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The department is offering a new study abroad opportunity, PHIL 3390/5050: What is the Life Worth Living? Ancient Ethics in Athens, which goes to Greece for eight days in the summer semester (May 12-21, 2019). The bulk of the course takes place in Athens, with day trips to the mountains of Delphi and the Greek […]

Mariana Ortega, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Penn State, will give a talk on January 24 from 2:30-4:00pm at the UNC Charlotte Atkins Library (Halton Reading Room). In her talk—titled “Memento Vivere: Shadow Ground, Aesthetic Memory, and the Border”—she will discuss the production of spaces of mourning in connection to memory practices—not for the dead […]

Kathryn Sophia Belle, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Penn State, is giving a talk on November 26 from 1:00-2:15pm in the Philosophy seminar room (Cedar, 2nd floor). In her talk—titled “1949: Claudia Jones and Simone de Beauvoir 70 Years Later”—she will imagine a debate between Claudia Jones (“An End to the Neglect of the Problems […]

Graduate Recruitment of Underrepresented Philosophers (GROUP) is a one-day, expense-paid workshop to be held at UNC Charlotte on November 7, 2018 for up to ten promising prospective M.A. students in philosophy from traditionally underrepresented groups. GROUP is designed to increase the diversity of the academic pipeline in the discipline by recruiting a diverse group of […]

Dr. Robin James recently published “The Other Secret Twist: On the Political Philosophy of The Good Place” in the Los Angeles Review of Books. She argues that the NBC sitcom The Good Place, although it appears to stay at the level of Ethics 101, actually “shows us a fairly well-developed political philosophy . . . […]

Dr. Robin James recently published “Toned down for what? How ‘chill’ turned toxic” in the British newspaper The Guardian. James’s article discusses the “replacement of the bombastic songs of the 00’s” with what she calls “tame romanticism and lukewarm pop.” Although these musical styles may seem more subtle and approachable to the general public, they […]

Please join MAP to participate in our exciting Spring Film Series! These films will be shown Mondays at varying locations at 5:00 pm. Please contact Camilla for further information. We look forward to seeing everyone and partaking in some awesome discussion! Dr. Andrea Pitts is a professor of Philosophy, Latin American Studies, and Women’s and […]

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Lucas Carroll is a triple major in Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics (although he tells us that philosophy is clearly the best!). His philosophical interests lie in ontology, semiotics, and the philosophy of logic, with his three favorite philosophers being Aquinas, Heidegger, and Hegel. After graduating, he hopes to continue his academic studies through the […]