Message from the Desk of Aaron Meskin |
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Dear students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the department of philosophy,
The semester is coming to an end, and it’s been quite a successful one. We have increased our enrollments and added a significant number of new majors this semester, our minor in bioethics has started enrolling a significant number of students, and our new contemporary ethical issues course was taught for the first time. I’ve heard really good things about that class.
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| Pictured: Aaron Meskin, Department Head |
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I’m particularly proud of how productive our graduate students have been over the past few months. See below for an article about all their publications and presentations. They do all that while working hard as graduate teaching assistants. It’s impressive!
Nancy Hines, our incredible administrative associate, will be leaving us at the end of the calendar. Nancy has done an amazing job for the department for the past 15 years (and 30 years at UGA), and she will be sorely missed.
Our department relies on the kindness and donations of the UGA philosophy community to make our achievements possible. Our strength is in your support; so please feel free to join us on campus for events, or if you would like to consider giving to our department, click here.
As always, we appreciate your interest in the department of philosophy. Please email me at Aaron.Meskin@uga.edu if you have any questions, want to share something about your time at UGA, or would like to arrange a day to visit. Have a great holiday season. And, as always, Go Dawgs! Warmly, |
Aaron Meskin Head of the department of philosophy |
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Pictured: UT Austin’s Kathleen Higgins presenting on grief and humor |
| UGA Philosophy Hosted Annual Southern Aesthetics Workshop |
In September, UGA hosted the annual Southern Aesthetics Workshop. Dozens of scholars from throughout the region gathered for the two-day conference to discuss a broad range of topics in the field of aesthetics. Read more |
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Philosophy Graduate Student Association presented Inaugural Student Philosophy in the South conference |
UGA’s Philosophy Graduate Student Association (PGSA) hosted the inaugural Student Philosophy in the South conference (SPITS) in September, featuring a day of presentations from multiple UGA students and aspiring scholars from throughout the region. Read more |
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Graduate Student Highlights and Accolades |
Philosophy graduate students continually exhibit excellence via a wide array of national and global presentations and publications. Read more
Highlights include: |
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- PhD student Max Barton participated at the United Nations Climate Change Conference
- Graduate student Quentin Murphy was awarded the Joseph Bertram Gittler Fellowship
- PhD student Guillermo Zapata participated in the NovelEco symposium
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UGA philosophy faculty have stayed extremely busy publishing and presenting across the US and globally. Read more Highlights include: |
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Pictured: Nick Schuster (left); Francisco Lopez Frias (middle); Graham Parsons (right) |
Legacy Lives on in Scott and Heather Kleiner Lecture Series |
The fall 2025 Scott and Heather Kleiner Lecture Series, philosophy’s annual lecture catalogue named after two legacy emeritus faculty of the university, continued this semester. The past three lectures included: |
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For the 10th consecutive year, the University of Georgia has placed in the top 20 among the nation’s best public universities, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s (USNWR) 2026 rankings. UGA also earned a place in the top 10 nationally in the Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) latest college rankings — coming in at No. 9 overall — and claimed the No. 1 spot in the nation for both curricular rigor and alumni network quality.
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