2025-2026 Speakers Series
The Philosophy Department’s Speakers Series presents public lectures – September through April annually – by visiting speakers and faculty on a wide variety of philosophical topics.
Fall 2025 Talks
September 12 - David Balcarras, University of Lethbridge, Seeing and Hallucinating
October 11-12 - Between Friends; Amongst Philosophers: In Honour of David Dick, Tim Sundell (University of Kentucky), Sarah Buss (University of Michigan), Elizabeth Brake (University of Wisconsin, Madison), and Elijah Millgram (University of Utah)
November 21 - Daniel Star (Boston University)
December 5 - Michael Travisano (University of Minnesota)
Winter 2026 Talks
January 23 - Manish Oza (Western University)
February 6 - David Liebesman (University of Calgary)
February 27 - Andrew Stark (University of Toronto)
March 13 - Katie Plaisance (University of Waterloo)
March 27 - Jessica Wilson (University of Toronto)
2024-2025 Talks
Sept 13 - Nicholas Fillion, Simon Fraser University
Sept 20 - Yoshiki Kobasigawa, University of Calgary
Oct 4 - Andrea Sullivan-Clarke, Indiana University
Oct 11 - Yumiko Inukai, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Nov 1 - Marc Ereshefsky, University of Calgary
Nov 29 - Brad Inwood, Yale University
Nov 30 - Robert Wardy, University of Arizona
Jan 17 - Kimberly Brownlee, University of British Columbia - Justice for Girls: On Pregnancy and Abortion in Childhood
Jan 31 - Julianne Chung, York University - Zhuangzi Applied: The Creative Power of Global Skepticism
Mar 14 - Greg Restall, St. Andrews University - Modal Logic and Contingent Existence
Mar 28 - Fatema Amijee, University of British Columbia - Why You Should Be a Neutral Monist
Apr 11 - Kevin Elliot, Michigan State University - Alleviating Epistemic Injustice in Environmental Health: Strategies from Science and Values
Apr 25 - Jennifer Welchman, University of Alberta - Based on a True Story: Bullshit, Lies, and Docudramas