About us

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The British Undergraduate Philosophy Society (BUPS) was founded early in 2005, by Robert Charleston, to respond to the lack of a communication platform linking students from different universities. The society initially was centred around the mailing lists, but its activities have since grown to include the managing of several projects (Schools Project aiming to bring philosophy to schools, Twelve Project linking PhilSocs together), publishing its own journal: the British Journal of Undergraduate Philosophy (BJUP), and running quarterly undergraduate conferences. BUPS now has hundreds of readers and conference delegates coming from universities from across the UK, and sometimes even from abroad.

BUPS is run by a committee constituted principally of undergraduates, led by the BUPS Chair. The chair is elected by BUPS members on a yearly basis, and serves as an anchor point for the committee's activities and projects. The chair also represents the society on certain committees and advisory boards; most notably the Higher Education Academy's Philosophy and Religious Studies Subject Centre's advisory board.

BUPS is a non-profit learned society. BUPS events and services are made possible because of the generosity of donors and sponsors, and the time invested by volunteers, both on the committee and off. BUPS Membership is completely free (just sign up to BUPS-L and/or BUPS-DIS!), and we constantly strive to keep the cost of our events as low as possible.

BUPS Chairs, past and present

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2005-2006 &mdash Robert Charleston (founder)
2006-2007 &mdash Edward Grefenstette
2007-2008 &mdash Joe Cunningham
2008-2009 &mdash Amanda Montgomery

Past Conferences and Keynote Speakers

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Programmes for the past conferences and more details can be obtained here.

Professor Jonathan Lowe (University of Durham) &mdash BUPC '05
Professor Robert Hopkins (University of Sheffield) &mdash BJUP Launch Sheffield Day Conference '06
Professor Michael Clark (University of Nottingham) &mdash Nottingham Skills Conference '06
Professor A. C. Grayling (Birkbeck College, University of London) &mdash BUPC '06
Professor Simon Blackburn (University of Cambridge) &mdash BUPS Winter Conference '06
Professor Bob Hale (University of Sheffield) &mdash Durham Skills Conference '07
Professor Timothy Williamson (University of Oxford) &mdash Oxford Summer Conference '07
Professor Quassim Cassam (University of Cambridge)&mdash BUPC '07
Professor Stephen Mumford (University of Nottingham)&mdash BUPS Winter Conference '07
Professor Adrian Mooorewill(University of Oxford)&mdash BUPS Spring Conference 2008
Professor Bill Brewer (University of Warwick), BUPS Anuual Conference 2008