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Read more at: Prof Clare Chambers has published a new book titled Freedom & Equality: Essays in Liberalism and Feminism

Prof Clare Chambers has published a new book titled Freedom & Equality: Essays in Liberalism and Feminism

11 April 2024

Should the state recognise gender? Can a liberal state discourage traditional family structures? Is women's sport compatible with equality of opportunity? Should feminists defend women's freedom to choose cosmetic surgery? Is genital cutting always wrong, or is it only wrong for girls? Freedom and Equality: Essays in...


Read more at: Michael Tanner (1935-2024)

Michael Tanner (1935-2024)

5 April 2024

The Faculty of Philosophy is saddened to report that Michael Tanner died on Wednesday, 3 April. Michael had been a member of the Faculty for all his adult life, first as an undergraduate on the Moral Sciences Tripos from 1955, taking firsts at Part I and at Part II, and from 1961 as Assistant Lecturer and as Lecturer from...


Read more at: The Faculty of Philosophy is looking forward to welcoming Jo Farmer as the new Faculty Manager from June 2024.

The Faculty of Philosophy is looking forward to welcoming Jo Farmer as the new Faculty Manager from June 2024.

22 March 2024

The Faculty of Philosophy is looking forward to welcoming Jo Farmer as the new Faculty Manager from June 2024. Jo is currently the University’s Language Centre Administrator. She has been supporting the Faculty on a part-time basis over the last months and we are delighted that she will join us full-time from June.


Read more at: The Faculty of Philosophy is delighted to announce that Dr Owen Griffiths will be joining the Faculty in September 2024 as Assistant Professor in Philosophy.

The Faculty of Philosophy is delighted to announce that Dr Owen Griffiths will be joining the Faculty in September 2024 as Assistant Professor in Philosophy.

22 March 2024

The Faculty of Philosophy is delighted to announce that Dr Owen Griffiths will be joining the Faculty in September 2024 as Assistant Professor in Philosophy. Owen is currently an Associate Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy at UCL and a By-Fellow in Philosophy at Churchill College, Cambridge. He has previously held...


Read more at: Statement regarding recent blog post by Dr. Nathan Cofnas

Statement regarding recent blog post by Dr. Nathan Cofnas

29 February 2024

The Faculty of Philosophy is aware of a recent blog post by Dr. Nathan Cofnas and the negative impact that it is having on some of our students. The Faculty recognises the importance of upholding academic freedom and freedom of speech within the law, but remains resolutely committed to eliminating racism and unlawful...


Read more at: Expressions of Interest are invited for the 2024 British Academy International Fellowship applications: Faculty deadline midday Monday 12th February 2024

Expressions of Interest are invited for the 2024 British Academy International Fellowship applications: Faculty deadline midday Monday 12th February 2024

7 February 2024

Expressions of interest are invited for the 2024 British Academy International Fellowship applications. Please email philadmin@phil.cam.ac.uk with CV, research proposal and name of proposed mentor in Cambridge by the Faculty deadline of midday Monday, 12th February 2024.


Read more at: Faculty Manager position advert

Faculty Manager position advert

22 January 2024

Applications are invited for the post of Faculty Manager assigned to the Faculty of Philosophy, within the School of Arts and Humanities. For full details of this position see: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44826/


Read more at: Alexander Bird elected Correspondant de l’Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.

Alexander Bird elected Correspondant de l’Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.

10 January 2024

On 11 December 2023 Professor Alexander Bird was elected ‘Correspondant de l’Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques’. The Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques is one of the five academies constituting the Institut de France (the others include the Académie Française and the Académie des Sciences). Numbers of...


Read more at: Applications invited for Assistant Professor in Philosophy

Applications invited for Assistant Professor in Philosophy

11 December 2023

Applications invited for Assistant Professor in Philosophy (closing date 14 January). Further information here .


Read more at: Prof Clare Chambers on the Advisory Board for major research into public attitudes on assisted dying.

Prof Clare Chambers on the Advisory Board for major research into public attitudes on assisted dying.

24 November 2023

Professor Clare Chambers will be one of the members of the Advisory Board for a major new public engagement project on the ethics of assisted dying. The research is being led by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics , who have appointed Hopkins Van Mil, M.E.L Research, and the Sortition Foundation to design, facilitate, and...