2023/2024 Brian Laetz Graduate Essay Prize
We are pleased to announce that Emily Lawson has won the Brian Laetz Graduate Essay Prize for her essay titled ‘”Basic” Bee Cognition: The Honeybee Dance Language and Representational Thought in Insects’. Congratulations, Emily!
2023/24 Don Brown Graduate Student Teaching Award
We are pleased to announce that Elena Holmgren has won the Don Brown Prize for teaching excellence. Congratulations, Elena!
Adam Morton Essay Prize 2023W
We are pleased to announce that Ethaniel Chou has won the 2023W Adam Morton Prize for his essay, “Conditional Acceptance Discourse on Two-Tier MRI”. Congratulations, Ethaniel!
John Woods Essay Prize 2023W
We are pleased to announce that Bruno Graneiro has won the 2023W John Woods Prize for his essay, “Friends, Who Needs Em Aristotle on Eudaimonia and Friendship”. Congratulations, Bruno!
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 seventy-seven new UBC Philosophy BAs, including fifty-two Philosophy majors, twelve Philosophy joint majors, eleven Philosophy honours students, and two History and Philosophy of Science students. There are also twenty-seven new bachelor degrees with a Philosophy minor, two new Philosophy […]
David Ricardo Essay Prize 2023W
We are pleased to announce that Goli Eshtiaghi, a 3rd year student in Economics, has won the 2023W David Ricardo Essay Prize.
2023W Paul Tang Memorial Graduate Scholarships – Noah Macdonald and Desmond Wood-Anderson
We are pleased to announce that this year’s Paul Tang Memorial Graduate Scholarships are awarded to Noah Macdonald and Desmond Wood-Anderson. 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 […]
2023/2024 Department of Philosophy Colloquia Speakers List
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce our Colloquium Series for this year! Please save these dates in your calendar. Jan 26, 2024: Dr. François Claveau Feb 9, 2024: Dr. Suze Berkhout Feb 27, 2024: Dr. Yitzhak Melamed Mar 12, 2024: Dr. Alan Hajek
UBC Philosophy: 2023W Student-Directed Seminars
Next term, UBC Philosophy students will be leading four seminars of a variety of topics not currently covered by our curriculum.
Call for Applications: Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship
The UBC Department of Philosophy (PHIL) invites applications from interested parties to be considered for the Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program. The procedure is as follows: applicant identifies and contacts a potential supervisor in the department, completes the application package in consultation with the supervisor, and submits the application package to the PHIL department (phil.gradprogram@ubc.ca). An […]