BRN Speaker Series: In Conversation with William Paris

McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology + Online 39A Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto

William 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.

Québec-Ontario Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The two-day 2022 Québec-Ontario Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy will include talks by an array of international scholars.

History of Modern Philosophy Research Group Talk (Denis Kambouchner, Sorbonne)

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Denis Kambouchner, professor emeritus at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, has focused his research on the work of René Descartes. Since 2019, he has also served as president of the Société Française de Philosophie. 

Applying to Grad School Panel and Information Session

Online

Are you considering a grad program in philosophy at UofT? If so, I invite you to join us on Thursday, November 3rd from 5:00-6:00pm for our annual Applying to Grad School workshop. Our panelists for this event are: Prof. Amy Mullin, Director of Graduate Studies Prof. Rachel Barney, Director of ... Read More

Theocracy—Jewish Philosophy Reading Group Workshop

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

What exactly is the rule of God? Join us for an all-day workshop sponsored by the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies & the Grafstein Chair in Jewish Philosophy.

Continental Philosophy Group Talk (Bettina Bergo, Montreal)

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bettina Bergo is a professor of Philosophy at the Université de Montréal whose main research concerns the connections among Husserlian phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and continental thought on sensibility.

The Work of Hannah Arendt (Workshop and Staged Reading)

108N Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Pl., Toronto, ON M5S 3K7

Fifty years ago, on November 24, 1972, the first conference on German-Jewish political theorist Hannah Arendt’s work was held in Toronto, resulting in her only visit to the city. The Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies marks the 50th anniversary of this historical conference with a one-day workshop. Faculty, graduate students, and postdocs at Toronto universities will revisit the “work of Hannah Arendt” in three interdisciplinary thematic panels.

UNESCO World Philosophy Day (Agnes Callard, Chicago)

George Ignatieff Theatre 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON

Agnes 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.

History of Philosophy Group Talk (Jonathan Cottrell, Edinburgh)

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jonathan Cottrell, a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, focuses his research on early modern philosophy, especially Hume’s work.

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