Colloquium (Mitzi Lee, Colorado, Boulder)
Mi-Kyoung (Mitzi) Lee, an associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder, specializes in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy.
Mi-Kyoung (Mitzi) Lee, an associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder, specializes in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy.
Sayeh Meisami is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Dayton who has published several books and articles in the fields of philosophy and religion. In line with her interdisciplinary interests, she also has articles on the significance of poetic techniques of thinking and writing in later Islamic philosophy and sufism, and her ongoing research focuses on the continuity of mythological and philosophical discourses in the Persianate context.
This workshop will focus on rationality and epistemology. Featured speakers include: Timothy Williamson (Oxford), Gurpreet Rattan (Toronto), Yonathan Fiat (Toronto), David Barnett (Toronto) and Jennifer Nagel (Toronto). Saturday, April 4 Location: JHB 100 Session I (9:45 – 11:00am): Jennifer Nagel (Toronto) "The Dawn of Human Rationality" Comments: Julia ... Read More
Jack Beaulieu, a graduate from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and now a Fellow by Examination (Junior Research Fellow) in Philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford, works on the history of Sanskrit philosophy, focusing on philosophers belonging to the Nyāya and Prābhākara traditions. Dr. Beaulieu works broadly in the fields of epistemology, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics, with his research to date focusing primarily on absence.
The Logic and Philosophy of Science Group is pleased to welcome as guest speaker Isaac Wilhelm, an associate professor at the National University of Singapore. Talk Title Algebraic Quantum Gunk Talk Abstract Theories of the parthood relation generally focus on the non-relativistic, non-quantum realm: on parthood among more ordinary, familiar ... Read More
The Continental Philosophy Research Group is pleased to welcome as guest speaker Jacob McNulty, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. Talk Title "Hegel and Nietzsche on Masters and Slaves" Talk Abstract Hegel and Nietzsche agree that a primitive social relationship of domination — and its breakdown—was consequential for ... Read More
Spinoza on Religion and Politics or The Contemporary Relevance of a 17th Century Text: THE THEOLOGICAL-POLITICAL TREATISE Location: The Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, Larkin 200 Thursday April 23rd Session I (9:45 AM) Julie Klein (Villanova University) "Obedience" Session II (11:00 AM) Daniel Garber (Princeton University) ... Read More
The Kant and Post-Kantian Philosophy Group is pleased to welcome as guest speaker Myriam Stihl, a doctoral researcher in philosophy at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Talk Title Temporal Divisibility in Kant's Second Antinomy Talk Abstract TBD There will be a workshop of a pre-read paper by Myriam Stihl the ... Read More
Friday April 24 Session I (2:00 – 3:30pm): Jean-Marc Narbonne (Laval) "Protagoras’ Democratic Involvement and his Epistemological Background” Commentator: Mark Johnstone (McMaster) Session II (4:00 – 5:30pm): Cecilia Li (Western) "A Fork in the Road: Politics as the Master Art in Plato’s Gorgias (517c4–518c1)" Commentator: Merrick Anderson (Southern California) Saturday April ... Read More
Mohammed Rustom will be joining us for a roundtable on the question: What would make it possible for you to include more global philosophy materials in your classes? Occasioned by the publication of: A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy (2025)
Amy Schmitter is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Alberta with research interests include the history of early modern philosophy, the philosophy of art, the history of metaphysics and philosophy of mind, the history of theories of emotions, and feminist approaches to the history of philosophy
The Global Philosophy Research Interest Group is pleased to welcome as its guest speaker Allison Aitken, a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University. Dr. Aitken’s research centers on non-standard theories of relations and dependence structures in the history of metaphysics, with a particular focus on Sanskrit and ... Read More