In May 2012, the Philomathia Foundation announced a $1-million gift to McMaster University to establish the Philomathia Foundation Water Project. In addition to providing fellowships and travel scholarships to students studying water-related, the Water Project also...
In May 2013, the Philomathia Foundation entered into an agreement with the University of Cambridge’s School of the Humanities and Social Sciences to establish the new Philomathia Social Sciences Research Programme. Through a donation of more than one million pounds,...
In May 2012, the Philomathia Foundation announced a donation of $1M toward establishing the Philomathia Foundation Water Project at McMaster University. This project will enhance the existing education and research in water issues at McMaster with its collaboration...
It is with great enthusiasm that the Philomathia foundation announces the fourth instalment in a series of successful lectures on Energy and the Environment. The 2012 Philomathia form titled Unlocking the Financing of Real Estate Energy Efficiency, will explore issues...
The complex interplay and relationship between the natural world and political thought was examined during this conference hosted at Trinity Hall Lecture Theatre at Cambridge University. This conference brought together experts on political theory, philosophers and...
Shortages of clean water are becoming endemic and are a major cause of poor global health. A complex issue such as this, warrants an approach from multiple avenues, integrating knowledge from both engineering and the social sciences. In response to the global water...
CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPASSION These upcoming lectures seek to explore the process of moral growth, and of compassion specifically, from the perspective of the ancient philosophical wisdom of Chinese civilization. Lecturer: Professor David Wong...
In keeping with it's longstanding support of environmental research, the Philomathia foundation its pleased to announce the creation of the Philomathia Center at UC Berkeley. This center will facilitate energy and climate research while fostering learning, innovative...
The dramatic changes to the public funding of higher education in the UK and elsewhere, with their implication that the humanities confer a mainly private benefit, raise serious challenges and questions for those charged with leadership of the humanities. Even where...
Hosted in conjunction with the Research Centre for Human Values (RCHV) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, this workshop will address questions pertaining to the importance and means of promoting the humanities. This conference is the first in a series of...
The Philomathia Foundation Symposium at UC Berkeley served as a platform where leading scientists and experts to explored ways to achieve a sustainable energy future. The best course of action for a clean, green energy future was outlined through this series of...
The Philomathia Foundation hosted its first annual form on Energy and the environment at the Lakeview Hotel Conference Center at Peking University in Beijing. This inaugural, two-day event brought together leading Chinese and American scientists to explore issues and...