AAP2009
About Us
La Trobe Univeristy
School of Communication, Arts and Critical Inquiry
Department of Philosophy
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/philosophy/
La Trobe University opened its doors to students in 1967, with Brian Ellis as its foundation professor of philosophy. Many of Australia's leading philosophers either studied at La Trobe or taught there for part of their careers, including J. J. C. Smart, John Bigelow, Robert Pargetter and Peter Singer. Frank Jackson took his Ph.D. at La Trobe, taught there for a while and has recently returned as research professor. The Australasian Journal of Philosophy was edited at La Trobe for many years. Under its present chair, Andrew Brennan, philosophy at La Trobe is pluralist, with staff specializing in both analytic and continental philosophy.
School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry
Department of Philosophy
Located centrally in cosmopolitan Carlton, the Department of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne is an old one, with a wealth of history and achievements. Philosophy was taught at the University from its foundation in 1853, and the Boyce Gibson Chair of Philosophy, founded in 1886, is, in fact, the oldest chair of philosophy in Australia. Two of its current research strengths are in Applied Ethics (a major interest of Tony Coady, who succeeded Goddard in the Chair) and Philosophical Logic (a major interest of the present Chair, Graham Priest).
School of Philosophy and Bioethics
Department of Philosophy
Deep in the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, the Monash philosophy department commands a view from the Dandenong ranges to Port Philip Bay from the ninth floor of the modernist Menzies Building. Monash was founded in 1961 and philosophy was there from the beginning. Hector Monro and Camo Jackson were foundation professors, followed by Peter Singer, Frank Jackson, Robert Pargetter and John Bigelow. Current research and teaching strengths at Monash are logic and metaphysics, applied ethics, bioethics, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
AAP2009 Conference Committee
La Trobe Team (website, cateirng, social events)
Melbourne Team (venue, accommodation, conference pack, house keeping)
Monash Team (budget, registration, timetable, booklet)
