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  Philosophy Department Workshop: Applying to PhD Programs

  This workshop will take place Thursday, September 28, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm at the Crown Center room 105. Our graduate placement committee is hosting a workshop on how to apply to PhD programs in philosophy. It’s mostly geared towards students in our MA program, but anyone who is seriously thinking about going to graduate school in philosophy should go! Prof. Apostolopoulos will discuss key materials you will need to submit, the timelines for applying, and good practices for preparing strong applications
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  Faculty Debate: Confucius vs. Jean-Paul Sartre on the Meaning of Life

  Each year two philosophy faculty members who engage in a spirited debate on a variety of topics. This year we will have a debate on Confucius vs. John-Paul Sartre on the meaning of life, presented by Dr. Richard Kim and Dr. Dimitris Apostolopoulos. The debate is on September 27th, Wednesday, at Coffey Hall (McCormick Lounge), 6:30pm-8pm. There will be free pizza and all are welcome. So please schedule that in since it will be a lot of fun! Please invite your friends as well.
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  Professor Kris Sealey gives talk on "Humanizing the Landscape from the Edge(s) of Empire."

  On January 27, 2023, Professor Kris Sealey, from the Fairfield University Philosophy Department, presented a talk on “Humanizing the Landscape from the Edge(s) of Empire.” Her talked investigated South geographies in their capacity for articulating new calibrations of the entanglement between black freedom and black capture.