The Center for Humanities Research is pleased to announce its fall 2023 and spring 2024 cohorts. All were chosen to work on research projects related to CHR's 2023-24 annual theme, "Democracy, Disposability, and Repair." Congratulations to all of our new faculty and graduate fellows! Learn more abou...
Lisa Eckenwiler, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at George Mason University, where she teaches courses in bioethics and a range of topics in global health ethics. Her research centers broadly on vulnerability and structural health injustice, with special interests in mig...
Past Event
April 11, 2024, 4:00 PM to April 12, 2024, 3:30 PM EDT
Merten Hall 1204 (Thursday) & 1201 (Friday)
Registration required, please use this form to register for one or both days. *Updated to reflect Nancy Fraser will be joining us VIRTUALLY rather than in person as originally planned. Thanks for your understanding! CHR's third annual research symposium (April 11-12, 2024) centers on our annual the...
Other Academic Interests: Study of Religion, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophical Theology Academic Credentials BA in Journalism (Marshall University, Huntington, WV 1974) MA in Journalism (Marshall University, Huntington, WV 1980) Master of Divinity (Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, ...
In Memoriam: Mark Sagoff (1941-2023) Mark Sagoff was a leading and foundational figure in environmental philosophy and ethics and one of the first members of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, founded in 1978. Originally a scholar of Kant and aesthetics, Sagoff published widely in jo...
The Center for Humanities Research is pleased to announce its fall 2022 and spring 2023 cohorts. All were chosen to work on research projects related to CHR's 2022-23 annual theme, "Connecting/Not Connecting: Formations of Community, Solidarity, Alienation, Antipathy." Congratulations to our third c...
Connecting/Not Connecting: Formations of Community, Solidarity, Alienation, Antipathy (April 27-28, 2023) **PDF HERE A virtual symposium hosted by the Center for Humanities Research, George Mason University Keynote address by Professor Seyla Benhabib, Eugene Meyer Professor Emerita of Politic...
On a monthly basis, we would like to feature our community members and showcase their work in the field of women and gender studies. We would like you to meet Jessica Smith of the Women's Business Center of Northern Virginia where she connects women, minorities and socially and economically disadvan...
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Laura Fox, BA Philosophy '08, MA '09, with the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award in Philosophy. Fox is the Douglas M. Costle chair in environmental law and director of the Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic at the Vermont Law and Graduate Scho...
From its origins as a branch campus of the University of Virginia to its current status as Virginia’s largest, most inclusive, and most innovative university, George Mason University has experienced 50 remarkable years of growth and achievement. In just 50 years Mason has grown from a small Universit...
