Professor Sally Sedgwick Awarded Prestigious Fellowship at Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin
The Boston University Philosophy Department is delighted to announce a significant milestone in the career of one of our esteemed faculty members, Professor Sally Sedgwick. Professor Sedgwick has been honored with a prestigious Fellowship from the Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) in Berlin, Germany. The Wissenschaftskolleg is renowned for its interdisciplinary approach, bringing together leading scholars […]
Professor Daniel Star Publishes Article on Photography in Aeon Magazine
Professor Daniel Star published an article in Aeon magazine entitled, “The truth of photographs”. The article explores the topic of what a photograph can truly be said to capture, arguing: “If we return to the idea we started with, that photographs of people might capture their essence, we can now add that a key reason […]
11 Undergraduates Receive 2023 Karbank Fellowship
2023 Karbank Fellows Kiana Aftahi (’24) interned at Concord Prison Outreach and consulted with experts at the organization to develop an Introduction to Philosophy prison education program. Alara Balcisoy (’25) attended the 5th Crete Summer School of Linguistics and took classes in neurolinguistics, experimental psycholinguistics, developmental negation, and advanced semantics, which provided valuable knowledge in linguistics […]
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 […]
Professor Juliet Floyd Featured in BU Today AI Article
The Department would like to congratulate Professor Juliet Floyd on being featured in an article in BU Today on AI. In the article Professor Floyd states: ” In Europe there has been legislation to protect privacy and legislation against Facebook. There are many large, international university research grants dealing with AI, sustainability, and smart cities—e.g., […]
Professor Daniel Star Appointed to BUCH Executive Board
The Department would like to congratulate Professor Daniel Star on being appointed to the Executive Committee of the Boston University Center for the Humanities. Daniel Star completed his BPhil and DPhil at the University of Oxford in 2007. He was a Research Fellow at the Australian National University, before moving to Boston University and the United […]
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, […]
In Memoriam: Professor Henry E. Allison 1937-2023
In Memoriam: Professor Henry E. Allison 1937-2023 It is with great sadness that we report the death, on June 5th, of our former colleague, Henry E. Allison. Henry held the Findlay Chair in BU’s Department of Philosophy back in 1995. He then joined the Department as a permanent member in 1996 until retiring from BU […]