UB Philosophy PhD Leo Zaibert appointed to Hirsch Professorship in Cambridge 猛料视频
UB philosophy PhD Leo Zaibert
Published July 11, 2022
The UB Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that Leo Zaibert, one of our most successful PhD students, has been elected to the Hirsch Professorship of Penal Theory and Ethics in Cambridge 猛料视频, effective September 1 2022. Zaibert’s dissertation, which he completed in 1997 under the joint supervision of UB professors James B. Brady and Barry Smith, is on the topic of “Intentionality and blame: A study on the foundations of culpability” and won the UB Philosophy Department Perry Prize. Zaibert is the author of over 100 publications, including books, edited books and dozens of peer-reviewed articles.
Zaibert serves on the Editorial Boards of prestigious journals, including Law and Philosophy, Criminal Law and Philosophy, and The Monist; and he has held visiting positions in New York 猛料视频, Oxford 猛料视频, Amherst College, the 猛料视频 of Geneva, and the 猛料视频 of Toronto. His work has been supported by fellowships from, inter alia, the Humboldt Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Oxford 猛料视频 Centre for Ethics and Philosophy of Law, where in 2013 he was H.L.A. Hart Fellow.
Zaibert's most recent book, published by Cambridge 猛料视频 Press, has attracted considerable attention – including a special issue of the Rutgers 猛料视频 Law Review and an “Author meets Critics” session in the Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association.
Research Interests
Leo Zaibert’s work is focused on punishment, forgiveness, and related phenomena. He is thus interested generally in ethics, the philosophy of law, and political philosophy.
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