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Professor Katalin Farkas Elected External Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

May 22, 2025
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The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its foundation this year. Established in 1825, the Academy has long been dedicated to cultivating and supporting Hungarian scientific life, fostering research excellence, and promoting scientific values in society. As one of Hungary’s most prestigious academic institutions, HAS recognizes outstanding scholars through election to its membership tiers: corresponding, full, and external members — the latter category reserved for Hungarian researchers working abroad.

Raza Khan Prize Winners 2025

May 21, 2025
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We are happy to announce the winners of the 2025 Raza Khan Prize.


After due consideration, the committee decided to award the prize to Andrés Rubio Krohne (1-yr MA) for his paper "Are Beliefs Deep?" and to Mohammadjavad Hajialikhani (2-yr MA) for his paper "Purity Against Property Dualism."

You can find the abstracts here.

Our PhD alumnus László Kőszeghy awarded role at the IB's Diploma Program

April 7, 2025
László Kőszeghy

Our recent alumnus, László Kőszeghy (PhD 2025), is the curriculum manager of the philosophy, classical languages, and (as part of a team) theory of knowledge courses of the International Baccalaureate’s Diploma Program.

Managing curriculum reviews at the IB is a future-oriented, research-based and collaborative process, relying on feedback from educators, students, alumni, and experts, and aimed at producing guides and support materials which gives students the agency to take ownership of their own learning, flourish and create a more peaceful world. 

Successful Defense of László Kőszeghy

March 10, 2025
László Kőszeghy

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the successful defense of the PhD Dissertation

by László Kőszeghy

on Mindless Scrolls: Social Kinds and Power in the Algorithmic Society

 

Supervisor: Maria Kronfeldner

Internal member: Asya Passinsky

External member: Åsa Burman (Stockholm University)

Chair: Michael Griffin

 

Congratulations, Dr. Kőszeghy!

PhD Award Recipients

February 7, 2025

The PhD awards recognize outstanding performance in research in the case of advanced students, and in coursework and comprehensive exams in the case of first year students. The awardees have been selected by the University Doctoral Committee.  

Congratulations to Denis Kazankov and Emanuele Tullio who received the 2025 Advanced PhD Award, and to Balint Bekefi and Swithin Thomas who split the 2025 First-Year PhD Award.