Nathan Lyons

📢 Artificial Intelligence + Christian Wisdom: A workshop with Chris Watkin. Delighted to announce that Christopher Watkin (Monash) will lead an online workshop in June + July exploring how Christian thought can illuminate responding to AI. 👉 Register: events.nd.edu.au/artificial-int…

For those in the philosophy community: details of Andrew Cooper’s (PhD Sydney, A/Prof Warwick) memorial service are here. A link for the live-stream will be added to this page before the service: memorials.foreverinourhearts.com.au/memorials/6926…

📢 Applications Open: The Maimonides Scholarship We are excited to announce a new research opportunity at the Notre Dame Centre for the History of Philosophy: The Maimonides Scholarship. See the flyer: buff.ly/rzrQQmd| Expressions of interest: chop@nd.edu.au

If anyone is up for some Joan of Arc this weekend, check out this new series on Radio National featuring me, Stephanie Downes, and Shaun Blanchard: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/rel…

Notre Dame’s School of Philosophy and Theology is advertising a continuing Lecturer in Theology position based in Sydney, closes 18 Nov seek.com.au/job/88097928

📢 The State of Nature Symposium with Chris Watkin We are delighted to announce an exciting author-meets-critics event coming up at CHOP in April 2026. 👉 events.nd.edu.au/state-of-natur…

📢 New in 2026: Frontiers in the History of Philosophy We’re delighted to announce a new taught course from CHOP, offered in partnership with the Notre Dame School of Philosophy & Theology

Peter Harrison, our brilliant Professorial Research Fellow, is delivering the New College Lectures at UNSW in two weeks on the theme “God and the Secular University.” Not to be missed! buff.ly/tvj5sJs

What lies beneath the surface of the self? Join us for DAVID HUME: ON HUMAN NATURE AND DARK EMOTIONS, a day-long exploration of the Humean psyche, led by Peter Kail (Oxford) and Anik Waldow (Sydney). 🗓️ Friday, 12 December | Masterclass + Seminar

📢📢📢New in 2026: Jewish Philosophy Courses at CHOP The Centre for the History of Philosophy at Notre Dame is introducing two exciting courses in Semester 1, 2026

Join us in November for two brilliant events exploring the legacy of women in the history of philosophy – proudly sponsored by CHOP and the Discipline of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. 🍃Women in the History of Philosophy: On Nature – Conference (26–27 Nov)

Our next two CHOP seminars will be an Abrahamic philosophy feast! 📷 The brilliant Raphael Dascalu on Jewish-Arabic philosophy after Maimonides (21 August) 📷 The luminous Milad Milani on Ghazali & Palamas (18 Sept)

We had a wonderful evening at our inaugural John and Anna Belfer Oration in the History of Jewish Philosophy this week.

Ahead of the Belfer Oration next Monday, our directors David Bronstein & Nathan Lyons reflect on the history of philosophy in the Abrahamic traditions and its promise for today abc.net.au/religion/histo…

Counting down to the inaugural Belfer Oration in Sydney - just a few days away! Reserve your seat: events.nd.edu.au/belfer-oration

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Raphael Dascalu as our Senior Research Fellow in the History of Jewish Philosophy in CHOP. Raphael is an expert in medieval Jewish and Islamic intellectual history and he is a specialist with Judeo-Arabic texts. Welcome Raphael!

We are thrilled to welcome Aden Cotterill (@adencotterill) to CHOP as the Williams Papworth Research Fellow, and we're grateful to Hilary Papworth for her visionary generosity in making this possible. notredame.edu.au/news-items/not…

We are delighted to announce a new annual lecture series - The John and Anna Belfer Oration in the History of Jewish Philosophy. The new series, jointly established with The Great Synagogue Sydney, will be launched on Monday 30 June. Register here: events.nd.edu.au/belfer-oration

CHOP is keen to host applications for these Forrest Foundation postdocs - 3 year positions in Perth WA. Early career researchers in history of philosophy, get in touch! mailchi.mp/ca09c9dcfdb7/w…