Congratulations to Lorenza D’Angelo, who won the 2021 Mary Hatch Marshall Award for the best essay written by a graduate student in the humanities at Syracuse University. Read more below the fold.

The prize memorializes William Wasserstrom, a noted professor of English at Syracuse University.

Congratulations to Christopher Bousquet, whose paper “Words That Harm: Defending the Dignity Approach to Hate Speech Regulation” was just accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence.

Congratulations to Yiwen Gu, who was awarded the department's Peterfreund Prize this year.  This prize is awarded annually to an undergraduate student on basis of outstanding performance in one or more philosophy courses and letters of support from our faculty.

Congratulations to Rowan Bell, who was selected to receive the Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work. Rowan will provide a very brief presentation at the Dean’s award event, which will take place on April 9th between 2:30-4:30pm. Details to follow about how to attend. You can read an abstract of Rowan’s presentation below the fold.

Professors Luvell Anderson and Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson both recently published essays engaging with current real-world issues: Anderson on Racial Fraud, and Erlenbush-Anderson on the events of January 6th, 2021 and our conception of “Who We Are.” Click to find out more.

The Pebble, a new segment of the professional philosophy blog PEA Soup, will feature short, accessible pieces on topics of broad, public concern, and will be moderated and edited by philosophy PhD student Adam Patterson.

Professor Janice Dowell is the speaker at a “Minorities and Philosophy” session at the Eastern meeting of the American Philosophical Association, on Jan 14th 2021, 11am-12:50pm. She will speak on the topic of “Countering Bullying, Harassment, and Microaggressions.”