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    Professor Helga Varden’s book Sex, Love, and Gender awarded 2023 North American Kant Society’s Senior Scholar Prize
    2024-02-09 - The Department of Philosophy is proud to announce Professor Helga Varden’s book, “Sex, Love, and Gender: A Kantian Account” (Oxford University Press, 2020) was awarded the 2023 North American Kant Society’s Senior Scholar Prize. The Senior Scholar Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding article or book dealing with any aspect of Kant’s philosophy. The 2023 prize was given for the best Kant...
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    Rare Book and Manuscript Library acquires first edition of Plato’s works in Greek
    2024-02-06 - The Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has acquired a rare first edition of Plato’s works printed in the Greek language.
  • Ashli Anda
    Philosophy doctoral candidate Ashli Anda has been named the 2023-2024 Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellow in Public Humanities
    2023-09-13 - Her project titled "Minding the Gap: Public Philosophy for Incarcerated Youth" will be overseen by HRI director Antoinette Burton and Anda's faculty mentor Shelley Weinberg.
  • New Hires
    In a Banner Year for Hiring, Illinois Philosophy Welcomes Three New Tenure-Track Faculty Members
    2023-08-21 - The Philosophy Department is happy to announce a banner year in hiring, with 3 exciting new members of our tenure-track faculty. Please join us in welcoming Professors Alison Duncan Kerr, Kevin Scharp, and John Schwenkler to the University of Illinois!
  • Keren Shatalov
    The Philosophy Department Congratulates Keren Shatalov on the Birth of Her New Daughter
    2023-02-01 - The Philosophy Department is pleased to announce that on January 16, Agnes Galina Shatalov, Professor Keren Shatalov's daughter, came into the world healthy and happy.
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    The Philosophy Department Celebrates MLK Day
    2023-01-16 - Though Dr. King is perhaps best known for his work on civil rights for African Americans, he also studied philosophy and was deeply moved by various philosophical lines of thinking. The Philosophy Department celebrates MLK day, including the ways that Dr. King was able to make philosophical ideas relevant to the public good.
  • Bruce Rosenstock
    The Philosophy Department Remembers Bruce Rosenstock
    2023-01-11 - Bruce Rosenstock, one of our Affiliated Faculty Members who taught philosophy of religion, recently passed away in his home, surrounded by his family members.
  • Weinberg & Bojanowski
    Professors Weinberg & Bojanowski Named Winners of the 2022 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award
    2023-01-05 - The philosophy department is happy to announce that Professors Weinberg and Bojanowski are winners of the 2022 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award.
  • John Locke
    John Locke Society Conference to Be Held at Illinois
    2023-01-05 - The John Locke Society will be holding its Annual Conference at the University of Illinois, from June 13-15. Professor Shelley Weinberg, who sits on the Executive Committee, is organizing the event.
  • Robert Vanderbeek
    Robert Vanderbeek named winner of the 2022 Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching Award, bestowed annually on the department’s best graduate student instructor.
    2022-11-22 - Robert Vanderbeek has been named winner of this year's Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching Award, bestowed annually on the department’s best graduate student instructor.
  • Helga Varden, Sex, Love & Gender
    Professor Helga Varden's Book, Sex, Love & Gender: A Kantian Theory, Released in Paperback
    2022-11-03 - Professor Helga Varden's recent book, Sex, Love & Gender: A Kantian Theory (Oxford University Press 2020), was released today in paperback form. It is the first book to provide a comprehensive philosophical theory that brings together the many strands of Kant's practical philosophy to provide a Kantian account of how to be a sexual, loving, gendered being in moral and...
  • Christine Korsgaard
    Christine Korsgaard, Harvard Philosophy Professor, Discusses Support She Received as Illinois Philosophy Undergrad
    2022-10-01 - Christine Korsgaard, Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University and world renowned moral philosopher, studied philosophy as an undergraduate at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
  • Hiring Now
    Illinois Philosophy is Seeking Multiple Full-Time, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professors of Philosophy
    2022-09-16 - The department of philosophy is searching for multiple full-time, tenure-track assistant/associate/full professors of philosophy.
  • Professor Kar
    Illinois Philosophy Welcomes Professor Kar as New Department Head
    2022-09-09 - The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has appointed Professor Robin Kar as the new Interim Department Head of the Philosophy Department. Professor Kar replaces Interim Head Kelly Ritter, who made significant strides in...
  • Michael Moore
    Michael Moore, World Leader in Moral and Legal Philosophy, Joins Department as Faculty Affiliate
    2022-09-08 - The Philosophy Department recently extended a Faculty Affiliate Position to Professor Michael Moore, the Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. University Chair. Moore is also a faculty member in the Center for Advanced Studies, a faculty member in the College of Law, and Co-Director of the Illinois Program in Law...

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