Congratulations to Dr. Annie Corbitt, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Uncovering the Relationship Between Poetry and Philosophy: An Analysis of Plato's Ion, Symposium, Phaedrus, and Republic Practical Guide to Know-How.”
August 7, 2025
2025
August
July
Congratulations to Dr. Beth Barker, who successfully defended her dissertation, “A Practical Guide to Know-How.”
July 9, 2025
June
Congratulations to senior philosophy major Clary Doyle for giving the undergraduate Commencement speech for Northwestern's Class of 2025!
June 16, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Eskil Elling, who successfully defended his dissertation, “Hegel on Aesthetic Freedom.”
June 11, 2025
Congratulations to Isaac Shur and Maddy Roffey as co-recipients of the Thomas A. McCarthy Award for their excellence in teaching!
June 4, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Spencer Nabors, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Embodied Interpellation.”
June 2, 2025
April
Faculty member Claire Kirwin is a 2025-26 Kaplan Faculty Fellow
April 30, 2025
Philosophy professor Claire Kirwin joins the 2025-2026 cohort of the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities Faculty Fellows! Read about Claire's and the other fellows' research projects HERE on the Kaplan Institute website.
Ethics Bowl Team Visits University of Chicago
April 26, 2025
The undergraduate Philosophy Ethics Bowl team competed in the 2025 Ethics Bowl Invitational at UChicago on April 26, 2025. They won one round and tied one round against the UChicago team. Go 'Cats! Congratulations team!
Pictured below, from left to right, Ethics Bowl team 2025: Sol Rivera (2028), Siying Li (2028), Kylie Hu (2027), and Naomi Ko (2028).
Jennifer Lackey elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 23, 2025
Congratulations to Philosophy faculty member, Jennifer Lackey, who has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2025. Read the full story here.
March
Congratulations to Dr. Hao Liang, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Limits of Individual Autonomy – A Social Version of Ethical Constitutivism.”
March 6, 2025
January
Congratulations to Dr. Kasey Hettig-Rolfe, who successfully defended his dissertation, “The Transcendental Deduction: A Methodological Reading.”
January 21, 2025