Castillo. (2012). Water, Cultural Diversity & Global Environmental Change: Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures?.
  • Michael E Zimmerman, J. Baird Callicott, Irene J. Klaver, Karen Warren, John Clark. (2004). Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Social Ecology.

    • Book Chapter

  • Klaver, I.J., Hoeinghaus, D.J., Grossman, J.W., Frith, A.J., Atkinson, S.F., Kennedy, J.H. (2023). The Trinity River in Texas – Muddy and Emblematic. River Culture– Life as a Dance to the Rhythm of the Waters.. Pp. 447–467.. Paris, UNESCO Publishing.
  • Klaver, I.J. (2021). Radical Water. Hydrohumanities: Water Discourse and Environmental Futures. pp 64-88. Berkeley, University of California Press.
  • Klaver, I.J., Frith, A.J. (2020). Technical/political governmentality of green infrastructure and the emergence of new human-water relations. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of the City. London,
  • Klaver, I.J. (2020). Engaging the Water Monster of Amsterdam: Meandering Towards a Fair Urban Riversphere. The Wonder of Water: Lived Experience, Policy, and Practice. 91-114. Toronto, University of Toronto Press.
  • Klaver Irene J.. (2019). "Trans-Scapes: Transitions in Transit". Philosophy, Travel, and Place, R. Scapp and B. Seitz (eds.). 19. London, New York, Palgrave.
  • Klaver, I.J., Frith, A., Meagher, S.M., Noll, S., Biehl, J.S. (2019). The endeavor to embody urban waters: Technical/political governmentality of green infrastructure and the emergence of new human-water relations. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of the City. 13. London, Routledge.
  • Rozzi, R., May, R.H., Chapin, F.S., Massardo, F., Gavin, M.C., Klaver, I.J., Pauchard, A., Nuñez, M.A., Simberloff, D. (2018). From Biocultural Homogenization to Biocultural Conservation: A Conceptual Framework to Reorient Society Toward Sustainability of Life. Ecology and Ethics. 1-17. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99513-7_1
  • Klaver Irene J.. (2018). “Re-Claiming Rivers from Homogenization: Meandering and Riverspheres.”. From Biocultural Homogenization to Biocultural Conservation. Eds. Ricardo Rozzi, May, R., Chapin, T. Gavin, M., Klaver, I., Massardo, F., Núñez, M., Pauchard, A., Simberloff, D.. 21. Dordrecht, Springer Press.
  • Klaver, I.J. (2017). “Indeterminacy in Place: Rivers as Bridge and Meandering as Metaphor.”. Phenomenology and Place, edited by Janet Donohoe. 209-225. London, Rowman and Littlefield International Limited.
  • Klaver, I.J. (2016). “Re-Rivering Environmental Imagination: Meander Movement and Merleau-Ponty.”. Nature and Experience: Phenomenological Approaches to the Environment, edited by Bryan E. Bannon.. 113-127. London, Rowman and Littlefield International Limited.
  • Klaver, I.J. (2016). “Water, Mud, and Sand: Dutch Re-scaping the Land.”. Hypernatural Landscapes in the Anthropocene.Edited by Sabine Flach and Gary Sherman.. 101-122. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers,
  • Klaver, Irene J.. (2008). "Wild: Rhythm of Appearing and Disappearing" in The Great New Wilderness Debate, Volume 2, Editors Michael P. Nelson and J. Baird Callicott.
  • Klaver, Irene J.. (2007). "Boundaries on the Edge" in Boundary Explorations in Ecological Theory and Practice, eds. Charles Brown and Ted Toadvine.
  • Klaver, I.J. (2007). Boundaries on the Edge. Nature’s Edge. 113-131. SUNY Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780791479902-009
  • Klaver, Irene J. and John Donahue. (2005). "Whose Water is it Anyway? Boundary Negotiations on the Edwards Aquifer in Texas," in Globalization, Water and Health: Resource Management in Times of Scarcity.
  • Klaver, Irene J.,. (2004). "Boundary Projects Versus Border Patrol," in Nature Reconsidered: New Essays in Environmental Philosophy.
  • Klaver, Irene J.,. (2004). "Stone Worlds: Phenomenology on the Rocks," in Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Social Ecology.
  • Klaver, Irene J.,. (2004). Introduction "Environmental Continental Philosophy," part III of the Fourth Edition of Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Social Ecology.
  • D. Rothenberg,Klaver, Irene J. (1995). "Silent Wolves:  The Howl of the Implicit," .
  • Klaver, Irene L. Embree and D. Marietta. (1995). "The Implicit Practice of Environmental Philosophy,".

    • Book Review

  • Frith, A.J., Klaver, I.J. (2016). Review Unruly Waters: A Social and Environmental History of the Brazos River by Kenna Lang Archer.. 469-470. Oakland, CA, University of California Press.

    • Catalogue Essay

  • Klaver, I.J. (2018). Making the Accidental Wild Visible: Dornith Doherty’s Deluge. DELUGE, an exhibition of photographs and hydrographs by Dornith Doherty. Dalla, Texas, Holly Johnson Gallery. https://www.hollyjohnsongallery.com/exhibition/129/press_release/

    • Journal Article

  • Klaver Irene J.. (2018). “Meandering and Riversphere: The Potential of Paradox .”. http://editions.lib.umn.edu/openrivers/article/meandering-and-riversphere-the-potential-of-paradox/
  • Klaver, I.J. (2017). “Colonialism and Imperialism: Indigenous Resistance on the U.S./Mexico Border,”. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. 16 15-33. Leiden, Brill.
  • Klaver, I.J. (2016). “Le concept de rivière-sphère au service de la reconquête de l’espace fluvial, à Amsterdam et ailleurs.”. 333 80-86. Paris, ETE - Éditions ESPACES.
  • Persic, Ana and Irene J. Klaver. (2009). " A holistic approach: the intangible mental, spiritual and cultural health benefits of protected areas,".
  • Donahue John and Irene J. Klaver. (2009). " Sharing Water Internationally, Past, Present And Future—Mexico And The United States,".
  • Walsh, Henry C., Irene J. Klaver and John Donahue. (2009). Neighborly Waters, Sharing Water Internationally between Mexico and the United States. 24 (1) 7-20. http://www.ag.auburn.edu/auxiliary/srsa/
  • Klaver, Irene J.,. (2008). Roundtable Water and Ethics.
  • Klaver, Irene J.,. (2007). "Re-vitalizing Chinese River Relations,".
  • Klaver, Irene J.,. (2007). "The Future of Environmental Philosophy,".
  • Klaver, Irene J.,. (2005). "Always Already Rhythm, Merleau-Ponty's Movement Toward Ontology".
  • Klaver, Irene J.,. (2005). "The Implicit Practice of Environmental Philosophy,".
  • Klaver, Irene J.,. (2003). "Phenomenology on (the) Rocks," in Eco-Phenomenology.
  • M. Korthals, J. Keulartz, Irene J Klaver, H. van den Belt, and B. Gremmen. (2002). "Battles of nature; the ethical side of grazing by large herbivores,".
  • Klaver, Irene J., J. Keulartz, H. van den Belt, B. Gremmen, M. Korthals. (2002). "Born to be Wild; A Pluralistic Ethic Concerning Introduced Large Herbivores,".
  • Klaver, Irene J.. (2001). "Phenomenology on (the) Rocks,".
  • Klaver, Irene J.. (2000). Casual Killing?Placing Random Violence, KRISIS, Tijdschrift voor Empirische Filosofie.
  • Klaver, Irene J., Pieter Pekelharing and Jan Flameling. (1998). "Interview with Richard Rorty,".
  • Klaver, Irene J. (1998). "Wonder van het Hollandse landschap:  Alles is eigenlijk kunstmatig" ,("Wonderful Artificiality of Dutch Landscape"), .
  • Barbara Andrew and Ellen K. Feder,Klaver, Irene J. (1994). "Cultivating a Critical Voice in Women's Studies:  A New Look at Advertising" .
  • Klaver, Irene J. and Jeroen Onstenk. (1987). "Alledaagse Kennis," ("Knowledge of Everyday Life").
  • René Boomkens, Irene J. Klaver, en Bert van der Schaaf. (1986). "Foucaults Geschiedenis van de Sexualiteit," ("Foucault's History of Sexuality") .

    • Other

  • Sarah McCall, Paul F. Hudak, and Irene Klaver. (2006). "Developing Water Resources in Rural Jamaica: A Case Study in Southern Trelawny.".

    • Popular Press Article

  • Keulartz, J., H. van den Belt, B. Gremmen, Irene J. Klaver and M. Korthals. (1998). Ethiek rondom grote grazers (Ethics around Large Herbivores in New Nature Areas.

    • Scholarly Preface

  • Klaver, I.J. (2018). . “Making the Accidental Wild Visible: Dornith Doherty’s Deluge”. Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas DELUGE, an exhibition of photographs and hydrographs by Dornith Doherty..

    • Translation or Transcription

  • Arion Kelkel,Ellen K. Feder. (1994). "The Enigma of Art:  Phenomenology of Aesthetic Experience or Archeology of the Work of Art" .

    • Video and Audiovisual Material

  • O'Connor, B.C., Klaver, I.J., Khader, D., Perrault, J. (2017). Manchester Heartbreak. https://vimeo.com/243975857

    • Webpage

  • O'Connor, B.C., Klaver, I.J. (2014). Amoskeag Triptych. http://amoskeagtryptich.com
  • O'Connor, B.C., Klaver, I.J. (2010). Photography Changes our Environmental Awareness. Smithsonian Photography Initiative, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution. click.si.edu/Theme.aspx?theme=2

Presentations Given

  • " International Water Issues and Environmental Justice" in Panel of UNT Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies Projects at Varieties of Environmental Justice: Local, Regional and Global Conference, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, March 6 -7, 2009, (2009 - 2009).
  • "Outlook on Ideas of Water" launching Water and Humanity: Historical Overview, of the UNESCO Book Series The History of Water and Civilization, World Water Forum 5, Istanbul, Turkey, March 20, 2009, (2009 - 2009).
  • "River Cultures" keynote speaker and panelist at Workshop Water, Cultural Diversity and Territory, University of Vale do Rio Doce, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil, February 17-18, 2009, (2009 - 2009).
  • "Water and Cultural Diversity—a new UNESCO project," Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB- Institute of Biological Sciences) and Instituto de Estudos Avançados Transdisciplinares IEAT – (Institute of Advanced Transdisciplinary Studies), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Feb. 20, 2009, (2009 - 2009).
  • Chair and organizer of Colloquium: "Riverine Travesty and Identity: the Yamuna, Mekong and Trinity" The North Texas Philosophical Association, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, March 26-28, 2009, (2009 - 2009).
  • project on Water and Cultural Diversity (WCD). International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO, (2008 - 2009).
  • "Cultural Practices Affecting Water Management," lecture at Short Course on World History of Water Management, UNESCO - IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands, Sept 15-19, 2008, (2008 - 2008).
  • "Interdisciplinarity in Philosophy around Water Issues" and second lecture: "Approaching water issues at the interface of cultural, social-political, philosophical and scientific analysis". Workshop Philosophy of Technology, Environment and Society: Dutch-American Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Research, The Center for Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Science (CEPTES) of the Department of Philosophy at University of Twente, The Netherlands. May 21-24, 2008, (2008 - 2008).
  • "River Cultures Freshwater Ecosystem Workshop," Organizer, Moderator and Introduction Lecture (Feb 6); Presentation results to plenary session, (Feb 8); 3rd World Congress of Biosphere Reserves, Madrid, Spain, February 4-9 2008., (2008 - 2008).
  • "UNESCO Programs: Water and Cultural Diversity and River Cultures~Ecological Futures" at "Space for the river, space for people?" Final Conference of European Project Freude am Fluss ('Joy at the the River), Nijmegen, The Netherlands, October 22-25, 2008, (2008 - 2008).
  • "Water and Cultural Diversity" in Panel: "Integrated Water Resources Management for Journalists and Public Relations Professionals" (April 4); organized by the Brazilian Water Agency in partnership with Doce River Waters Project, 4th Doce River Waters Forum, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil, April 2-5, 2008, (2008 - 2008).
  • "Water Ethic and Sustainable Development for Future Generations" in Panel: "Youth and Water Resources Management," Doce River Watershed Education Network Meeting, (April 2); 4th Doce River Waters Forum, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil, April 2-5, 2008, (2008 - 2008).
  • Chair and organizer of Colloquium: "River Cultures." The North Texas Philosophical Association, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, April 11-12, 2008, (2008 - 2008).
  • Foundation for the Future, Humanity 3000 seminar "Future of Planet Earth", Paris, France. June 3-5, 2008, (2008 - 2008).
  • Grazed: Ranching, Water, and Open Space in the Era of Sub-division, (2008 - 2008).
  • Voice of the Rio Grande, (2008 - 2008).
  • I. "River Cultures and Ecological Futures", (2006 - 2008).
  • "Empirical Philosophy: Philosophy and Water" Hedonauten Philosophy Group, Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 8-10, 2007, (2007 - 2007).
  • "Future of Environmental Philosophy" at The Future of Environmental Ethics/Philosophy Workshop, Fifteen Environmental Philosophers in deliberation about the future of the field. Organizers: Bob Frodeman and Dale Jamieson. University of North Texas, Feb 9-10, 2007, (2007 - 2007).
  • "Invitational Philosophy," panel about the future of Environmental Philosophy with Dale Jamieson and Lori Gruen, University of North Texas, Feb 8, 2007, (2007 - 2007).
  • "Minding the West: New Collaborations," Society for Applied Anthropology, Tampa, Florida March 27-31, 2007. FILM/VIDEO Grazed: Ranching, Water, and Open Space in the Era of Sub-division, 60 minute documentary film., (2007 - 2007).
  • "Re-vitalizing Chinese River Relations," in "Regulating China's Water Resources: Discussing Government, Business, & Community Perspectives, Concerns, & Responsibilities," Panel with Marcia Mulkey Director of the National Enforcement Training Institute, United States Environmental Protection Agency.The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 2007 Symposium "China in Transition: Environmental Challenges in the Far East," Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont. March 1-2, 2007, (2007 - 2007).
  • "River Cultures-Ecological Futures and the Global Rivers Film Project," Lecture for international film crews and Avid Technology Staff, Lowell, Massachussets, June 19-23, 2007, (2007 - 2007).
  • 2007- UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, symposium for its 50th anniversary, 'Water for a Changing World: Enhancing Local Knowledge and Capacity,' Delft, The Netherlands, 13-15 June 2007, (2007 - 2007).
  • Chair and organizer of Colloquium: "Vernacular Globalizations" Paper: "Cross-cultural Flows: Globalizing Rivers," The North Texas Philosophical Association, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, April 13-14, 2007, (2007 - 2007).
  • Chile Workshop: Integrating Ecological Sciences and Environmental Ethics: New Approaches To Understanding And Conserving Frontier Ecosystems, (2007 - 2007).
  • Gail Thomas, Trinity River Trust Foundation, Trinity River Corridor Project, Dallas Arboretum, May 2, 2007, Dallas, TX, (2007 - 2007).
  • Glenn Clingenpeel, Trinity River Authority of Texas, Executive Assistant to the General Manager, Water Reuse Dynamics in Texas, North Texas Association of Environmental Professionals (NTAEP): Feb 21, 2007, Cityplace, Dallas, TX., (2007 - 2007).
  • Gulf Coast Environmental Restoration, February 6-7, 2007 New Orleans, LA Philanthropy Roundtable Co-sponsored with Conference of Southwest Foundations and Southeastern Council of Foundations, (2007 - 2007).
  • 2006-2007--Upper Trinity Watershed Partners, monthly meetings September 15, 2006, Dallas Arboretum; 2nd Annual Water Educators Workshop & Reunion with national social marketing expert, Nancy Lee -Sept 9-10, Los Angeles, Culture Clash, Water and Power Play LA River, (2006 - 2007).
  • 2006-2007-Daniel Bozhkov, Recent Works & Underground Waterworks: Rainmaker's Workshop, (2006 - 2007).
  • "Planning Space in the Heart of Utrecht," Conference of Spatial Planning for the Hart van de Heuvelrug, Committee for Development, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 8, 2006, (2006 - 2006).
  • "Rio Grande, Water Under Fire: Documenting a Boundary River," American Society of Environmental History, Rivers Run Through Them: Landscapes in Environmental History, St. Paul, Minnesota, March 29- April 2, 2006, (2006 - 2006).
  • "Rio Grande, Water Under Fire: River Culture Without Ecological Future," III International Symposium on Transboundary Waters Management, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain, May 30-June 2, 2006, (2006 - 2006).
  • "Rio Grande, Water Under Fire—Of Border Patrols and Boundary Objects," in symposium "Conservation along the US-Mexico Border: Bi-National Solutions for our Shared Problems." Society for Conservation Biology, San Jose, CA June 24-28, 2006., (2006 - 2006).
  • "Rio Grande: Water-World on the Edge," Panel: "Neighborly Waters: Lessons from Water Research in Northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States," Society for Applied Anthropology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 31-April 2, 2006, (2006 - 2006).
  • "River Cultures: Ecological Futures," International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies (ICASALS) 2006 Conference, "Water in Arid and Semiarid Lands: Innovative Approaches and Informed Decision-Making," Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Nov 15-17, 2006, (2006 - 2006).
  • "Silent Springs: Water in the Cultural Imagination," Keynote Address at the WEFTeach division of the national meeting of Water Environment Federation Technical Conference and Exhibition (WEFTEC), Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX, Oct. 24, 2006, (2006 - 2006).
  • "Water Exposed," Interdisciplinary Symposium "Visual Intelligence and the Sense of Art," Studio Theatre and University Art Gallery, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, November 3-4, 2006, (2006 - 2006).
  • "Borges and How the Original Betrays the Translation" Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences, Utah Valley State College, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 22-22, 2005, (2005 - 2005).
  • "Kiefer and O'Keeffe: Chiasm between Surface and Depth," International Association of Philosophy and Literature, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, June 1-5, 2005, (2005 - 2005).
  • "Transcending the Anthropo/Biocentric Dichotomy through the Ecosystem Approach: insights from the Cape Horn Archipelago Region," Co-presenting interdisciplinary work with Kurt Jax, Ricardo Rozzi, Benjamin Dunn, Patrick Sewell, DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference "Integrating biodiversity science for human well being"; Oaxaca, Mexico, November 9-12, 2005, (2005 - 2005).
  • "Water Quantity and Quality Issues in th e Trinity River Basin; A River Authority's Perspective.", (2005 - 2005).
  • "Works On Water", (2005 - 2005).
  • 2005-"Flows for the Future," 2005 Environmental Flows Conference, River Systems Institute, Texas State University, San Marcos, Oct 31-Nov 1, 2005. Watershed Management Training Conference, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M, Fort Worth, TX, Nov 17-18, 2005, (2005 - 2005).
  • 2005-Conceptualization of "Water's New Clothes: The Silent Spring Dress," questioning the cultural reception of bottled water. Art project with New York artist Janice Gordon. Creation of a large 'ballroom dress' out of empty water bottles; writer catalogue for exhibit "The Drop" in New York art gallery Exit Art, Spring 2006 Not Accepted, (2005 - 2005).
  • Lecture on Peter Gleick's "Freshwater and Foreign Policy: New Challenges" organized by The World Affairs Council of Greater Dallas and the Friends of KERA (NPR public radio) in a lecture series called Great Decisions 2005. The opinions of the evening's topics will be sent to the Foreign Policy Association for tabulation and analysis. The results are presented to the White House, departments of State and Defense, members of Congress and the national media, November 29, 2005, (2005 - 2005).
  • Values That Matter: The Conflict Over Water, Salmon and Indigenous Rights in the North American Pacific Northwest, (2005 - 2005).
  • Water conference: Science, Art, Public Policy, (2005 - 2005).
  • Waterscapes: Planning Building & Designing with Water, (2005 - 2005).
  • Workshop for professionals and politicians around the Elm Fork of the Trinity River., (2005 - 2005).
  • World Water Day, (2005 - 2005).
  • "Continental Environmental Philosophy: What Does It Reveal?" Yale University, November 18, 2004, (2004 - 2004).
  • "Silent Springs," Waxahachie Chautauqua Assembly, Waxahachie, TX, September 25, 2004, (2004 - 2004).
  • "Water In Cultural Imagination And Practice: Water Out of Sink/Sync," First annual joint meeting of ISEE/IAEP, International Society for Environmental thics/International Association for Environmental Philosophy, CO, June 1-4, 2004, (2004 - 2004).
  • "Water under Fire: Watershed/Fireshed," co-presentation with Dwight Barry, Society for Ecological Restoration, Victoria, BC, Canada, August 24-27, 2004, (2004 - 2004).
  • -"Imaging the River," May 5, Contemporary Art Exhibit and Educational Riverama in The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, (2004 - 2004).
  • -Global Forum on Water, Rice University, as part of Fotofest, h2o-04,The Tenth International Biennial of Photography and Photo-Related Art, April 1-4, Houston, TX, (2004 - 2004).
  • 2004 -"Water for a Sustainable and Secure Future, " 4th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment, Jan 29-30, Washington, DC. -"Imagining Water," Water Conference of The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, March 26, Dallas City Hall., (2004 - 2004).
  • 2004- "Rio Grande, Water Under Fire: Documenting a Boundary River." documenting the cultural landscape of the Rio Grande River in word and image as it travels from El Paso-Juarez to Big Bend, Texas. Collaborative project with photographer Dornith Doherty, Professor of Photography, School of Visual Arts, UNT. Not Accepted, (2004 - 2004).
  • Radio Interview NPR/KERA in The Glenn Mitchell Show with Tom LaPoint about Water Issues in the West, Dallas, September 24, 2004 (The Glenn Mitchell Show averages between 70,000 and 80,000 listeners), (2004 - 2004).
  • "Language at Large: The Nature of Translation," one of two papers for an Invited Symposium on Epistemological Issues in Environmental Philosophy, American Philosophical Association (APA), San Francisco, March 2003, (2003 - 2003).
  • "Silent Springs: Cultural Imagination of Water," The effects of water-scarcity on the cultural perception of water. Paper for "Local Water, Global Water: A Conference on Resources, Conservation, Advocacy" at Denison University, Granville, Ohio, May 2003, (2003 - 2003).
  • "Water and Cultural Imagination," Department of Philosophy, Penn State University, PA, December 10, 2003, (2003 - 2003).
  • "Water out of Sink/Sync (De l'eau qui ne coule pas de source)" at Colloquium Émergence des cosmopolitiques et refondation de la pensée aménagiste ("Emergence of Cosmopolitics And Rethinking of Environmental Politics") at Centre Culturel International de Cerisy-la-Salle, (International Cultural Center of The Castle of Cerisy), Normandy, France, September 20-27, 2003, (2003 - 2003).
  • "Wetlands and Herbivores," Presentation with Jozef Keulartz (Wageningen University, The Netherlands) at a Workshop sponsored by the European Science Foundation (ESF): "Ethical and social issues in the implementation of European policy: Examples of environmental policy in the management of wetlands," Wells, Somerset, England, August, 2003, (2003 - 2003).
  • International conference on the urban environment and urban sustainability, Urban Biosphere & Society: Partnership of Cities, CUBES, the Columbia University/UNESCO Joint Program on Biosphere and Society and co-sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences, UN Human Settlements Program (Habitat) and the Man and the Biosphere Program of UNESCO at the New York Academy of Sciences, New York City, Oct, 2003, (2003 - 2003).
  • "A Lithic Interval: Touching/Translating Boundaries of the Petrified," Close Encounters with Jean-Luc Nancy, Intermedialities Conference, International Association of Philosophy and Literature, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 3-8, 2002, (2002 - 2002).
  • "A Philosophy of Water," Presentation at a meeting of Dutch Empirical Philosophers, Groningen, The Netherlands, June 22-23. 2002, (2002 - 2002).
  • "Aldo Leopold: an Invitation to Land Restoration" Society for Ecological Restoration. Joint Meeting with Ecological Society of America, Symposia "Linking the Leopold Legacy and Ecological Restoration in the Southwestern U.S. and Northwestern Mexico," Tucson, AZ, August 5-9, 2002, (2002 - 2002).
  • "Boundary Projects Versus Border Patrol," Toward a Taxonomy of Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Seminar on Ecological Theory and Practice, Matfield Green, Kansas, May 30 June 2, 2002, (2002 - 2002).
  • "Grounding the Imagination," Texas Society for Ecological Restoration, Weslaco, TX, October 4-6, 2002, (2002 - 2002).
  • "Language at Large," Plenary Roundtable Discussion: Nature and Language, International Association for Environmental Philosophy, Loyola University, Chicago, October 12-14, 2002, (2002 - 2002).
  • "Shifting Soil: The Relation Between Bodies And Things" Presentation about Merleau-Ponty at Seminar "Texte aus der französischen Phaenomenologie," Department of Philosophy, University of Wuppertal, Germany, June 24, 2002, (2002 - 2002).
  • "Toward a Taxonomy of Boundaries:", (2002 - 2002).
  • "Water Out of Bounds: an Element for Sale," Presentation at "Reconceiving Environmental Values in a Globalising World: An International Seminar," organised jointly by the Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society (OCEES) of Mansfield College and the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance of Griffith University, Australia. Oxford, England, July 11-12, 2002, (2002 - 2002).
  • Commentator on Ed Casey's, "Glance and Singularity," Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Loyola University, Chicago, October 10-12, 2002, (2002 - 2002).
  • Georgia Basin Digital Library Workshop, (2002 - 2002).
  • The New Directions Initiative, (2002 - 2002).
  • The New Directions Initiative, (2002 - 2002).
  • "Anarchic Beginnings", International Association of Philosophy and Literature, Spellman College, Atlanta, GA, May 1-5, 2001, (2001 - 2001).
  • "Environmental Workshop on Suburban Sprawl in Greater Baltimore," organized together with Robert Kirkman for the International Association for Environmental Philosophy, Baltimore, October 6-8, 2001, (2001 - 2001).
  • "Humans, Invasive Species and Ecological Restoration," Texas Society for Ecological Restoration, Hunt, TX, August, 2001, (2001 - 2001).
  • "Liminal Philosophy" panel with David C. Wood and Edward S. Casey on the boundaries of Environmental Thought, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, International Association for Environmental Philosophy, Baltimore, October 6-8, 2001, (2001 - 2001).
  • "Stone Worlds," The Annual Heidegger Symposium, University of North Texas, April 2001, (2001 - 2001).
  • "Taking Interdisciplinarity Seriously" interdisciplinary forum at "Taking Nature Seriously: Citizens, Sciene, and the Environment," University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, February 25-27, 2001, (2001 - 2001).
  • "The Culture of Land Art," Invited Earth-day Lecture at Interdisciplinary Faculty Nature/Culture Seminar at Vanderbilt University, April, 2001, (2001 - 2001).
  • "Touching Accessibility," Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Citta di Castello, Italy, July, 2001, (2001 - 2001).
  • "Xunos (Together): Heraclitus and Jean-Luc Nancy's Ontology of 'Being-With'", Western Phenomenology Conference at American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco, March, 2001, (2001 - 2001).
  • "Befriending the Strange," Invited Commentary on Peter Warnek's Friendship, Community, Phusis, Western Phenomenology Conference at American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, April 5-8, 2000, (2000 - 2000).
  • "Boundary Objects Versus Border Patrol," Mexico-North Center for Biocultural Dicversity Studies, Conference: "Exploring Diversity Through Innovative Research and Education in Borderland Environments," Chihuahua City, Mexico, June 13-16, 2000, (2000 - 2000).
  • "Calvino's Open Encyclopedia," Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, October, 2000, (2000 - 2000).
  • "Creating Common Boundaries: Translating across Cultural, Political and Ecological Scales," Society of American Foresters National Convention, November, 2000, (2000 - 2000).
  • "Crossing Borders: The Necessity of Boundary Objects" Texas Society for Ecological Restoration, Fort Davis, TX, August 11-13, 2000, (2000 - 2000).
  • "Feminist Approaches to Philosophy," Women's Studies Course Feminism in Academia: An Interdisciplinary Study of Feminist Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of North Texas, February, 9, 2000., (2000 - 2000).
  • "Geology and Ecosystems", (2000 - 2000).
  • "Petrified Culture: Why Stones Keep Coming Back to the Surface", Conference of Environmental Philosophy and the Earth Sciences, University of North Texas, April 7-9, 2000, (2000 - 2000).
  • "Restoration as De-domestication of Land and Politics" Society for Ecological Restoration, Liverpool, UK, September, 2000, (2000 - 2000).
  • "Sense of Stone: An Essay on Matter and Meaning," Interdisciplinary Faculty Nature/Culture Seminar organized by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities at Vanderbilt University, March 30, 2000., (2000 - 2000).
  • "The Depth of the Surface and the Surface of Depth: Crossings between Kiefer and O'Keeffe," Philosophy of Landscape Painting, International Association of Philosophy and Literature, State University of New York at Stony Brook, May 10-14, 2000,, (2000 - 2000).
  • "Dutch Lessons for American Restoration Questions," Society for Ecological Restoration, San Francisco, September, 1999, (1999 - 1999).
  • "Dutch New Nature, American Old Nature: An Essay in Comparative Environmental History," American Society for Environmental History, theme: Environmental History across Boundaries, April 14-18, 1999, Tucson, AZ, (1999 - 1999).
  • "Reality and Artificiality in Landscape Painting," Environmental Aesthetics Conference, Logan, UT, October 7-9, 1999, (1999 - 1999).
  • "Reality and Artificiality in Landscape Painting," Environmental Aesthetics Conference, Logan, UT, October 7-9, 1999, (1999 - 1999).
  • "The Greatness of Small Sites for Nature: The Relevance of Dutch Policy for American Nature Management," International Association for Philosophy and Literature, Massachusetts, May, 1999, (1999 - 1999).
  • Lecture-Series on the Ethics and Aesthetics of Restoration Practices around Mining Issues, South West Earth Studies, Durango, CO, July 1999, (1999 - 1999).
  • Workshop to identify high priority research opportunities with a humanities component in the earth sciences, (1999 - 1999).
  • "Building New Nature in The 'Neverlands'", (1998 - 1998).
  • "Dutch New Nature Policy and Ethics,", (1998 - 1998).
  • "History of Scaping the Land: Artificiality and Nature", (1998 - 1998).
  • "New Ethics around Grazing Animals in Dutch New Nature Areas", (1998 - 1998).
  • "Reintroduced Animals as Boundary Objects", (1998 - 1998).
  • "Technology of 'New Nature:' Watershed in Dutch Culture and Politics", (1998 - 1998).
  • "Dutch Landscape Painting between Mobility and Nostalgia,", (1997 - 1997).
  • "Landscape and Forgetting: Kiefer's European Heaviness versus O'Keeffe's American Lightness,", (1997 - 1997).
  • "Reg(u)arding Landscape: Reality and Romance in Seventeenth Century Dutch Landscape Painting,", (1997 - 1997).
  • "Breaking the Spell of the Sensuous: Perception in a Subject-centered World,", (1996 - 1996).
  • "Domestication of Home", (1996 - 1996).
  • "Frozen Indians: Grafted Identities and the Sophisticaton of Survival", (1996 - 1996).
  • "Kiefer's Elemental Painting", (1995 - 1995).
  • "The Elusive Rationality of Plato's Chora", (1995 - 1995).
  • "The Problem of Intentionality in Borgmann's Notion of Focal Practice,", (1995 - 1995).
  • "The All-too-Human in Lyotard's Inhuman", (1994 - 1994).
  • "Greek Philosophy in Environmental Perspective", (1993 - 1993).
  • "The Operative Community of Logos,", (1993 - 1993).
  • "Always Already Rhythm", (1992 - 1992).
  • "Husserl's Notion of the Here", (1992 - 1992).
  • "The Relation between Logos and Phusis in Heraclitus", (1992 - 1992).
  • "The Relation between Logos and Phusis in Heraclitus,", (1992 - 1992).
  • "Derrida's Spurs: Failing Woman,", (1991 - 1991).

    • Demonstration

  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Symposium Education As Experimentation Drift Studies: An Interdisciplinary Experiment, Motive Force Of Continents, Tardigrades, Eels, Toads, And Fascisms., The Onstead Institute for Education in the Visual Arts & Design, Denton, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).

    • Invited Talk

  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), North Texas Philosophical Association, “The Invention of Floods,”, University of North Texas, The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), Richardson, TX, United States of America. (2024).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), International Series Presentation as part of the network of Chilean universities for American Corners, sponsored by the US Embassy, “Sustainable Grazing: Magallanes and Navarino Island?”, University of Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile, Chile. (2023 - 2023).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Bioethics Series, “Meandering: A Relational Expansion of Bioethics into Water and Land”, Pontificia Universidad, Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, Colombia. (2023 - 2023).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), “Meander Movement & Riversphere: A Paradigm For Cultural Relations,”, Great Rivers Forum 2018, UNESCO Beijing Office and Changjiang Civilization Museum, Wuhan, China, Wuhan, Chins, China. (2018 - 2018).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), “Sedimentation and Reactivation: Thinking as Meandering,”, Probus Netherlands, Arnhem, The Netherlands, Netherlands. (2018).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), 2018 TX Ethics Workshop,, “Engaging the Water Monster of Amsterdam,”, Texas State University, San Marcos, San Marcos, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), International Workshop on Intangible Water Culture, “Meander Metaphor Model,”, UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office & International Center on Qanats & Historic Hydraulic Structures, Yazd, Iran, Iran. (2017 - 2017).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), “Meandering Water and Culture: Implications of Rivers as Agents,”, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, Padua, Italy, Italy. (2017).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Environmental Justice Panel at philoSOPHIA Society for Continental Feminism 2017 - Affect and Social Justice, “Metis & Mood: Women Water Crosscurrents”, Florida Atlantic University Philosophy Club, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), International Association for Environmental Philosophy-IAEP, Future of Environmental Philosophy: 20 year IAEP, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (2016).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), "Resistance(s) of nature" "Résistance(s) de la nature. A l'occasion de Penser et agir avec la nature. Une enquête philosophique". Honoring Catherine Larrère,, “Re-rivering Thought: Philosophy as Thinking With,“, University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne,, Paris, France. (2016 - 2016).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Whose Public Land is it Anyway? Community leaders discuss the issue of land use in a public forum, “Planning for Accidental Wild”, Dallas Area Philosophical Society, United States of America. (2016).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), North Texas Philosophical Association (NTPA), “Re-Turn of the Re-: Meandering and Merleau-Ponty,”, Dallas, United States of America. (2016).

    • Keynote/Plenary Address

  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Occupational Science: Occupations and Nature- Connections and Transactions, Water: Muddying Doing, Knowing, and Being, SSO Society for the Study of Occupation: USA, Galveston, TX, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), “Exploring the Social Aspects of Water-related Heritage through Indigenous Water Knowledge: Concepts, Contexts, Approaches", "Relational Waters: Temporalities, Ontologies, Epistemologies.”, International Center on Qanats and Historic Structures (ICQHS), Yazd, Iran and the UNESCO Chair Water, Ports, and Historic Cities, TU Delft, Netherlands, Delft, The Netherlands, Netherlands. (2023 - 2023).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), conference Del Dominio at Cuidado: Perspectivas Epistemologicas, “Water, a Relationship”, Universidad Catolica, Santiago Chile, Santiago Chile, Chile. (2023 - 2023).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Environmental Philosophy around Steve Vogel, Ferocious Reality: “…Something Different and More Uncertain”, Denison University, Granville, OH, United States of America. (2022).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), The Biography of the Meuse River, Meandering. Cultural shift towards re-connecting to rivers, Maastricht University and the Limburgs Museum, Venlo-Maastricht, The Netherlands, Netherlands. (2019).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), International Association for Environmental Philosophy, “Skin Deep” Inaugural Scott Cameron Memorial Lecture, State College, PA, United States of America. (2018).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), “Rivers, Deserts, and Cities: Rivers Meandering into New Territory”, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, Isfahan, Iran, Iran. (2017).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), 2017 Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Italy, Natures of Space, Spaces of Nature,, “Re-Thinking Spaces of Meandering”, Città di Castello, Italy, Italy. (2017 - 2017).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Invited talk, Re-Rivering: Meandering & Environmental Imagination Return of the Re: Connecting to Rivers & Connecting to With, Vanderbilt University, United States of America. (2016).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Workshop on Environmental Philosophy with a delegation from Dalian University in China, Taking Cues from Natural Processes: Meandering as a Model of Efficiency, UNT Department of Philosophy & Religion, UNT, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Roundtable about Merleau-Ponty, Merleau-Ponty, Meandering, Environmental Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, United States of America. (2016).
  • O'Connor, B.C. (Author & Presenter), Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums, Amoskeag Palimpsest: Using Social Media to Enhance Public Knowledge, Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2015).

    • Other

  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Water as Medium, Water in the City: MEANDER METIS MESSINESS WATER AS MEDIUM, SWA Architecture, Houston, Texas, United States of America. (2019).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Discussant), Annual Conference, Author Meets Critics: David Wood’s Reoccupying Earth, International Association for Environmental Philosophy, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Coordinator/Organizer), Refiguring Academia, Refiguring Academia, Dean's Office, UNT, United States of America. (2019).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Panelist), Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, David Wood’s Geological Passions, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (2016).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Paradox of Water, Meandering and Riversphere: The Potential of Paradox”, Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Augsburg University Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), “Transborder Waterscapes: Towards an Eco-Politics of Flows,” at 116th American Anthropological Association , Anthropology Matters!, “Meandering: De-territorializing Boundaries in Urban Renewal around Rivers”, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), “European Rivers And Towns. Creation, development and perspectives of a (re)newed conquest: Tourism, Leisure, Heritage.”, “Reinventing Rivers In An Urban Environment”, Universite De Paris Sorbonne, Val-De-Marne Tourism Board, Paris, France, France. (2016 - 2016).

    • Paper

  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Art-Philosophy-Curating, "Radical Water and Art", Universidad Finis Terrae, Facultad des Artes, Santiago, Chile, Chile. (2023 - 2023).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Annual Conference, Metis: Messiness of Green Infrastructure, International Association for Environmental Philosophy, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America. (2019).

    • Poster

  • Klaver, I.J. (Author), Larsen, B. (Author & Presenter), UNT Research Day, “Playfulness in Place: Process-based Design vs. Ike Dike Defense”, University of North Texas, Denton, United States of America. (2024).

    • Professional Meeting Contribution

  • Klaver, I.J. (Discussant), Political Instability and Language Endangerment, Discussant, UNT Depts of Linguistics and Political Science, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).

    • Reading of Creative Work/Performance

  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Aqueous, Aqueous Accidental Wild, City of Denton, Greater Denton Arts Council Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, United States of America. (2021).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), Through the Narrow Door, STUCK: an original essay on being stuck, UNT Dance faculty, UNT, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).

    • Scholarly Meeting Contribution

  • Klaver, I.J. (Discussant), "The Bridge Is History: Water and the Humanities, Water and culture, Merced's Center for the Humanities and the International Water History Association, , Yosemite National Park, at UC Merced's Sierra Nevada Research Station (SNRS); and the Humanities Public Community Conference Day on the UC Merced campus,, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).

    • Symposium

  • Klaver, I.J. (Author & Presenter), American Philosophy Association, APA Pacific Division, “Meandering: Re-imagining Rivers.”, APA, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2017).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

  • Dance - Interdisciplinary work(s). Klaver, I.J., "Aqueous", Rosemary Candelario, City of Denton, Interdisciplinary work with choreographer and performer Rosemary Candelario and musician Sarah<br>Ruth to perform dances on various Denton waterways March-November 2021., United States of America. (2019 - December 2021).
  • Other. Klaver, I.J., ""Stuck" Intro to "Through the Narrow Door"", Faculty Dance Concert, UNT, Artistic Director, Dr. Mary Lynn Babcock,, UNT Dance Department, Denton, United States of America. (February 8, 2018 - February 11, 2018).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Way, J.E. (Co-Principal), Golden, T. (Principal), Aoyama, K. (Co-Principal), Klaver, I. (Co-Principal), "Faculty Mentoring Grant: 2016-2017 Faculty Writing Group," sponsored by Faculty Success Office of the Provost, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2016 - 2017).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Principal), "Grant for Philosophy of Water Project," sponsored by The Dixon Water Foundation, Private, $500000.00 Funded. (2006 - 2009).
  • Klaver, I.J. (Principal), "Grant for Philosophy of Water Project," sponsored by The Dixon Water Foundation, Private, Funded. (2006 - 2009).

    • Grant - Service

  • Klaver, I.J. (Co-Principal), Kim, D. (Co-Principal), Samantha, L. (Co-Principal), Terra, R. (Co-Principal), "Women Philosophers Mentoring Group Grant," sponsored by CLASS Dean's Office, University of North Texas, $5000.00 Funded. (2018 - 2019).

    • Sponsored Research

  • Chelliah, S.L. (Principal), Klaver, I.J. (Co-Principal), "Documenting Language and Environment," sponsored by NSF Program: DLI-(Dynamic Language Infrastructure), National Endowment for the Humanitie, Dynamic Language Infrastructure – Documenting Endangered Languages grant program, part of the agency’s special initiative, American Tapestry: Weaving Together Past, Present, and Future., Federal, $377135 Funded. (2023 - 2027).
  • Way, J. (Co-Principal), Golden, T. (Principal), Aoyama, K. (Co-Principal), Klaver, I. (Co-Principal), "Faculty Mentoring: 2017-to present, UNT Faculty Writing Group," sponsored by Faculty Success (Office of the Provost), University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2017 - 2020).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Chair, Executive Committee. (September 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Decolonial Philosophy Search Committee. (August 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Affairs Committee. (August 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, PAC. (2021 - Present).
  • Committee Member, UNT Task-Force for the Cape Horn Sub-Antarctic Center Foundation.. (May 2019 - Present).
  • Member, Advanced Environmental Research Institute (AERI). (2015 - Present).
  • Faculty Mentor, Graduate Student Conference. (January 2024 - November 2024).
  • Faculty Mentor, P&T Advocate to CLASS P&T. (January 2024 - November 15, 2024).
  • Faculty Mentor, CLASS P&T. (September 2023 - January 18, 2024).
  • Committee Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee/ Ad Hoc Personnel Affairs Committee of the Department of Anthropology. (2022).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee. (2021 - December 2022).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Affairs Committee. (2021 - December 2022).
  • Faculty Mentor, CLASS P&T. (January 2021 - November 27, 2022).
  • Committee Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee. (March 2022 - October 2022).
  • Committee Chair, Executive Committee. (August 2014 - August 2019).
  • Member, UNT Sustainability Council. (2008 - 2014).
  • Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2008 - 2008).
  • Member, Search Committee-Outside Member, New Faculty Search. (2008 - 2008).
  • Other (Advisor), College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 - 2008).
  • Other (Representative), Working Group for New College. (2007 - 2008).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee. (2006 - 2008).
  • Committee Chair, Graduate Admission Committee. (2004 - 2008).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee-College of Arts & Sciences. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee-Outside Member, New Faculty Search. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee-Outside Member, New Faculty Search. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee-Outside Member, New Faculty Search. (2007 - 2007).
  • Committee Chair, Ad hoc research and visiting scholar seminar Committee. (2006 - 2007).
  • Committee Member, University Steering Committee. (2004 - 2006).
  • Committee Member, Departmental Search Committee. (2000 - 2006).
  • Committee Member, Guest Speaker Committee. (2000 - 2006).
  • Committee Member, John C. Creuzot Scholarship Committee. (2000 - 2006).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Program Committee. (2004 - 2005).
  • Committee Member, Steering Committee of The New Directions Initiative. (2001 - 2003).

Professional Service

  • Board of Directors, International Association of Environmental Philosophy. (2021 - Present).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Ecology and Ethics Series, Springer Press. (2013 - 2023).
  • Board of Advisors, Greater Yellowstone College Advisory Board The Yellowstone Project, interdisciplinary field courses Yellowstone Park, integrating humanities & sciences,. (2012 - 2022).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Environmental Philosophy. (2010 - 2020).
  • Other (Visiting Research Professor), UNESCO, Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences UNESCO; River Cultures-Ecological Futures. (2008 - 2008).
  • Other (Organizer), UNT Team for Cumulative Risk Assessment Task Force. (2007 - 2008).
  • Member, UNT Team for Cumulative Risk Assessment Task Force organized by the Office of Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs (OEJTA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Denton, TX. (2007 - 2008).
  • Other (Board Member), The Dixon Water Foundation/Scientific Advisory Council. (2006 - 2008).
  • Other (Director of Research), National Great Rivers Research & Education Center, Mississippi and Living with Great Rivers. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Director RiverSphere Project), RiverSpheres. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (President/ Director), University India's River Linking Plan: History and Current Debates. (2007 - 2007).
  • Officer, President/Elect/Past, Waterkeeper Alliance and Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Executive Director), WaterWays—Confluence of Art, Science, Policy and Philosophy. (2007 - 2007).
  • Other (Board Member), The Dixon Water Foundation/Board of Directors. (2003 - 2007).
  • Other (UNT Representative), Mexico-North Consortium. (2001 - 2003).
  • Other (Humanist), Troodos Archaeological Survey Project (TASP). (2001 - 2001).
  • Other (BOARD MEMBER), Kennis en Methode, Tijdschrift voor Empirische Filosofie (Dutch journal for Empirical Philosophy)/Editorial Board. (1997 - 1999).
  • Other (BOARD MEMBER), Terra Nova: Nature and Culture (MIT Press)/Editorial Board. (1996 - 1998).
  • Member, Culture Group of KRISIS, Tijdschrift voor Filosofie. (1983 - 1987).