2018 Year in Review, third quarter: July, August, September

July

The NYU/Ronell saga:  a new revelation

Claremont Graduate University shuts its philosophy department, fires two tenured faculty

Wisconsin Supreme Court sides with Marquette professor whose contractual right to academic freedom was violated

The lawsuit against U of Miami and Colin McGinn growing out of the sexual misconduct allegations in 2012

Philosopher Yitzhak Melamed victim of anti-semitic attack in Bonn--and then a victim of police brutality

Top 50 universities by membership in the National Academy of Sciences, 2018

Most pressing issues confronting the philosophy profession in America currently

$20 million gift to UCLA philosophy

August

Marx, "cultural" Marxism, identity politics, our capitalist future

Do young philosophers really need to be on social media for professional reasons?

Philosopher's Annual announces "ten best" articles of 2017

Avital Ronell affair makes New York Times, which adds new details to the case

Latest developments in the Ronell case

Another set of updates on L'Affaire Ronell

Today in 'Avital in Wonderland'

The New Yorker piece on the Ronell case

Should scholarly journals permit use of the word "TERF"?

Literary scholar Marjorie Perloff on the Ronell case

September

'Complete and utter dickhead' watch:  social media edition

Philosophical views changing after taking medications for mental health issues?

Jordan Peterson, libel, Kate Manne, and the dishonest weasel Jonathan Ichikawa

Statement by Professor Stock about the APA blog and the behavior of one of its editors

2018-19 update to the 2017 PGR's top U.S. programs:  changes to the tenured faculties

What to look for in a book contract with an academic press?

'the feminist cause'