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Philosophy Events : : The Philosophy Winter Colloquium theme this semester is: “ENDS” Colloquia talks are Tuesdays (and some Thursdays) 2-3:30 in AA 1045 All are welcome Click for complete colloquium schedule New series this semester: the Philosophy Society is organizing a student colloquium series this term, Thursdays 12-12:50pm: For more information, including abstracts, location, and dates please click here NOTE: the student colloquium talk scheduled for March 14 has been postponed indefinitely Stay tuned for a new volume of Codgito , Memorial’s student journal of philosophy ON-GOING PHILOSOPHY EVENTS (colloquia series, discussion groups, public lectures) (click for a list of events) Please feel free to send us any comments you may have about this page

Information for Students New: Spring/Summer 2008 Course Offerings Winter 2008 Course Offerings How to apply to the M.A. in Philosophy at Memorial M.A. Thesis Guidelines (SGS link) M.A. Thesis submission schedule (SGS link) Office of the Registrar’s Home Page School of Graduate Studies Web Site Scholarships, Awards, Financial Aid (university link) University Diary 2007-2008 (important dates and deadlines) Philosophy News The Barend Kiefte Award Ceremony This year’s Kiefte Award winner and ceremony: click for more pictures Public Lecture Series continues: The Public Lectures in Philosophy, 10^th series, continued this semester with Dr. Philippe Basabose, Department of French and Spanish, Memorial University, on “Genocide as a Defiance to Ethics: The Case of Rwanda,” Tuesday, March 25, 8:30-10pm, The Ship Pub click for more pictures Philosophy society hosts “Leap Year” mixer click for more pictures Public Lecture Series starts up for the semester The Public Lectures in Philosophy, 10^th series, began again this semester with Arthur Sullivan and Steven Gardner of the Philosophy Department, Memorial University, on “Putting the ‘Physical’ in ‘Physicalism’”, Tuesday, February 26, 8:30-10pm, The Ship Pub click for more pictures Morgan Blakley gave the first paper in the new Student Colloquium on Ethics on “The Risk of Language in Plato”, Thursday, Jan. 31^st , 2008, 12-12:50pm Visiting Speaker: Dr. John Trent, Fellow of the Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa and retired professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Ottawa, spoke at a number of public events this week: · a guest lecture: “Principles of Global Governance”, Thursday, January 17, 2-3:20, A-1045 · a public panel on “The Afghanistan Mission: Global Governance and the Responsibility to Protect under International Law,” Thursday, Jan. 17, 7:30-9:30, C2045, along with: -Leo Barry, Judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, -Natalie Oman, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Memorial University, -David Thompson, Professor, Philosophy, Memorial University (the panel presented by the Department of Philosophy in cooperation with the Department of Political Science) click for further detail and the panel poster · Finally, Dr. Trent led Jockey Club (the first of the semester) in a discussion of his paper “Modernizing the United Nations System: Civil Society’s role in Moving from International Relations to Global Governance” 4:30 to 6:30 pm at Roxxy's Bar on George St., St. John's. For a brief biography and CV for Dr. Trent, please click here The Philosophy Winter Colloquium kicked off with Dr. Evan Simpson’s opening paper on “Truth as the End of Politics”. Tuesday, January 15, 2-3:30pm, AA 1045 Click here for archived news