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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.…

December 20, 2022

Events
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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:…

October 31, 2022

Dissertation Defenses
Graduate Program
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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…

September 16, 2022

Dissertation Defenses
Graduate Program
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Gerald Taylor Successfully Defends Dissertation

PhD candidate Gerald Taylor has successfully defended his dissertation, entitled: “Strawsonian Constitutivism: A Statement and Defense.” Congratulations, Dr.!…

July 20, 2022

Faculty
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Publications

Congratulations to Katherine Withy on the Publication of Heidegger on Being Self-Concealing

Professor Withy’s newest book, Heidegger on Being Self-Concealing, is now available from Oxford University Press. The publisher describes the work as a “novel and…

June 9, 2022

Awards
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Undergraduate Program

Congratulations to 2022 Stephen McNamee Award Recipient Doris Zhang

Senior philosophy major Doris Zhang has been chosen as the 2022 recipient of the Department’s Stephen McNamee Award. The honor was announced this morning, May 20, at the…

May 20, 2022

Awards
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Undergraduate Program

Congratulations to 2022 Ryan Medal Recipients Peter Finn and Jake Menz

Senior philosophy majors Peter Finn and Jake Menz are the 2022 dual recipients of the Department’s Ryan Medal. The honor was announced this morning, May 20, at the…

May 20, 2022

Graduate Program
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PhD Placements

Georgetown Graduate Chong Choe-Smith Receives Tenure at Cal State Sacramento

Congratulations to Professor Chong Choe-Smith, a graduate of Georgetown’s PhD program in Philosophy, who has been awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor at Cal…

May 18, 2022

Faculty
News

Professor Nancy Sherman Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Department is proud to announce that our own Nancy Sherman, Distinguished University Professor, has recently been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and…

May 4, 2022

Faculty
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Renowned Georgetown Ethicist Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Nancy Sherman, who holds the rank of a distinguished University Professor, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Sherman, a philosophy…

April 28, 2022