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Meet our graduate students!

November 6, 2024
Achievements, Announcements, Faculty

Professor Alison Wylie Receives Honorary Doctorate from Erasmus University Rotterdam

November 4, 2024
Colloquium Talk

Philosophy Colloquium – Dr. Jennifer Wang: ‘A Social Constructionist Account of Rén (仁) in the Analects.’

October 4, 2024
Mothersill Lecture

Mothersill Lecture - Prof. James Shelley: 'What is aesthetic value?'

September 17, 2024
Colloquium Talk

Philosophy Colloquium – Dr. Elanor Taylor: ‘Explanatory Substantivity’

September 17, 2024
Achievements, Announcements, Faculty

Dr. Fatema Amijee and Dr. Edward Slingerland receive SSHRC’s 2024 Insight Grants

September 16, 2024
Achievements, Announcements, Faculty

Dr. Edward Slingerland elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Canada

September 4, 2024
Workshop

Idealism, Rationalism and Explanation

August 27, 2024
Announcements, Faculty

John Woods (1937-2024)

August 19, 2024
Achievements, Students

2023/2024 Brian Laetz Graduate Essay Prize

June 19, 2024
Achievements, Students

2023/24 Don Brown Graduate Student Teaching Award

June 19, 2024
Achievements, Students

Adam Morton Prize 2023W

May 22, 2024
Achievements, Students

John Woods Prize 2023W

May 22, 2024
Announcements, Students

Congratulations to the UBC Philosophy Class of 2024!

May 13, 2024

2024 LCH Conference and Graduate Workshop

May 1, 2024
Achievements, Announcements, Students

David Ricardo Essay Prize 2023W

April 29, 2024
Achievements, Faculty, Research

Dr. Jonathan Ichikawa Receives SSHRC Grant as Co-Applicant in 2023

April 10, 2024

2024-25 Philosophy course offerings list is available

March 28, 2024
Achievements, Faculty, Research

Dr. Evan Thompson and Dr. Fatema Amijee receive 2023/24 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award

March 14, 2024
Achievements, Students

2023W Paul Tang Memorial Graduate Scholarships - Noah Macdonald and Desmond Wood-Anderson

January 12, 2024
Announcements, Faculty, Students

2023/2024 Department of Philosophy Colloquia Speakers List

December 8, 2023
Students

UBC Philosophy: 2023W Student-Directed Seminars

October 24, 2023
Information Session

2023-2024 of the ISI Fund is open for applications

October 3, 2023
Achievements, Announcements, Faculty

Dr. Alison Wylie as Co-Director in the CBIKS project

September 20, 2023
Alumni, Announcements, Research, Students

Call for Applications: Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship

September 12, 2023
Achievements, Faculty, Research

Kimberley Brownlee and Jonathan Ichikawa awarded SSHRC Insight grants

September 1, 2023
Achievements, Students

2023 Brian Laetz Graduate Essay Prize – Steven Diggin

July 7, 2023
Achievements, Students

2023 Don Brown Graduate Student Teaching Award – Alex Bryant

July 7, 2023
Announcements

UBC Philosophy Statement on Waterloo Attack

June 30, 2023
Achievements, Announcements

Dr. Celia Edell receives 2023 Public Engagement Award

June 23, 2023
Achievements, Students

John Woods Prize 2022W

June 9, 2023
Achievements, Students

Adam Morton Prize 2022W

June 9, 2023
Achievements, Announcements, Students

David Ricardo Essay Prize 2022W

May 1, 2023

2023-24 Philosophy course offerings list is available

April 12, 2023
Students

UBC Philosophy: 2022W Student-Directed Seminar

March 20, 2023
Faculty

Dominic Lopes Among Philosophers Contributing Lectures to Benefit Conference for Ukraine

March 13, 2023
Announcements, Students

Applying for Undergraduate Academic Assistant (UAA) Position

February 16, 2023
Achievements, Announcements, Faculty, Spotlight

Congratulations to University Killam Professor Dominic Lopes

January 19, 2023
Achievements, Faculty

Victoria Sees It by Carrie Jenkins selected as finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize

October 13, 2022
Achievements, Announcements, Faculty, Spotlight

Dr. Kimberley Brownlee receives Royal Society of Canada Award

September 15, 2022
Achievements, Announcements, Faculty, Spotlight

Two Philosophy faculty members elected to the Royal Society of Canada

September 8, 2022
Achievements, Announcements

2022 Brian Laetz Graduate Essay Prize – Emily Tilton

July 12, 2022
Achievements, Announcements, Students

2022 Don Brown Graduate Student Teaching Award – Katherine Cheng

July 12, 2022
Announcements

Margaret Schabas awarded the 2022 Dean of Arts Award

June 27, 2022
Alumni, Students

Career Nights - Sharing nice memories

April 13, 2022
Achievements

Dr. David S. Robinson's appointment

April 11, 2022
Students

Career Nights - April 4th, 2022 - Registration on site!

April 4, 2022
Alumni, Students

Career Nights - Deadline for RSVP extended to March 31st

March 4, 2022
Announcements, Students

Telling the story of your Arts Degree - Deadline Extended for RSVP to March 8th!

March 1, 2022
Achievements, Announcements, Faculty

APA's 2021 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest

February 17, 2022
Announcements, Faculty

UBC Philosophy Welcomes Dominic Alford-Duguid

February 15, 2022
Achievements, Alumni

Andrew Light Award for Public Philosophy 2021

January 27, 2022
Students

Career Programming

January 24, 2022
Students

McMath – UBC Philosophy Student Project

January 24, 2022

Cohort Series 2022W Program - Application Process Now Closed

January 5, 2022
Students

Canvas page launch

December 7, 2021
Students

Cohort Series 2022W

December 1, 2021
International Opportunities

Go Global Seminars Opportunity!

November 8, 2021
Achievements, Alumni, Announcements, Spotlight, Students

Interview with Dr. Madeleine Ransom: UBC Philosophy Alumna and Recipient of the Governor General's Gold Medal

May 18, 2021
Achievements, Students

David Ricardo Essay Prize 2020W

April 30, 2021
Announcements, Faculty

UBC Philosophy Welcomes Alisabeth Ayars

March 16, 2021
Achievements, Students

Adam Smith Prize 2020W

December 21, 2020
Students

UBC Philosophy: 2020W Student-Directed Seminars

December 7, 2020
Announcements, Faculty

UBC Philosophy Welcomes Edward Slingerland

November 26, 2020
Announcements, Students

Featured Courses: 2020W2

November 18, 2020
Announcements, Faculty

Gary A. Wedeking (1941 - 2020)

November 13, 2020
Announcements, Faculty

Adam Morton (April 22, 1945 - October 22, 2020)

October 29, 2020
Announcements

Meet Our New Lecturer in Continental and Social Philosophy: Dr. Willow Verkerk

October 27, 2020
Faculty, Video

First Week Video Series

September 8, 2020

New website honoring Indigenous activist/philosopher Bruce Ferguson

June 23, 2020
Announcements

Statement of Support Against Racism

June 5, 2020
Achievements, Spotlight, Students

David Ricardo Essay Prize 2020

May 1, 2020
Faculty, Spotlight

We are excited to announce that Fatema Amijee will be joining the department starting July 2020

April 15, 2020
Faculty, Spotlight

We are excited to announce that Kimberley Brownlee will be joining the department starting July 2020

February 14, 2020
Achievements, Announcements, Faculty

Margaret Schabas Appointed Senior Advisor to the Provost on Academic Freedom

December 17, 2019
Achievements, Announcements, Students

Adam Smith Essay Prize 2019

December 11, 2019
Achievements, Announcements, Faculty

Dominic McIver Lopes Elected New APA Board Chair

December 11, 2019
Achievements, Announcements, Publications, Students

PhD Student Jordan Wadden Publishes New Chapter

December 11, 2019
Achievements, Faculty, Spotlight

UBC Philosophy Professors Named OER Champions

November 26, 2019
Achievements, Faculty, Spotlight

Dr. Carrie Jenkins Named a Peter Wall Institute Scholar

November 13, 2019
Announcements, Faculty

2019 Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

August 21, 2019
Achievements, Students

2019 Don Brown Graduate Student Teaching Award - Phyllis Pearson

August 20, 2019
Achievements, Students

2019 Brian Laetz Graduate Essay Prize - Graham Moore

August 20, 2019
Students

Rebecca Livernois Successfully Defended Her Doctoral Thesis

August 19, 2019
Announcements

The Winner of the David Ricardo Essay Prize 2018W Session

April 18, 2019
Announcements

Sina Fazelpour offered SSHRC Postdoc

March 14, 2019
Announcements

Rebecca Livernois has been offered a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy at Western University

February 5, 2019
Announcements

Carrie Jenkins has won the New Philosopher Writers' Award.

February 4, 2019
Announcements

Alex McLean Wins 2018 Adam Smith Prize

December 18, 2018
Announcements

The Winner of the David Ricardo Essay Prize

April 19, 2018
Announcements

Jeff Pelletier along with Allen Hazen has won the inaugural competition for the Schotch-Jennings Logic Prize

March 5, 2018
Announcements

Workshop on Moral and Pragmatic Encroachment - January 20-21

January 8, 2018
Announcements

Joseph Conrad Wins 2017 Adam Smith Prize

December 22, 2017
Announcements

The Metaphysics of Love Workshop 2. December 4th, 2017

November 21, 2017
Announcements

UBC Department of Philosophy Colloquium - Kelin Emmett

October 19, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Lori

October 6, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Reiko

October 6, 2017
Announcements

Go Global with UBC philosophy and sociology in Guatemala.

October 5, 2017
Announcements

Congratulations to our recent MA and PhD Graduates

September 22, 2017
Announcements

Congratulations to Dominic Mclver Lopes, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

September 7, 2017
Announcements

Welcome Back, Returning Philosophy Undergraduates - Reception/Panels on Imagine UBC Day

August 30, 2017
Announcements

Philosophy Essay Clinic

August 28, 2017
Announcements

Congratulations to Irwin Chan, winner of the 2016/17 Brian Laetz Essay Prize

August 4, 2017
Announcements

Congrats to UBC PhD Jerry Viera, who will be taking up a postdoc at the University of Antwerp with Bence Nanay!

June 15, 2017
Announcements

Announcement of Deputy Academic Director | UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology

May 31, 2017
Announcements

Congratulations to UBC PhD Oisin Deery for his appointment as Lecturer at Monash University!

May 26, 2017
Announcements

Alison Wylie is joining UBC Philosophy as of July 1

May 23, 2017
Announcements

Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable 2017

May 15, 2017
Announcements

The Winner of a Canada Council Killam Research Prize

May 2, 2017
Announcements

Public Lecture: How Propaganda Works

April 27, 2017
Announcements

Philosophy Lecture: Hustle: Hidden Agendas in Language

April 27, 2017
Announcements

PhD Graduate Stefan Lukits Awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship

April 26, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Amer

April 19, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Patrick

April 19, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Vida

April 19, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Ted

April 19, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Miriam

April 18, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Nilofar

April 18, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Jon

April 18, 2017
Announcements

The Winner of the David Ricardo Essay Prize

April 18, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Marijke

April 17, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Rebecca

April 17, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Aaron

April 17, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Paul

April 17, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Pamela

April 17, 2017
Alumni, Spotlight

Michael

April 17, 2017
Announcements

How Propaganda Works: Public Lecture by Jason Stanley

April 6, 2017
Announcements

Donald G. Brown Event - Feb 17th

February 10, 2017
Announcements

The Winner of the APA's Jean Hampton Prize

November 23, 2016
Announcements

Obituary of Donald G. Brown

August 19, 2016
Announcements

PhD graduate Oisin Deery awarded a postdoctoral fellowship

June 14, 2016
Announcements

Hiring: Sessional Lectureships for Winter 2016

June 13, 2016
Announcements

Hume's Irreligious Core: An Interview with Professor Paul Russell

June 1, 2016
Announcements

(Closed) Job Opening: Ethics and Applied Ethics 12 Month Lecturer

April 15, 2016
Announcements

PHD graduate Andrew Inkpen awarded two year postdoctoral fellowship

April 15, 2016
Announcements

Podcast with UBC Philosophy Graduate Students

February 9, 2016
Announcements

Professor Carrie Jenkins wins UBC Killam Research Fellowship

February 1, 2016
Announcements

Holiday Closure

December 10, 2015
Announcements

Chris French--Final Doctoral Oral Exam

September 24, 2015
Announcements

UBC to host 17th International Conference for Philosophical Inquiry with Children

May 5, 2015
Announcements

Marc Hewitt and Shereen Kotb win 2015 Ricardo Essay Prize

April 29, 2015
Announcements

Dominic Lopes awarded 2015 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

April 10, 2015
Announcements

Thought, journal co-edited by UBC Philosophy Professor Carrie Jenkins, wins PROSE Award

March 4, 2015
Announcements

Christopher Mole receives 2015/16 APA Fellowship at University of Edinburgh

March 4, 2015
Announcements

Margaret Schabas awarded a 2014/15 UBC Killam Research Prize

March 4, 2015
Announcements

Congratulations to UBC PhD Tian Jie

August 23, 2014
Announcements

Paul Russell Awarded Swedish Research Council Grant

July 18, 2014
Announcements

Tyler DesRoches & Joseph Frigault Win Brian Laetz Graduate Essay Prize

June 6, 2014
Announcements

Sessional Lectureships for 2014 Winter

June 5, 2014
Announcements

Johnna Fisher, 1964-2014

June 2, 2014
Announcements

Khiran O'Neill Wins David Ricardo Essay Prize

May 5, 2014
Announcements

Jean Harvey, 1947-2014

April 25, 2014
Announcements

Department of Philosophy Main Office Closed April 18-21

April 17, 2014
Announcements

Roger Stanev Awarded Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

April 3, 2014
Announcements

Faculty Job Posting: Assistant Professor (limited-term)

March 25, 2014
Announcements

Oisin Deery Awarded SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship

March 20, 2014
Announcements

Taylor Davis Accepts Assistant Professorship at Purdue University

March 11, 2014
Announcements

Andrew Inkpen Awarded SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship

March 11, 2014
Announcements

New Honours Program Application Deadline

February 27, 2014
Announcements

Dom Lopes Publishes Beyond Art

February 14, 2014
Announcements

Stewart Butterfield Featured in Huffington Post Article

January 31, 2014
Announcements

Enter the Philosophy Department Art Contest!

January 7, 2014
Announcements

UBC PhD Dustin Stokes Wins Essay Prize

January 1, 2014
Announcements

PSA Publishes First Issue of hemlock.

December 10, 2013
Announcements

Philosophy Department Main Office Closed December 19 - January 6

December 2, 2013
Announcements

Michael Griffin Quoted in Globe and Mail Article

November 27, 2013
Announcements

Frank Hong Awarded James Ruggles Macdonell Memorial Scholarship

October 24, 2013
Announcements

Evan Thompson Elected Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada

September 12, 2013
Announcements

John Woods Publishes Errors of Reasoning

August 21, 2013
Announcements

Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa Publishes The Rules of Thought

July 18, 2013
Announcements

UBC Philosophy at the Canadian Philosophical Association June 2-5, 2013

May 22, 2013
Announcements

UBC Philosophy at the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science Congress

May 22, 2013
Announcements

Devin Eeg Wins David Ricardo Essay Prize

May 7, 2013
Announcements

Roberta Ballarin and Matt Bedke Granted Tenure

April 30, 2013
Announcements

Christopher Stephens Wins Killam Teaching Prize

April 29, 2013
Announcements

Photography Notice

January 30, 2013