Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Reza Hadisi, Toronto)

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

Reza Hadisi (Toronto) pursues questions in ethics, epistemology, and action theory through the study of the history of philosophy. He is particularly interested in the Medieval Arabic and Persian traditions and Kant.

Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Joey Miller, West Chester)

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Joseph Len "Joey" Miller is an assistant professor of Philosophy at West Chester University who specializes in Native American philosophy and ethics. As an enrolled member of Muscogee Nation, his research focuses on understanding the ethical frameworks of his ancestors and how these frameworks have been adapted to address settler colonialism.

Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Christopher M. Howard, McGill)

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

Christopher M. Howard, an assistant professor of Philosophy at McGill University, mainly works at the intersection of normative ethics and metaethics. He also enjoys writing and talking about issues in political philosophy, moral psychology, and the history of ethics, as well as issues surrounding the ethics of technology.

Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Nicholas Vrousalis, Erasmus Rotterdam)

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

Nicholas Vrousalis, an associate professor of Practical Philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam, works on distributive ethics, democratic theory, and the history of political philosophy, with an emphasis on Kant, Hegel, and Marx.

Kant & Post-Kantian Philosophy Group Talk (Pauline Kleingeld, Groningen)

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

Pauline Kleingeld is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Groningen. Her academic interests lie in Kant and Kantian philosophy, as well as in ethics and political philosophy.

2023 Jerome S. Simon Lectures (Rainer Forst, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

Jackman Humanities Building 100, Victoria College 215, Claude Bissell Building 205

Rainer Forst (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt), winner of the 2012 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, works mainly on political theory, pragmatism, tolerance, and political and social justice. He is considered one of the world's most eminent authorities on the subject of toleration. This year's Simon Lectures occur under the general title "The Nature of Normative Concepts: Dependence vs. Independence."

Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Valerie Tiberius, Minnesota)

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

Valerie Tiberius, a professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, focuses her research and teaching on ethics and moral psychology, with a special interest in applying Humean principles to modern philosophical questions. Much of her work is centered at the junction of practical philosophy and practical psychology, examining how both disciplines can meaningfully improve lives.

Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Hagop Sarkissian, CUNY)

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

Hagop Sarkissian, professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at CUNY, as well as a professor at CUNY's Graduate Center, focuses his research on moral psychology, drawing on other relevant disciplines (evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, Chinese philosophy) to inform his work.

CANCELLED—Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Curie Virág, Warwick)

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

Curie Virág, a senior research fellow at the University of Edinburgh, works in early and medieval Chinese philosophy and intellectual history, specializing in the history of ethics, moral psychology, and emotions.

Colloquium (Ralph Wedgwood, Southern California)

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

Ralph Wedgwood, a professor of Philosophy and the director of the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, works in ethics and epistemology, more specifically, in metaethics, practical reason, normative ethical theory, and the history of ethics.

Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Zoë A. Johnson King, Harvard)

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

Zoë A. Johnson King, an assistant professor at Harvard, works primarily in ethics, metaethics, and epistemology. She primarily concerns herself with moral agency and moral responsibility, with a particular focus on praiseworthiness.

Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Gina Schouten, Harvard)

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Gina Schouten, a professor at Harvard, primarily studies issues of social and political philosophy and ethics. Her most sustained research projects concern political liberalism and political legitimacy, educational justice, and the gendered division of labor.

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