Graduate Student Joel Van Fossen Presents Paper at North American Nietzsche Society Conference, Receives NANS Graduate Student Prize
The Department would like to congratulate graduate student Joel Van Fossen on his recent achievements: Joel presented his paper, “Love in the Deepest Sense,” at the 2022 North American Nietzsche Society Conference, and was selected for the 2022 Graduate Student Prize at the conference for his paper. The North American Nietzsche Society is a philosophical […]
Graduate Student Joel Van Fossen to Present at 2023 Eastern APA
The Department wants to wish graduate student Joel Van Fossen a warm congratulations on his acceptance into the 2023 American Philosophical Association’s Eastern Division Meeting. Joel will present his paper, “Satisficing Love,” at the Eastern Division Meeting next January in Montreal. Joel is currently work on his dissertation and his areas of interests include normative […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]