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Publications

Congratulations to Mark Murphy on the Publication of Divine Holiness and Divine Action

Professor Murphy’s latest monograph, Divine Holiness and Divine Action, has recently appeared on Oxford UP. The Oxford UP page  describes it this way: • Offers the first…

April 29, 2021

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PhD Placements

Georgetown Philosophy Ph.D., Paddy McShane, Promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Portland.

The Department is proud to announce that Paddy McShane has been awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Portland. McShane is a 2015 Georgetown…

February 1, 2021

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Remembrance

Remembering Robert M. Veatch, PhD 1939-2020

Robert M. Veatch, PhD 1939-2020 Robert M. Veatch, PhD, Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Professor Emeritus of Medical Ethics, and a Professor Emeritus…

November 17, 2020

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Publications

Henry Richardson and Collaborators Advance Discussion of the Ethics of Global Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines

https://kennedyinstitute.georgetown.edu/news-events/senior-scholar-co-authors-article-advancing-an-ethical-framework-for-the-global-allocation-of-covid-19/ …

September 7, 2020

Graduate Program
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GU Philosophy PhD Program Rated Among the Best in the Country

In a recent independent analysis of both subjective student satisfaction and objective factors such as diversity, placement, and post-graduate success, Georgetown’s PhD program…

July 20, 2020

News
Remembrance

The Philosophy Department Mourns the Passing of Jay Reuscher, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy

John Alfred “Jay” Reuscher, associate professor emeritus of philosophy at Georgetown University, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2020, due to complications of COVID-19. Jay was a…

July 20, 2020

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Remembrance

The GU Philosophy Department Mourns the Passing of Fr. John Langan

Father John Langan passed away on Friday, March 20th, 2020 at the age of 79. Since 1987, Fr. Langan was the Rose Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics in the Kennedy Institute of…

July 20, 2020

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PhD Placements

Michael Barnes Accepts Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Univ. of Oklahoma

Michael Barnes (PhD 2019) has accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing  at the the University of Oklahoma, as part of the&#…

June 5, 2020

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PhD Placements

Nate W. Olson (Ph.D. 2012) tenured at Cal. State Bakersfield

We are delighted that the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies at California State University at Bakersfield has granted Dr. Nate W. Olson early tenure and promoted…

June 3, 2020

Awards
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Megan Dean wins the 2020 Harold N. Glassman Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Humanities

We are thrilled to announce that Megan Dean is the recipient of the 2020 Harold N. Glassman Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Humanities for her dissertation, “Eating as a…

May 18, 2020