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Recent Philosophy News
Jun 14, 2021
Congratulations to Philosophy Graduates of 2021!
Congratulations to all of this year's Philosophy graduates! We regret we could not gather to celebrate in person. Click to see a list of our 2021 graduates, and to watch a video message from the Department of Philosophy, congratulating you all for completing your degrees.
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Jun 07, 2021
PhD student Arjun Sawhney wins the 2020-21 Professor Frank Pearce Essay Prize
PhD student Arjun Sawhney has won the 2020-21 Professor Frank Pearce Essay Prize, awarded annually to a graduate student from Sociology, Political Studies, Geography, Philosophy or Cultural Studies with the best essay on the topic of radical critical theory and social justice.
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Jun 07, 2021
MA students Ben Dinsdale and Spencer Gravelle win the 2020-21 A.R.C. Duncan Award for Excellence in Teaching
MA students Ben Dinsdale and Spencer Gravelle have each won the 2020-21 A.R.C. Duncan Award for Excellence in Teaching, established in honour of a former head of the Department and one of the country’s most distinguished teachers of philosophy.
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Jun 05, 2021
Interdisciplinary project, “Toppling Monuments: Colonial Trauma, Justice, Heritage, and Restorative Healing”, led by Christine Sypnowich, awarded funding from the NFRF
The interdisciplinary project, “Toppling Monuments: Colonial Trauma, Justice, Heritage, and Restorative Healing”, led by philosopher Christine Sypnowich, was awarded funding from the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF)
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May 28, 2021
Udo Schüklenk on Canada’s COVID-19 Testing and Screening Expert Advisory Panel
Udo Schüklenk served on the federal government's COVID-19 Testing and Screening Expert Advisory Panel, whose latest report pertains to Canada's border restrictions and quarantine policies.
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Apr 07, 2021
2019-20 Graduate Publication Round-Up
In 2019-20, the Department’s graduate students published a number of essays in venues such as The Journal of Philosophy, The Journal of Political Philosophy, and Synthese. This article contains a list of these publications.
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Upcoming Philosophy Events
Jul
12
Monday
Political Philosophy Reading Group: Paula Casal (Pompeu Fabra)
Paper Title: "Duties to future generations of humans and all other living creatures"
Jul
26
Monday
Political Philosophy Reading Group: Joseph Heath (Toronto)
Paper Title: "When does Critical Theory become conspiracy theory?"
Aug
09
Monday
Political Philosophy Reading Group: Mara Marin (Victoria)
Paper Title: "What does it mean for action to be structural?"
Recent Queen's News
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Jun 22, 2021
Exploring the impacts of COVID-19 on newcomers to Canada
Queen’s researcher helps conduct study to determine how the novel coronavirus has affected newcomers’ food security, employment opportunities, and general health.
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Jun 18, 2021
Pride and prejudice: With only nine LGBTQ criminal record expungements, what's to celebrate?
The Conversation: The government needs to expand the Expungement Act to move toward a more meaningful response to historical and ongoing policing of queer people in Canada.