The International Berkeley Society (IBS) is a US-based organization that is aimed at promoting interest in the life and work of the philosopher Bishop

George Berkeley George Berkeley (; 12 March 168514 January 1753) – known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne of the Anglican Church of Ireland) – was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immate ...

. Its president is currently

Nancy Kendrick Nancy Kendrick is an American philosopher and William and Elsie Prentice Professor of Philosophy at Wheaton College (Massachusetts). She is known for her expertise on George Berkeley and has been president of the International Berkeley Societ ...

Members and activities

The society was established in 1975 and now has members all over the world, among them

Colin Murray Turbayne Colin Murray Turbayne (7 February 1916 – 16 May 2006) was an Australian philosopher and an internationally recognized authority on the writings of George Berkeley. He spent most of his thirty five year academic career at the University of Ro ...

(United States), (Germany), Katia Saporiti ( University of Zurich, Switzerland), Geneviève Brykman (France, a former vice-president), (the

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), (

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Timo Airaksinen Timo Airaksinen (born 25 April 1947 in Vaasa, Finland) is Professor of Moral Philosophy in the Discipline of Social and Moral Philosophy at Helsinki University. By longstanding tradition in the University of Helsinki, the philosophy faculty is div ...

(

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, vice-president from 2006 to 2013), (

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). Members pay a nominal annual fee and receive the ''Berkeley Briefs'', an annual publication that includes news items and other announcements of interest to the Society and its members. The journal ''

Berkeley Studies ''Berkeley Studies'' (''Berkeley Newsletter'' until December 2007) is an annual on-line academic journal established in 1977. It publishes scholarly articles on anything related to George Berkeley. The journal also gives news of the last events in ...

'' is published by Hampden-Sydney College on behalf of the society. The IBS conducts a variety of activities, ''e.g.'' runs conferences.

Turbayne Essay Prize

The IBS annually awards the Turbayne Prize to a member of the society who has written the best essay on an aspect of Berkeley's philosophy.TURBAYNE PRIZE: Colin and Ailsa Turbayne International Berkeley Essay Prize Competition
/ref> Recipients of the award include: * 1990, Phillip D. Cummins, University of Iowa * 1991, Robert G. Muehlmann, University of Western Ontario * 1992,

Lisa Downing Lisa Downing (; born 1974) is an author and academic. She is Professor of French Discourses of Sexuality at the University of Birmingham. Downing's work is innovative in its dialogue between the critical humanities and the sciences, especially ps ...

, University of Illinois at Chicago * 1993,

George Pappas George Sotiros Pappas (born 1942) is a professor of philosophy at Ohio State University. Pappas specializes in epistemology, the history of early modern philosophy, philosophy of religion and metaphysics. He is of Greek and English origin. He ...

, Ohio State University ** Alan Hausman, Hunter College, CUNY ** David Hausman, Dedman College * 1995, Stephen Harris, College of William & Mary * 1999,

Margaret Atherton Margaret Atherton (born 1943) is an American philosopher and Feminism, feminist historian who is currently a Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and was a Distinguished Pro ...

, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee * 2001, John Carriero, University of California at Los Angeles ** Todd Ryan, Trinity College * 2003, Michael Collins Allers, University ofMichigan y * 2005, Laurence Carlin, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh * 2007, Jeffrey McDonough, Harvard University * 2009, Sukjae Lee, Ohio State University * 2011, Stefan Storrie, Trinity College Dublin * 2013, Thomas Curtin, Trinity College Dublin * 2015,

, Wheaton College, Massachusetts

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External links

* Philosophical societies in the United States International learned societies Organizations established in 1975 George Berkeley International organizations based in the United States {{philo-org-stub