Dr. Fatema Amijee receives Global Philosophy of Religion Project Grants
Congratulations to Dr. Fatema Amijee for receiving Global Philosophy of Religion Project Grants! We’re excited to share that Dr. Fatema Amijee has been awarded a grant from the Global Philosophy of Religion Project for her research: – Modesty in Islam Please join us in congratulating Dr. Amijee!
Professor Dominic McIver Lopes Awarded the 2025 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize
Congratulations to Professor Dominic McIver Lopes on being awarded the 2025 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize for Philosophical Achievement and Contribution, alongside Professor Samantha Matherne of Harvard University. The Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize for philosophical achievement and contribution is awarded by the Phi Beta Kappa Society […]
Professor Carrie Jenkins’ Sad Love Now Available in Arabic
Professor Carrie Jenkins’ Sad Love has recently been published in Arabic, marking the book’s second translation following the Spanish edition released in 2023.
David Ricardo Essay Prize 2024W
We are pleased to announce that Niko Bauer, a 4th year student in Economics and Philosophy Combined Major, has won the 2024W David Ricardo Essay Prize.
Congratulations to our fellow graduate students on successfully defending their PhD dissertations!
Alexandra Jewell: “A New Framework for Self-Disorders: Anxiety as a Case Study” Kinley Gillette: “A Political Approach to Scientific Authority” Steven Diggin: “How to Improvise: A Philosophical Account of the Nature, Scope and Limits of Improvisational Agency” Daniel Saunders: “Three essays on models of social conventions”
Dr. Alisabeth Ayars and Dr. Jonathan Ichikawa receive 2024 UBC Killam Research Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Alisabeth Ayars and Dr. Jonathan Ichikawa on receiving their UBC Killam Research Awards. UBC’s Faculty Research Awards recognize the research excellence and scholarly achievements of faculty from across all disciplines, ranging from the applied sciences and medicine to the social sciences and humanities. Award recipients are selected by UBC’s Faculty Research Awards […]
2024W Paul Tang Memorial Graduate Scholarships
We are pleased to announce that this year’s Paul Tang Memorial Graduate Scholarships are awarded to Michael Jimenez. Dr. Tang was a philosophy major at UBC, graduating in 1966, and went on to become Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Long Beach. He passed away in 2013. Because of Dr. Tang’s involvement in MA teaching […]
Congratulations to Tim Son on receiving the 2024 Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence
Congratulations to Tim Son! We are incredibly grateful for everything you do for the Philosophy Department! Tim has been a calm and reassuring presence in the Department of Philosophy for over eight years. In all of the roles he has held in the department, Tim has “maintained his capacity to empathize with students and go […]
Congratulations to Professor Alison Wylie on being awarded an honorary doctorate by Erasmus University Rotterdam!
Professor Alison Wylie received an honorary doctorate from Erasmus University at their Dies Natalis ceremony on November 8. A recording of the proceedings is available on YouTube here – the presentation by her sponsor and her talk on engaged research begins ~28 minutes in. Read more
Dr. Fatema Amijee and Dr. Edward Slingerland receive SSHRC’s 2024 Insight Grants
Congratulations to Dr. Fatema Amijee and Dr. Edward Slingerland for receiving Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)’s 2024 Insight Grants! Insight Grants Dr. Fatema Amijee, Philosophy Research: Émilie Du Châtelet’s Idealist Legacy Dr. Edward Slingerland, Philosophy Research: The cultural evolution of moralizing religions: A quantitative historical analysis