2024-05-24 - The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that professor Helga Varden has been elected as the Central Division Representative to the Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association. Varden will serve a three-year term from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027.We’re also very pleased to note that alumna, Krista K. Thomason (PhD, ’09, philosophy), who is now an associate professor at...- 2024-05-10 - The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce more recipients of this year’s annual awards. This follows our previous announcement of annual award winners.Donald W. Doerscher AwardEvelyn Huzenis Howard F. Crombie Award...
2024-05-03 - Max Fan, a junior Philosophy + CS major, has recently been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship which will provide three years of financial support for his graduate studies. Fan will graduate this May and begin his PhD at Cornell University in the fall. While at the University of Illinois, and during a summer internship at NASA in 2023, Fan proposed and...
2024-05-03 - The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that Andrew Smith is the winner of this year's Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching Award. This award is bestowed annually on the department’s best graduate student instructor. Decisions are based on student evaluations, faculty observations, and any other evidence that a graduate student has exceeded normal expectations in terms of...- 2024-05-03 - The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the winners of our annual awards. This year’s awards honor our faculty and graduate students for their teaching excellence and service to the department. Please join us in recognizing their contributions to the department. The Department of...
2024-05-03 - The Department of Philosophy is proud to announce that Ashli Anda has accepted an offer as a lecturer in the philosophy department at California Lutheran University. She will be teaching a class called Oppression and Liberation and will also teach Latin American philosophy. It’s been a goal of Anda’s to work for a Hispanic Serving Institution like California Lutheran University since she attended...
2024-04-16 - The Department of Philosophy is proud to announce that Sylvia E, a junior majoring in philosophy and brain and cognitive science, was awarded a Barry M. Goldwater scholarship for her potential to contribute to the advancement of research in the natural sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Nationally, 438 students were chosen from the 1,353 nominees to receive the $7,500 award. Slyvia E is one...
2024-04-12 - An annual study of recent alumni reports 96% of philosophy and history majors (combined) who graduated during the most recent 2022-2023 period secured their first destination within six months of commencement. Looking more closely into this data 99% of philosophy majors secured a first destination within the last three years, with 42% starting a job and 57% pursuing additional education. The...
2024-04-03 - The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that four new professors have decided either to join our faculty this fall or visit during the year. These announcements (which are subject to Board approval) come as the department continues to move forward with another senior search. The announcements follow a highly successful recruitment cycle last year, which—according to Brian...
2024-03-08 - The Department of Philosophy is proud to announce that three former PhDs recently accepted tenure-track jobs or other positions as assistant professors. Seungil Lee has accepted a tenure-track position at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea. This news follows former PhD student Addison Ellis' acceptance position as an assistant professor at American University...
2024-02-09 - The Department of Philosophy is proud to announce Professor Shelley Weinberg has been named acting director of the Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory.
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...
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.
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.
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!