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Professor Thomas Baldwin, Emeritus Professor within the Department of Philosophy, joins Melvyn Bragg on an episode of the BBC programme, In Our Time, to discuss the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961).

Professor Tom Stoneham, Department of Philosophy, featured in an article in The Independent, 8 March 2025, on St. Paul’s Lutheran church in Helsinki, which has held the first church service in Finland created mostly by artificial intelligence.

Applications now open for WRoCAH funded Collaborative Doctoral Award between the Department of Philosophy, University of York and AIMS (Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services) entitled Consent Under Non-Ideal Circumstances

We have been ranked 54th in the world and 11th in the UK for the study of Arts and Humanities in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by subject.

University of York graduate, Samantha Harvey, has been named the winner of the Booker Prize 2024 winner for her novel Orbital.

The Department of Philosophy has placed 7th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 for the subject of Philosophy.

Professor Bèrges has been awarded a prestigious Global Professorship by The British Academy and joins the Department of Philosophy from September 2024.

The University of York has launched the Institute for Safe Autonomy, a ‘living lab’ that provides research and development space for autonomous systems operating on the ground, underwater and in the air.