Eric Martin to move to Baylor University
Eric Martin, who is a postdoc at CPNSS and teaches in the Department, has accepted an Assistant Professor position at Baylor University, Texas.
Amandine Catala to move to University of Quebec at Montreal
Amandine Catala, who was an LSE fellow in the department in 2011-2012, has accepted a tenure-track position at the University of Quebec at Montreal.
Wolfgang Spohn to deliver Lakatos Award Lecture
The winner of this year’s Lakatos Award, Wolfgang Spohn, will give his award lecture, titled ‘Truth and Rationality’, on Thursday 9th May, from 6pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, to be followed by a reception in the Shaw Library.
For more information, see here.
The Department welcomes Bryan Roberts
Bryan Roberts will be starting as Lecturer in October 2013. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh (2012) and is currently on a postdoc in the University of Southern California. His AOS is History and Philosophy of Physics. His AOC is Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mathematics, Logic, Metaphysics and Bioethics.
A. John Simmons to deliver Comte Lectures
The 2013 Comte Lectures will be delivered by Professor A. John Simmons. Professor Simmons will deliver the lecture ‘States and their Territories: Boundaries of Authority‘ on 11 March 2013 and the lecture ‘States and their Territories: To the Center of the Earth’ on 12 March 2013.
LSE Open Day
The LSE Open Day offers you the chance to hear subject talks from our academic staff, meet current students, visit some of our student accommodation, and pose your questions directly to staff from a range of departments, including Financial Support, Undergraduate Admissions, and the Students’ Union. For more information and to book, see here.
Christian List awarded Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship
Christian List, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy in the Departments of Government and Philosophy at the LSE, has been awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship, from October 2013 to September 2016. The Leverhulme Trust makes these awards to “enable well-established and distinguished researchers in the disciplines of the Humanities and Social Sciences to devote themselves to a […]
Winner of Society for Applied Philosophy’s Annual Conference Postgraduate Essay Prize: Susanne Burri
Congratulations to our PhD student Susanne Burri, who has won the Society for Applied Philosophy’s Annual Conference Postgraduate Essay Prize 2013 for her paper ‘Personal Sovereignty and Our Moral Rights to Non-Interference’.
Winner of Watkins Prize: Seamus Bradley
Congratulations to Seamus Bradley for winning this year’s Watkins Prize! The Watkins Prize is given to an outstanding student working in an area related to the research interests of Professor John Watkins: philosophy of science, political philosophy, decision theory and philosophy of biology.
Emily McTernan to move to UCL
Emily McTernan, who is currently an LSE Fellow in the department, has accepted a Lecturer position in the UCL Department of Political Science starting on September 2013. Congratulations!
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