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!
Congratulations to the UBC Philosophy Class of 2025!
Message from the Head Warmest congratulations to the UBC Philosophy class of 2025! Ninety new undergraduate degrees with a Philosophy major or minor will be conferred at today’s commencement ceremony. This includes thirty-six Philosophy majors, twelve Philosophy joint majors, thirteen Philosophy honours degrees, one History and Philosophy of Science major, and twenty-eight Philosophy minors. Today […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
Congratulations to the UBC Philosophy Class of 2024!
Today we are celebrating a new class of UBC Philosophy Alumni. This afternoon’s commencement ceremony recognizes twelve new BAs with a Philosophy major or joint major, six new BAs with a Philosophy minor, two new Philosophy MAs, and two new Philosophy PhDs. Congratulations to all these students for completing their degrees! I will be […]
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
Dr. Edward Slingerland elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Canada
Congratulations to Dr. Edward Slingerland, who has been elected to The Royal Society of Canada, as a new Fellow in the Academy of Arts and Humanities. Edward Slingerland is Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, where he also holds appointments in the Departments of Psychology and Asian Studies […]