TAMU-San Antonio Department of History, Philosophy & Geography

San Antonio’s missions hold centuries of untold stories. ⛪️✨ Dive into how these iconic landmarks shaped Texas and our cultural memory in the book San Antonio and Its Missions. Written by historian and former Texas A&M adjunct professor Joel Daniel Kitchens, this deep dive explores 300 years of history beyond the Alamo.

Get ready for a great time! Alumni you are invited to our Annual Mixer for an evening of networking, laughs, and laid-back fun. Don’t miss this chance to mix, mingle, and have a great time with faculty, fellow alumni, and current students! This year’s mixer will take place on Thursday, June 11th at 5:30 PM at Little Woodrow’s located at 9840 W Loop 1604 N (Braun & 1604).

See you there!

We need philosophers because when the world faces crises we need people trained to question, critique, and imagine better alternatives.

Fall course just added! PHIL 3319: Feminist Philosophy
Thursdays 12:30 - 1:45pm (hybrid)

What do feminist philosophers have to say about the role of emotion in philosophy, politics, ethics, human flourishing, and life in general? Learn more about the field of feminist philosophy by digging into some contemporary feminist approaches to themes like anger, grief, depression, happiness, and love.

For questions, contact Dr. Rehn-DeBraal at [email protected]

Guest speaker, William V. Scott, at the Two Centuries of Ranching in Texas: An America250 Event held on April 16th.

Congratulations to all new inductees of the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society! Welcome to a community fostering the exchange of ideas among historians.

The Philosophy club had their first meeting last week! Sixteen students showed up to watch an episode of Rick & Morty and discuss the philosophical questions it raised. If you're interested in attending future meetings, sign up on Jagsync (link in article) or email student Jeannie Murdock at [email protected].

Philosophy group set to start at A&M-San Antonio; first meeting April 9 for members who sign up in JagSync | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | TAMUSA A new student interest group on philosophy is here at Texas A&M University-San Antonio where students can ask philosophical questions like “to be or not to be” — and a relatively new minor can recruit more students. The group was started by political science senior Jeannie Murdock, who wanted ...

One of our philosophy faculty, Dr. Christian Culak, was recently featured on the Blog of the APA! Learn more about his work, hobbies, and advice for grad students at the link.

APA Member Interview, Christian Culak | Blog of the APA Christian Culak is a moral philosopher concurrently lecturing at Texas A&M University-San Antonio and the University of Texas at San Antonio. When he’s not corrupting the youth in academia, he’s corrupting musical genres with his personal music project. What are you working on right now? Current...

Symposium Shines Spotlight on A&M-San Antonio Honors Program

Congratulations to Dr. Bill Bush, Professor of History and Director of the university's Honors program, on a successful event! And congrats also to Grace Opiela, one of our philosophy minors, who was awarded first place in the poster category for her research in psychology!

"Having earned regional and national recognition multiple times in its first four years of existence, Texas A&M University-San Antonio’s Honors Program assumed a local leadership position by hosting the San Antonio Honors Symposium on March 21. This was the program’s first time hosting the annual event.

The daylong event, coined “Open Minds, Open Futures,” was the third iteration of the symposium. Nine universities and community colleges presented 45 research projects, with individual awards handed out to recognize student achievements.

A&M-San Antonio students swept the first-, second-, and third-place awards in the research poster category for upper-division undergraduates."

https://news.tamusa.edu/2026/03/Symposium-Shines-Spotlight-on-AMSan-Antonios-Honors-Program.html