News

2024-12-20 - The Winter 2024 issue of Illinois Alumni magazines featured an interview with philosophy professor Jochen Bojanowski. Read the interview below and check out the full issue ...

2024-10-25 - The Department of Philosophy is delighted to host the 2024 meeting of the Illinois Philosophical Association. All sessions will be hosted in either the Illini Union or Lincoln Hall on October 25 and 26. See the schedule of events and learn more on their website. ...

2024-09-20 - The Department of Philosophy is now offering an online certificate in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Employers in many industries are actively seeking employees who have experience grappling with the risks and ethical questions posed by artificial intelligence. The Ethics of AI...

2024-08-23 - The Department of Philosophy honors Professor McKim, emeritus professor of religion and philosophy who passed away suddenly. McKim was the director of the Program for the Study of Religion (2005-8); head of the Department of...

2024-08-23 - The Department of Philosophy is conducting an open search, with respect to subject matter, for a full-time, 9-month appointment, tenure system assistant/associate/full professor of philosophy. 

2024-07-12 - The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that we’ve added two new online courses on artificial intelligence in the fall semester: PHIL 440: Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and PHIL 442: The AI Revolution. Both courses meet in the second half of the fall semester (October 21-December 11...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...