Peter Losin

I am a part-time Senior Lecturer in University Honors at the University of Maryland, College Park. By day I work in Washington, DC. At Maryland I teach two courses:

• HONR 218C, Western Intellectual Heritage: The Hero and Society (1992-present)
• HONR 269J, The Beat Begins: America in the 1950s (1997-2007)

Prior to coming to Maryland I taught philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, the College of Charleston, and Gonzaga University. Most of my teaching and writing has focused on Greek philosophy, especially Plato and Aristotle. Some of it is available elsewhere on this website.

I'm also a discographer. Since the mid-1990s I've maintained a website called Miles Ahead, focused on Miles Davis's music. If you're interested in Miles Davis (especially his pre-1980s music), take a look. There's a discography, a sessions list, a query form to search the database, cover art, liner notes, news about upcoming releases, links to other Miles Davis websites, etc. There's also a separate Charlie Parker sessions list and a rudimentary discography. I also maintain a desultory list of jazz links if you're interested in jazz more generally.

My other interests you can probably infer from the links to the left.