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Aja Watkins Wins BUCH Graduate Student Award
Fourth-year graduate student Aja Watkins has been selected by the BU Center for the Humanities to receive a Graduate Student Award this year! The Graduate Student… More
Professor Paul Katsafanas Gives Talk at UMass Boston on Group Fanaticism
Last week, Professor Paul Katsafanas presented a lecture titled "Group Fanaticism and Narratives of Ressentiment" at the Applied Ethics Center of the University… More
Professor Victor Kumar co-authors Boston Globe Article
Professor Victor Kumar, along with his co-author Richmond Campbell, had an article published in the Boston Globe entitled, "Humans aren't born selfish… More
Graduate Student Zara Amdur awarded BUCH Graduate Dissertation Fellowship
The department wishes warm congratulations to Zara Amdur, who has been selected by the BU Center for the Humanities Executive Committee to… More
Philosophy Grad Students Selected for Research Assistance at BU Center for Antiracist Research
The Department is proud to celebrate two of our Ph.D. candidates, Leticia Castillo Brache and Casey Grippo, who have been selected to… More
Department of Philosophy Welcomes Darien Pollock as Assistant Professor of Philosophy
The Department is pleased to announce that Darien Pollock will join us as Assistant Professor of Philosophy beginning Summer 2022. Darien wrote… More
Department Celebrates Promotion of Four Professors to Full Professor Status
The Department is celebrating the recent promotions of Drs. Aaron Garrett, Walter Hopp, Allen Speight, and Susanne Sreedhar to the status of… More
Boston University Graduate Student Philosophy Conference 2022 to Cover “Sustainability & Environmental Ethics”
The Department of Philosophy is thrilled to be hosting the BU Graduate Student Philosophy Conference again this year on April 21-22, 2022.… More
Karbank Fellowship 2022 Applications Now Available
The Philosophy Department is pleased to announce this year's competition for Karbank Fellowships is now open for the applications of undergraduate BU… More
John N Findlay Visiting Professor Lydia Patton To Give Public Lecture
The BU Department of Philosophy is excited to announce that our John N Findlay Visiting Professor for Spring 2022, Lydia Patton,… More