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APA Board Chair Michael Bratman announces Amy Ferrer as next Executive Director

The American Philosophical Association was founded in 1900 to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate the professional work and teaching of philosophers, and to represent philosophy as a discipline.

 The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced the election of three APA members (5/24/2012) 
   
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced the election of three APA members to its 2012 Class of New Members. Michael Bratman (Stanford University), Eleonore Stump (Saint Louis University), and Stephen Yablo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) are among the 220 “scholars, scientists, writers, artists, civic, corporate, and philanthropic leaders” recognized by the Academy for their distinguished work. The APA is pleased to offer them its congratulations on this significant honor.


 Romanell Lecture Correction (5/23/2012) 
   
The title of Professor Hilary Kornblith's Romanell Lecture (2013) is listed incorrectly on page 18 of the May 2012 issue of the Proceedings and Addresses (Vol. 85-5). The correct title is "Naturalism vs. the First-Person Perspective." We apologize for this mistake.


 Conferences and Calls for Papers (5/18/2012) 
   
The APA National Office is happy to announce that we will again be accepting ads for conferences, journals, and calls for papers to post to the website. Please send information and any documents to Mike Morris. Please be sure to include the following information: Conference name, dates, website URL, location, and submission deadline.


 APA Members Awarded ACLS Fellowships (5/16/2012) 
   

APA Members Awarded ACLS Fellowships
The American Council of Learned Societies has just announced the 2012 awardees under
a number of ACLS Fellowship categories. The following APA members are among those
selected:

ACLS Fellowships:
    Victor Caston                            Univ. of Michigan;
    Katherine Thomson-Jones          Oberlin College;
    Shelley Weinberg                      Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign;
    Steven Yablo                             MIT;

Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships:
    Konstantin Pollok                      Univ. of South Carolina;

ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships:
    Andrew Janiak (Duke) and Karen Detlefsen (Univ. of Pennsylvania);

New Faculty Fellowships:
    Kristin Boyce                            Johns Hopkins;
    Orlin Vakarelov                          Duke;

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships:
    Eliot Michaelson                        UCLA;
    Charles Rathkopf                       Univ. of Virginia;
    Justin Horn                                Univ. of Wisconson;

Comparative Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society Grants:
    Eric Hutton                               Univ. of Utah.


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