Department of Philosophy
Staffordshire University

Welcome to the Philosophy Department!

We are a small, research-intensive Department, specialising in modern 'continental' philosophy. We offer undergraduate degrees in philosophy, ethics and many interdisciplinary subjects including philosophy's relationship to the visual arts and to literature. In our areas of specialism, we also offer a taught MA and PhD supervision.


Recent Events

John Sallis

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Professor John Sallis of Boston College as Visiting Professor at Staffordshire University. Professor Sallis is among the most respected philosophers working within European thought, and his long list of publications includes important work on Plato, Heidegger, Kant and Nietzsche, among many others.


Philosophy Notices
Philosophy notices

Summer 2010

Any current level one or two students who have not yet registered for next year's modules, please see David Webb as soon as possible in L219.

Advanced Undergraduate modules for 2010-11 are:

Ancient Texts (Plato's Republic)
Modern Texts (Hume's Enquiriies)
Recent Texts (Foucault's Biopolitics lectures)
Philosophy of Technology
Thinking with Hands and Eyes
Morality and the Self
Ethics in Practice

POSTGRADUATES: Postgraduate schedule 09-10

A pg programme for 10-11 will be posted soon.