Our first (online) colloquium of the year will be held on Monday, Sept. 28, at 4:00 PM CST. Gabriel Lear (University of Chicago) will give a talk entitled, 'Plato on Forms and Appearing' (abstract below).

Unfortunately the Lear Colloquium has been cancelled. Stay tuned for more information about a possible rescheduled date. Until then, we look forward to our next speaker in the series, Farid Masrour, scheduled for Monday, October 12.

Join us October 12, 2020 from 4-6 PM (CST) for our next Colloquium speaker, Farid Masrour (UW Madison), who will present a paper called "Predictive Coding and the Myth of the Given." For Zoom meeting information or for a copy of his paper, please email [email protected].

Join us October 26, 2020 from 4-6 PM (CST) for our next Colloquium speaker, Megan Hyska (Northwestern University), who will present a paper called "Propaganda, Irrationality, and Group Agency." For Zoom meeting information, please email [email protected].

Reminder: UIC Colloquium Talks continues today, October 26, 2020 from 4-6 PM (CST) with speaker Megan Hyska. She will present a paper called "Propaganda, Irrationality, and Group Agency." For Zoom meeting information or for a copy of this paper, please email [email protected].

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We will be hosting our next dissertation defense conducted over Zoom! Brandon Kidd will defend his dissertation titled "Presentism and Special Relativity" on Monday, January 11, 2021 at noon (CST). Please email Nick Huggett ([email protected]) for Zoom meeting information.

Happy New Year and welcome back! This semester, the Philosophy department will be hosting a number of talks, which can be viewed on the calendar below. We look forward to seeing you there!

We're excited to announce that Dr. Gabriel Lear will be presenting her talk 'Plato on Forms and Appearing'. Dr. Lear will join us on Monday, February, 8, 2021 at 4:00 PM CST. For Zoom meeting information or to preview Dr. Lear's research, please contact [email protected].

Our next Colloquium speaker will be Sara Bernstein (Notre Dame) who will present a paper called "Biased Evaluative Descriptions." Join us February 22, 2021 from 4-6 PM (CST) for this event. For Zoom information or for a copy of this paper, please email [email protected].

Our next Colloquium speaker will be Robin Jeshion (University of Southern California) who will present her paper called "What's Wrong with Slurs?" Join us March 8, 2021 from 4-6 PM (CST). For Zoom meeting information or for a copy of this paper, please email [email protected].

Our next Colloquium speaker will be Dominic McIver Lopes (University of British Columbia) who will present his paper called "Aesthetic Injustice." Join us March 15, 2021 from 4-6 PM (CST) for this exciting event. For Zoom meeting information, please email [email protected].

Today our Colloquium speaker will be John Campbell (UC Berkeley) who will present his paper called "Temporal Reasoning and Free Will." Join us Today, April 19, 2021 from 4-6 PM (CST) for this exciting event. For Zoom meeting information, please email [email protected].

Next week, Alessandro Moscaritolo Palacio will defend his dissertation titled "An Unfinished Revolution: A Historically Informed Picture of J.L. Austin's Philosophy" on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 2 PM (CST). For Zoom meeting ID and password, contact Kei Hotoda ([email protected]).

On Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 10 AM (CST), we will host Nick Curry's dissertation defense via Zoom. He will defend his dissertation titled "The Philosophy of Musical Instruments". For information including Zoom meeting ID and password, contact Kei Hotoda ([email protected]).

On Monday, October 4, 2021 at 4PM (CST), we will host colloquium speaker Yuriko Saito. Her talk is entitled "Our Care Relationship with Everyday Objects: Aesthetic and Ethical." Please email [email protected] for the Zoom meeting information.

On Monday, November 8, 2021 at 4PM (CST), we will host colloquium speaker Jessica Gordon-Roth. Her talk is entitled "The Correspondence Between Descartes and Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia: Elisabeth's Toil." Please email [email protected] for the Zoom meeting information.

Dissertation Seminar Update: Areins Pelayo's talk, originally scheduled for January 25, has been rescheduled for April 12, 2022. Please update your calendars accordingly and join us in April!

Join us Monday, March 7, 2022 for José Medina's Colloquium, entitled "Protest under Conditions of Epistemic Injustice: Silencing and Epistemic Activism." Please email [email protected] for the Zoom meeting information.

On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 4PM (CST), Kristie Dotson will give this year's Thalburg Lecture. Her talk is entitled "Dear Toni Morrison: Notes Towards a Sustainable, Black Sovereignty." Please email [email protected] for the Zoom meeting information.