Fall 2023 Hall of Fame
CONGRATULATIONS, Graduates!!
Here are the three Cs to keep in mind: Be Critical, Be Creative, and Be Compassionate.
Go out and make a difference in the world!
The faculty, graduate students, and staff are proud of you!
Bachelors of Art:
James Madden
Sophia Mostamand
Makanaokeakua Ramos
Blake Varner
Master of Art: Nikolas Janowicz with a thesis on “Demystifying Giulio Camillo’s L’Idea del Theatro: A Philosophical Interpretation”
Doctors of Philosophy:
Elijah Byrnes with a dissertation on “Living Death: Exhuming the Politics of Death and Remembrance in Arendt”
Benjamin Hoffman with a Dissertation on “The Concept of Ekstasis in the Modern Japanese Philosophy of Nishitani Keiji”
Also, congratulations to the following faculty!
Nominations for the Excellence in Teaching Award: Dr. Jonathan Fine (Assistant Professor) and Dr. Steve Odin (Full Professor)
“Discover Manoa Day”
(Art Auditorium, Saturday, October 21, 2023)
Diotima and Socrates. An Encounter for the Ages
Ella Marsh and Ruel Mannette, UH PhD Candidates in Philosophy
A Philosopher’s Self-Debate on the Subject of Death
Dr. Sean Smith, Assistant Professor, UH Department of Philosophy
Events
- EAducation: Letters from Hawaiʻi to PalestineEAducation: Letters from Hawaiʻi to Palestine | Friday, April 26, 2024, 2:30 PM | Sakamaki Hall C-308
- Equality & Elitism: Early Modern Women and the Philosophy of FriendshipThursday, April 25, 2024. Michaela Manson, PhD is an instructor at Simon Fraser University. In this talk, Dr. Manson will argue that accounts of friendship of some early modern women philosophers formulate the ideal of friendship in a way that averts the elitism objection while preserving commitments to virtue and similarity.
- Knowing the Future: Based on Yijingʻs Theory of Situational MeaningFriday, April 19, 2024. The lecture will be followed by a reception celebrating Dr. Chung-ying Cheng’s retirement and over 60 years of service to the University of Hawaiʻi.
- The Eliot Deutsch PhD Merit AwardThe Eliot Deutsch PhD Merit Award Award Presentation and Winner’s Talk – “Forgiveness as a Transformative Project” | Friday, April 12, 2024, 2:30 PM | Sakamaki Hall C-308
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