Hume Society
The Hume Society is the association of Stanford graduate students in the Department of Philosophy. It is primarily responsible for liaising between the graduate student body and the other members of the Department and coordinating among the graduate students themselves.
Objectives
Additionally, the Hume Society provides professional development opportunities and support from graduate students for other graduate students, and coordinates the visit week for newly admitted students. Each year, officers of the Hume Society organize a number of events including the Department's graduate student workshop, the Berkeley/Stanford/Davis graduate student conference, and a number of other social gatherings. The capstone event is an annual lecture series wherein the invited speaker is chosen by the graduate students.
Officers
2021 - 2022:
Hume Society Co-Presidents: Hayden Kajercline, Julian Davis
Faculty-Student Representatives: Dan Friedman, Rupert Sparling
GSW Coordinator: Mikayla Kelley
Stanford MAP Chapter Representatives: César Valenzuela-Marquez, Lisa Benossi
BSD Conference Coordinator: Tom Ladendorf
Incoming Year Liaison: Elise Sugarman, Matthew McGuthry
Professional Development Officer: Miikka Jaarte
Admissions Committee Representative: Ashley Attwood
Fun Coordinator: Austen Friesacher
Mental Health Officer: Jacqueline Harding
Past Officers and Events:
2020 - 2021:
Hume Society Co-Presidents: Dan Friedman & Rupert Sparling
Faculty-Student Representatives: Elise Sugarman & Zach Hall
GSW Coordinator: Mikayla Kelley
Stanford MAP Chapter Representatives: César Valenzuela-Marquez & Sally Tilton
BSD Conference Coordinator: Austen Friesacher
Incoming Year Liaison: Lara Spencer
Professional Development Officer: Imran Thobani
Admissions Committee Representative: Miikka Jaarte
Fun Coordinator: Grant Dowling
2018-2019:
Hume Society Co-Presidents: John Wilcox & Luke Pistol
BSD Grad Conference Coordinator: Taylor Madigan
Fun Coordinator: Austen McDougal
GSW Coordinator: Imran Thobani
Faculty-Student Representatives: Ben Sparkes & Olga Lenczewska
Professional Development Officers: Adam Zweber & Landon Hobbs
Stanford MAP Chapter Representatives: Patrick Hughes & Prach Panchakunathorn
Incoming Year Liaison: Lara Spencer
2017-2018:
Presidents: Thomas & Ben
BSD Coordinators: Michael F & Taylor M
Faculty-Student Representatives: Dave & Austen
Professional Development Coordinators: Michael C & Landon
Fun Coordinator: Olga
GSW Coordinators: Adam Z & Declan
MAP Representative: Hannah & Nathan
2016-2017:
Co-Presidents: Hannah Kim& Michael Cohen
Faculty Reps: Chris Lewis & Roy Lee
Professional Development Officers: Francesca Zaffora Blando & Silvia DeToffoli
MAP Coordinator: jonathan.jerome.lang [at] gmail.com (JJ Lang)
GSW Coordinator: Dave Gottlieb
BSD Coordinator: ywang11 [at] stanford.edu (Yafeng Wang)
Fun Coordinator: Chris Mierzewski
Admit Coordinators: hyoungsung [at] gmail.com (Hyoung Kim) & Landon Hobbs
Speakers
2016-2017 Hume Society Speaker:
Sharon Street, NYU
21 April 2017
90-92Q | 3:15pm
2015-2016 Hume Society Speaker:
Peter Godfrey-Smith, CUNY
29 April 2016
90-92Q | 3:15pm
2014-2015 Hume Society Speaker:
Michael Thompson, Pittsburgh
17 April 2015
90-92Q | 3:15pm
2013-2014 Hume Society Speaker:
John McDowell