CURRICULUM VITAE
Lyle Jennings Colombo, Ph.D
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8350-3913
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2015-Present Tulane University, Adjunct Lecturer, Honors Scholars, First Year Programs.
2021-Present Tulane University, Faculty Co-Lead, Honors Scholars Society.
2024-Present New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty Member.
2011-2014 Tulane University, Faculty in Residence, Weatherhead Residential College.
2009-2011 Tulane University, Faculty in Residence, Wall Residential College.
2001-2008 Loyola University New Orleans, Department of Philosophy, Instructor with
Equivalent Rank of Assistant Professor.
EDUCATION:
1992-2001: Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Ph.D., Philosophy.
Dissertation: The Relation of Da-sein and Natural Entities in Heidegger’s “Beiträge”:
Following Heidegger’s Path through Rilke’s Poetry.
1999-2000: Freie Universität-Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Dissertation research.
1995-1996: Freie Universität-Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Direct Exchange Student.
1990-1992: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. M.A., Philosophy.
Thesis: Nietzsche and Heraclitus.
1985-1988: Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia. B.A. Major: Philosophy.
PUBLICATIONS:
“What Counts as a Cipher? The Evolving Role of Shakespearean Paratexts in Cryptographic History.” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Historical Cryptology (HistoCrypt 2026), edited by Camille Desenclos and Cécile Pierrot, NEALT Proceedings Series no. 61, Tartu University Library, 2026, hdl.handle.net/10062/122069
Supplemental Materials for “What Counts as a Cipher? The Evolving Role of Shakespearean Paratexts in Cryptographic History.” DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.32293377
“Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature, by Elizabeth Winkler, and: The Shakespeare Authorship Question and Philosophy: Knowledge, Rhetoric, Identity by Michael Quinn Dudley (review).” Philosophy and Literature 50 (1), 274 278.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/phl.2026.a996270.
“Shakespeare’s Greater Greek: An Exploration of Greek Drama, Epic & History in the Works of Shakespeare: by Earl Showerman. Ashland, OR: Greater Greek Group, 2025. 348 pp. $24.00 (paper).” The European Legacy, 31(5), 660–665. https://doi.org/10.1080/10848770.2026.2708394
“Shakespeare’s Greek Origins (review)” The Oxfordian, 27, 2025, 273-277. https://research.ebsco.com/c/evkh36/viewer/pdf/6wpxehn3xf
“Heidegger’s Critique of Rilke: On the Venture and the Leap.” Heidegger Studies. Vol. 21, 2005: 17-34.
“Heidegger, Rilke, and the Attunement of Human and Natural History.” Existentia. Vol. XIV, 2004: 269-282.
Translations:
Martin Heidegger, Introduction to Philosophy (Co-translated with Eric Nelson). Translation of Einleitung in die Philosophie, GA Volume 27, Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann 1997. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press). (Forthcoming)
Coriando, Paola-Ludovika, “Substance and Emptiness: Preparatory Steps toward a Translational Dialogue between Western and Buddhist Philosophy,” in Heidegger, Translation, and the Task of Thinking: Essays in Honor of Parvis Emad. Edited by Frank Schalow (Dordrecht: Springer Publishers, 2011).
Peter Sloterdijk, “The Absolute Island,” from Sphären, Volume 3, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2002. In Olafur Eliasson: Minding the World. Museum Catalogue for exhibition at AROS, Aarhus Art Museum, 2004.
Encyclopedia Entry:
“Max Scheler.” Edinburgh Dictionary of Continental Philosophy. Ed. John Protevi. Edinburgh University Press, 2004, 515-516.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS:
September 2026, “Chaucer, Saxo, Dee, and the Lost Origins of Hamlet’s Line.” Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship, Annual Conference. Seattle, Washington.
June 2026, “What Counts as a Cipher? The Evolving Role of Shakespearean Paratexts in Cryptographic History.” The 9th International Conference on Historical Cryptology (HistoCrypt 2026). Amiens, France.
November 2023, “Two First Folio Poems and Three Other Texts Encrypted by John Dee.” Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship, Annual Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana.
September 2011, “Theoretical Perspectives on Space and Place: Construction of Meaning in Archaeology” (Co-authored with Gloria Everson). Interdisciplinary.net, 1st Global Conference, Space and Place: Exploring Critical Issues. Mansfield College, Oxford University, United Kingdom.
November 2007, “Archaelogical Concepts of Space and Place: Meaning and Landscape.” American Anthropological Association, Washington, D. C.
April 2005, “Theoretical Perspective on Space and Place: Construction of Meaning in Mesoamerica.” Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah.
October 2004, “The Embodiment of Nature and Dasein.” Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Chicago.
May 2004, “Heidegger on Nature, the Body, and Technology.” Aussprache zu Heidegger Conference, Bergische-Universität-Wuppertal, Germany.
May 2004, “The Last Man and the Last God: The Physiology of Nietzsche’s Will to Power and Heidegger’ De-humanization of History.” Heidegger and Nietzsche: Second International Conference of the Heidegger Research Group, Messkirch, Germany.
March 2004, “Environmental Philosophy and Archaeology: At the Intersection of Technology and Earth.” Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; The University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho; and LaGrange College, La Grange, Georgia.
April 2003, “Ge-schichte: From Sending to Gathering of Being.” Society for the Philosophy of History. American Philosophical Association, Cleveland, Ohio.
April 2003, “From Being and Time through the Beitraege: The Leap into Da-sein.” University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana.
July 2002, “Heidegger and Archaeology.” Aussprache zu Heidegger Conference, Bergische-Universität-Wuppertal, Germany.
April 2002, “The Other Reverberation of Da-sein: Nature, Life, and Earth in Heidegger’s Beiträge zur Philosophie.” Life Conference: Thinking with/against Life. University of Memphis, Tennessee.
July 2000, “Nature and Life in Heidegger’s Beiträge zur Philosophie.” Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Participants’ Conference, Cittá di Castello, Italy.
April 2003, Chair: “Trauma and Sexual Difference.” Conference on Trauma. Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi.
April 2001, Chair: “Heidegger and History.” 21st Heidegger Symposium: “Interpreting the Beiträge.” University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.
MEMBERSHIPS AND SERVICE:
2026-Present. Northern European Association for Language Technology, Member.
2022-Present. The DeVere Society, Member.
2024-Present. Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship, Conference Committee.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Tulane University
Creative Writing in Literary New Orleans (Tulane Interdisciplinary Experience Seminar)
Literature and Philosophy in New Orleans (Tulane Interdisciplinary Experience Seminar)
Philosophies of Self
Ethics
Introduction to Philosophy
Loyola University
Philosophy and Literature
Environmental Philosophy
Minds and Machines
Postmodernism and Feminism
Making Moral Decisions
Introduction to Philosophy
Heidegger’s Being and Time (Independent Study)