Lydia Goehr will be a Visiting Fellow in the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Warwick from 18 January 2010 to 29 January 2010.

Lydia is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. She works on the Philosophy of Music, Aesthetics, Critical Theory, Philosophy of History, and European Philosophy, and is internationally renowned for her innovative, cross-disciplinary work on the relationship between music, politics, history, and philosophy.

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that Dr Angie Hobbs has just become the first ever 'Senior Fellow in the Public Understanding of Philosophy' in the UK.

This role will involve Dr Hobbs being tasked with bringing Philosophy to as wide an audience as possible both domestically and internationally.  She will be building upon her work with traditional print and broadcast media as well as newer social media.

More detailed information can be accessed at the Communication Office's webpages at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/uk146s_first_ever

Also do visit Angie's staff pages

The influential Leiter report lists Warwick Philosophy in the top groupings in six areas: epistemology; philosophy of art; philosophy of mind; political philosophy; 19th century continental philosophy; 20th century continental philosophy.  In each area, Warwick is one of the top 3 UK departments for that specialism.  Overall, Warwick Philosophy comes 9th in the UK and in the top 50 internationally.  The Leiter report is an extensive peer review ranking of Philosophy departments, produced by Professor Brian Leiter (Chicago) working with an advisory board of nearly 60 international philosophers and a college of specialist evaluators over 100 strong.  For more details see:  http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com

Bildtheorie & Photography: Comparative Philosophical Approaches

A One-day Workshop at the University of Warwick 

This event will bring together expertise from Germany and the UK to stimulate new avenues for future research in the visual arts. 

The Department of Philosophy and CRPLA will host a graduate conference in philosophy and literature on 26 May 2009, with keynote speaker G. R. F. Ferrari (UC Berkeley). Click here for call for papers.