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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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