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Mukund Maithani, who is currently working on a Capstone thesis on Iris Murdoch and Buddhaghosa on Attention, got a paper accepted in Stance! The title of Mukund’s paper: “How a Buddha Acts: Laying Bricks for a Buddhist Theory of Action.” Congratulations, Mukund! |
Exciting news!
After a lot of busy planning and scheming, on Aug 1, Ashoka’s Philosophy Society proudly announced the launch of Ashoka University’s student-run, peer-reviewed undergraduate Philosophy journal: Citta.
This is the logo (watch out for it) and here is the announcement.
The Citta co-founders and members of the editorial committee (in alphabetical order) are:
“Setting up Citta has been a crazy flurry of creativity, enthusiasm and extended (late night) phone calls. We began with an optimistic timeline – a slight hope of getting all the work done on time. After all the ‘deep’ discussions about the ‘vibe’ of the logo and the nitty-gritties of the project, we finally see our vision materialising! We’ve got a long road ahead of us and we couldn’t be more excited!”
Citta,editorial board
Professor Raja serves as Faculty mentor, advises the board where needed, and puts things up on the website, but all substantial work is handled by students only. The editorial board can be contacted by sending an email to citta@ashoka.edu.in.
The first volume of Citta, scheduled to appear in March 2021, will feature the winner of the Existentialist Short Essay Competition (see here for the call) and a number of essays of 2500-3500 words length. A call for abstracts (due Aug 22) or drafts (due Sep 12) has gone out and can be seen here.
Existentialist Essay Competition!
The Philosophy Society has issued a call for contributions to to an Existentialist Essay Competition. See below for the flyer and here for more details.
Accepted!
We are proud to announce that a number of our graduates were accepted and did accept offers for post-graduate studies. Here are just a few of them:
Graduation
On May 30th, 31 UG and ASP students graduated with some credential in Philosophy: a Concentration, a Minor, a Major, a Second Major Equivalent, or an Advanced Major.
…our students celebrated while engaging in proper social distancing:
Vanshaj Garg, freshly prepared Philosophy Major, celebrating.
Many congratulations to all – we wish you the best and hope to see all of you when convocation happens!
Defenses, Defenses, Defenses!
In May, no less than 8 students defended their Capstone Thesis or their MLS Thesis in Philosophy via Zoom or Meet and 4 more successfully submitted and passed their theses! Congratulations to all!
Here are the names, defense dates, thesis title, and advisor(s) – sorted by defense date, Philosophy faculty members in blue, other Ashoka faculty in orange, external advisors in pink:
Also successfully submitted: