Eileen John and Felix Pinkert are convening an informal student and faculty reading group on Kwame Anthony Appiah's book/essay collection "In My Father's House - Africa in the Philosophy of Culture". Undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as members of staff are all welcome to join to discuss this book.

We plan to meet on Wednesdays 11:00-12:00, and the initial dates and chapters are the following:

May 4: Chapter 2: "Illusions of Race"

May 11: Chapter 5: "Ethnophilosophy and Its Critics"

May 18: Chapter 6: "Old Gods, New Worlds"

May 25: Chapter 7: "The Postcolonial and the Postmodern"

Please contact Felix Pinkert (F.Pinkert@warwick.ac.uk) if you want to attend and be added to the group's email list.

The Department of Philosophy is delighted to announce that Dr Alisa Mandrigin, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department has been awarded a British Academy Rising Star Engagement Research Award for 2016 (one of only 29 awards made from a high-calibre field of applications). This scheme provides funding of up to £15,000 to distinguished Early Career Researchers to assist their career development through organising interdisciplinary events for other Early Career Researchers and Alisa’s project will run from April 2016 to March 2017.

If you’re a first year undergraduate student who’s free this Thursday (5 November) from 12-1pm you're invited to sign up for a focus group.

At the focus group we’d like to hear your thoughts on the design and content of our new undergraduate student recruitment communications. This will include the prospectus and emails.

In return we’ll give you a free lunch and a £5 credit on your Eating at Warwick account!

To sign up, please click on the link: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/students/news/newsevents/recruitmentfocusgroups

Congratulations to Joe Cunningham who has been offered an IAS Early Career Fellowship Award at Warwick. Joe recently completed his thesis on 'Visual Perception as a Source of Epistemic Reasons'.

A unique opportunity to develop your skills, enhance your CV, share your love of philosophy at Warwick and earn some money!

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a small group of ambassadors to represent the department from those in their 2nd/3rd/4th year and on any of our degree programmes at the upcoming Open Day on the 24th October 2015 and at future events. The rate of pay will be £10 per hour (approx. 4 hours for the Open day on 24th, 12pm-4pm).

Our Student Ambassadors are an important part of our Open Days, helping prospective students get a sense of what it's like to study Philosophy at Warwick and what to expect if they choose to come here. As a student ambassador, you will be expected to talk with prospective students and their parents about the department and your experience of studying philosophy at Warwick, promoting our degree programmes and answering any questions they have to the best of your ability. You will also be asked on occasion to give a short 3-4 minute presentation on your experience of studying philosophy at Warwick. It is essential that our ambassadors project a positive image of the department and the University at all times.

In addition to the 24th October Open Day, we may call on our pool of ambassadors for future open days (including our Spring term post-offer open days) and for some of our widening participation events. If you are not available for the upcoming open day but would like to be considered for future events, you are welcome to still apply. No prior experience is necessary and full training will be provided.

Person Specification

Ideally, you will have the following skills/attributes:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Professional and approachable
• Evidence of working successfully with others
• Good knowledge of the department and the University
• Good presentation skills

How to apply

Please send a covering letter detailing your experience and why you think you are suited to this role along with an up-to-date CV before 6pm on Thursday 15th October 2015 to k.d.simecek@warwick.ac.uk.

*Please state clearly whether you are available on the 24th October for the next Open Day*

Student Careers and Skills have some useful information on putting together a CV: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/scs/applications/cv/

They also offer helpful advice on how to produce a good covering letter: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/scs/applications/coveringletter/