2026-2027 Department 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.
Most talks are on Fridays, 3:00 to 5:00 pm, in SS 1253. Titles and event links are added once confirmed.
Fall term 2026
| Date | Speaker | Talk | Series | Time and place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Sept 18 | Miroslav Volf, Yale Divinity School | To be announced | Chair of Christian Thought Lecture | 7:00–8:30 pm, Grace Presbyterian Church |
| Fri, Sept 25 | Ryan Nefdt, University of Cape Town | Do Real Patterns ‘Really’ Save Linguistics from LLMs? | Philosophy | 3:00–5:00 pm, SS 1253 |
| Fri, Oct 2 | Micah True, University of Alberta | Copycat in New France? Unraveling the Mystery of a Little-Known Surgeon’s Report from the Seventeenth-Century Jesuit Mission to the Wendat | Religious Studies | 3:00–5:00 pm, SS 1253 |
| Fri, Oct 9 | Eleonora Buonocore, University of Calgary | Lullian Art, Logic and Metaphysics in Middle Ages and Renaissance: from Ramon Lull to Giordano Bruno | Philosophy | 3:00–5:00 pm, SS 1253 |
| Fri, Oct 23 | Aadil Kurji, Durham | To be announced | Philosophy | 3:00–5:00 pm, SS 1253 |
| Fri, Oct 30 | Holly Andersen, Simon Fraser University | To be announced | Philosophy | 3:00–5:00 pm, SS 1253 |
| Fri, Nov 20 | MJ Laing | To be announced | Gender and Sexuality Studies | 3:00–5:00 pm, SS 1253 |
| Sat, Nov 28 | Raymond C. Aldred, Vancouver School of Theology | Why Do I Stay? | Chair of Christian Thought: Bentall Lecture on Education and Theology | 12:00–1:30 pm, BMO Financial Group Community Room, Calgary Central Library |
| Fri, Dec 4 | Kristen Borgerson, Dalhousie | To be announced | Philosophy | 3:00–5:00 pm, SS 1253 |
Winter term 2027
| Date | Speaker | Talk | Series | Time and place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Jan 22 | Steven Lindquist, Southern Methodist University | To be announced | Religious Studies | 3:00–5:00 pm, SS 1253 |
| Fri, Jan 29 | Eliza Wells, University of Manitoba | To be announced | Philosophy | 3:00–5:00 pm, SS 1253 |
| Wed, Feb 3 | Brent Potter, Huron University College at Western | To be announced. Co-hosted by the Calgary Interfaith Council and the Calgary Public Library for United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week. | Chair of Christian Thought: Iwaasa Lecture in Urban Theology | 6:30–8:00 pm, Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall, Calgary Central Library |
| Fri, Feb 26 | Jonathan Payton, Bilkent | To be announced | Philosophy | 3:00–5:00 pm, SS 1253 |
| Fri, Mar 5 | Duncan MacIntosh, Dalhousie | To be announced | Philosophy | 3:00–5:00 pm, SS 1253 |
| Fri, Mar 12 | Natasha Bissonauth, Emily Carr | To be announced | Gender and Sexuality Studies | 3:00–5:00 pm, SS 1253 |
| Fri, Apr 16 | Deonnie Moodie, University of Oklahoma | To be announced | Religious Studies | 3:00–5:00 pm, SS 1253 |