Colloquia, Fall 2016

Friday, October 7, 3:30pm
Dan Jacobson, University of Michigan

Friday, October 28, 3:30pm
Lisa Downing, Ohio State University

Friday, November 11, 3:30pm
Simon Blackburn, UNC, Chapel Hill

Friday, December 2, 3:30pm
Michael Williams, Johns Hopkins University

New Undergraduate Certificate

The Certificate in Ethics, Values, and Society (CEVS) is an academic program for undergraduates to explore questions about ethics, politics, and social justice across topics and subject areas.

Neufeld Awarded Research Fellowship

Blain Neufeld has been awarded a Global Studies Research Fellowship from the Center for International Education for 2016-2017! He plans to write a number of papers on the topic of ‘free and equal citizenship in diverse societies.’

Colloquia, Spring 2016

Friday, February 26th, 3:30pm
James Messina, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Friday, March 25th, 3:30pm
Lori Watson, University of San Diego

Friday, April 8th, 3:30pm
Dan Korman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Friday, April 29th, 3:30pm
Dale Dorsey, University of Kansas

Ferrero interviewed on UWM Today about the Immortality Project

Associate Professor of Philosophy, Luca Ferrero is one of a group of philosophers who comprises the “Immortality Project.” The Project involves asking questions about the life we live, and pondering the concept of living forever… and whether we would even want to.

Luca Ferrero featured in L&S InFocus

In the L&S InFocus article (September 2015) “Philosophy professor asks: Is living forever worth it?,” Ferrero talks about his research with the Templeton Foundation’s Immortality Project at the University of California-Riverside. The project is an endeavor which asks philosophers to …

Congratulations to Miren Boehm

Miren Boehm has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure starting in the 2015-2016 academic year.

Midwest Annual Workshop in Metaphysics

October 2-3, 2015 You are invited to attend the Midwest Annual Workshop in Metaphysics to be held in Curtin Hall 175, 3243 N. Downer Ave. at the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin. See the two-day Workshop Program below. Workshop organized by Joshua …

Colloquia Fall 2015

Join us for the Philosophy Spring Colloquia! September 11, October 23, November 13, November 20, and December 11. The location for each session is Curtin Hall 175. Start time: 3:30pm. Friday, September 11, 3:30pm Monika Betzler, University of Berne “Evaluative …

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