Featured Courses: 2020W2
We’ve put together a newsletter featuring some of our 2020W2 courses (including two Student-Directed Seminars) and a list of previously-full courses which now have new seats available.
Gary A. Wedeking (1941 – 2020)
Gary was a wonderful, independent, and kind person – he will be greatly missed by his friends, his colleagues, his students, and all those who were fortunate enough to spend time in his company.
Adam Morton (April 22, 1945 – October 22, 2020)
This week, we lost a remarkable colleague and philosopher.
Meet Our New Lecturer in Continental and Social Philosophy: Dr. Willow Verkerk
We are pleased to announce that Willow Verkerk will be joining our Department as a Lecturer in Continental Philosophy and Social Philosophy, starting May 1, 2021.
Statement of Support Against Racism
In light of the recent death of George Floyd – and of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Tony McDade and many others – we stand in solidarity with the Black community and with the many people and movements dedicated to combating racism, in the U.S. and Canada, and globally. We support the statement issued by the […]
Margaret Schabas Appointed Senior Advisor to the Provost on Academic Freedom
Congratulations to Dr. Margaret Schabas for her recent appointment as Senior Advisor to the Provost on Academic Freedom.
Dominic McIver Lopes Elected New APA Board Chair
Congratulations to our very own Dr. Dominic McIver Lopes who has been elected as the American Philosophical Association’s next board chair.
PhD Student Jordan Wadden Publishes New Chapter
Congratulations to UBC Philosophy PhD student, Jordan Wadden, for publishing a chapter in “Ethics and Error in Medicine” (edited by Fritz Allhoff and Sandra L. Borden).
2019 Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
The Department internal deadline: Friday, October 11th, 2019. Here is the relevant UBC link for more information: https://www.postdocs.ubc.ca/award/killam-postdoctoral-research-fellowship Please contact Tim Son (phil.gradprogram@ubc.ca), if you have any questions.
The Winner of the David Ricardo Essay Prize 2018W Session
Alex Mclean has won the David Ricardo Essay Prize for the best essay submitted in the course on the History and Philosophy of Economics (PHIL 363/ECON 319). Congratulations! He is graduating this May with a major in Economics and Philosophy, and his essay “Involuntary Unemployment in The General Theory” is on John Maynard Keynes.