Department News

• Congratulations Harry

  Harry Brighouse has just been elected as a fellow of the UW-Madison Teaching Academy. Congratulations to Harry!

• Check out Steve's NY Times piece

  Check out Steve Nadler's recent NY Times opinion piece about Spinoza and political freedom.

• New Lecture Series

  In an effort to promote the Wisconsin Idea, The UW-Madison Philosophy department is sponsoring a new lecture series entitled "UW Philosophers Tackle Contemporary Issues." The inaugural lecture was given by Herbert A. Simon and Hilldale Professor Dan Hausman, and the video can be found here. Find more information on the series here.

• Congratulations Larry

  Larry Shapiro has just been awarded a UW Kellett Mid-Career Award. Congratulations to Larry!

• POBAM

  We are pleased to be hosting the 2nd Annual POBAM (Philosophy of Biology at Madison) conference, June 1-3, 2012.

• Socratic Society

  The Socratic Society (our undergraduate philosophy club) is now hosting weekly meetings. More info here.

• Philosophy TV

  Check out Philosophy TV, an increasingly popular website developed by our grad students John Basl, David Killoren, Jonathan Lang, and Brynn Welch. The site broadcasts accessible dialogues by prominent thinkers on a wide variety of philosophical topics.

• Midwest Seminar in Early Modern

  The Midwest Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy was held in Madison October 21-23.

• Congratulations Elliott

  Congratulations to Elliot Sober, who was recently elected President of the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science at the Division's General Assembly meeting in Nancy, France. Elliott will hold the post for four years. Past presidents have included many of the most illustrious names in the philosophy of science. Congratulations to Elliott!

• Newsletter

  The Summer 2011 Philosophy Department Newsletter is now available.

• New Endowed Chair

  We are thrilled to announce that the department is the recipient of a $2.5 million bequest from the Mellon Foundation to endow a chair in Ancient Greek philosophy. These funds will be used to fund our open Plato position. This bequest is part of a larger gift made to UW by the Mellon Foundation, targeted to bolster our strength in the humanities. View more information about the grant.

• New Faculty

  We are delighted to welcome new professors John Bengson and John Mackay to the department.

• Mellon Post-doctoral Fellow

  The Department is very pleased to welcome Dr. Trevor Pearce as our new Mellon post-doctoral fellow.

• Congratulations Dan

  Congratulations to Dan Hausman, who has just been named a Hilldale Professor. This award is among the most prestigious forms of recognition that UW–Madison extends to its faculty. The Hilldale professorship is designed to recognize scholars who have not only made world-class contributions to their fields of expertise, but who promise to continue to do so for the next many years. Congratulations to Dan on this very well-deserved award!

• Congratulations Patrick

  Congratulations to Patrick Kirk, a Philosophy major whose team earned the $50,000 Grand Prize in the 2011 Nelson Institute Climate Leadership Challenge. See more details of the competition and award.

• Congratulations Peter

  Peter Vranas has been named a 2011–2013 Vilas Associate. Congratulations to Peter!