News & Events
The First Elizabeth Foreman Film Festival|On Friday October 24, from 3pm until midnight, three films, selected by Elizabeth Foreman (using her extraordinary taste) will be shown in Caldwell Hall, with an intermission for dinner. 
Cecil G. Sheps Visiting Scholar in Social Justice|Jeremy Waldron, the Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Law and Philosophy, Columbia University, will be visiting October 29-31.|http://www.unc.edu/depts/phildept/Waldron.html|_self
Coming to Terms with Life|As part of the Friday Center's Ideas To Go program, Susan Wolf will be giving an evening seminar on her current research.|http://fridaycenter.unc.edu/cni/ideas.htm#terms|_self
The Chapel Hill Philosophy Colloquium, October 10-12|The main speakers this year are Barbara Herman, Keith DeRose, George Bealer, Ted Cohen, and Michael Friedman|http://philosophy.unc.edu/CHPColloquium.htm|_self
The Philosophers Annual|Marc Lange's "Who's Afraid of Ceteris-Paribus Laws? Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Them," which appeared in Erkenntnis, has been selected by The Philosophers Annual as among the ten best articles to appear in print in 2002.
Scholars for Tomorrow Fellowships|Four of our Graduate Students have been awarded Scholars of Tomorrow Fellowships by the Graduate School. Ingra Schellenberg and Andrew Courtwright will be taking up the fellowships in Ethics, Health and Public Policy, while Jessica Bailey and Jason Bowers will have fellowships in Aesthetics in Society. 
James Rachels Fellowship in Philosophy|The Chapel Hill Philosophy Department is pleased to announce this new fellowship, which has been established to honor Professor James Rachels.|http://www.unc.edu/depts/phildept/rachels.htm|_self
E.M. Adams Fellowship in Philosophy|Ty Raterman has been awarded the E. Maynard Adams Fellowship in Philosophy for 2003-2004.
The Meaning of Life|There's a nice article on Professor Susan Wolf's work on the meaning of life in Endeavors Magazine.|http://research.unc.edu/endeavors/spr2003/wolf.html|_self
Stanton Prize|Jesse Prinz won the 2003 Stanton Prize for notable achievment in the cognitive sciences, awarded by the Society for Philosophy and Psychology.
Cranberry Lake Philosophy Retreat|Piers Norris Turner is organizing the first annual Chapel Hill Philosophy Retreat on Cranberry Lake in the Adirondacks this August.|http://www.geocities.com/piersturner/retreat.html|_self
Latane Fellowship|Nicoletta Orlandi was awarded a Julie Gatewood Latane Fellowship from the Latane Center for Human Science and Social Science Conferences, Inc.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences|Thomas Hill, Jr. has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.|http://www.amacad.org|_self
University Fellowships|Mathew Smith will be inducted into the University's Society of Fellows and has been awarded a Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship, Colleen Murphy has been awarded a University Dissertation Fellowship and Yaacov Ben-Shemesh has received an Off-Campus Dissertation Research Fellowship for the Fall.
Speaker Series|The speaker schedule for next year (2003-2004) includes talks by Susana Siegel, Samuel Scheffler, Keith DeRose, Barbara Herman, George Bealer, Ted Cohen, Michael Friedman, Jeremy Waldron, Richard Rorty, Hartry Field and Frederick Newhouser.|http://www.unc.edu/depts/phildept/CHPSpeakers.htm|_self
Pre-Law Program|In consultation with faculty from UNC's law school, the Department has introduced a pre-law concentration for undergraduates.|http://www.unc.edu/depts/phildept/Pre_law_Program.htm|_self
New Hires|We are pleased to announce that Thomas Hofweber, Marc Lange, and Ram Neta have each accepted offers to join our department next year.|http://www.unc.edu/depts/phildept/NewHires.html|_self
Visitors for 2003-2004|Jennifer Baker, Geoffrey Brennan, and Heather Gert will be visiting professors in our department next year.|http://www.unc.edu/depts/phildept/VisitingFaculty.html|_self
Tanner Teaching Awards|Bernard Boxill and Yaacov Ben-Shemesh have been selected as University Tanner Teaching Award winners in recognition of the excellence of their undergraduate teaching.|http://artsandsci.unc.edu/activities/activity.xml?id=2429|_self
Alumni Magazine Profile|There's a nice Faculty Profile of Professor Jan Boxill in the Carolina Alumni Review Magazine.|http://www.unc.edu/depts/phildept/BoxillProfile.htm|_self
Visitors for 2003-2004|Jennifer Baker, Geoffrey Brennan, and Heather Gert will be visiting professors in our department next year.|http://www.unc.edu/depts/phildept/VisitingFaculty.html|_selfIn Memoriam|Paul Ziff, William Rand Kenan Professor Emeritus, passed away on January 9, 2003.  He was 82 years old and died of natural causes.  Widely respected for his work in aesthetics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language, he was an accomplished painter whose work was exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum, the Peggy Guggenheim Gallery, and the Artist's Gallery in New York, and an avid tennis player.  
Mellon Award|Susan Wolf has been selected for a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Click here for the full story.|http://www.unc.edu/depts/phildept/Mellon.html|_self
 |Click here for a recent News & Observer article on Susan Wolf|http://newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/2052894p-1975979c.html|_self
 |And click here for still more on Susan Wolf|http://www.unc.edu/depts/phildept/wolf.html|_self
BB&T Gift|The BB&T Foundation has given a $1 million gift to the Department of Philosophy.|http://artsandsci.unc.edu/news/news.xml?id=3288|_self
Michael Polanyi Visitor|Professor Peter Galison will give give a public lecture, on "Einstein's Clocks," at the Hanes Art Center Auditorium on January 21 at 7 pm.|http://artsandsci.unc.edu/news/news.xml?id=3428|_self
Intrinsic Value Workshop|Co-Sponsored by the Robertson Scholars Program, this Spring workshop will explore the nature and grounds of intrinsic value. Participants will include Rae Langton, Stephen Darwall, Joel Kupperman and Sally Haslanger, along with undergraduate and graduate students from UNC and Duke.
Speaker Series|The speaker schedule for the Spring semester includes talks by Cian Dorr, Jessica Moss, James Pryor, Daniel Nolan, Robert Fogelin, Jay Wallace, and Thomas Pogge.|http://www.unc.edu/depts/phildept/speakers.htm|_self
Philosophy and Fundamental Values|Under the auspices of the Adventures in Ideas Program, Professors Thomas Hill, Douglas MacLean, David Reeve, and Susan Wolf are offering a weekend seminar (April 11-12) on philosophy and fundamental values.|http://www.unc.edu/depts/human/level_3/philosophy.html|_self