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Recent Queen's PhD Yual Chiek has just accepted a permanent position at St John's University in NYC. He will be an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy there, starting on September 1. Yual works on Early Modern Philosophy, focusing especially on the ideas of compossibility and pre-established harmony in the work of G.W.F. Leibniz. He has co-edited two volumes and has published a number of articles and chapters on these topics.

Congratulations to Yual!

Kerah Gordon-Solmon's new variant of the Trolley Problem, explained in her Pea Soup post "Trolley Follies", has attracted a number of comments and questions. The post won . PEA (Philosophy, Ethics, Academia) Soup is a well-known blog publishing philosophical essays and ideas.

Will Kymlicka, Professor and Canada's Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's, has been appointed, with , Professor of Sociology at Berkeley, as co-director of a 5-year, $5 million program, "", under

The Royal Society of Canada has announced some new appointments of Philosophy Department members.

Will Kymlicka, Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's, has received the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada's (SSHRC) highest research honour, the Gold Medal.

The Gold Medal is awarded to an individual whose sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought have inspired students and colleagues alike. Will has won the medal for his groundbreaking work on the link between democracy and diversity which has advanced knowledge on models of citizenship and social justice within multicultural societies.

PhD Candidate Michael Tremblay has recently published two papers:

“Akrasia in Epictetus: A Comparison with Aristotle”, Apeiron: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science (Forthcoming).

“Digestion and Moral Progress in Epictetus”, Journal of Ancient Philosophy 13(1): 100-119.

For more information on Michael's work, .

In the past few years, the Department of Philosophy has added a number of permanent faculty. We're introducing them one by one through short interviews. Today we meet Lisa Guenther.

How did you become interested in philosophy? And then what happened to make you realize that you were on the path to becoming a philosopher?

Rahul Kumar was on Ontario Today talking about the ethical dimensions of the Don Cherry affair, including the moral norms of friendship.

Congratulations to students who have successfully defended their theses! Students who have recently completed degrees are:

Jeremy Butler, PhD, Democracy, Instrumentalism, and Power as a Trust: On the Foundations of Political Instrumentalism

Alex Cousins, MA, Reason, Agency and the Malaise of Mental Health

Alisha Sharma, MA, An Exploration of Coloniality and Decolonial Violence: Towards a Loving, Resurgent War

Will Kymlicka was a CBC in-studio guest for program. Kymlicka was being interviewed for having won the SSHRC Gold Medal for his research.