News
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Promotions & Tenure News
The Philosophy Department is excited to announce FIVE promotions this new academic year. This past year, Professors Sean Aas and Joel Michael Reynolds were promoted to associate professors with te
Categories: Faculty, News, Promotions & Hiring
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Upcoming Talks for the 2023-2024 Academic Year
The Department is excited to welcome a roster of exceptional philosophers as part of our Lecture Series this year. More details, including times, locations, and abstracts, will be released closer to
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Professor Mattingly Promoted to Professor
Professor James Mattingly has been promoted to the rank of (full) Professor, active this academic year. His most recent monograph, Information and Experimental Knowledge, explores “what it is about e
Categories: Faculty, News, Promotions & Hiring
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Congratulations, Dr. Talhouk!
The Department wishes our most sincere congratulations to Omar Talhouk, who successfully defended his dissertation on August 10, 2023. His work is entitled: "The Functions of Metaphysics." His abstra
Categories: Dissertation Defenses, Graduate Program, News
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Undergraduate Award Winners Announced
The annual awards for undergraduate Philosophy majors were announced Friday, May 19, 2023, at the yearly graduation breakfast. Senior Alanna Cronk received the Ryan Medal, awarded to the senior philo
Categories: Awards, News, Undergraduate Program
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Nanette Ryan Successfully Defends Dissertation
The Philosophy Department offers our congratulations to Nanette Ryan, who successfully defended her dissertation, entitled "Self Respect and Childhood," last fall. Congratulations, Dr. Ryan!
Categories: Dissertation Defenses, Graduate Program, News
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Georgetown Philosophy Ph.D. Tony Manela Awarded Tenure at Siena College
The Department is proud to announce that Tony Manela has been awarded tenure at Siena College and will be promoted to Associate Professor in the fall. Manela graduated with his Ph.D. in 2014. His dis
Categories: Graduate Program, News, PhD Placements
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2023 Departmental Lecture Series Schedule
We are pleased to announce the Spring 2023 schedule for our Departmental lecture series. We will be hosting talks from Professors James Klagge, Yitzhak Melamed, and Dee Payton. Abstracts will be avai
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Philipp Haueis to Present for Department Lecture Series
The Department is excited to announce our first lecture of the year. Philipp Haueis from Bielefeld University will be presenting his talk, Political Goals of Scientific Concepts: The Case of “Climate
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Madeline Ward Successfully Defends Dissertation
The Department of Philosophy congratulates PhD student Madeline Ward on the successful defense of her dissertation, entitled: With All Due Deference: Marginalized Epistemic Agents and What They're Ow
Categories: Dissertation Defenses, Graduate Program, News