Bulletin Board

Spring 2025 Registration begins (Monday, October 28 -Monday, November 4)

Feel free to email contact Professor Joe Cruz, Chair: [email protected] if you have questions.

Philosophy Fall Colloquium

  • Tuesday, October 8 at 4:15 p.m., Griffin 7.

Bryan W. Van Norden “Learning from Chinese Philosophy”

Professor Van Norden, Monroe Taylor Chair of Philosophy at Vassar College, is the author of ten books on Chinese and comparative philosophy, including “Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto”. Sponsored by the Departments of Philosophy and Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.

  • Thursday, October 24 at 4:30 p.m., Griffin 3.

Susan Neiman “Left is Not Woke?”

Professor Neiman, Director of the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, is the author of nine books, including “Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grownup Idealists” and “Left Is Not Woke”.  Sponsored by the Departments of Philosophy, Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa, the W. Ford Schumann ’50 Democratic Studies Program, and Lecture Committee.

  • Tuesday, November 19 at 4:15 p.m. Griffin 3.

Will Dudley ’89, “What Is ‘Higher Education’?”

Professor Dudley, a 1989 Philosophy and Mathematics major at Williams College, is currently president of Washington and Lee University.  Dudley was professor of Philosophy at Williams from 1998 to 2016, and Provost at Williams from 2011 to 2016.  He is the author of Hegel, Nietzsche and Philosophy:  Thinking Freedom and Understanding German Idealism. Sponsored by the Philosophy Department.

Call for Papers:

Philosopher’s Compass, an ISSN-registered peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing academic philosophy articles and promoting interdisciplinary research between philosophy and other fields of inquiry. We are established as a branch of the World Eco-Design Organization (WEDO), an UN Consultative Status NGO.

We have a diverse editorial board consisting of undergraduate, graduate students and professors, and we all have a deep passion for philosophy!  We work with a diverse group of authors in many philosophical traditions. Our aim is to bring academic philosophy to a broader audience while maintaining rigor and originality. We would appreciate it if you can help us promote our journal to your students or your university! We are also trying to find more Editors for our journal!

Our website:

https://www.philcompass.com/

Dear Philosophy Educators,

We, the editors of Dianoia, the undergraduate philosophy journal of Boston College, are pleased to announce the coming of our twelfth issue in Spring 2025.

We are committed to advancing undergraduate interest in and engagement with philosophical topics and ideas. Please help us promote the philosophical discipline and the study of the liberal arts by disseminating this call for papers to your philosophy students and encouraging them to refine and submit their class papers, honors theses, and independent works to be shared with the broader philosophical community.

You will find attached this year’s official call for submissions. As it says, we are interested in publishing thoughtful, original, and creative papers on any philosophically relevant idea or topic. We will remain open for submissions until January 16, 2025.

For more information about the journal or to access past issues, please visit us at dianoiabc.org or email us at [email protected].

Additionally, if you would like to request printed copies of Issue XI (featuring an interview with Prof. Jean-Luc Marion), please complete this form.