Society News
In Memoriam: Roger Lee Emerson
The Hume Society is saddened to announce the passing of Roger Lee Emerson (1934-2025). Emerson was, for most of his career, Professor of History at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. A specialist in the European and Scottish Enlightenments, Emerson was the author of over 60 articles and seven monographs, and (among many professional commitments) a member of the Editorial Board of our very own Hume Studies from 1984 to 1994. An accomplished scholar and excellent teacher, Emerson will be missed by all who knew him. An obituary composed by Roger Emerson, to which Mark Spencer has added an addendum, can be viewed below.
In Honor of Tom Beauchamp
The Hume Society honors the many contributions to Hume studies of Professor Tom Beauchamp, who died on February 19, 2025. Among his other contributions, Tom was the editor of several installments of the Clarendon critical edition of Hume's works, including the Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals, the Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, the Dissertation on the Passions and Natural History of Religion, and the Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary, co-edited with Mark A. Box. Tom was professor emeritus of philosophy at Georgetown University. His obituary may be read here.
Fourth Hume Studies Essay Prize Winner: Viacheslav Zahorodniuk
The Hume Studies Essay Prize panel, which is composed of a subset of the journal's editorial board, has selected the fourth winner: It is Viacheslav Zahorodniuk for his forthcoming article, "Painted Red: The Soviet Interpretations of Hume’s Epistemology." Congratulations! The Hume Studies Essay Prize is an annual competition open to those ten or fewer years from the Ph.D., including those currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program; the winner also receives an award of USD $1,000. You can learn more about the Essay Prize--submissions are now being accepted for the fifth round--here.
Viacheslav Zahorodniuk is currently Biruté Ciplijauskaité Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was previously an assistant professor of philosophy at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
This announcement will appear in our April 2025 issue, and the paper itself will be published in our November 2025 issue. In the meantime, you can read more about Viacheslav Zahorodniuk's research here.