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The John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought is an interdisciplinary, Ph.D. granting graduate program. Its guiding principle is that the serious study of many academic topics is best prepared for by a wide and deep acquaintance with the fundamental issues presupposed in all such studies. Students should learn about these issues by acquainting themselves with a select number of major ancient and modern texts in an interdisciplinary atmosphere, reading and studying these books in discussion groups, tutorials, seminars, and independently. In their dissertations, students do intense work on more specific scholarly topics, but always inspired by and with a desire to be in conversation with a wider intellectual culture.

 

In The News:

Paul Cato

The John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought congratulates Paul Cato, a doctoral student, on receiving a “Furthering Diversity” Award. 

Read about the Furthering Diversity Award here...

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UChicago News: Thirty-one UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships in 2024

Read the announcement here....

Robert Pippin

Prof. Robert Pippin chosen to give the 2025 Dewey Lecture for the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association.

Read the APA Announcement here...