News in Philosophy and Bioethics at Monash
March - April 2009
Congratulations to two of our recent MA graduates
Congratulations to Emilio Mora and Robert Simpson, recent MA graduates of ours. Emilio has been awarded a scholarship to study a PhD at New York University, which he will start in September. Rob has been awarded a college-faculty scholarship from the University of Oxford and will commence the D.Phil. in October 2009. Rob will researching contemporary debates on free speech and liberalism. We wish them both all the very best for their studies.
November 2008
Academy News
Dirk Baltzly was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities in November 2008. Other Fellows in the School include John Bigelow, Lloyd Humberstone and Jack Smart. Congratulations Dirk.
October 2008
ARC Grant Success
The following members of the School have received Discovery Grants from the Australian Research Council for projects beginning in 2009. (There were a total of 15 successful grants in the area of Philosophy.)
- Karen Green: A History of Women’s Political Thought in Europe, 1700-1800
- Jakob Hohwy (and Tim Bayne): Conscious States in Conscious Creatures
- Jakob Hohwy (and Phil Gerrans): The Emotions in Normal Cognition and Affective Disorders
- Graham Oppy and Toby Handfield: Neglected Problems of Time
- Lloyd Humberstone: Rules in Logic
- Dirk Baltzly (with Harold Tarrant, et al): The Reinvention and Survival of the Platonist Schools, 360BC-565AD.
March 2008
Prize winner
At the Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference for 2008, Raphaël Fiorese has been awarded an honourable mention (or equal second prize) for his paper "Events, Functional Reduction, and the Supervenience Argument. Kim Not Near Enough". Congratulations Raphael!
MPPA 2008 Office Holders
Congratulations and best wishes to the recently-appointed office holders for the Monash Philosophy Postgraduate Association:
- Shannon Weekes - President (email Shannon.Weekes@arts.monash.edu.au )
- Josh Luczak - Affiliations Officer (email Joshua.Luczak@sci.monash.edu.au)
- Robert Simpson - Secretary (email Robert.Simpson@arts.monash.edu.au).
February 2008
Visiting Lecturer
On Monday 25th February '08, Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Professor Agnes Heller, began a one-month residency in the Arts Faculty. For details of Agnes' itinerary please go to: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ecps/distinguished-visitors/agnes-heller.php
During her stay Agnes:
- presented a series of Lectures on Comedy,
- presented a Public Lecture,
- ran a PhD Masterclass and presented a keynote address at the Music, Culture and Society Conference. For more information please see http://arts.monash.edu.au/ecps/communications/news-and-events/2008/music-culture-society.php
January 2008
Editorship
Dr Russell Blackford has been appointed as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Evolution and Technology, an on-line refereed journal published by the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (based in the US). JET is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to issues relating to the future of humanity, and particularly the prospect of a new kind of evolution in which technology is used to alter human bodies and capacities. That idea bears development, scrutiny, and indeed criticism, from all disciplinary angles - philosophical, scientific, literary, political, theological, you name it. Congratulations to Russell.
November 2007
Appointments
Hearty congratulations to Dr Fiona Leigh (PhD. Monash, 2007) and to Jill Craigie on their recent appointment to positions at King’s College London. Congratulations also to Angela Ballantyne (PhD. Monash, 2006) on her recent appointment to Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics.
Surveys
"I think, therefore I earn". From The Guardian, November 20, 2007: "Philosophy graduates are suddenly all the rage with employers. What can they possibly have to offer?" Clearly, lots.