Chair Sally Sedgwick to Publish Book with Oxford University Press
The Department would like to wish warm congratulations to Professor & Dept Chair Sally Sedgwick on announcing that Oxford University Press will publish her next monograph. The book, Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit, is forthcoming. Despite its having yet to arrive in publication, the book has already been added to reading lists […]
Chair Sally Sedgwick Featured on BBC’s In Our Time, Talks Hegel & History
The Department is proud to share that Professor and Chair Sally Sedgwick was featured this week as a guest on BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time! Professor Sedgwick was featured as a guest on the episode “Hegel’s Philosophy of History,” alongside Robert Stern (prof. of philosophy at Sheffield University), Stephen Houlgate (prof. of philosophy at […]
Grad Student Marie Le Blevennec has Article Published in European Journal of Philosophy
The Department wants to wish a big congratulations to Marie Kerguelen Le Blevennec on her recent achievement: an article she wrote was published in the European Journal of Philosophy! Marie’s article, “The Genealogy as a Contribution to a Natural History of Morals”, was published digitally on May 19th. Her abstract states: “Nietzsche’s readers are often […]
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 […]
Graduate Student Jordan Kokot Selected for BUCH Ph.D. Internship in the Humanities
The Department is excited to share that grad student Jordan Kokot has been selected for a BUCH Ph.D. Internship in the Humanities for Summer 2022. The Internships program, now in its fifth year, aims “at introducing PhD students in humanities fields to career opportunities at institutions beyond academia” by providing stipend-support internship positions at incredible […]
Graduate Students Micah Trautmann and Lewis Wang Selected for Awards, Give Papers at APA Pacific 2022
The Department is proud to share that two of its graduate students, Lewis Wang and Micah Trautmann, were selected for awards and to present papers at the 2022 Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association. The APA conference took place in Vancouver, BC, Canada two weeks ago and awarded Micah and Lewis each an […]
Undergraduate Alexandra Mascarello (’23) Pens Play on Why We Need the Humanities, Now Featured in BU Today
When undergraduate Philosophy major Alexandra Mascarello (’23) was awarded funding by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), she seized the opportunity to combine her creativity, her interests in the humanities, and her determination to show how integral the humanities really are. The resulting play, Defense of the Humanities, is a successful means of communicating the […]
Department Welcomes Visiting Scholar Mario Farina (Università IUAV Venezia)
This week, the Department of Philosophy welcomes Visiting Scholar Mario Farina (Università IUAV Venezia) to continue his research, make use of our academic resources, and work with our community. Writes Chair Sally Sedgwick: “A Visiting Scholar from Venice, Italy will soon be in our midst. Professor Mario Farina is Assistant Professor of Aesthetics at the […]
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 […]
Professor Juliet Floyd Presides Over “A Matrix of Challenges”
Last week, Professor Juliet Floyd presided over the Emerging Media Studies Conference, “A Matrix of Challenges,” available for viewing both in-person and remotely. The conference covered “emerging social media trends in security, civic action, and monitoring at personal, community, and societal levels,” and invited scholars in Philosophy, Emerging Media, English, and many other disciplines on […]