DEPARTMENT OF
Philosophy
PhD Candidate Jacqueline Kumar presented her paper on Empathy and Yoga at the Minnesota Philosophical Society Conference in Cambridge. MN on October 26, 2019.
Please email Jacqueline for more information on her work.
PhD Candidate Brennen Harwood presented his paper "Sentimentalism and Moral Education: Rorty, Baldwin, and the Novel of Moral Protest" at the Western Canadian Philosophical Association conference held in Lethridge, Alberta from October 25-7, 2019.
For more information, please see Brennen's graduate student bio.
In the past few years, the Department of Philosophy has added a number of permanent faculty. We're introducing them one by one through short interviews. Today we introduce Lisa Guenther.
MA Student Alisha Sharma presented their paper "Love in and as War" at the Depaul University graduate conference on "Necropolitics and Violence" held in Chicago from Sep 27-8, 2019.
For more information, please see Alisha's graduate student bio.
PhD Candidate Kathryn Lawson's essay “The Ethical Imperative of Reincarnation in the Timaeus and the Bhagavad Gita” was recently published in the University of Toronto's peer reviewed Symposia: The Journal of Religion 10 (2019): 9-19.
To access the article, please visit: https://symposia.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/symposia/article/view/29347
For more information, please see Kate's graduate student bio.
PhD Candidate Michael Tremblay's essay “Digestion and Moral Progress in Epictetus” was recently published in the peer reviewed Journal of Ancient Philosophy 13(1), 100-119.
To access the article, please visit: http://www.revistas.usp.br/filosofiaantiga/article/view/160905/155046
For more information on Michael's work, see: https://www.tremblaymichael.com/
Will Kymlicka awarded SSHRC's 2019 Gold Medal
The Royal Society of Canada has made two new appointments of Philosophy Department members.
Will Kymlicka is co-directing a new CIFAR program on "Boundaries, Membership & Belonging"
