Colloquium Series
The Colloquium Series is made possible by the generous support of the McVean and Berry Funds. All colloquia are free and open to the public. For Fall 2024, talks will take place from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. on Mondays in Calhoun 204. Reception to follow in Furman 106.
Spring 2025
February 10
Brian Leiter, Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence, Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values, Affiliated Faculty, Department of Philosophy, The University of Chicago Law School
March 3
Jenny Blumenthal-Barby, Cullen Professor of Medical Ethics in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine
March 17
Peter Gordon, Amabel B. James Professor of History, Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University
March 24
Ted Poston, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the McCollough Institute for Pre-Medical Scholars the University of Alabama
Fall 2024
September 23
Cheshire Calhoun (Arizona)
“Kindnesses”
October 28
Shaun Nichols (Cornell)
“Not for Me: On the External Function of Guilt”
November 18
Karen Stohr (Georgetown)
“How to Value Yourself: Self-Respect and the Setting of Ends”
December 2
Lucia Schwarz (Tulane)
TBA *Occasional Talk*
Spring 2024
February 8
Sally Haslanger (MIT)
“Critical Social Theory: Combining Theory and Practice”
*4:15 p.m., Alumni Hall room 202
February 12
Alice Crary (The New School for Social Research)
“Objectivity’s Politics”
March 4
Daniel James (Technische Universität Dresden)
“Black History is World History”
March 18
Katharina Stevens (University of Lethbridge)
“An Ideal Theory Problem for Single-Set Theories of Argumentation and the Role of Ethics in Solving It”
March 28
Elizabeth Anderson (University of Michigan)
“Challenges to Creating an Egalitarian Society”
*7 p.m. Wilson Hall room 126, Reception at 5 p.m. in Wilson Hall Lobby
April 8
Derrick Darby (Rutgers)
TBD
Fall 2023
August 28
Laura Specker-Sullivan (Fordham University)
“Climates of Distrust”
September 11
Karolina Hubner (Cornell University)
“Spinoza on Truth”
September 25
David Estlund (Brown University)
“Moral Culprits and the Wrong of Social Injustice”
October 30
Matt Congdon (Vanderbilt University)
First Book Session: Moral Articulation
November 6
Regina Rini (York University, Canada)
“Defining the Ideologies of the Digital Century”