Ahmed AboHamad, who was awarded the UConn Humanities Dissertation Fellowship this year (2025-2026), will be giving a Fellow’s Talk, titled “The Inward Turn and the Vices of Political (Dis)engagement.”
Lewis Gordon: Delivers Martha Nussbaum Distinguished Lecture at HDCA
Professor Lewis Gordon delivered the Martha Nussbaum Distinguished Lecture at the HDCA 2025 conference in Bradford, UK, presenting on “Freedom, with Respect to Justice and Decolonization.”
In Memoriam: Arthur Stephen McGrade (1934–2025)
Arthur Stephen McGrade, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut Storrs, died at his home in Florida on 11 June 2025. Steve was a dedicated scholar, a skilled teacher, and a profoundly gracious colleague, and remained active in his research until very late in his life. He had a Ph.D. in Philosophy from […]
Ananda Griffin: Awarded Emotion & Society Lab Graduate Fellowship
Our PhD student, Ananda Griffin, has been invited to participate in the Emotion and Society Lab Graduate Fellowship Program. This is an online program for doctoral students who are working on emotion, which is based at UC Riverside and Wake Forest University.
Alex Stamson: Existentialism & AI: A Philosophical Discussion
Congratulations to PhD candidate Alex Stamson on her recent public lecture last Wednesday, August 13th! The NYC-based lecture, titled “Existentialism & AI: A Philosophical Discussion,” was a part of the “Lectures on Tap” series.
Michael Lynch: NYTimes
Congratulations to Professor Michael Patrick Lynch, who was featured in a front-page New York Times news analysis by Senior White House Correspondent Peter Baker!
Chris Rahlwes & Mark Dickson: In Defense of Nonpropositional Truth
Mark Dickson, a current UConn PhD student, and Chris Rahlwes, a UConn alum and research associate have published a new paper in The Philosophical Forum. The article, titled “In Defense of Nonpropositional Truth” argues that truth should not only be restricted to propositions or their bearers.
Kristin Waters: Frantz Fanon Outstanding Book Award
Join us in congratulating Philosophy alumna Kristin Waters on receiving the Frantz Fanon Outstanding Book Award for her book Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought.
Ahmed AboHamad: UCHI Dissertation Research Fellow
Congratulations to Philosophy graduate student Ahmed AboHamad on his 2025-2026 Humanities Institute Dissertation Fellowship! The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI) has selected Ahmed as one of four dissertation scholars from a competitive pool of applicants for his dissertation “Reconceptualizing Virtue and Flourishing Under Structural Oppression”. You can read more about UCHI’s fellowship program on […]
Michael Lynch: Truth, Politics, and Disagreement
The University of Bologna recently hosted a conference surrounding Professor Michael Lynch’s new book, “On Truth in Politics.” The conference featured Professor Lynch, as well as several different Philosophy scholars.