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John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values

History and Philosophy of Science (HPS)

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What is HPS?

The Ph.D. Program in History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) welcomes students of diverse intellectual backgrounds: humanities students who have an interest in the sciences, medicine, or technology, as well as students who have training in the sciences and engineering, and who are curious about the history of their discipline, and its philosophical grounding.

What will I study? 

The program is built around three tracks: History of Science, Philosophy of Science, and Theology and Science. Students admitted on one of these tracks will receive their degrees in HPS, but will pursue a course of study that overlaps significantly with that of a Ph.D. student in History , Philosophy , or Theology , and will have an advisor drawn from one of those departments.

Students on all tracks share core courses in the history and philosophy of science, and in the social studies of science. They gain an overview of the history of science from antiquity to the modern day, and philosophical and social science approaches to understanding the nature of science, which they can refine through electives on particular periods or on specific subjects, including particular scientific fields. 

The core faculty include historians, philosophers, theologians, as well as faculty in the departments of English, Sociology, and Anthropology, to form a truly interdisciplinary program of study.

Students will have opportunities to develop their teaching in the History, Philosophy, or Theology departments, as well as designing and teaching their own courses in the undergraduate programs closely associated with HPS: Science, Technology, and Values (STV) and Health, Humanities, and Society (HHS).

Graduates from the HPS Ph.D. program have also gone on to work in public policy, or have found appointments in museums and libraries concerning the public understanding of science. Graduates of our program are fully trained historians, philosophers, or theologians (and most often find academic jobs in those disciplinary departments), who also have additional expertise in the intersection between the sciences and those disciplines. 

In addition to our Ph.D. program, we also offer a concurrent M.A. and a graduate minor for students enrolled in other doctoral programs at Notre Dame.

Students interested in additional information about the HPS programs should contact Tori Davies ( [email protected] ). 

Matthew Ashley

Full Professor, Theology

Feraz Azhar

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Tawrin Baker

Visiting Assistant Professor, Program of Liberal Studies

W. Martin Bloomer

Professor, Classics

Francesca Bordogna

Associate Professor, Program of Liberal Studies

Jon Coleman

Professor, History

Assistant Teaching Professor, Philosophy

Therese Cory

Associate Professor, Philosophy

Laurel Daen

Assistant Professor, American Studies

Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal

Assistant Professor, English

Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

William P. Reynolds Professor of History

Patrick Gamez

Assistant Teaching Professor

Anna Geltzer

Fellow, Nanovic Inst for European Studies

Robert Goulding

Christopher Hamlin

Professor Emeritus, History

Professor, Philosophy

Ian Johnson

Assistant Professor, History

Michelle Karnes

Professor, English

Sean Kelsey

Rev. John A. O'Brien Associate Professor

Janet Kourany

Katharina Kraus

Affiliates, Philosophy

Kate Marshall

Associate Professor, English

Philip Mirowski

Professor Emeritus, Provost Office

Mahan Mirza

Teaching Professor, Ansari-Global Engagement w Religion

Ebrahim Moosa

Professor, Keough School of Global Affairs

Daniel Nolan

McMahon-Hank Professor of Philosophy

Andrew Radde-Gallwitz

Concurrent Professor, Theology

Evan Ragland

Associate Professor, History

Gretchen Reydams-Schils

Professor, Program of Liberal Studies

Matthew Rickard

Assistant Professor, Program of Liberal Studies

Denis Robichaud

Concurrent Associate Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures

Thomas Stapleford

Nicholas Teh

Laura Walls

Professor Emerita, English

Abraham Winitzer

Associate Professor, Theology

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Center for Philosophy of Religion

Advancing work in philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, and related disciplines.

Notre Dame’s Center for Philosophy of Religion supports research and interdisciplinary collaboration through research fellowships, conferences, grants, and public engagement initiatives.

Logoi Spring 2023

The newest issue of our annual magazine Logoi is now available! Inside, you will find articles, interviews, residential fellow profiles and much more!

Associate Director wins Templeton Grant

Dr. Laura Frances Callahan, the Center's associate director, received a 2-year career grant from the John Templeton Foundation for her project "Intellectual Humility and Oppression".

AY 2024-2025 Fellowship Theme: Religion and Democracy

We are excited to announce that Kristin Kobes Du Mez will be with us in the Center next year!

Plantinga Animated

To celebrate former Center Director and Notre Dame Philosopher Alvin Plantinga's 2017 Templeton Prize and showcase his most influential ideas and arguments, we produced a series of ten short animated films that explore his philosophical contributions.

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Location: 220 Malloy Hall

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Department of English

College of Arts and Letters

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Ph.D. in English

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The Ph.D. in English is a highly selective doctoral program at a top-ranked private research university that trains students for the academic profession of literary studies while building knowledge and skills relevant to a wide range of careers. As a student in our program, you will enjoy access to outstanding scholars working in a variety of fields and practicing diverse theoretical and methodological approaches.

Through our classes, individual student mentoring, and professionalization practicums, you will gain advanced training in the many facets of scholarship and professional life, including research methods, pedagogy, writing for publication, applying for funding, and the job search. Our faculty are committed to helping you develop your interests, voice, and skills as a researcher, writer, and teacher.

“I chose Notre Dame for my English Ph.D. because I wanted to land in a program with as much community support as possible. The stresses of graduate school are real, and it's important to be surrounded by supportive people who respect your needs, interests, and personal career goals. Notre Dame’s English Department is filled with faculty and administrators who truly care about setting their students up for success, whether that's on the academic job market or beyond. Throughout my dissertation process, I've been grateful to have a network of faculty and graduate students who are interested in supporting both my area of research and my personal goals.” — Logan Quigley, Ph.D. May 2022

Academic Partnerships

Notre Dame is home to renowned centers and institutes that enrich doctoral study and help build interdisciplinary connections. As a student here you will have the opportunity to participate in projects and colloquia—and apply for additional research and conference support—from institutes including:

• Initiative on Race and Resilience
• Institute for Latino Studies
• Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies
• Medieval Institute
• Nanovic Institute for European Studies
• Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values
• Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study

“As an applicant many years ago, Notre Dame struck me as a place where graduate students were encouraged to find multiple intellectual homes outside their own departments, through centers and institutes that recognize not only the promise of graduate student's intellectual contributions but the precarity of those contributions if left unsupported. I'm happy to say the University delivered, rewarding me time and time again with some of the richest, most rigorous academic conversations and, to boot, the means to pursue the research questions that those conversations generated.” — Arnaud Zimmern, Ph.D. May 2021. Now a Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Philosophy and Science at Notre Dame

Graduate Minors

As a Ph.D. student in English you might also decide to pursue one of five graduate minors:

• Gender Studies
• Peace Studies
• Irish Studies
• Screen Cultures
• History and Philosophy of Science

International Opportunities

Our Ph.D. program provides exciting opportunities to participate in an array of international opportunities, events, and partnerships. You might, for instance:

• work with scholars in the UK or Germany as part of the “Global Dome” Ph.D. Summer Workshop in History and Literature;
• live and teach at Notre Dame London while conducting your own research;
• participate in the Irish Seminar, joining scholars and students from other institutions for workshops in locations such as Dublin, Paris, or Buenos Aires;
• participate in the International Network for Comparative Humanities (INCH), a series of workshops that bring Notre Dame students together with faculty and students at Princeton and other major universities worldwide.

And, of course, you will have access to support from the department  and a range of other university sources  for research and conference travel.

“As an Irish grad minor, I participated in the Irish Seminar and traveled to Dublin and Kylemore Abbey where I had the wonderful opportunity of learning about Irish literature and culture from renowned international scholars. My participation in the Irish seminar was complemented with my engagement with INCH. For the INCH annual retreats, I traveled to Athens and Rome and got the opportunity to work with scholars and graduate students from various universities in the US and Europe. The international exposure generously provided by the program has significantly enriched my scholarship." — Shinjini Chattopadhyay, Ph.D. January 2022. Now Assistant Professor of Global Anglophone Literatures at Berry College

Have questions about the Ph.D. in English? Contact:

Susan Cannon Harris Director of Graduate Studies Professor of English Email: [email protected]

Blake Holman Graduate Program Coordinator Email:  [email protected]

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Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

College of Arts and Letters

The minor in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics is designed for students with serious interests at the intersection of political theory, political philosophy, and economic theory. Its aim is to help students acquire some fluency in each of the disciplines, and to provide a forum where all three disciplines can be brought to bear on problems which are common or complementary. PPE emphasizes the development of the analytic skills exercised in close reading, cogent writing and clear oral expression. Students are strongly encouraged to engage in undergraduate research and to write senior theses . A high percentage of PPE graduates pursue advanced degrees.

The PPE minor is 15 credits, including the 3-credit Justice Seminar , which is the core course of the minor and is required of all concentrators. The minor is open by application only; any student who wishes to take the Justice Seminar must complete the application for the minor. Most of the students who are granted admission to the PPE minor are majors in Philosophy, Political Science or Economics and the vast majority granted admission to the Seminar are PPE -intents. But first-years, sophomores and juniors from across the University are welcome to submit applications, regardless of their majors. Both PPE and the Justice Seminar are highly selective: approximately 18 students are accepted per year.

Professor Paul Weithman Department of Philosophy 406 Malloy Hall University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556

Phone: (574) 631-5182 [email protected]

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Graduate Program in Computer Science and Engineering

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The doctoral program in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering emphasizes research of the highest technical quality that also serves to improve the quality of life. Our research areas include AI and machine learning, algorithms and theory, assistive technology, computer architecture and nanotechnology; computer vision, medical imaging and biometrics, digital humanities, human computer interaction, natural language processing; network and data science, scientific and high performance computing; security, privacy and cryptography; software engineering, visualization and visual analytics, wireless, mobile, and embedded systems. The Ph.D. program is focused on research and leads to a research career in the academy, industry, or government. Students in the Ph.D. program are generally supported as research or teaching assistants, take classes part-time, and focus on research under the supervision of a faculty adviser. The Ph.D. degree can be completed in three to five years, and is open to students with either a B.S. or M.S. degree.

Updated: 8/31/2023

• GRE General Test optional
• TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo for non-native speakers of English
• Curriculum vitae
• Official transcripts from each post-secondary institution; one must show conferral of a bachelor's degree. (Due upon enrollment)
• Statement of intent
• Three letters of recommendation
• Unofficial transcripts from each post-secondary institution required at the time of application. (Official transcript showing conferral of a bachelor's degree due upon enrollment.)

Joyce Yeats Administrative Assistant for Graduate Studies Phone: (574) 631-8802 Email: [email protected]

https://cse.nd.edu/graduate/