Members of the Queen's community are invited to join, over Zoom, the first meeting of the 2021-22 Critical Phenomenology Reading Group (CPRG), which will welcome Andrea J. Pitts (U of North Carolina, Charlotte), whose chapter is titled, “Susto, Collective Trauma, and Disability Justice in the Writings of Gloria Anzaldúa.” 

Andrea's chapter and Zoom details have been distributed via email. If you are not on the mailing list but wish to receive this information, please contact either Adam Schipper or Alisha Sharma, conveners of the Critical Phenomenology Reading Group. Further information is also available via the poster below.

Critical Phenomenology Reading Group: Andrea J. Pitts (UNC, Charlotte) | Poster (PDF 287 KB)

Faculty and graduate students are welcome to join, in person, the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by guest Agnes Tam (McGill), titled, "Solidarity in social movements: A we-perspective".

Further details, as well as Agnes's paper, will be circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).

Faculty and graduate students are welcome to join, over Zoom, the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by guest Hillel Steiner (University of Manchester), titled, "Is the right to bequeath a supernatural power?".

Further details, as well as Hillel's paper, will be circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join, in person, the upcoming meeting of its regular colloquium series, which will welcome David Friedell (Union) to give a talk, titled, "Are People Abstract?" The abstract can be found on the poster below.

Departmental Colloquium: David Friedell (Union) | PDF Poster

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join, in person, the upcoming meeting of its regular colloquium series, which will welcome Emily Carson (McGill) to give this year's Lorne Maclachlan Lecture on Kant, titled, "Kantian construction in context". The abstract can be found on the poster below.

The annual Lecture on Kant was established by Dr. Lorne Maclachlan to allow Queen’s students to hear from experts on the philosopher whose challenging ideas were the subject of Dr. Maclachlan’s teaching and research throughout his career at Queen’s. An accomplished philosopher, as well as a beloved colleague and teacher, Dr. Lorne Maclachlan passed away in October 2020.

Emily Carson (McGill) | Lorne Maclachlan Lecture on Kant

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join, in person, the upcoming meeting of its regular colloquium series, which will welcome Whitney Schwab (Maryland) to give this year's Gregory Vlastos Memorial Lecture, titled, "Epistemic Luck in Ancient and Contemporary Epistemology". The abstract can be found on the poster below.

Whitney Schwab (Maryland) | Gregory Vlastos Memorial Lecture