Sean Kelly Named Dean of Arts & Humanities

April 17, 2024

Professor Sean D. Kelly has been appointed dean of Arts and Humanities by Hopi Hoekstra, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He will begin his new role July 1. Please read more about Professor Kelly's many accomplishments and his new role in the the Harvard Gazette.

PhD Candidate Becca Rothfeld Publishes Essay Collection "All Things Are Too Small"

March 27, 2024

Becca Rothfeld, a PhD candidate in Philosophy (currently on hiatus), recently published "All Things Are Too Small" an essay collection "in praise of excess". Becca Rothfeld is the non-fiction book critic of the Washington Post and the winner of the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award for Excellence in Reviewing. Read more... Read more about PhD Candidate Becca Rothfeld Publishes Essay Collection "All Things Are Too Small"

Samantha Matherne co-publishes "The Geography of Taste"

February 26, 2024

Samantha Matherne, the Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of Humanities, along with Dominic McIver Lopes, Mohan Matthen, and Bence Nanay, co-publish The Geography of Taste with Oxford University Press. This title will be available open access. Read more about Samantha Matherne co-publishes "The Geography of Taste"

Eric Beerbohm Named Senior Advisor for Civil Discourse

January 16, 2024

Eric Beerbohm, professor of government and an affiliate in the Department of Philosophy, has been named senior adviser for civil discourse. In this new role, Beerbohm is planning a series of initiatives designed to advance constructive discourse on campus. To learn more please see Professor Beerbohm's interview in the Harvard Gazette. Read more about Eric Beerbohm Named Senior Advisor for Civil Discourse

Undergraduate Xavier Morales Named a Rhodes Scholar

November 13, 2023

Xavier R. Morales studies applied mathematics and economics with a secondary concentration in philosophy. He serves as president of Voters Choose, an electoral reform organization on campus. At Oxford, Morales will pursue a degree in philosophy. To learn more about the other students named Rhodes Scholars click here. Read more about Undergraduate Xavier Morales Named a Rhodes Scholar

Just released: Edith Landmann-Kalischer: Essays on Art, Value, and Aesthetics, edited by Samantha Matherne

October 27, 2023

Samantha Matherne, Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of the Humanities, has edited the first English translation of the work of Edith Landmann-Kalischer, a largely unknown philosopher of early twentieth-century. Click here for more information. Read more about Just released: Edith Landmann-Kalischer: Essays on Art, Value, and Aesthetics, edited by Samantha Matherne

Professor Gina Schouten to Deliver the 2023 Mala & Solomon Kamm Lecture in Ethics

October 11, 2023

Professor Gina Schouten will deliver the 2023 Mala & Solomon Kamm Lecture in Ethics on the topic of “Culture and Injustice”. Professor Schouten’s lecture, scheduled for October 26th, will "advance a reorientation in liberal theorizing about justice, one that deflates longstanding and ongoing debates about the subject matter of justice by showing that liberal justice issues illuminating guidance with respect to culture even if it retains its focus on political institutions”. More information and registration (in-person and online) is available... Read more about Professor Gina Schouten to Deliver the 2023 Mala & Solomon Kamm Lecture in Ethics

Edward Hall Delivers Lecture "What is Free Speech? Some Philosophical Reflections"

October 2, 2023

Professor Edward Hall delivered a lecture "What is Free Speech? Some Philosophical Reflections" on September 20th at the Fong Auditorium. The lecture was presented by the Council on Academic Freedom, of which Professor Hall is co-president. Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor and an affliate of the philosophy department, delivered a response. View the full lecture here. Read more about Edward Hall Delivers Lecture "What is Free Speech? Some Philosophical Reflections"

Tommie Shelby Awarded Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship

August 9, 2023

Professor Shelby has been named a Walter Channing Cabot Fellow for the current academic year. The annual awards honor faculty members for their distinguished accomplishments in the fields of literature, history or art, and for their notable publications. Professor Shelby receives this prize fellowship in recognition of his outstanding contributions to his field, including the 2022 publication of The Idea of Prison Abolition...

Jeffrey McDonough awarded Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship

July 19, 2023

Professor McDonough has been named a Walter Channing Cabot Fellow for the academic year. These prize fellowships are given annually to a select few faculty colleagues in recognition of their achievements and scholarly eminence in the fields of “literature, history or art, as such terms may be liberally interpreted...”. The award reflects Professor McDonough’s outstanding contributions to his field, including the 2022 publication of A Miracle Creed: The Principle of Optimality in Leibniz’s Physics and Philosophy.

See a full list of the 2023 Walter Channing Cabot Fellows...

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