Robert Alexander Wins 2025 Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award
Congratulations to graduate student Robert Alexander, who is one of the 2025 Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award Winners! The awards recognize teaching fellows that have demonstrated notable skill, enthusiasm, and dedication in their teaching this academic year. The ceremony will be held on April 23, 6-7:30pm at the Castle.
Matilde Carrera, receives offer for competitive program at Northeastern University and more
(Blurbs from fellow graduate student, Pol Pardini Gisbert) Matilde Carrera has been offered to be part of a really, really competitive summer program at Northeastern University. This summer school is intended for graduate students with advanced training in applied ethics, ethical theory, philosophy of science, or other areas with potential research applications to AI and […]
APA Fall 2024 Prize Winners: Caroline Wall and Pol Pardini Gisbert
APA has announced its Fall 2024 prize winners, including graduate students Caroline Wall and Pol Pardini Gisbert. Caroline has won the William James Prize for the best paper in the area of American philosophy for graduate students, and Pol has won a Marc Sanders Graduate Student Award for one of the three best papers submitted in all […]
Phi-Geo Group presents at the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) conference on November 14-17
The Philosophy of the Geosciences research group (Φ-Geo Group) led by professor Alisa Bokulich has just presented at the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) conference on November 14-17 in New Orleans, LA. The conference had a 36% acceptance rate this year, so congratulations to the following professors, graduate students, and alumni! Professor Alisa Bokulich will be part […]
Graduate Student Lewis Wang Publishes in Esteemed Kant Yearbook
Lewis Wang, a dedicated graduate student at Boston University’s Department of Philosophy, has made a significant academic contribution with his latest publication in the renowned Kant Yearbook. His paper, titled “Kant on Propositional Content and Knowledge,” appears in the 2023 edition of the journal. In this insightful work, Wang explores Immanuel Kant’s perspectives on propositional […]
Philosophy Grad Students Win Prestigious Inclusion Catalyst Grant
Graduate Students in the Boston University Philosophy Department has recently been awarded the coveted BU Inclusion & Diversity Inclusion Catalyst Grant, securing $2000 in funding for an upcoming conference. This significant achievement is particularly noteworthy given the competitive nature of the grant which spans the entire university. Under the theme “Researching Values and Valuing Research: […]
11 Undergraduates Receive 2023 Karbank Fellowship
2023 Karbank Fellows Kiana Aftahi (’24) interned at Concord Prison Outreach and consulted with experts at the organization to develop an Introduction to Philosophy prison education program. Alara Balcisoy (’25) attended the 5th Crete Summer School of Linguistics and took classes in neurolinguistics, experimental psycholinguistics, developmental negation, and advanced semantics, which provided valuable knowledge in linguistics […]
2023 Ph.D. Job Placement Success
The Department congratulates our recent and current PhD students on their extraordinary success on the difficult academic job market this year. The following students and recent PhDs are starting new positions in 2023: Zara Amdur: Assistant Professor of the Practice, Texas Tech University Federica Bocchi: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen Cansu Hepcaglayan: Assistant Professor, […]
Arché Student-Led Philosophy Journal Publishes New Issue
The Philosophy Department would like to direct your attention to the most recent communiqué from the editorial team of our Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, Arché. “ Arché is a journal of philosophy edited and published by students of the College of Arts & Sciences in coordination with the Department of Philosophy. We strive to highlight exceptional […]
UPA Spring 2023 Retrospective
Please join the Department in celebrating the many successes of the Undergraduate Philosophy Association (UPA) over the past two years, summarized below in this communiqué from UPA leadership: “ The UPA was re-established in Summer 2021. Though it had lay dormant for some time, this iteration of the UPA was founded by President Allie Mascarello […]