Philosophy Essay Writing Workshop
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaLearn the basics of good philosophical writing in a dedicated workshop.
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2022 Roseman Lecture in Practical Ethics (Cécile Fabre, All Souls College, Oxford)
This year's Roseman Lecture will be delivered by Cécile Fabre, a professor of political philosophy and senior research fellow at All Souls College at the University of Oxford.
Underrepresented Philosophy Conference 2022
OnlineThe 2022 Underrepresented Philosophy Conference aims to spotlight and lend esteem to philosophy and philosophers underrepresented (or otherwise maligned) within the discipline and in the academy at large.
Philosophy Career Night
OnlineAre you wondering what to do with your philosophy degree? Then join us for a career panel that will help you think through some options. Undergraduate and graduate students welcome.
2022 Undergraduate Philosophy Research Conference
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 & Room 418Get a taste of the latest undergraduate research in philosophy at the 2022 Undergraduate Philosophy Research Conference. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Helen Fielding, a professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies and Feminist Research at Western University.
Philosophy Saturday 2022
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin the Department of Philosophy and the Ontario Philosophy Teachers' Association for a workshop on teaching philosophy in high schools. Presenters are Steven Coyne, James John, Alexander Koo, and William Paris.
Phantoms and Philosophy—Annual PCU Halloween Lectures
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe Philosophy Course Union, in collaboration with the Religion Undergraduate Student Association, is excited to announce that this year’s annual Phantoms and Philosophy Halloween event. Each year, three speakers join us to give three bone-chilling talks on topics related to the scarier side of philosophy.
BRN Speaker Series: In Conversation with William Paris
McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology + Online 39A Queen's Park Crescent, TorontoWilliam Paris will give the inaugural talk of the newly established Black Research Network Speakers Series, in conversation with Rinaldo Walcott. The topic will be Black power in the work of James Boggs.
UNESCO World Philosophy Day (Agnes Callard, Chicago)
George Ignatieff Theatre 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ONAgnes Callard is an associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago and that department's director of undergraduate studies. Dr. Callard's primary areas of specialization lie in ancient philosophy and ethics., and she is also noted for her work in and on public philosophy.
PCU Bioethics Symposium 2022
Jackman Humanities Building 100Join the PCU and its three invited speakers for the 2022 Bioethics Symposium, "The Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy of Abortion and Other Matters of Life and Death." Speakers are Donald C. Ainslie, Steven Coyne, and Wayne Sumner.
UTSC Celebration of Research Excellence Lecture—Jessica Wilson
OnlineMetaphysically emergent phenomena synchronically depend on, yet are also to some extent autonomous from, complex lower-level physical goings-on. Jessica Wilson will speak about two forms of emergence, weak and strong, and argue for free will as a strongly emergent phenomenon.
Phenomenology of Black Spirit Book Launch & Discussion
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin us for the book launch and discussion of Phenomenology of Black Spirit (Edinburgh University Press), authored by Biko Mandela Gray (Syracuse) and Ryan J. Johnson (Elon), with discussion partners Rebecca Comay (Toronto) and Rinaldo Walcott (Toronto).
PCU 2023 Symposium on Love
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Room 4416 252 Bloor Street WestThe University of Toronto Philosophy Course Union (PCU) invites you to their annual Symposium on Love! On the menu: two talks (by Alex Koo and Zoe Anthony) and a workshop (with Sophia Whicher) on that most elusive feeling.
Philosophy Career Night – Careers in Law
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin us at the upcoming Philosophy Career Night, Careers in Law. This is a great opportunity to discover the different career options available to you after graduation and what you can do now to prepare. This session will also allow you to interact with alumni during a moderated Q&A session. ... Read More
2023 Undergraduate Philosophy Research Conference
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaFood for thought: Join us for the annual conference showcasing the best undergraduate research in Philosophy of 2023, as well as keynote speaker Sol Goldberg of the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto.
Dramaturgies of Resistance Lecture & Workshop (Emmanuel Renault, Université Paris Nanterre)
Jackman Humanities Building 100In this lecture and workshop hosted by the Dramaturgies of Resistance Working Group, Emmanuel Renault (Université Paris Nanterre) will address the return of labour within critical theory and the experience of exploitation in theories of domination.
Workshop: Maṇḍana on Ritual Duties
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaIn this weeklong workshop, we will read, translate, and discuss Maṇḍana's Vidhiviveka ("Discernment about Commands"), chapters 12—14, with a group of international scholars.
CPA Summer Institute Lecture: Chike Jeffers (Dalhousie)
Jackman Humanities Building 100Chike Jeffers (Dalhousie), Canada Research Chair in Africana Studies, is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Dalhousie University, cross-appointed with Canadian Studies and International Development Studies. He specializes in Africana philosophy and philosophy of race, with general interest in social and political philosophy and ethics.
Celebrating Mohan Matthen
University College, Rooms UC 140 & UC 240 15 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, CanadaThis three-day event will celebrate the life and work of our dear colleague Mohan Matthen, who is retiring this year. Program JULY 13 9:00-9:15 AM Introduction and Welcome 9:15-10:15 AM Lana Kuhle (Illinois State), "The Tone of Embodiment in Perception & Action" 10:30-11:30 AM Casey O’Callaghan (Washington in St. Louis), ... Read More
Conference in Honour of Tom Hurka
Jackman Humanities Building 100This conference will celebrate the work and life of our cherished colleague Tom Hurka, who is retiring this year. It will take place in person in the Jackman Humanities Building at the University of Toronto, as well as being live-streamed. To register for the Zoom link, please contact the assistant ... Read More
Book Launch: Waheed Hussain, Living with the Invisible Hand
Centre for Ethics Larkin Building, Room 200, 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaJoin us for the book launch of Living with the Invisible Hand: Markets, Corporations, and Human Freedom (OUP, 2023), by the late Waheed Hussain and edited by Arthur Ripstein and Nicholas Vrousalis.
Phantoms and Philosophy
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Room 8214Calling all Witches and Wittgensteinians, all Golems and Gödelians, all Fairies and Fregeans, and all other philosophers with a taste for the eerie: the Philosophy Course Union (PCU) is excited to announce the return of its annual "Phantoms and Philosophy" event. Come dressed as your favourite philosopher and sit in on three presentations whose topics deal with the scarier side of philosophy.
UNESCO World Philosophy Day (Sharon Street, NYU)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSharon Street, a professor of Philosophy at NYU, specializes in metaethics. She has authored a series of articles on how to reconcile our understanding of normativity with a scientific conception of the world. Her work concerns the nature of both practical and epistemic reasons, and it draws especially on an evolutionary biological perspective.
Applying to Grad School Workshop
OnlineInterested in a graduate program in Philosophy at U of T? Have a panel of experts share their advice and insights.
Workshop: Maṇḍana on Various Types of Commands
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaIn this weeklong workshop, we will read, translate, and discuss Maṇḍana's Vidhiviveka ("Discernment about Commands"), chapter 15, with a group of international scholars.
b2B Careers in Philosophy
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin Philosophy alumni in working in various non-academic fields to learn about their career paths and the role of philosophy in following them.
2024 Roseman Lecture in Practical Ethics (Niko Kolodny, UC Berkeley)
Jackman Humanities Building 100This year's Roseman Lecture will be delivered by Niko Kolodny, a professor of moral and political philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.
Philosophy Career Night – Careers in Law
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin us at the upcoming Philosophy Career Night, Careers in Law. This is a great opportunity to discover the different career options available to you after graduation and what you can do now to prepare.
2024 Undergraduate Philosophy Research Conference
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 & Room 418Let ideas take flight: Join us for the annual conference showcasing the best undergraduate research in Philosophy of 2024, as well as keynote speaker Kym Maclaren of the Department of Philosophy at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Recent Work on Aristotle’s “De anima”: Workshop
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaPlease join us for a two-day workshop considering recent work on Aristotle's De anima.
Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy (YUSEMP) (UPDATED)
Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe inaugural YUSEMP seminar, organized by York University's Matthew Leisinger, Zeyad El Nabolsy, and Ian MacLean-Evans, aims to be a small, informal venue for scholars of early modern philosophy at various career stages to share and discuss their work. Featured keynote speakers: Marleen Rozemond (Toronto) and Patricia Sheridan (Guelph).
2024 CPA Summer Institute Lecture (Meena Krishnamurthy, Queen’s)
Centre for Ethics Larkin Building, Room 200, 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaJoin us for the public lecture for the 2024 CPA Summer Institute at the University of Toronto, featuring Meena Krishnamurthy, an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Queen's University.
Kumārila Conference
Maanjiwe nendamowinan, Room 3230, UTM 1535 Outer Circle, Mississauga, ON, CanadaThe conference, organized by Elisa Freschi and Nilanjan Das and held at the Department of Philosophy at the UTM campus, will bring together experts who will lead two-hour reading sessions on key passages of Kumārila’s texts and provide participants with the necessary tools to understand the hidden gems of Kumārila’s philosophy