Please see below for an archival listing of our past events. Note that all multi-day events are listed first - you can skip to page 4 to see our most recent single-day events from this year.
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Please join the Research Initiative for the Study of Russian Philosophy and Religious Thought and the Department of Slavic Languages...
All day
Religious Philosophers, Philosophical Spirits | Virtual conference in honor of Ken Seeskin on the occasion of his retirement May 10 -...
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Religious Philosophers, Philosophical Spirits (postponed)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Religious Philosophers, Philosophical Spirits (postponed)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Chicagoland Graduate Philosophy Conference, Jennifer Lackey, Richard Moran
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Graduate Conference in Critical Theory 2020, Daniel Loick, Cinzia Arruzza
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Chicagoland Graduate Philosophy Conference, Jennifer Lackey, Richard Moran
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Graduate Conference in Critical Theory 2020, Daniel Loick, Cinzia Arruzza
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Black Theology & Black PowerA Conference exploring the legacy of James Cone https://jameshcone.northwestern.edu/about/ The conference is supported by Department of Religious Studies,...
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Decolonizing Critical Theory: Decolonial Aesthetics and Epistemic Violence An initiative of Northwestern University's Critical Theory Cluster an the ICCTP (International Consortium...
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Schedule & Program April 27-28 All talks in Kresge Centennial Hall, Room 1515 Friday, April 27 9:00 – 10:00am: Breakfast/coffee/registration 10:00 –...
All day
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
International human rights are classically understood to be “a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations” (Preamble,...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Every Thursday of the quarter (with few exceptions, including the first week of the quarter, and when it interferes with...
All day
Marcia Baron (Indiana University - Bloomington) - “Objective and Subjective Standards of Reasonableness in the Law of Self-Defense” Kieran Setiya (MIT)...
All day
The eleventh biennial conference of the Chicago Area Consortium in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy. The conference will convene at...
9:00 AM - 5:45 PM
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Keynote: Selim Berker (Harvard University) Title: "A Combinatorial Argument against Practical Reasons for Belief"
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Plato’s Late DialoguesNorthwestern University March 18th-19th Friday, March 18th John Evans Center (https://maps.northwestern.edu/facility/111) Klaus Corcilius (UC Berkeley) “Discourse without Intuitions: Ideal Intellectual Cognition in the Timaeus” 10-11:45 Lunch...
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Plato’s Late DialoguesNorthwestern University March 18th-19th Friday, March 18th John Evans Center (https://maps.northwestern.edu/facility/111) Klaus Corcilius (UC Berkeley) “Discourse without Intuitions: Ideal Intellectual Cognition in the Timaeus” 10-11:45 Lunch...
All day
Meeting of the Midwest Study Group of the North American Kant Society.Keynote Speaker: Paul Guyer (Brown University).Meeting hosted by Rachel...
All day
Meeting of the Midwest Study Group of the North American Kant Society.Keynote Speaker: Paul Guyer (Brown University).Meeting hosted by Rachel...
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Fourth Installment of our Sawyer Seminar Conferences themed, "Expertise and Disagreement". Any group of diverse individuals who share information will confront...
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Fourth Installment of our Sawyer Seminar Conferences themed, "Expertise and Disagreement". Any group of diverse individuals who share information will confront...
All day
Chicago-Area Consortium in German Philosophy Workshop on Kant on Enlightenment by Melissa Merrit (UNSW Australia). Location: 1860 Campus Drive, Crowe Hall 1-140,...
10:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Key Speakers for 2014: Frances Kamm (Harvard University)Joseph Raz (Columbia University Law School)
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Key Speakers for 2014: Frances Kamm (Harvard University)Joseph Raz (Columbia University Law School)
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Key Speakers for 2014: Frances Kamm (Harvard University)Joseph Raz (Columbia University Law School)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Joint event sponsored by the Brady Scholars Program and Philosophy department. Open to the public, no registration required. 11:00am - 555...
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Joint event sponsored by the Brady Scholars Program and Philosophy department. Open to the public, no registration required. 11:00am - 555...
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Visit the Sawyer Website for the latest updates: http://www.philosophy.northwestern.edu/community/sawyer-seminar/events.html
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Visit the Sawyer Website for the latest updates: http://www.philosophy.northwestern.edu/community/sawyer-seminar/events.html
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Second Conference: The Epistemic Value of (Group) DeliberationJan 23-24, 2015 Speakers:Brian Skyrms, University of California, Irvine. Kevin Zollman, Carnegie Mellon. Ryan...
8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Second Conference: The Epistemic Value of (Group) DeliberationJan 23-24, 2015 Speakers:Brian Skyrms, University of California, Irvine. Kevin Zollman, Carnegie Mellon. Ryan...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
It is well-known by now that women and minorities are underrepresented in philosophy, and that women have often felt marginalized...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
It is well-known by now that women and minorities are underrepresented in philosophy, and that women have often felt marginalized...
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The 10th biennial conference of the Chicago Area Consortium in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy: The Human and the Divine The conference...
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The 10th biennial conference of the Chicago Area Consortium in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy: The Human and the Divine The conference...
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
"Hegel Without Metaphysics?" The twenty-third biennial meeting of the Hegel Society of America will take place on October 31st-November 2nd, 2012...
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
"Hegel Without Metaphysics?" The twenty-third biennial meeting of the Hegel Society of America will take place on October 31st-November 2nd, 2012...
12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
"Hegel Without Metaphysics?" The twenty-third biennial meeting of the Hegel Society of America will take place on October 31st-November 2nd, 2012...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
It is well-known by now that women and minorities are underrepresented in philosophy, and that women have often felt marginalized...
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
First Conference: Issues in Collective Epistemology Oct. 24-25, 2014Speakers: Alvin Goldman, Rutgers. Shiela Jasanoff, Harvard’s Kennedy School. Donald MacKenzie, EdinburghDeb Tollefson,...
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
First Conference: Issues in Collective Epistemology Oct. 24-25, 2014Speakers: Alvin Goldman, Rutgers. Shiela Jasanoff, Harvard’s Kennedy School. Donald MacKenzie, EdinburghDeb Tollefson,...
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Alice Kaplan Institute for HumanitiesPhilosophy Departmentand Comparative Modernisms Workshop present Prof. Jay BernsteinUniversity Distinguished Professor, New School for Social Research J.M. Bernstein is...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Alice Kaplan Institute for HumanitiesPhilosophy Departmentand Comparative Modernisms Workshop present Prof. Jay BernsteinUniversity Distinguished Professor, New School for Social Research J.M. Bernstein is...
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
The 2014 Central States Philosophical Association meeting, hosted by Northwestern University, will take place on the campus of Northwestern University...
9:00 AM - 7:30 PM
The 2014 Central States Philosophical Association meeting, hosted by Northwestern University, will take place on the campus of Northwestern University...
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Fall: "Issues in Collective Epistemology."Tuesdays, 11:45a - 12:45p, Crowe Hall 1-140 Our society faces profound environmental, political, educational, health, and economic...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Creative conception in everyday speech Antonia Peacocke describes the `problem of creative intention’ as the problem of explaining what kind...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Common knowledge and curiosity-driven conversation Humans are estimated to spend several hours every day in conversation, most of it curiosity-driven. We...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Professor Quayshawn Spencer of the University Pennsylvania.
All day
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
All day
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
All day
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
The theme of the conference is applied ethics–how one might apply moral philosophy to a real-world problem? This conference offers...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Northwestern Philosophy Society will host Christine Korsgaard, Friday, May 17th. Professor Korsgaard will give a talk entitled, “The Value...
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
We are excited to announce that Northwestern’s Undergraduate Philosophy Society is hosting a conference in Evanston, IL, on May 17th...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"On How Hegel’s Science of Logic is and is not Presuppositionless" In the early pages of the Science of Logic, Hegel...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"Knowing Yourself, Knowing Your Vibe" A person's vibe refers to the way that person affects others through their presence--the overall mood...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"Moral Worth: You Can’t Have it Both Ways” When is a person worthy of esteem for having done the right thing?...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Genre and Conversation Conversations belong to different genres. For example: Some conversations are aimed at information exchange, while others are aimed...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
A Metaphysical Mapping Problem for Race Theorists and Human Population Geneticists In this talk, I identify and clarify a mapping phenomenon...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Title: Of Siblings and Citizens Many of us, through no fault of our own, have siblings. Our relationships with them are...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Social Origins of I-Language Noam Chomsky has famously argued language is fundamentally a tool for thought that is grounded in...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Towards a Relational Stance It is often thought that cultivating empathy helps us give up our resentment against the person who...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Hosted by the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Prof. Axel Mueller, log in anytime between on Tuesday, September 5th 11am-12pm and...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hosted by the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Prof. Axel Mueller, log in anytime between on Tuesday, September 5th 11am-12pm and...
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Celebrating our Majors & Minors graduating in 2023
All day
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
All day
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Making Sense of Kantian Constitutivism Kant put forth the remarkable claim that being autonomous and being morally good amount to the...
All day
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Chemistry Department in coordination with the Philosophy Department are excited to welcome Professor Armin Schulz from the University of...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Title: It’s Only Human: Explaining the Evolution of Distinctively Human Cognition The Chemistry Department in coordination with the Philosophy Department are...
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
PhilFest is an opportunity for us to celebrate our philosophy honors students, Each candidate will present their research, followed by...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
One Recipe for Two Flavors of Generics: How Contextual Restriction and Stability Give Rise to Essentialist and Structural Generics" (joint work...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"Nicknames as Tools for Navigating Social Space " Nicknames are expressions for identifying and tracking individuals. But they also mark and...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Northwestern University's Department of Philosophy presents Sarah Wright
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The NU Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop Series presents Daniel Ferguson.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"Letting Go of Heroes and Villains: Crime Media, Reactive Attitudes, and Personhood" Police procedurals and reality TV like Cops have been...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Abstract: The concept of patriarchy is attached to a big promise: the promise of a unified explanation for gender injustice...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Northwestern University's Department of Philosophy presents Vanessa Wills. Vanessa Wills will give a talk entitled, "Marx and the Ends of Moral...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The Philosophy Department invites all humanities students and its majors and minors to gaterh at thie year's PHILosoFUTURE Night. Learn...
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
NU Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop Series will host University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Jonathan Fine.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Talk Title: On the Primacy of the Practical (and is Kant an early encroacher?) Abstract: In this talk I consider the...
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Open-house for First-year students. Check out the Department of Philosophy.
All day
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
NU Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop Series will host the University of Chicago's Gabriel Richardson Lear. To register, email: HandeAkyar2025@u.northwestern.edu
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
This is a read-ahead workshop with papers in ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy of law. Those interested in attending can...
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
This is a read-ahead workshop with papers in ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy of law. Those interested in attending can...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The NU Philosophy Colloquium Series will host the University of Toronto’s Joe Heath. A conspiracy theory, in the pejorative sense of...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
13th annual PHilFEST!! PhilFEST is an opportunity for us to celebrate our Philosophy honors students. Each candidate will present their research,...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Is Race Like Phlogiston? Abstract: Should we take race’s role in empirically successful social science as a guide to its ontology?...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Northwestern University Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series presents Harvard University's Professor Gina Schouten Title: Liberal Feminism, Social Critique, and Moral Methodology:...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The NU Philosophy Colloquium Series will host University of Chicago's Matthew Boyle. The title of his talk is, “Anger, Intentionality,...
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The NU Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop Series will host University of Illinois, Chicago's Justin Vlasits.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The NU Philosophy Colloquium Series will host the University of London's Professor Susan James.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The NU Philosophy Colloquium Series will host University of Verona's Eva Von Redecker and respondent Jay Bernstein of the New...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The NU Philosophy Colloquium Series will host Occidental College's Ryan Preston-Roedder.
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The Philosophy Department invites all humanities students and its majors and minors to gather at this year's PHILosoFUTURE Night. Join us...
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The NU Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop Series will host Loyola University Chicago's Joshua Mendelsohn. Registration required to receive...
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
A memorial workshop for Stephen J. White will be held in Evanston, IL on September 24 and 25, 2021. We...
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
A memorial workshop for Stephen J. White will be held in Evanston, IL on September 24 and 25, 2021. We...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Interested in learning about the Philosophy Major? Join Philosophy Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Axel Mueller, other faculty, and current majors...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Interested in learning about the Philosophy Major? Join Philosophy Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Axel Mueller, other faculty, and current majors...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The NU Philosophy Colloquia Series will host Harvard University's Gina Schouten.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Please join us for the Philosophy Department Bussey Lecture with Professor Michele M. Moody-Adams (Columbia University) "Public space, collective memory and...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
“The Logic of Dignity: The Philosophical Foundations of Women’s Rights, 1600–1740.” This paper investigates the philosophical foundations of women’s rights...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Title: "Exemplars in Ethics: Some Aristotelian and Psychoanalytic Thoughts." This lecture will explore the significance of exemplars in Aristotelian-spirited approaches to...
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Title: The ‘birth’ of instantiation What is it, metaphysically, for a universal to be instantiated in a concrete particular, or for...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Please join us to learn about the Honors program. Meet current honors students and the Director of undergraduate studies, Professor...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Title: Derogatory Jokes and Generalized Conversational Implicatures. Of all the kinds of demeaning speech—such as slurs and hate speech—humor is one...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Title: Racialized Forgiveness Abstract: I shall introduce a concept that I refer to as ‘racialized forgiveness.’ Cases that exemplify certain conditions which I...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
After-Life of Phenomenology Research Workshop with Martin Shuster (Goucher)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
On Material Security In Quarto de Despejo, Carolina Maria de Jesus, the first Afro-Brazilian woman to write a best-selling novel in...
10:15 AM - 12:30 PM
The Northwestern Ancient Philosophy Workshop will be hosting Dr. Katy Meadows, of Indiana University, Bloomington. Professor Meadows will speak on...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us for the Philosophy Department's conversation on Undergraduate Research Money, Fellowship preparations, Internships for credit, and career options for...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Join us at our end of year celebration! Please contact Emily Berry at e-berry@northwestern.edu for more information and for the Zoom...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
A talk by Jonathan Lear of the University of Chicago
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cancelled: Northwestern/Notre Dame Graduate Epistemology Conference
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Phantom Possession. On the Accumulation of Entitlement"
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Colloquia Series - Kareem Khalifa (Middlebury)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
A panel disuccsion of Prof. Kevein Thompson's new book Hegel's Theory of Normativity Discussants: Jason Yonover (Johns Hopkins University) Hao Liang (Northwestern University)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"Is There Agency in Belief?"
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Olympiodorus on Rhetoric and Experience in Plato's Gorgias: A Defense of the Decent Politician
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Please join us for this FREE screening of the documentary film The Fabulous Life and Thought of Ahmad Fardid (Ali...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Annual Honors Information Night. Honor students share their experiences in the Department of Philosophy's Honors Program. Come share, ask questions...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Climate Change and the Structure of Intergenerational Justice Lucas Stanczyk How quickly should the world reduce its greenhouse gas emissions? On the...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
“Feeling The Way to Truth: How Medieval Women Changed the Course of Philosophy (and then were forgotten)" Despite what you have...
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The White Leviathan: Nonwhite Bodies in the White Body Politic | A Conversation with Charles Mills Friday, November 8, 2019 3:30pm –...
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Melissa Merritt (University of New South Wales) Title: Nature, Corruption, and Freedom: Stoic Ethics in Kant’s Religion
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Black Poetics and Environmental Memory: A Reading and Conversation featuring Ed Roberson and Tiana Clark Modern environmentalism has often struggled to...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Philosophy Department invites all humanities students and its majors and minors to gather at this year's PhilosoFuture Night. PhilosoFuture is...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Toxic Speech: Core Concepts of Discursive Epidemiology Lynne Tirrell, University of Connecticut This talk will introduce the central concepts of my account of...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Larissa Berger (University of Siegen) Title: “Kant’s Notion of a sensus communis and the Paradox of Taste”
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The annual Department of Philosophy Inclusiveness Lecture.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
"How Virtue is a Means to Contemplation"
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Paolo Santorio (University of California San Diego will be presenting a talk titled: Fixing DeMorgan’s Laws in Counterfactual antecedents
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The After-life of Phenomenology Workshop - Sam Haddad Title: TBA
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
“What gaslighting can teach us about trust” Abstract: It takes only a moment’s reflection to notice that gaslighting radically undermines...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Laura Papish (George Washington University) Title: "Radical Evil in light of Kant's Natural Historical Writings"
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Laura Papish (George Washington University) Title: "Radical Evil in light of Kant's Natural Historical Writings"
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Postdoctoral Fellow, William Paris lecture. Title: "Black Folk/German Volk: On the Problem of Culture and Nationalism in W.E.B DuBois and Alain...
All day
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
All day
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
All day
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) hosts an annual spring conference in moral and political...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Topic: Derogation and Resistance Much has been written about the power of language to insult, demean, derogate, subordinate or silence. By...
9:30 AM - 5:45 PM
Keynote by Jason Stanley (Yale University) "The Problem of Ignorance in an Age of Information" This event will be held at...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Prof. Daniel Smith (Purdue) will be presenting.
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Come join us in our 10th Annual PhilFest! PhilFest is an opportunity for us to celebrate our Philosophy honors students. Each...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Title: Checking Again You're wondering whether you turned the stove off. You're pretty sure you did, but just to be safe...
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Vicki Spencer (New Zealand) Title: "Herder and Relativism"
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Title: Herder and Relativism Co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Political Theory workshop and the After-Life Phenomenology Workshop.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
This year's annual Women in Philosophy lecture will feature, Kristie Dotson, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University. Title: "Beyond...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
German Philosophy Consortium: Andrew Cooper (Warwick); talk at Loyola University.
All day
German Philosophy Workshop at DePaul University
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Four professors from Philosophy and affiliated departments will present short talks on topics of their choice. The speakers for this event...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the Ancient Philosophy Society for our second Ancient Philosophy Workshop of the quarter. This week we will be...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Elizabeth Harman (Princeton University)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Abstract: Recent years have seen a surge of interest in the Doxa section of Parmenides’ poem, driven, to some extent,...
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
EVERYONE WELCOME, regardless your year, major, whatever. JUST JOIN US. It's our quarterly gathering for chatting about all things to...
9:45 AM - 6:30 PM
Keynote: Alia Al-Saja "A Critical Phenomenology of Racialization through Colonial Duration"
All day
The Northwestern Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) welcome submissions from faculty and graduate students for the...
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Classics for an informal discussion with Edith Hall, Professor at King's...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the Ancient Philosophy Society for our second workshop of the quarter, featuring Professor Emily Fletcher from Wisconsin! Abstract: Coming...
5:15 PM - 7:15 PM
UHURU PHALAFALA (STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY) & PREMESH LALU (UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE) HOST & CHAIR: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY’S MAP (MINORITIES AND PHILOSOPHY)...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join the Department of Philosophy in welcoming Dr. Ariana Gonzalez-Stokas of Bard College for it Annual Inclusiveness Lecture. Her presentation...
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Title: ‘Intelligibility, Intelligence, and Insight’ Aristotle claims that ‘intelligence’ (νοῦς) is the form of its objects. On its face, the idea appears...
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
EXILE, STATELESSNESS, MIGRATIONA Discussion with Seyla Benhabib Invited commentators: Craig Calhoun (Arizona State University), Mary Dietz (Northwestern), José Medina (Northwestern), and...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
MARÍA DEL ROSARIO ACOSTA LÓPEZ Assistant Professor, Philosophy Dept., DePaul University . Abstract: Can we render audible the historical erasures and...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"An Argument for Geist’s Historical Nature"
All day
A conference sponsored by the Chicago Area Consortium in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy. For more information, visit https://erospoliscosmos.wordpress.com/.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join Northwestern's Department of Philosophy in welcoming Dr. Mark Lance for a talk entitled: "Toward a Revolutionary Nonviolent Strategy"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Professor Fabrizio Desideri of the University of Florence to speak. Co-sponsored by the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Comparative Library...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
James Kreines "Absolute Idealism and the Metaphysical Definitions of God: Hegel via Aristotle and Spinoza"
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
"Aboslute Idealism and Metaphysical Definitions of God: Hegel on Aristotle and Spinoza"
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Title: Notes for a Decolonial Critique of Debt This event is co-sponsored by the Kreeger-Wolf Endowment, the Department of Philosophy, the...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
A colloquium on the topic of Gods, Peoples, Earth: A Comparative Study of Martin Heidegger and Oskar Goldberg by Bruce...
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
The After-life of Phenomenology Workshop - Molly Flynn
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Professor Dana Nelkin will join us from the University of California at San Diego for a guest lecture as part...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
PhilFest is an opportunity for us to celebrate our philosophy honors Students. Each candidate will present their research followed by...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Title: Did Aristotle Avoid the Mind/Body Problem?
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Topic: TBA Location: Kresge Hall, 1-515 Reception: Kresge Hal, 3-438
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The After-life of Phenomenology Workshop - Michael Forster
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
The Department of German and the Program in Critical Theory and Comparative Literature are hosting Costica Bradatan, of Texas Tech University,...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Dr. Sarah Paul is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Fred Rush will join Elizabeth Millan (DePaul University), Robert Pippin (University of Chicago), and Mark Alznauer (Northwestern University) for the...
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Philosophyʼs Graduate School, Fellowship, and Career Information Night Want to learn more about the opportunities available to you as a...
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Philosophyʼs Graduate School, Fellowship, and Career Information Night Want to learn more about the opportunities available to you as a...
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Philosophyʼs Graduate School, Fellowship, and Career Information Night Want to learn more about the opportunities available to you as a...
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Philosophyʼs Graduate School, Fellowship, and Career Information Night Want to learn more about the opportunities available to you as a...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Emmalon Davis will speak on Epistemic Injustice in Philosophical Discourse as part of the annual Inclusiveness Lecture Series. Davis is an...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The After-life of Phenomenology Reseach Workshop
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Title of the talk: "Being and Divine Thought in Metaphysics Lambda" Location: TBA
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Talk Title: "Motivating Practical Hope" Hope is often thought to play an important motivational role in sustaining practical pursuits under difficult...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Title: From Simone de Beauvoir and Alva Myrdal to Angela Davis and bell hooks: 'Woman,'Slavery, Abolition, and Suffrage in the...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Talk title: TBA
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Bachir Diagne Professor | Columbia UniversityFrench-Rom Philology BA University of Sorbonne, Paris, France (1977)Ph.D. University of Sorbonne, Paris, France (1988) Souleymane Bachir...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Title: “Malapropisms, Metaphors, Nonsense and Neologisms: Convention before Communication” I will defend the surprising, yet old-fashioned, idea that convention is essential to...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Students, faculty and staff are welcome as we celebrate the achievements of our honors students. The students will present their...
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Philosophy visiting professor, Chike Jeffers, will present. Check back for more details. Lecture: 4pm -6pm Reception: 6pm - 7pm
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"Nietzsche on Communities and Selves" Nietzsche's idea of 'the common' occupies a key point in his geography of arguments--they meet in...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The NU Undergraduate Philosophy Society (UPS) invites everyone to their annual mini conference, PhilNight! March 1st at 7pm in Kresge...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Jennifer Lackey is Northwestern’s Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy. Drawing on her experience of teaching college courses at Stateville Correctional...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Thinking about the Torah: A Philosopher Reads the Bible Book Colloquium by Professor Kenneth Seeskin Panelists:Mira Balberg, Assistant Professor of Religion, Department...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Title: Cognition and Perception: Does higher-order background information influence our perceptual experience? To what extent is our perceptual experience influenced by...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Chicago-Area Consortium in German Philosophy is pleased to host Dr. Rebecca Comay (University of Toronto), who will be giving...
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Conference hosted by the Undergraduate Philosophy Society, with speakers from Hillel, McSA, and Sheil Catholic Center, on issues of toleration...
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Here, we will talk about the ins and outs of applying for, preparing the ground for and selecting fellowship opportunities...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Women in Philosophy has a special meeting this Tuesday, October 25, where we'll host graduate student Kathryn Pogin for a...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
We are hosting a FREE PIZZA PARTY FOR ALL FRIENDS OF PHILOSOPHY! All philosophy majors, minors, and above all: students interested...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
An info session to answer the most elementary questions regarding applying to graduate school in philosophy (either MA or PhD programs,...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
‘Fichte and Blumenbach on the Bildungstrieb’ Event takes place on the UIC campus. Seminar Room14th Floor of University HallUIC Contact Person: Morganna Lambeth...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
This is our 5th Annual Inclusiveness Lecture featuring Professor Nancy Bauer of Tufts University.
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies presents: Manfred H. Vogel Lecture in Judaic Studies Spinoza - “The Renegade Jew...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The After-Life of Phenomenology Research Workshop Sponsored by the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and the Department of Philosophy
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
An ancient philosophy workshop with Debra Nails. May 13, 4–6pm, Philosophy Seminar Room, Crowe 1-140, Evanston Campus More information to come!
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The After-Life of Phenomenology Research Workshop Sponsored by the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and the Department of Philosophy
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The After-Life of Phenomenology Research Workshop Sponsored by the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and the Department of Philosophy
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"The Paradox of Ability and the Value of Beauty"Respondents: Erica Weitzman, Assistant Professor of German David Johnson, Doctoral Candidate, Philosophy,...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The annual Gertrude Bussey Lecture, which invites a prominent female philosopher, is featuring moral and political philosopher Dr. Japa Pallikkathayil!...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
After-life Phenomenology Workshop
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
PhilFest is an evening where our philosophy honors candidates present their thesis projects before the department and all interested guests....
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Philosophy Colloquium: Sigrún Svavarsdóttir (Tufts) Title: TBA Reception immediately following in Crowe 1-140
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Rachel Briggs (Standord) Title: "Chances and Impossibilities" I present an argument that impossible worlds are useful for modeling objective chances. The argument includes...
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
A joint Northwestern University/University of Cologne Symposium For More Information: https://wordpresscom30042.wordpress.com/poster/poster-2/about/about/
10:45 AM - 5:00 PM
A joint Northwestern University/University of Cologne Symposium For More Information: https://wordpresscom30042.wordpress.com/poster/poster-2/about/about/
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
This is a night where members of the faculty in the Department of Philosophy are allowed to present their current...
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
A joint Northwestern University/University of Cologne Symposium For more infomration: https://wordpresscom30042.wordpress.com/poster-2/
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Title: "Gorgias and the Weakness of logos" Wolfgang Mann is a professor of philosophy at Columbia University, where he's been since...
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
All philosophy students interested in the honors program may attend this event in which Director of Undergraduate Studies, Axel Mueller,...
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
After-life Phenomenology WorkshoP
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Our very own Oksana Maksymchuk (University of Arkansas), who completed her PhD here at Northwestern in 2013, will be presenting...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join us for an ancient philosophy workshop on Tuesday, Dec. 8th from 4-6pm, when our own Dr. David Ebrey...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
We welcome Professor Maura Tumulty of Colgate University for our Philosophy Colloquia Series. Bio: Maura Tumulty is Associate Professor of Philosophy...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Paul Guyer will give a talk entitled "The Twofold Morality of Kantian Recht" for our first colloquium of the year....
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Meg Schmitt (University of Notre Dame) -- "Discretion in Acting, Intending, and Believing" WIPHICA provides the opportunity for professional women philosophers...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Climate Committee is an initiative of the Northwestern University Philosophy Department. Its purpose is to (a) raise awareness of...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
WIPHICA is a work-in-progress workshop for professional women philosophers working in the Chicagoland area.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sean Kelsey (Notre Dame University) Title: "Aristotle’s soul" BioSean Kelsey has a BA from Thomas Aquinas College and a PhD in Philosophy from...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
We welcome James Berra, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Office of Carnival Cruise Lines, (WCAS 1994, Philosophy, BA), as...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
WIPHICA is a work-in-progress workshop for professional women philosophers working in the Chicagoland area.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Philosophy grads and faculty are welcome to come support Daniel Tovar as he defends his thesis.
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Philosophy grads and faculty are welcome to come support Rebecca Mason as she defends her thesis.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Rudolf Makkreel (Philosophy, Emory University) May 1st, 4-6pm, Crowe 1-140 Abstract: This paper explores an orientational and reflective conception of hermeneutics in...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Elizabeth Lenaghan, director of the Writing Center, will be giving a workshop on dissertation writing strategies. All graduate women are...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
WIPHICA is a work-in-progress workshop for professional women philosophers working in the Chicagoland area.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Title: "Fugitive Pleasure and the Meaningful Life: Nietzsche on Nihilism and Higher Values." Abstract: Nietzsche’s discussions of nihilism are meant to bring into...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
David Christensen (Brown University) Research Interests: I’m mainly interested in epistemology (both formal and informal). I’m currently working on questions about...
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Samantha Matherne (Philosophy, UCSC) Location: Crowe 1-140 Abstract:While there can be no doubt that Kant’s philosophy shaped the thought of both the...
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The title of the talk is, "Testimony, Higher-order Evidence and the Limits of Rationality."
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
THE NU DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY cordially invites EVERYBODY to attend The Sixth Annual PHIL FEST!!! Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 at 06:00...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
4th Annual Getrude Bussey Lecture Feat. Susan Wolf Susan Wolf is the Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor at University of North...
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Dr. Ann Murphy (Philosophy, University of New Mexico) will discuss two work-in-progress papers on Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology during an informal Q&A....
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Steve Crowell (Rice University) Title: "We Have Never Been Animals: Heidegger’s Posthumanism" Abstract: The relation between Dasein and the human being was never...
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
"The question of soul and the temporality of bodies in Nancy and Merleau-Ponty"
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
This is a work-in-progress workshop for all women (graduate or faculty) working in philosophy in the Chicagoland area.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Title: The Essence of Essentialism,' and the abstract is as follows: People appear to understand the social world in terms of...
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Graduate Works in Progress: Breno Guimaraes Santos
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Graduate Works in Progress: Morganna Lambeth
All day
Critical Theory in Critical Times Annual Workshop: Critical Theory of Legal Revolutions. A Discussion with Hauke Brunkhorst. Details forthcoming.
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
All female students--regardless of major or minor--are welcome to join us for refreshments and philosophical conversation in a relaxed environment.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Ekow Yankah from the Cardozo Law School joins us as part of the Philosophy Colloquium Series. Title: “Franchise" as a political value:...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
This is a work-in-progress workshop for all women (graduate or faculty) working in philosophy in the Chicagoland area.
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
We welcome undergrads to come and find out more about pursuing honors in philosophy! Details to come
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
All female students--regardless of major or minor--are welcome to join us for refreshments and philosophical conversation in a relaxed environment.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Mark Schroeder (University of Southen California) Title: TBA
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
David Sussman (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Title: "Is Agent-Regret Rational?" Reception to follow in Crowe 1-140.
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
All female students--regardless of major or minor--are welcome to join us for refreshments and philosophical conversation in a relaxed environment.
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Democratic Ethos: A Theory of Informal Politics ABSTRACT: Any defensible democratic ideal places requirements on informal, everyday life, not just on...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Rebecca Mason will do a mock job talk this Friday, 3-5 pm, in the philosophy seminar room. It is entitled...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Lea Ypi joins us from the London School of Economics. Title: Teleology and Systematic Unity in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason Abstract:This...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Women in Philosophy and the Undergraduate Philosophy Society host a departmental potluck! All are welcome attend and perhaps bring a...
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
There will be an Ancient Philosophy Workshop on November 14th, from 2-4pm in the Classics Seminar Room (Crowe 3-130). Dr....
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Ingvild Torsen (University of Oslo, Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas) presents "Disinterest and truth. On Heidegger's...
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Professor Axel Mueller and other philosophy faculty will discuss the benefits of and give tips on applying for fellowships. All...
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Jay Bernstein (University Distinguished Professor, New School for Social Research) Co-sponsors: After-life of Phenomenology Research Workshop and Critical Theory Cluster Location: Crowe...
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Professor Axel Mueller and other philosophy faculty will discuss and give tips on applying to grad school. All undergrads interested...
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
William Blattner (Philosophy, Georgetown) Location Crowe 1-140
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Our speaker this year will be Eduardo Mendieta and his title will be "The Costs of Skin: On the Advantages...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Cristina Bicchieri (University of Pennsylvania): "Norms, Measures and Minds"
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"Badiou, Critique, and the Phenomonology of the World" This event is generously co-sponsored by The Alice Kaplin Institute for the Humanities,...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
From Bergson to SenghorA Dialogue Between Souleymane Bachir and Donna Jones This event is generously co-sponsored by The Alice Kaplin Institute...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
BRADY LECTURE SERIES ETHICS AND CIVIC LIFE presents "Narrative, Meaning, and the Self" 3-Lecture series by Brady Distinguished Visiting Professor, Andrea WestlundThese...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
BRADY LECTURE SERIES ETHICS AND CIVIC LIFE presents "Narrative, Meaning, and the Self" 3-Lecture series by Brady Distinguished Visiting Professor, Andrea WestlundThese...
