Philosophy Department have moved
February 2012

The Philosophy Department moved to new premises on Monday 6 February. You can now find us in our new location: Room 3.03, Humanities Building, University Avenue. 

Elisa Galgut elected President of PSSA
January 2012

Elisa Galgut is the new President of the Philosophical Society of Southern Africa. She was elected at the Society's Annual General Meeting, which was held during the annual conference of the PSSA.

PPE Essay Competition 2011-2012
November 2011

The Humanities Faculty has provided a total of R1000 in prize money. The judges – Greg Fried and Andre Hofmeyr, the members of the PPE Humanities Committee – will award the prize, or prizes, based on essay quality and perhaps student seniority. There may (for example) be just one prize, or prizes for first to third place, or prizes for students in first to third year of their undergraduate degree at the date of submission. The distribution of prizes will depend on the entries we receive.

The details of the essay competition are attached here.

The PPE Colloquium: Invitation to the UCT community
September 2011

The second annual PPE Humanities Colloquium will be held on Friday 30 September from 1pm to 3:45pm. While the colloquium is planned specifically for undergraduate PPE students in the Humanities, it is open to everyone in the UCT community.

The colloquium has three components: student talks, careers discussion over lunch (followed by an announcement of the new PPE essay competition), and guest lecture. UCT students and staff are welcome to attend any or all of these components. The colloquium has been generously sponsored by the Humanities Faculty, and lunch is free of charge to attendees.

The full programme is attached here.

Jessica Lerm and Jenni Sinclaire awarded UCT Research Associateships
June 2011

Two postgraduate students in the Philosophy Department have been awarded UCT Research Associateships for 2011. Congratulations to Jessica Lerm, who began her PhD this year, and to Jenni Sinclaire, who is in the second year of her Masters.

Meritorious publication award for Jeremy Wanderer
June 2011

Jeremy Wanderer has won a UCT meritorious publication award for his book Robert Brandom (Acumen, 2008).

Two promotions
November 2010

Two members of the Philosophy Department have been promoted ad hominem.

Bernhard Weiss has been promoted to Professor and Jack Ritchie has been promoted to Senior Lecturer.

Foundations in Philosophy programme featured in Social Responsiveness Report
October 2010

The Foundations in Philosophy programme was featured in the University of Cape Town’s 2009 Social Responsiveness Report. The feature can be read here .

New books by Bernhard Weiss and Jeremy Wanderer
May 2010

Bernhard Weiss and Jeremy Wanderer have co-edited Reading Brandom on Making it Explicit, published by Routledge.

Bernhard Weiss also authored How to Understand Language: A Philosophical Inquiry, which was recently published by Acumen.

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