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The Department of Philosophy is happy to announce a Workshop on Wisdom entitled "What is Wisdom?", with speakers from Ireland, UK, France and the US on Friday and Saturday May 3rd and 4th 2019 in the Loyola Institute.

Congratulations to Dr Lizzy Ventham, Teaching Fellow in Philosophy, for having her article on Morality and Desire published in the Irish Times .

Congratulations to Peter West from the Philosophy Department, who has recently won the prestigious Colin and Ailsa Turbayne International Prize Essay Competition for his article “Anti-Representationalism in Berkeley and Sergeant”. This is the third time a scholar from Trinity College Dublin has won this prize.

Professor Leah Boustan will explore issues regarding immigration to the United States, addressing: who migrants were, how well they integrated into the United States economy, and their assimilation into United States culture. Public lecture taking place in the Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin.

Vahagn Galstyan, Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity, presented a paper with new estimates of Ireland’s foreign assets and liabilities to the Statistical & Social Inquiry Society of Ireland last week. His work accounts for the effect of multinationals on standard estimates.