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Monday, July 11, 2022

Associate Professor Gabriele Contessa Awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant

Associate Professor Gabriele Contessa has been awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant to complete his book on public trust in science. Prof. Contessa's article, It Takes a Village to Trust Science: Towards a (Thoroughly) Social Approach to Public Trust in Science, sketches the general approach of the project.... More

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Registration and Advising 2022-23

On Friday, July 8th, registration for classes for the 2022-23 academic year will open on Carleton Central for returning students.  You can find information about the time-ticket schedule here: https://carleton.ca/registrar/registration/time-tickets/. You can find your own individual time-ticket in Step 1 of the Registration menu in Carleton... More

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Congratulations Philosophy Class of 2022 – Ian MacLean-Evans

On Friday, June 24th, Carleton will celebrate our Spring 2022 graduates! For the first time in two years, celebrations are taking place in person and our graduates will get the chance to walk across the stage to accept their diplomas. We would like to take the opportunity to celebrate all of our outstanding Philosophy... More

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Call for Abstracts – PIPR Conference 2022 (Ethics and Public Affairs)

The Ethics and Public Affairs (EPAF) program at Carleton University is pleased to announce its sixth annual multidisciplinary graduate conference. Graduate students are invited to submit abstracts for presentations. Read more... More

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Philosophy Students Win Senate Medals at June 2022 Convocation

The Department of Philosophy is proud to congratulate the following Philosophy students on their outstanding achievements: Ian MacLean-Evans (M.A. in Philosophy) for winning the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement at the Graduate Level; Scott Leslie (B.A. Honours in Law, and a Minor in Philosophy) for winning the Senate Medal for... More

Friday, May 6, 2022

Philosophy (Ethics) Instructor Position Available

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Thursday, May 5, 2022

Get to Know Your FASS Admin Staff!

Our admins Rima Sanaallah and Lauren Wells-McGregor were recently featured in an article celebrating the fantastic administrative staff in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Read the story here!     ... More

Sunday, May 1, 2022

Contract Instructor Opportunities, Fall/Winter 2022-23

Contract Instructor Opportunities Fall 2022/Winter 2023 Department of Philosophy, Carleton University Note:  The University may require that all or part of these courses be delivered remotely, including online. If public health restrictions allow, the planned mode of delivery for some of these courses will be in-person face-to-face lectures. The... More

Friday, April 29, 2022

FASS Kindness Campaign – Celebrating our Faculty, Students and Staff

Carleton University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences recently ran a "Kindness Campaign", wherein they invited members of the Carleton Arts and Social Sciences community to leave anonymous kind notes for people, thanking them for their work. Our department and its members were mentioned in a number of these notes! We are so pleased... More

Monday, April 25, 2022

Special Philosophy Courses Running This Summer

This Summer, two members of Carleton’s philosophy community will be running some very exciting special courses! Our lecturer Philippe Antoine-Hoyeck will be teaching a mini-enrichment course titled Science Fiction and Philosophy, where he will teach students from grades 8-11 about philosophy through the lens of different works of science... More

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Undergraduate Student Marina Nekrasova Selected as CUROP Summer Research Internship Recipient

Congratulations to Marina Nekrasova, second-year undergraduate student double majoring in Philosophy and Humanities, on being selected as the recipient of the CUROP Summer Research Internship for 2022!  Marina will be working on a research project under the supervision of Professor Andrew Brook and in consultation with Professor Josh Redstone,... More

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Taboo Trades: Decommodification As Exploitation with Vida Panitch (Podcast)

Professor Vida Panitch discusses (de)commodification, corruption, exploitation, and coercion on an episode of the 'Taboo Trades' podcast series. Listen to the episode here. Recommended Reading: 1. Panitch, Vida. Decommodification as Exploitation (draft) 2. Panitch, Vida. Liberalism, commodification, and justice, in Politics, Philosophy, and... More

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