February 2009
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How is the California Fiscal Crisis Affecting the Universities?
The situation seems bad, but I've heard relatively little about how it is affecting particular University of California or California State University campuses and departments. First-hand reports, links, information?
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The New PGR Should be On-Line…
…by Friday at the usual URL. More details soon.
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Chicago’s Dean Levmore to Step Down by Summer 2010
Now that the "word is out" in Cyberspace, I might as well confirm it here: Saul Levmore, who has been Dean of the University of Chicago Law School since 2001, will step down from the Deanship by summer 2010, perhaps sooner if a successor is found before then. (The number of top law schools searching…
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Another Important New Ranking
Breakfast cereals. Looks right to me.
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Petition to the APA Regarding Advertising by Institutions that Discriminate Against Homosexuals
MOVING TO FRONT FROM FEB. 13: In the first 60+ hours, the petition has garnered some 750 signatures, which is great, esp. since it went on-line just as the weekend was starting. I would hope the petition should garner a couple of thousand signatures from philosophers in the end, given how reasonable the demand it…
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Marilyn and Robert Adams from Oxford to North Carolina
Marilyn Adams (medieval philosophy, philosophy of religion) and Robert Adams (metaphysics, ethics, early modern philosophy, philosophy of religion), both leading figures in their fields at Oxford University (and previously at Yale, UCLA, and Michigan), have accepted senior offers from the Department of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill starting this fall.
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So people have been saying, “Philosophers are getting on Facebook, you should too.”
So I did. Now what? UPDATE: Well, I've now received lots of invitations to join other philosophers on Facebook as "friends," so that's at least part of the "what"! Thanks for the invites. I've also gotten invites from some people I don't know. Perhaps one of my new Facebook friends will write on my "wall"…
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Helfer from Vanderbilt to Duke
Laurence Helfer, a leading scholar in international law at Vanderbilt University, has accepted a senior offer from the law school at Duke University, to start this fall.
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Reaching Me via “LinkedIn”
Over the last 12 months, a number of folks have tried to reach "Brian Leiter" via a LinkedIn site I'd created ages ago–unfortunately, I then forgot the password. But I've now re-established access to it, for those for whom that might be relevant. I apologize for not replying to those who had tried to contact…
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Salmon to Be Regular Visitor at CUNY Grad Center for Next Three Years (with clarifications added)
MOVING TO FRONT FROM FEBRUARY 4–SEE UPDATE Nathan Salmon (philosophy of language, metaphysics) will be a Visiting Professor teaching at the City University of New York Graduate Center each fall for the next three years. UPDATE: CUNY was the source of my original information, but I have since heard from Professor Salmon who reports that…
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Effects of the Financial Crisis on Some Law Schools
Story here, with many links. Some of the schools mentioned (like Florida State) are, in fact, doing significant hiring, notwithstanding budget cuts. Here's a question that readers of my philosophy blog have raised: namely, isn't in a violation of the employment contracts to force furloughs on faculty and then cut their salaries proportionally? I hope…
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Four Finalists for the Deanship at Memphis
They are: current Interim Dean at Memphis Kevin Smith; Richard Bales, a professor and former Interim Dean at Northern Kentucky; David Alexander Brennan, Deputy Director of the AALS; and Penelope Bryan, Associate Dean at the University of Denver (though this blog reports she has accepted the Deanship at Whittier already, in which case she must be…
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The APA and Discrimination Against Homosexuals…Again
Philosopher Charles Hermes (UT Arlington) writes: Two years ago I filed a complaint with the APA regarding institutions that violate its anti-discrimination policy. The original complaint was posted on this website. Many universities that advertise in Jobs for Philosophers require applicants to sign statements of ‘faith’ which discriminate on the basis of sexual preference. One…
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Reaching Me via “LinkedIn”
Over the last 12 months, a number of folks have tried to reach "Brian Leiter" via a LinkedIn site I'd created ages ago–unfortunately, I then forgot the password. But I've now re-established access to it, for those for whom that might be relevant. I apologize for not replying to those who had tried to contact…
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Is the On-Line ABA Journal Turning Into a Cyber-Cesspool? Research Help Sought!
A partner at a Chicago law firm has recently called to my attention that the on-line ABA Journal is increasingly playing host to "comments sections" on articles that are full of sexist and racist abuse, as well as just general unprofessional nastiness and creepiness. The editors have been shockingly stubborn about cleaning up this mess. The…
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii