The Philosophy Department is happy to announce a banner year in hiring, with 3 exciting new members of our tenure-track faculty. Please join us in welcoming Professors Alison Duncan Kerr, Kevin Scharp, and John Schwenkler to the University of Illinois!
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Though Dr. King is perhaps best known for his work on civil rights for African Americans, he also studied philosophy and was deeply moved by various philosophical lines of thinking. The Philosophy Department celebrates MLK day, including the ways that Dr. King was able to make philosophical ideas relevant to the public good.
The John Locke Society will be holding its Annual Conference at the University of Illinois, from June 13-15. Professor Shelley Weinberg, who sits on the Executive Committee, is organizing the event.
More Department News
- Her project titled "Minding the Gap: Public Philosophy for Incarcerated Youth" will be overseen by HRI director Antoinette Burton and Anda's faculty mentor Shelley Weinberg.
- The Philosophy Department is pleased to announce that on January 16, Agnes Galina Shatalov, Professor Keren Shatalov's daughter, came into the world healthy and happy.
- Bruce Rosenstock, one of our Affiliated Faculty Members who taught philosophy of religion, recently passed away in his home, surrounded by his family members.
Faculty Spotlight
Robin (Rob) Kar is a Professor of Law and Philosophy and current Head of the Philosophy Department. His research interests range from ethics, meta-ethics, moral psychology, political philosophy, legal philosophy, decision theory (including game theory and evolutionary game theory), philosophy of economics, philosophy of language, and contract law and theory. Some of his early work—e.g., The Deep Structure of Law and Morality...
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Alumni Spotlight: Krupa Patel (JD/PhD at Harvard)
Krupa Patel is a JD/PhD student at Harvard University. She graduated from Illinois in 2016 and is interested in ethics and political philosophy.