Department News and Events

Good News for Philosophy
Philosophy PhD graduate student Cameron Roman received a prestigious Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in American and Indigenous Studies at Michigan State University. More information

The Great Milwaukee Block Party
Philosophy's Dr. Ericka Tucker was interviewed on WUWM 89.7 about the Great Milwaukee Block Party, a series of events creating positive community events during the RNC. There’s an article and a radio story. I’m not sure it’s website-worthy, not just in case some content could be useful. Listen to the interview here.

Dr. Michael Olson Accepts New Position
Philosophy's Dr. Michael Olson has been named the next director of the Marquette Core Curriculum. Read more about Olson and the Core Curriculum.

Dr. Owen Goldin recipient of the Way Klingler Fellowship
Marquette's Office of Research and Innovation honored Philosophy’s Dr. Owen Goldin with a Way Klingler Fellowship, recognizing him for outstanding achievement in research and scholarship. More information.

Check out both the Fall 2024 Philosophy Undergraduate Electives and the Graduate Courses. For more information, on advising and registration survey details, please refer to Philosophy's Class Registration page.

Philosophy Graduate Student Orientation
The Philosophy Department welcomes its new PhD and Master’s students on Wed. Aug. 21 in O'Brien Hall 303.  O'Brien Hall is located on the northeast corner of Wisconsin and 16th street.  For more information, please contact owen.goldin@marquette.edu.

Philosophy Colloquium Series
Check back for the Fall 2024 Philosophy speaker series. For more information, please contact grant.silva@marquette.edu.

86^th Annual Aquinas Lecture
The Department of Philosophy will host the 86th Aquinas Lecture with Dr. Nancy Bauer, Professor at Tufts School of Arts & Sciences, on October 11, 2024, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in AMU 157. The lecture is free and open to the public. No RSVP is required. The Annual St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture Series began at Marquette University in the spring of 1937.

Applied Philosophy Workshop
Friday, October 25, 2025
For more information please contact Javiera.perezgomez@mu.edu

Boheim Lecture by Kate Manne
Dr. Kate Manne is an associate professor of philosophy at Cornell. Her PhD is from MIT, and she served as a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. She has published three books: Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny (2017), Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women (2020), and Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia (2024). She will be discussing fatphobia in her Boheim Lecture at Marquette on the evening of October 30, 2024. For more information, please contact Dr. Alison Efford, Chair of AMUW Committee.

Philosophy Graduate Student Conference
The PGSA recently hosted their annual conference The Ethics of (Un)Civil Protest. Keynote speaker was Dr. Rafael Vizcaíno,  Asst. Prof of Philosophy at DePaul University.

Check out recent publications by Marquette's Philosophy Faculty