In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Alan Olson
The Department notes with sadness the recent death of Professor Emeritus Alan Olson, on September 14, 2023. Professor Olson served as Chairman ad Interim of the Philosophy Department (1987-89) and as Chair of the Religion Department (1980-87) at Boston University and was as well a Program Coordinator for the Institute for Philosophy and Religion. Among […]
BU Philosophy Alumna Carolyn Jennings Promoted to UC Merced Philosophy Chair
The Department would like to congratulate alumna Carolyn Jennings on being promoted to Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the UC Merced Philosophy Department. Carolyn received her doctorate in philosophy from Boston University in 2012. The following bio is from her website: I am Professor and Chair of Philosophy at University of California, Merced. I […]
BU Philosophy Alumnus Appointed to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
The Department would like to congratulate alumnus Tongdong Bai on being appointed as a new member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. He worked with David Roochnik, now BU Emeritus Professor of Philosophy. Born on June 4, 1970 in Beijing, in the People’s Republic of China, he received his doctorate in philosophy from Boston University […]
2023 Ph.D. Job Placement Success
The Department congratulates our recent and current PhD students on their extraordinary success on the difficult academic job market this year. The following students and recent PhDs are starting new positions in 2023: Zara Amdur: Assistant Professor of the Practice, Texas Tech University Federica Bocchi: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen Cansu Hepcaglayan: Assistant Professor, […]
Rheanne E. Wirkkala (CAS ’08) 2023 Philosophy Convocation Speaker
The Department would like to formally announce the speaker for this year’s Convocation ceremony: BU Philosophy Alumna Rheanne Wirkkala (CAS ’08) serves as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Wirkkala joined the Department of Defense in February 2021 as the Special Assistant for Strategy to Secretary Austin. Wirkkala […]
BU Philosophy Alumni In the Field: Ingvild Torsen & Keren Gorodeisky
Spotted: two BU Philosophy alumni who attended a conference in Germany together this past week, along with Department Chair & Professor Sally Sedgwick, and had the chance to reconnect at the Freie Universität Berlin. On the left is Dr. Ingvild Torsen (University of Oslo), a specialist in Heidegger and aesthetics. On the right is Dr. […]
Graduate Student Andrew Butler to Present at 2023 Eastern APA
The Department wants to wish the newly graduated Andrew Butler a warm congratulations on his acceptance into the 2023 American Philosophical Association’s Eastern Division Meeting. Andrew will present his paper, “Essence and Hyperintensional Knowledge in Husserl’s Method of Free Variation,” at the meeting to be held next January in Montreal. Congratulations, Andrew!
Alumnus Sheldon Krimsky (’70), Scholar and Friend of BU CPHS, is Remembered
The Department is sad to share that Sheldon Krimsky (’70), the Lenore Stern Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Tufts University, an alumnus of the BU Philosophy doctoral program, and a long-time friend of the BU Center for Philosophy & History of Science, passed in late April 2022. Professor Krimsky taught at Tufts for […]
Alumna Anna Stroinski (’19) Selected for Fulbright Award
The Department wishes a warm congratulations to alumna Anna Stroinski (’19) on her achievements, as she has been selected for a Fulbright Award! Anna graduated from BU in 2019 with majors in History and Philosophy, and was awarded the Department of Philosophy’s Peter A. Bertocci Award for Philosophical Excellence. As a Karbank Fellow, Anna completed […]