News & Events
APA Prize|Thomas Hofweber has won the APA prize for the best article written by a "younger scholar" in the past two years.|http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/opportunities/prizes/article.html|_self 
New Appointment|James Lesher will be joining the Department as an Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, in the Fall of 2007.|http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/deptwebsite/people/corefaculty/lesher_james.html|_self
Hiring|The Department is seeking to fill two new tenure track positions and two visiting positions.|http://philosophy.unc.edu/2006searches/index.html|_self 
Fiske Guide to Colleges|The 2007 edition of "The Fiske Guide to Colleges" has (again) identified Philosophy as one of the strongest programs at UNC.
Named Lectureship|The Department is pleased to announce a new lectureship established to honor Ms. Claire Miller, who served as the Department's Manager from 1963 to 2002 and continues to work, part time, in the Department.|http://college.unc.edu/features/October06articles/article.2006-10-12.1628557804|_self
Speaker Series|The speaker schedule for this year (2006-2007) includes talks by Tamar Schapiro, Hilary Putnam, Patricia Kitcher, Samuel Freeman, Daniel Dennett, Barry Loewer, Lynne Rudder Baker, Christopher Hitchcock, Laurie Paul, Jonathan Schaffer, Sally Haslanger, and Marga Reimer.|http://www.unc.edu/depts/phildept/Speakers06-07.htm|_self
New Faculty|Alan Nelson, who specializes in the history of modern philosophy, but works as well in the philosophy of economics, is joining our department this Fall.|http://philosophy.unc.edu/nelson.html|_self
Visiting Faculty|A number of people will be visiting professors this year: Marc Baer, Derek Boyd, Christopher Grau, Peter Hanks, Richard Kraut, Dean Pettit, Terry Price, and Peter Vanderschraaf.|http://philosophy.unc.edu/faculty.htm#VisitingFaculty|_self
Revamped Philosophy Major|The Department has redesigned its Major to increase its flexibility and to provide a framework within which students can develop a rigorous individual concentration.|http://philosophy.unc.edu/majors2005.htm|_self   
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics|In collaboration with the departments of Political Science and Economics, we have introduced a new interdisciplinary minor in PPE.|http://philosophy.unc.edu/ppe/ppe.html|_self