Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies

Four faculty members receive Fulbright honors

Posted on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 3:32pm

Gerald Knezek, Regents Professor of learning technologies, was awarded a Fulbright Senior Specialist appointment to the University of Twente in the Netherlands in 2011-12. He conducted research and presented seminars in technology innovation and integration into educational environments.

Stand-out student serves as invited panelist for 'The Individual and Scholarly Networks'

Posted on Mon, 03/18/2013 - 10:05am
There were experts from around the world. And only one was a student — also who happened to be from UNT.
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Technology and life

Posted on Thu, 09/06/2012 - 7:38am
Adam Briggle, professor of philosophy, co-edited The Good Life in a Technological Age with Phillip Brey and Edward Spence, examining how new media influences the quality of life and how technology relates to human well-being.
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Brilliantly Green

Posted on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 9:14am
Three Mean Green teams are Sun Belt 2012 champions, French horn players set a Guinness World Record and a prehistoric fish fossil is drawing visitors to UNT's Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building.
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Food for thought

Posted on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 11:51am
David M. Kaplan, associate professor of philosophy, serves as editor of The Philosophy of Food — also the name of the project he heads at UNT. The book features 16 essays tackling all aspects of food, from sustainability to table manners.
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Water and culture

Posted on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 4:45pm
Irene Klaver, associate professor of philosophy and religion studies and founding director of the Philosophy of Water Project at UNT, is one of the co-editors of a new book examining the complex role of water in sustaining cultural diversity and diverse environments.
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Faculty film chosen for the American Documentary Showcase

Posted on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 1:02pm
A documentary created by two UNT faculty members is one of 20 films chosen as an “Official Selection” for the American Documentary Showcase, a project of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
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Dharma and ecology

Posted on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 10:06am
The role religious communities play in environmentalism is the subject of Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability (Ashgate) by Pankaj Jain, assistant professor of philosophy and religion studies.
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Global Connection: Cape Horn research field station opens

Posted on Wed, 03/16/2011 - 8:54am
UNT, in partnership with the Universidad de Magallanes, the Chilean Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, and several U.S. and Chilean nonprofit organizations, opened the world’s first field station dedicated to environmental philosophy, science and policy at the southern tip of Chile in the village of Puerto Williams in January.
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Global Connection: UNT partners with Charles Darwin Foundation

Posted on Thu, 08/19/2010 - 3:55pm
UNT scientists and philosophers will work with the Charles Darwin Research Station to find ways to support ecotourism and confront challenges threatening the Galapagos Islands and the Cape Horn Archipelago.
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