The Philosophy Graduate Student Union at Villanova University is the mediating body for Graduate Student business and activities in the Philosophy Department. PGSU (affectionately known as "pig-soo") holds several meetings throughout the academic year, as well as sponsors the Philosophy in Progress series, the Invited Speakers Series, and an annual Graduate Student Conference in the Spring.

2007-2008 Officers

• PGSU Co-Directors: Sarah Vitale and Christopher Noble
• PGSU Representative to the Faculty: Michael Olson
• Representative to the University-wide Graduate Student Council: TBD
• Philosophy in Progress (PIP) Series Director: Alexander Kratchman

Graduate Student Conferences

• Time, History, Memory - March 28-29, 2008. Keynote speaker, David Wood - Vanderbilt University
• Philosophy and Sexuality - April 2007. Plenary Speaker, Alphonso Lingis View Schedule

Philosophy in Progress

Philosophy in Progress is a series of working-idea colloquia designed to promote the ongoing work and intellectual community of the Villanova Philosophy Department, as well as provide a venue within our department for philosophical presentation and feedback.

The following is scheduled for 2008:

January 23rd: Gabriel Rockhill, "Problems in the Relationship Between Politics and Art: The Case of Jacques Ranciere"

February 20th: Jessica Elkayam, "On Love and Strife: The Phenomenological Concept of Nothingness"

February 27th: Paul Livingston, "Wittgenstein and Parmenides"

March 26th: Michael Kim

April 2nd: Alexi Kukuljevic

April 9th: Dalia Nassar, "Schelling's Encounter with the Mythical Other"

April 16th: Annika Thiem

April 23rd: Ashley Vaught

Professional Development

• www.erraticimpact.com - Mission Statement: We at Erratic Impact love philosophy. Thus, it is our goal to make the study of philosophy easy and enjoyable by combining the best online resources with the most extensive text resources available. We also love books! Thus, it is our goal to use the internet to promote new (as well as established) authors in philosophy and related fields. We want to help students and teachers find your work.
• http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/pmilne/links_html/journals.html - An outstanding resource for exploring a vast range of academic journals. The site is easy to navigate as journals are broken down both alphabetically and via subject area. Categories are also set up for electronic, yearly publications of philosophical gatherings, annual journals and student journals.
• http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/pmilne/journals_html/pol.html - An excellent resource for those particularly interested in political thought. This site contains over 55 links which take you directly to journals related to this area of study. It is valuable whether one wishes to explore research conducted in this area or whether one wishes to seek publishing opportunities.
• Notes from Dr. Livingston's Publishing Workshop - These notes open up in Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Acrobat, you can get it for free here: