News Archive
15 February 2013: Essex Autonomy Project Conference - Defensible in Theory, Workable in Practice
01 February 2013: Call for papers: 'Nature' - The 16th International Graduate Conference in Philosophy
11 December 2012: Postgraduate funding for Philosophy - apply now for 2013 start
01 December 2012: Philosophy at Essex in Guardian's top ten UK Philosophy departments for 2013
08 August 2012: Free language courses for Essex students
17 July 2012: Dr Nicholas Joll publishes book on Philosophy & the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
19 June 2012: Timothy Secret appears on BBC Radio 3 Nightwaves programme
14 June 2012: Timothy Secret chosen as AHRC/BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker
13 June 2012: CANCELLED due to ill health: 2012 Mini-course: Professor Alain Badiou, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, École Normale Supérieure (Paris), 13 & 14 June
12 June 2012: Philosophy Research Colloquium 12 June 2012
25 May 2012: Essex Autonomy Project's Viv Ashley contributes to Adult Care Blog
22 May 2012: David Conway to speak at 'Religion and Economic Liberty' conference in Jerusalem
22 May 2012: David Batho awarded Wivenhoe Bursary
22 May 2012: Essex Autonomy Project: Dr Camillia Kong awarded British Academy Fellowship
22 May 2012: 2012 Mini-course: Professor Robert Pippin, University of Chicago 22, 23 & 24 May
26 April 2012: Ought & Can: Special Philosophy Workshop
14 March 2012: £50,000 extra postgraduate funding for 2012/13
20 January 2012: Founding Professor of Philosophy at Essex dies at age of 83
19 January 2012: 15th Annual Graduate Conference in Philosophy - 'Perception' - 12 May 2012
16 November 2011: Selfhood, Authenticity and Method in Heidegger’s Being and Time. Four Seminars. February-November 2011
27 October 2011: Rebecca Hamilton (3rd Year Philosophy BA Student) awarded grant by The Gilchrist Educational Trust
13 October 2011: 5th in UK for Graduate Prospects
03 October 2011: Guardian covers Autonomy Project Summer School
25 July 2011: Paula Krieg, Philosophy MA student offered an Internship with UN in Geneva
13 July 2011: EAP Annual Conference: Was Autonomy the Wrong Ideal? 30 Sept - 01 Oct 2011
13 July 2011: EAP hosts first Annual AHRC Autonomy Summer School: 15-17 September 2011
13 July 2011: EAP hosts Best Interests Roundtable at Ministry of Justice
26 May 2011: Ranked in top 10 in Complete University Guide 2012
27 April 2011: Rebecca Hamilton (2nd Yr Philosophy and Politics) awarded grant to study in Berlin
01 February 2011: Up-coming careers events for philosophy & humanities students: 22 & 24 February 2011
17 December 2010: 'Philosophy in Crisis' - 14th International Graduate Conference - 28 May 2011
23 November 2010: Applications invited for: Senior Research Officer Post & Virtual Learning Environment Project Officer Post
23 September 2010: Philosophy Department shortlisted for a national teaching innovation award
22 September 2010: EAP Event: 26-27 November 2010, Consent at an Impasse
22 September 2010: 2011 Mini-course: 13-14 June, Axel Honneth
21 September 2010: The Guardian Careers online discussion: What can I do with a philosophy degree?
14 September 2010: Robyn Forsyth awarded first-ever student scholarship in China
14 September 2010: NSS 2010 Results: 100% Student Satisfaction Achieved
26 July 2010: Essex Autonomy Project International Conference: 'The (Vexed & Contentious) History of Autonomy'
29 June 2010: Guardian reports on Essex Autonomy Project
24 May 2010: Mini-course: 24-26 May 2010, Professor Etienne Balibar
21 May 2010: Autonomous Judgement: Challenges and Strategies Workshop, 21-22 May 2010
20 May 2010: Jaina Vaghela, first year Philosophy student, awarded a Windsor Fellowship
15 May 2010: 13th International Graduate Conference, (Essex) 15 May 2010
17 March 2010: Essex Autonomy Project: Major AHRC Grant awarded to the Philosophy Department
17 March 2010: RAE results: Essex Philosophy in the top ten research departments in the UK and 1st for Continental philosophy
17 March 2010: NSS results: The Department achieved 100% for overall student satisfaction and is again 2nd in the UK
17 March 2010: Mark Sacks Memorial Website
17 March 2010: David McNeill - new book on 'An Image of the Soul in Speech'
17 March 2010: Postgraduate Scholarships for 2010/11
29 October 2009: Melvyn Bragg 'In Our Time' BBC Radio Four
01 January 2009: BBC Broadcaster and Writer, Dotun Adebayo, a former philosophy graduate (BA Philosophy, 1987)
01 January 2009: Philosophy Café at Loofer's, Colchester
01 January 2009: Junior Research Fellowships
01 January 2007: BA Philosophy with a year abroad (from October 2007)
01 January 2007: Research Degree with a taught component (from 2006/07)
01 January 2007: Transcendental Philosophy and Naturalism: a 3-year, AHRB-funded research project
01 January 2007: Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy
01 January 2007: Philosophy Houses Michel Haar Archive