Philosophy Department receives over $211,000 in gifts
We are happy to announce that the estate of John A. Gerda, MD (GRS, ’51) recently donated $171,000 to be added to the Bertocci Scholarship Fund. Dr. Gerda earned his master’s degree in philosophy at BU, and eventually served as a staff surgeon at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital at the National Center Institute in Washington (for […]
Charles Griswold Appointed Borden Parker Bowne Professor
The Philosophy Department is delighted to announce that the Dean of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Virginia Sapiro, has named Charles Griswold to the Borden Parker Bowne Chair in the Department of Philosophy, effective September of this year. The department extends its warmest congratulations to Charles for this well-deserved honor.
Curtis Carter, 1971 Ph.D. Graduate, Elected President of the International Society for Aesthetics
In 2010, in conjuncton with the International Congress of Aesthetics Congress, Curtis Carter (GRS ’71) was elected Presdient of the International Society for Aesthetics, an organization consisting of the National Societies of scholars in Aesthetics, and individual scholars across the world.
Roger Crisp joins Department as John Findlay Visiting Professor for the 2010 Fall semester
Roger Crisp joins the Boston University Philosophy Department as a John Findlay Visiting Professor for the 2010 Fall semester. He joins us from St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford and this Fall will be teaching PH350, History of Ethics and PH850 Ethics, a seminar focusing on Henry Sidgwick’s great work The Methods of Ethics. Professor […]
Call for Papers
The Boston University Department of Philosophy invites submissions from professionals amd graduate students in philosophy, architecture, and other related disciplines. Topics may be from any point of view, including the so-called phenomenological and critical, modern and postmodern, postcritical and projective, and urban and sustainable approaches to architecture. A panel on concrete is also being organized, […]
Bokulich Named Director of Center for Philosophy and History of Science
Boston University’s College of Arts & Sciences has named Alisa Bokulich director of the University’s Center for Philosophy and History of Science. Bokulich, professor of philosophy in the College’s Department of Philosophy, will succeed Alfred I. Tauber, Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine and professor of philosophy. As director, Bokulich will work to promote and expand […]
Alumni Association Award for Writing Excellence
Undergraduate Senior Ethan Rubin’s paper was selected to receive this year’s Award for Writing Excellence in the Humanities in Honor of Robert E. Charm. Ethan will be recognized at this year’s Class Day Ceremony on Saturday, May 15th at Morse Auditorium.
Justin Steinberg (GRS ’07) Wins Journal of the History of Philosophy Award
Recent PhD Justin Steinberg (Brooklyn College) has received the award for the the best contribution to the Articles section of the Journal of the History of Philosophy for 2009 for his article ‘Spinoza on Civil Liberation’ (vol. 47: 35–58)
New Assistant Professor Specializing in 19th Century Philosophy Arriving Fall 2010
Paul Katsafanas joins the Philosophy Department in the Fall 2010 Semester. He has previously been an assistant professor at University of New Mexico and an instructor at Harvard University. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2008. This fall he will be teaching PH350 History of Ethics.
New Assistant Professor Specializing in Ancient Philosophy Arriving Fall 2010
David Bronstein will join the department in September 2010. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and was previously a lecturer in philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford. He received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2008. This upcoming Fall Semester he will be […]