Philosophy Department News


New Degree Programs in Ethics, Law, and Politics
The Department of Philosophy's new degree programs in Ethics, Law, and Politics (ELP) have been approved! Please download a flyer for more information and revisit this site for more information as it is posted. We are now accepting students into these program. Please come into the department office, EJCH 108A, if you wish to declare the ELP major or minor.

News About Students, Faculty and Friends
December 10, 2011: Max Alderman, First a UNR grad, next a Marshall Scholar. Read more in the Reno Gazette Journal article by Susan Voyles on rgj.com.
December 5, 2011: Max Alderman, philosophy and political science dual major, is the first UNR recipient of the Marshall Scholarship. The Marshall Scholarship is one of the most prestigious scholarships awarded to undergraduates seeking to pursue postgraduate degrees. Read more....
December 2, 2011: Ivon Padilla-Rodriguez wins $100,000 at the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. Ivon is a History and English dual major who is also minoring in the Department of Philosophy Department's new Ethics, Law, and Politics program. Read more...
October 25, 2011: MA student Raymond E. Avansino launches the Graduate Philosophy Association with official recognition from the Graduate Student Association of the University of Nevada, Reno, October 25, 2011. The newly formed Graduate Philosophy Association (GPA) is designed to be the graduate student extension of the department. The GPA will focus on serving as a source for graduate student colloquia, sponsoring lecture events and receptions on behalf of graduate students. Such focus will provide the opportunity for academic and professional development beyond the classroom while in the department as a graduate student. Formal events and schedule coming soon.


Graduate Philosophy Association

The Graduate Student extension of the Philosophy Department

GPA Student Lecture Series Event: Thesis Presentation

--NEW RESCHEDULED DATE--

Monday, May 7, 2012: Jonathan Kanzelmeyer

"Reductionism and the Philosophy of Mind"

4:00 p.m.

Edmund J. Cain Hall, Room 108H


Philosophy Club

Thursday, May 3, 2012

LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR -- OPEN SESSION

5:30 p.m., Edmund J. Cain Hall, Room 108I


Upcoming Leonard Series Events

July 6-7, 2012: Levinas Research Seminar (LRS)

Two Guy L. Leonard Memorial Lectures. The lectures will be free and open to the public.

Friday, July 6, 2012:  Professor Paola Marrati, Humanities Center and Philosophy Department, Johns Hopkins University.

LRS Invited Lecture

"Who or What exactly is the Other?"

(on the commitments Derrida shares with Levinas about passivity, and the different ethical and philosophical implications they derive from this common theme)

Saturday, July 7, 2012: Professor Bettina Bergo, Université de Montréal

LRS Keynote Lecture

"In my face'...What Husserl could learn from Levinas about Intersubjectivity"


Upcoming Paul & Gwen Leonard Ethics and Politics Lecture

This event has been canceled for this semester (Spring 2012). Please check again for information on a possible reschedule of the event for Fall 2012.

April 24, 2012: Avishai Margalit: George F. Kennan Professor at Princeton University (Institute for Advanced Studies) and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Middle East Politics: Open forum with faculty and students

3:30-5:00 p.m. University of Nevada, Reno, Campus

Lecture: Trust and Betrayal

7:30 p.m. University of Nevada, Reno, Campus


Spring 2013: Professor Enrique Dussel of the Iztapalapa campus of the Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico (UAM)

Department Colloquia

Monday, April 16, 2012: Ned Schoolman, Departmentof History, UNR

"Creating the Past in the Histories of Naples"

4:00 p.m.

Edmund J. Cain Hall, Room 108H

Philosophy Department Classroom

University of Nevada Reno


Future Leonard Series Events
Sixty-fifth Annual Mountain Plains Philosophy Conference
Fall 2013
Please visit this link for updated information as it is posted.