<p>RowNathan, my friend the philosophy professor specifically mentioned Yale, Toronto, Northwestern, and Penn State, along with pretty much every Catholic college (especially Boston College, Fordham, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Marquette, Holy Cross, and St. Louis) as having good continental philosophy offerings. Here is a valuable web site for more research: <a href=“http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/departments.asp[/url]”>http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/departments.asp</a> Somewhere in the web site it mentions to be aware that sometimes continental philosophy is offered, but is sort of walled off and looked down upon within the individual philosophy departments. Ah, I found it for you:</p>
<p>Continental Philosophy of the 19th and 20th Centuries</p>
<p>"People’s conception of what the right approach to take to Continental philosophy varies more than in more sedate and mainstream areas of philosophy. Even if a potential advisor is a specialist in just the area a student wants, s/he may have ideas about the subject-matter that make it difficult to work with a student who sees things differently. Some scholars engage argumentatively and often quite critically with Continental philosophers; others treat the figures more reverentially. Some treat Continental philosophy in isolation from other parts of philosophy (Continental philosophy is “ghettoized” in some programs); others brings styles and methods of argument associated with Anglophone philosophy to bear on Continental philosophers. Students should try to read some work by potential faculty advisors to get a sense of their approach. Of course, don’t assume that everyone who takes a particular approach is incapable of seeing the merits of alternatives; but be aware that that is a danger. Given the variety of approaches and attitudes towards Continental philosophy, a plurality of potential advisors in a department can certainly be an advantage.</p>
<p>You should also consider carefully what departments offer outside Continental philosophy. There are institutional reasons for this (departments for the most part require students to complete a general education in philosophy in the initial years of graduate study, and once on the job market, it will behoove you to have “areas of competence” beyond Continental philosophy), but intellectual ones too: certain areas of philosophy—for example, Kant, ancient philosophy, moral and political philosophy, aesthetics, parts of metaphysics and epistemology, among others—are complementary to major themes and currents in Continental philosophy."</p>