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 […]
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, […]
Arché Student-Led Philosophy Journal Publishes New Issue
The Philosophy Department would like to direct your attention to the most recent communiqué from the editorial team of our Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, Arché. “ Arché is a journal of philosophy edited and published by students of the College of Arts & Sciences in coordination with the Department of Philosophy. We strive to highlight exceptional […]
UPA Spring 2023 Retrospective
Please join the Department in celebrating the many successes of the Undergraduate Philosophy Association (UPA) over the past two years, summarized below in this communiqué from UPA leadership: “ The UPA was re-established in Summer 2021. Though it had lay dormant for some time, this iteration of the UPA was founded by President Allie Mascarello […]
Department of Philosophy Announces 2023 Undergraduate Student Awards
The Department is thrilled to celebrate the recent awards granted to some of our outstanding undergraduate Philosophy students! Awards won include: Department of Philosophy Undergraduate Student Awards The College Prize for Excellence in Philosophy is awarded to a graduating undergraduate senior, selected for their extraordinary efforts in the field of philosophy and nominated by the […]
UPA Wins Giving Day Donation Challenge, Raises $5k+ for Student Activities
The Department would like to extend hearty congratulations to the Undergraduate Philosophy Association (UPA) for their spirited fundraising efforts this 2023 Giving Day, which found them lauded across campus and $5,000+ dollars richer. The UPA ended up topping the ‘Student Clubs & Organizations’ category, which netted them a bonus $1,000 on top of their already […]
Four Philosophy Students Receive 2023 BUCH Student Awards
Graduate student Federica Bocchi and Micah Trautmann and Undergraduates Aliya Mulla and Nathaniel Ceus have been selected by the BU Center for the Humanities as recipients of the 2023 Graduate and Undergraduate Student Awards, respectively. These Awards are incredibly competitive and awarded to students doing excellent work in the humanities. Congratulations Federica, Micah, Aliya, and […]
Graduate Student Leticia Castillo Brache Awarded 2023 Abner Shimony Prize
The Department is thrilled to congratulate graduate student Leticia Castillo Brache for winning the Abner Shimony Prize this year. The Abner Shimony Prize is a permanently endowed fund named for Professor Emeritus Abner Shimony that provides annual awards to one or more undergraduate or graduate students of the College of Arts & Sciences. The student […]
Graduate Student Marie Le Blevennec Receives BUCH Dissertation Fellowship
The Department would like to congratulate graduate student Marie Le Blevennec on being awarded a BU Center for the Humanities (BUCH) Graduate Dissertation Fellowship for the 2023-2024 academic year. Marie’s research focuses on various ethical problems concerning the impact of new reproductive technologies on procreation, and on the resulting moral dilemmas facing prospective parents, medical […]
Graduate Student Federica Bocchi Publishes Piece in “Extinct”
The Philosophy Department would like to congratulate PhD candidate Federica Bocchi on her article, titled “Are We In a Biodiversity Crisis? Paleocurves, Measurements, and Problematic Inferences”, which was published earlier this month in Extinct: the Philosophy of Palaeontology Blog. Click here for a link to the article. Federica writes the following overview of her argument: […]