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Andrew Janiak

Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy
Duke Box 90743, Durham, NC 27708-0743
201 West Duke Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Janiak is Professor of Philosophy and the co-leader of Project Vox. He is former chair of the Bass Society of Fellows and served as Chair of Philosophy from 2015-2020. His most recent book, The Enlightenment's Most Dangerous Woman (Oxford University Press, 2024), concerns the thought of Émilie Du Châtelet and the origins of the canon in modern European philosophy. Adam Gopnik reviewed the book in The New Yorker and it was reviewed in the Wall Street Journal and more recently, the Times …

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Philosophy · 2015 - Present Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Undergraduate Studies of Philososphy · 2021 - Present Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2014 - Present Duke Science & Society, University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Bass Fellow · 2018 - Present Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Education, Training & Certifications


Indiana University at Bloomington · 2001 Ph.D.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor · 1996 M.A.
Hampshire College · 1994 B.A.

External Links


What is Project Vox?