Behind every consequential policy decision is someone capable of turning ideas into action. Continue reading →

Tomás R. Jiménez, Joan B. Ford Professor of Sociology at Stanford University and founding director of Stanford’s Institute for Advancing Just Societies, is one of 13 preeminent scholars in the arts and sciences selected to serve as a ΦBK Visiting Scholar during the 2026–2027 academic year. Continue reading →

Felipe De Brigard of Duke University and Sarah Robins (ΦBK, Hendrix College) of Purdue University have been named recipients of the 2026 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize for Philosophical Achievement and Contribution. Their proposed symposium topic, “The Distinctiveness of Memory,” centers on a fundamental question at the intersection of philosophy and […] Continue reading →

Allison Grenda, a Ph.D. candidate in the History of Art at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, received the 2026 Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship; Abby H. Shepherd, a Ph.D. candidate in Romance Studies at Duke University, is the 2026 recipient of the Walter J. Jensen Fellowship. Continue reading →

This December, The Phi Beta Kappa Society will mark 250 years since five students at the College of William & Mary founded a society built on the conviction: love of learning is the guide of life. Continue reading →