Teaching

The London Philosophy Course

From time to time the Royal Institute runs a free philosophy course for subscribers to the Institute’s journals.

Philosophy in Schools

Since 1997, the Royal Institute has offered free philosophy courses to as many as 60 schools each year.

Postgraduate Funding

The Royal Institute offers up to 8 Jacobsen Studentships and 8 Royal Institute of Philosophy Bursaries each year.

Work in Prisons

Thanks to a new initiative, the Royal Institute now delivers philosophy sessions in prisons.

Announcements

The editors of Philosophy are delighted to announce the outcome of the 2019 essay prize. The winning entry is Georgi Gardiner's 'Profiling and Proof: Are Statistics Safe?'. Details here.

And we're back with the first event of 2020. Jennifer Lackey on the role that confessions play in the US criminal justice system. All welcome, tickets here, 5.45 Friday 17 Jan at Foyles on Charing Cross.

Congratulations to the new editors of the Royal Institute's journal Philosophy, Maria Alvarez and Bill Brewer, on the publication of their first issue! Many important changes are underway. Have a look at their first editorial.

Miranda Fricker on ‘Being Believed’, 5.45pm, 6 December in Foyles Charing Cross, the last talk of the year in our series on the social dimension of knowledge. Reserve your free place here.

The Annual Debate, "What's the Point of Diversity?', 21 November at 6.30, Beverage Hall. Details here.

Philip Pettit will give the Annual Lecture, 'My Three Selves' on 25 October at 6 pm in The Old Theatre, LSE. Details here.

Susan Neiman will give the the 2019 Royal Institute of Philosophy / Royal Society of Edinburgh Lecture. The topic is "Justice and History". Details and tickets here.

Tickets are now available for all the events in the London Lecture Series on the social dimension of knowledge. The first talk is by Paul Giladi on 11 October. Reserve your seat here.

The new editors of Philosophy have extended the submission deadline for the Philosophy Essay Prize to 1st November 2019. Details here.

The Royal Institute has now contacted all Jacobsen Studentship and Bursary winners for this academic year. Congratulations to all.

We are very happy to announce this year’s London Lecture Series, ‘How Do We Know? The Social Dimension of Knowledge’. Full program here.

The Institute welcomes proposals for funding for events for students and teachers of philosophy in schools. Details here.

The new editors of Philosophy, Maria Alvarez and Bill Brewer, now welcome online submissions.

https://tinyurl.com/y3hfp6nw

Jacobsen Studentships Update: the committee will meet in the first week of September, so successful candidates will be contacted shortly thereafter.

The Institute welcomes proposals for postgraduate conference funding. The deadline is 16 September. More info here.

The Institute seeks an editorial assistant. Details here. Deadline for applications is 15 August.

The Summer issue of Think: Philosophy for Everyone is out now. Here's the table of contents, here's a free article on the virtues of running marathons, and here's how to subscribe.

Cardiff Annual Lecture, Ruth Chang "Hard Choices", 16 May. Details here.

Postgraduates are invited to apply for studentships and bursaries. Deadline 1 July.