Department News 2026
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Remembering Professor David Berman, 1942-2026
Professor David Berman, Fellow Emeritus and former Head of the Department of Philosophy, has died. He was among the leading Berkeley scholars of his generation and helped establish Irish Philosophy as a field of research.
29 Jul 2026
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Philosophy department welcomes two new teaching fellows
Jade Hadley and Jamie Turner join the Department of Philosophy this August, bringing expertise in metaphysics and early modern philosophy, and philosophy of religion in the Islamic tradition.
27 Jul 2026
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Philosophy welcomes new Assistant Professor in Value Theory
Rowan Mellor takes up a new position in value theory this August, bringing research on the ethics of group action from postdoctoral fellowships at Toronto and Northwestern.
20 Jul 2026
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The School's summer newsletter is out now!
The School's alumni newsletter is out now, and Philosophy features with pieces on Ruth Chang's Donnellan Lectures, a conference on the nature of time, and the Iris Murdoch Prize for student writing.
08 Jul 2026
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Faith in a World of Thinkers. A Critical Notice of: Anil Gomes, The Practical Self
Dr Julian Bacharach. Published in International Journal of Philosophical Studies, January 2026
18 Jun 2026
Education, News
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Amor Mundi: Why It Is So Difficult to Love the World
Professor Lilian Alweiss. Published in Philosophies, December 2025.
18 Jun 2026
Education, News
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Misreading Moore: Farbod Akhlaghi presents at Maryland workshop
Presented at the University of Maryland on 6 June, the paper uses Meinongian philosophy to challenge a received reading of Moore and reopen questions central to moral metaphysics.
08 Jun 2026
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Author Meets Critics symposium on Sam Fazekas' book on Arendt
Scholars from Ireland, Germany, Canada and the US came together at Trinity on 2 June for a day-long discussion of Hannah Arendt's Unwritten Chapter on Judging (De Gruyter, 2025).
08 Jun 2026
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Dermot McAleese Teaching Assistant Award 2026
Congratulations to Mackenzie Batista, PhD researcher in political philosophy, on winning this year's Dermot McAleese Teaching Assistant Award for the Department of Philosophy.
25 May 2026
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Ryle's War: Analysing the Coded Messages of Hitler's Abwehr
William Lyons (TCD), B. Jack Copeland (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
18 May 2026
Education, News