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March 2021
PPE in a Time of Pandemic: Imagining and Writing a Pandemic
With Geraldine Brooks (Harvard University) Click here to register on the PPE website to receive the Zoom meeting info. Event Description We invite you to join us for a live panel discussion with Pulitzer-prize winning author, Geraldine Brooks, on the topic of “imagining and writing a pandemic.” Geraldine Brooks is a journalist and novelist. During her career as a journalist, Brooks reported on environmental issues and international conflicts for the Wall Street Journal and Sydney Morning Herald. She won the…
Find out more »PPE in a Time of Pandemic: Conspiracy Theories, Truth, and the Pandemic
With Rachel Fraser (University of Oxford) and C. Thi Nguyen (University of Utah). Click here to register on the PPE website to receive the Zoom meeting info. Event Description: During the Pandemic, many of us have spent a lot of time alone, and a lot of time online. These circumstances seem to have favored the emergence of a range of potent conspiracy theories. Some of these theories pertain to COVID-19 or the vaccination program against it, while others implicate pizza restaurants,…
Find out more »PPE Spring Author Series: Elizabeth Anderson: Norms of Political Discourse
Via Zoom (registration required) with Elizabeth Anderson. The relevant readings will be provided to registered students via email. Click here to register on the PPE website. Our current political discourse has become toxic, especially when it comes to discussing fraught issues such as racism and sexism. Given a background commitment to democracy, what norms of communication with our fellow citizens should we adopt when discussing such fraught issues? In this session of the PPE Author Series, we will discuss…
Find out more »April 2021
PPE Spring Author Series: Susan Brison: Free Speech and Social Media
This event will be held via Zoom. Click here to register on the PPE website to receive the Zoom meeting information. Following the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, Twitter permanently banned President Trump from using its platform and Facebook temporarily suspended his account and asked its Oversight Board to decide whether the suspension should continue indefinitely. Seeing as Twitter and Facebook are not state actors, their actions were not in violation of the First…
Find out more »PPE in a Time of Pandemic: Collective Action, Public Choice, and the Pandemic
Via Zoom with Stephanie Collins. Click here to register on the PPE website to receive the Zoom meeting information. Event Description: The COVID-19 pandemic raises many pressing issues about both individual and collective action. As individuals, we ought to wash our hands, practice social distancing, and wear masks. But, when facing a calamity of such magnitude, individual action might not seem like enough. Do we also then have duties to think and act collectively? What does it mean to think and…
Find out more »UNC Philosophy & Psychiatry Conference
Please see flier for information about the inaugural Philosophy & Psychiatry Conference. This event is free, open to the public, and no registration is required! It will stream live (and also be available later) at the UNC Department of Psychiatry’s Youtube page. Feel free to reach out to the event organizer (listed below) if you have any questions.
Find out more »PPE Spring Author Series: Miranda Fricker: Testimonial Injustice
Via Zoom. Click here to register for this event on the PPE website. When Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991 that Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her while he was her supervisor, many doubted her credibility. Nearly three decades later, Christine Blasey Ford’s veracity was questioned when she alleged that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her while they were both in high school. Is it unjust that Hill and…
Find out more »May 2021
Workshop in Honor of Douglas MacLean
Doug MacLean is retiring June 30, 2021. This workshop is in his honor, celebrating him, his work, and his commitment to philosophical discussion. The Workshop will consist of three virtual sessions, the first two will have two short presentations, each followed by discussion, then a third, on Doug's work, with Doug replying, followed by discussion. Then, we will close the day with a(n unfortunately virtual) social hour or two... PROGRAM (all times are ET) 1-2:30: John…
Find out more »Spring 2021 Departmental Commencement Ceremony
The UNC Philosophy department's 2021 Spring Commencement Ceremony will be held virtually this year to ensure adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols. All Spring and Summer 2021 graduates with a BA, MA, or PhD in Philosophy are eligible to be recognized in this ceremony. Spring graduates should be contacted directly by department event coordinator, Jordan Lifer, to be invited to the ceremony. If you are a Summer 2021 graduate and would like to be recognized at this ceremony, please email Jordan…
Find out more »UNC Philosophy & Psychiatry Research Group meeting
"Well-being and the Importance of Unconscious Goals," featuring Valerie Tiberius, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota) Email Dan Moseley (email listed below) to receive the Zoom link!
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