As some of you may know, in July I took up a new position in Groningen, after 4 years in Amsterdam. Groningen is a beautiful small city all the way in the north of the Netherlands, with one of the oldest universities in the country. Its philosophy department (well, faculty, which has a lot of administrative advantages) consistently receives the highest evaluations in the country both for research and education, and indeed it has a fantastic group of professors and researchers. And yet, it is a bit of a 'hidden gem' for the outer world (how many of you knew about philosophy in Groningen up to now?), which, if it's up to me, is not going to be a long-lasting situation!
Indeed, there's lots to brag about. As just announced by Leiter (although this is old news to us in Groningen), the annual Journal of the History of Philosophy book prize has been awarded to Lodi Nauta, professor in the history of philosophy group in Groningen and general editor of the journal Vivarium, for his book In Defense of Common Sense: Lorenzo Valla’s Humanist Critique of Scholastic Philosophy (Harvard University Press, 2009). Lodi has an outstanding research record, having been the recipient of major research grants and other signs of recognition; he works mostly on humanism in the renaissance period, but has broad interests ranging from Boethius all the way to 20th century ordinary-language philosophy (and this semester he's teaching a course on philosophy and animals!). A very well-deserved recognition for sure!
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