- North American Nietzsche Society
- An international society promoting the understanding and assessment of Nietzsche's thought, based in the Department (R. Schacht is its Director).
- University of Illinois Annual Graduate Student Philosophy Conference
- The longest-running conference of its kind in the country, based in the Department.
Affiliated Campus Programs and Institutes
- Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
- An interdisciplinary program promoting discussion and interaction among faculty and grad students with interests in critical and interpretive theory.
- Beckman Institute
- Home of the CS/AI Program and other interdisciplinary research activities in the various sciences
Other Affiliated Campus Programs
- Anthropology
- Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security
- Media and Cinema Studies
- Classics
- Comparative Literature
- French and Italian
- Germanic Languages & Literatures
- Global Studies
- History
- LAS Honors Programs
- Law
- Medical Scholars Program
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
- Gender & Women's Studies