The Royal Society of Canada has named Dr. Antonio Calcagno, Professor of Philosophy at King’s, among Canada’s top scholars. (Photo Courtesy of King's University College)
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Professor at King's named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Dr. Antonio Calcagno, a professor of philosophy at King’s University College, has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in the Academy of the Arts and Humanities.

Fellows are nominated and selected by their peers for outstanding academic contributions to the humanities, natural, and social sciences. 

At King’s, Dr. Calcagno specializes in social and political theory.

Being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada adds to Dr. Calcagno’s long list of academic recognitions. Dr. Calcagno is the author of five books and has published over 100 articles.

He is the winner of various major Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grants and the co-founder of the North American Society for Early Phenomenology and the Society for Italian Philosophy.

In 2018, he received the King’s University College Hugh Mellon Excellence in Research Award.

Dr. Calcagno will receive this new recognition on November 16, 2023, at the Royal Society of Canada Celebration of Excellence & Engagement in Waterloo, Ontario

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