About this template
The Philosophy template is an academic CV in italic Cormorant Garamond with a violet accent and clear section dividers. Built for philosophy and humanities scholars where the typography itself signals careful textual practice. The layout handles Ancient Greek and Latin characters (used in critical apparatus and manuscript notes), and parses through Workday, Interfolio and AcademicJobsOnline for tenure-track applications.
Who is it for?
It fits philosophy professors and PhD candidates on the APA or BPS job market, postdocs targeting ANR JCJC, Marie Skłodowska-Curie or Mellon postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities, historians of philosophy and ethicists competing for CR/DR CNRS section 35, analytic and continental philosophers applying to fellowships at Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Princeton IAS or All Souls College Oxford, and authors with monographs under contract at Cambridge UP, Oxford UP, Harvard UP or Princeton UP.
How to use it
Five blocks structure the document — Research (thematic axes aligned with the host department, with primary philosophical tradition), Publications (monographs, articles in Mind, Philosophical Review, Synthese, Hypatia, Journal of Philosophy), Critical editions and translations, Teaching and supervision (TA, seminars, juries), Conference and colloquium presentations. List the scientific editor for edited collected volumes. Useful long-tail queries: 'philosophy tenure-track CV', 'PhD philosophy job market resume', 'philosophy postdoc fellowship CV', 'history of philosophy CNRS CV', 'analytic philosopher academic resume'.
Frequently asked questions
Should I distinguish continental and analytic philosophy on the CV?
Yes for international committees, which often structure departments along this divide. State your primary and secondary traditions as a subtitle of the Research section (for example 'Analytic metaphysics, philosophy of mind, medieval philosophy'). For French CNU 17, 18 and 72 committees, specialisation by tradition (Kantianism, phenomenology, political philosophy) suffices without systematic analytic/continental labelling — local committees read these labels differently from international ones.
How do I present a monograph in progress with an academic press?
Distinguish statuses: under contract (with publisher — Cambridge UP, Oxford UP, Harvard UP, Princeton UP, Routledge), accepted post-evaluation, in critical review, under evaluation. For Anglophone presses, going through Cambridge UP, Oxford UP, Harvard UP or Princeton UP weighs as much as journal ranking for R1 search committees and Russell Group panels. State the provisional title and expected publication year.
Does the template suit an applied-ethics or bioethics researcher?
Yes. Use an 'Ethical expertise and institutional advisory' block listing missions with the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the AAAS Scientific Responsibility Committee, the French CCNE or Inserm Ethics Committee, or university research ethics boards. For endowed chairs in bioethics or AI ethics, this institutional expertise carries as much weight as a publication in Bioethics or the Journal of Medical Ethics — committees value the policy-practice link explicitly.
