The Department of Philosophy鈥檚 regular colloquium series is one of the oldest in Canada. The series welcomes speakers to give talks every Thursday during the Fall and Winter semesters.
Additionally, the Department and its cognate units often host special colloquium series, workshops, and conferences 鈥 sometimes jointly with other departments, and either in addition to or as part of the regular colloquium series. The Department also sponsors the Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy, hosted by the Faculty of Law, and is home to a number of reading groups, some of which discuss work in progress by visiting, external faculty.
2024-25 Colloquium Schedule
Fall 2024
Each colloquium takes place on a Thursday, 4-6pm, in Watson 517, *except where indicated otherwise.
Sep 12. David Bakhurst (Queen's), "Anscombe versus Austin"
Sep 19. The Graham Kennedy Memorial Lecture: C. Thi Nguyen (Utah), 鈥淪coring Systems and Mechanized Values鈥
Sep 26. Alexis Shotwell (Carleton) and Kilian J枚rg (Futurama.Lab), 鈥淎n Ecology of Moralizing鈥
Oct 2. Workshop on Black Male Studies, hosted by Dalitso Ruwe (Queen鈥檚): Tommy Curry (Edinburgh), Norman Ajari (Edinburgh), Adebayo Oluwayomi (West Chester)
Oct 24. Ram Murty (Queen鈥檚), 鈥淭he Meaning of Yoga鈥
Oct 31. Serrin Rutledge-Prior (Queen鈥檚), 鈥淥n Animal Liberty鈥
*Nov 21. [Different venue: Dunning 11] Panel on Campus Protest, hosted by Meena Krishnamurthy (Queen鈥檚): Shannon Dea (Regina), 鈥淐ampus Protests and Universities鈥 Duties of Proximity", Dax D'Orazio (Queen鈥檚), 鈥淎fter the Encampments: The Law, Policy, and Limits of Campus Expression", Eric Schliesser (Amsterdam), 鈥淥n the Compatibility between Student Protests and Academic Freedom"
Nov 28. Lauren Bialystok (Toronto) 鈥淥riginality, AI, and the Aims of Education鈥
Winter 2025
Jan 16. Lesley Jamieson (Pardubice), "Moral Attention and Bad Sentimentality"
Jan 23. The Lorne Maclachlan Lecture on Kant: Samantha Matherne (Harvard), 鈥淎esthetic Education: A Kantian Model鈥
Jan 30. Elizabeth Finneron-Burns (Western), 鈥淒o We Owe the Past a Future?鈥
Feb 27. The Alistair Macleod Distinguished Lecture: Heidi Hurd (Illinois)
Mar 13. The Gregory Vlastos Memorial Lecture: James Allen (University of Toronto)
Mar 20. Colin Farrelly (Queen鈥檚), 鈥淐limate Geroscience: The Case for 鈥榃isdom-Inquiry鈥 Science鈥