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Bryan Magee - Man of Ideas

As BBC Radio 4's In Our Time prepares to air its 1000th episode, Professor Angie Hobbs shares her experiences of appearing on the programme a record 25 times.

BBC Radio 4
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Philosophy Staff Nominated for VC's Education Award

Two staff from our department have been nominated for the "Teaching Practice" category in the VC's Education Awards this year.
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Maidstone Prison Philosophy Project Reflection, 26th June 12-3:30pm

Dr Jim Chamberlain will be holding an informal session to reflect on the 10-week philosophy course he has recently finished delivering.
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Ryan Doran wins American Society for Aesthetics Prize

Congratulations to former PhD student Ryan Doran, who has recently won the 2024 Arthur Danto/American Society for Aesthetics Prize for his article "Ugliness Is in the Gut of the Beholder"!

American Society for Aesthetics
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Interdisciplinary research project accepted for the World Congress on Undergraduate Research

Aimilia Kakampoura, a BEng Bioengineering student, worked with Dr Jim Chamberlain, Teaching Associate in the Department of Philosophy, for her SURE project “The effect of distance on operators of remote surgical robots' moral judgement.”
Chris Hookway Festschrift Launch

Launch event for "Pragmatic Reason: Christopher Hookway and the American Philosophical Tradition"

"Pragmatic Reason: Christopher Hookway and the American Philosophical Tradition" is a collection of work published in honour of Emeritus Professor Chris Hookway.
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What Good Is Philosophy? – A Benefit Conference for Ukraine

‘What Good Is Philosophy? – A Benefit Conference for Ukraine’ will be taking place between 17-19 March 2023. Professor Angie Hobbs will be speaking at the event, as well as working to promote the event and find media and academic partners.

| Centre for Engaged Philosophy, University of Sheffield
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Shaun Nichols: ​Leverhulme Visiting Professor 2023

Shaun Nichols, world-leading expert in the fields of experimental philosophy, moral psychology, and the philosophy of cognitive science, has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Visiting Professorship to spend the spring semester at Sheffield.

| Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies
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An Autumn spent at Yale University

Bob Stern has spent the autumn semester as a Visiting Professor in the Philosophy Department at Yale University.