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Kumārila Conference

Monday May 27, 2024 - Saturday June 1, 2024

The 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

Modern Philosophical Readings of the Book of Job

Monday April 1, 2024 - Tuesday April 2, 2024

Join us for an international conference on modern philosophical readings of the Book of Job. Schedule Monday, April 1 (Jackman Humanities Building, 318) 10:00-10:15 Opening remarks:  Michael Rosenthal (Toronto) and Ynon Wygoda (Toronto) 10:15-11:30 José María Sánchez de León Serrano (Barcelona) The God of Imagination: Spinoza’s Remarks on Job 11:30-11:45 … Read More

The Ethics of Uncivil Protest: A Workshop

Thursday October 12, 2023 - Friday October 13, 2023

This two-day workshop offers engagement with questions that have been at the forefront of political discourse in recent years: Can uncivil, violent resistance ever be justified as a means of protest? Speakers include Yann Allard-Tremblay (McGill), Candice Delmas (Northeastern), Jeffrey Howard (University College London), Cristina Lafont (Northwestern), Chong-Ming Lim (Nanyang Tech), José Medina (Northwestern), Temi Ogunye (Oxford), Avia Pasternak (Toronto), Erin R. Pineda (Smith College), Ẹniọlá Ànúolúwapọ́ Ṣóyẹmí (Oxford), and Daniel Viehoff (NYU).