http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/ en-us 2007-12-15T18:12+00:00 http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1197741964.shtml Before too much time passes I would like to note the following:... Gregory Hoskins 2007-12-15T18:12+00:00 A few weeks ago Michael Brogan successfully defended his dissertation on Levinas. It was nice to catch up a bit with Mike and his wife Meghan. Reflecting on changes in the graduate program over the last few years I was struck by the fact that although the room was full for Mike's defense there are now very few if any courses in which Levinas' works are systematically studied.

Two weeks ago Raoni Padui sucessfully defended his dissertation proposal. Raoni is writing on the theme of the transcendental in Hegel and Heidegger. The event was held in a seminar room in the Saint Augustine Center and there were so many people present that a few of us had to sit on the floor . . . including yours truly.]]> http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1181070270.shtml Regarding the discussion a few months ago on academic attire, I'm curious if anyone on the list has had a gown made other than the one we were given at graduation,... Timothy Kirk 2007-06-05T19:06+00:00 --Tim]]> http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1156783815.shtml ... J.C. Berendzen 2006-08-28T16:08+00:00 http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1150043059.shtml ... John Whitmire 2006-06-11T16:06+00:00 http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1147133763.shtml It's of course that time of the year. Unfortunately, I will not be able to do attend graduation at AU this year (my first) since my sister is graduating the very... Farhang Erfani 2006-05-09T00:05+00:00
Is there anyway we could start a tradition of cap and gowns? I was thinking about buying a typical philosophy phd online — with the blue stripes — to have for good, but it'd be nice to have a nova one. Any thoughts?

(By the way, Why is there a comment period? Is there dairy in comment for them to expire?)]]> http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1145125641.shtml ... Ammon Allred 2006-04-15T18:04+00:00 http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1138938045.shtml Chris Diehm is having trouble posting, so I am putting this up for him:... J.C. Berendzen 2006-02-03T03:02+00:00
"I just wanted to let everyone know that I was on NPR's "Talk of the
Nation" program today (2/2/06). They did a special live broadcast from
Wausau, Wisconsin, and in the second part of the show the subject was
hunting. I was a panelist along with three others, and my role was to
talk about some of the ethical issues connected to hunting. I'm sure most
VU folks missed it (it seems that in most large-city areas, only 1 hour
of the program is aired, and my panel occurred in the second hour), but
you can access the show for another 24 hours by going to NPR's
website--www.npr.org--and follow the links for "Talk of the Nation.""]]> http://novaphds.powerblogs.com/posts/1136737413.shtml (Sorry I have not said much recently. I have been meaning to respond to Jaime's entry on the cont/analytic post but things have been a little crazy.)... Farhang Erfani 2006-01-08T16:01+00:00
You all may have run across the article Ivan Tribble in the Chronicle. (It requires subscription; let me know you have no means of getting the piece.) It basically advised folks on the market, as well as young untenured faculty to worry about their blogs. Tribble contended that since hiring committee members tend to google candidates, having a blog — personal or professional — may hurt one's chances.

I just read this piece about someone getting fired because of a blog. Granted, she was fired from DeVry and not Harvard, but it does show that this could be an issue.

On our blog, mostly folks who have a phd AND a job post stuff. Nothing here is of the nature that would be detrimental to our careers either, I think. Would anonymous blogs be better?]]>