Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy: George Letsas (UCL)

Date

Monday September 15, 2025
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Location

Members of the Queen’s community are invited to join, in person, the first workshop of the 2025 Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy, which will welcome George Letsas (UCL).

Note that the Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy is a “pre-read” event: guests’ papers are circulated beforehand, and participants who wish to ask questions and contribute to the discussion are expected to have read them. The papers, once available, can be found on the Colloquium’s webpage. The convenors will share the password to access the papers via email.

Departmental Colloquium: William Paris (University of Toronto)

Date

Thursday February 5, 2026
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Queen's University

The Department of Philosophy, is pleased to invite you to join in person, the regular colloquium series, which will welcome William Paris (University of Toronto), on their talk titled: "Emancipation as Social Form".

Departmental Colloquium: David Benatar (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Date

Thursday October 23, 2025
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Queen's University

The Department of Philosophy, is pleased to invite you to join in person, the regular colloquium series, which will welcome David Benatar (University of Cape Town, South Africa), on their talk titled: "The badness of death for animals".

The Alistair Macleod Distinguished Lecture: Carol Gould (CUNY)

Date

Thursday March 26, 2026
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Queen's University

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join, in person, the next meeting of its regular colloquium series, which will welcome Carol Gould (CUNY) to give this year's Alistair Macleod Distinguished Lecture.

The Kennedy Memorial Lecture and Departmental Colloquium: Juliet Hooker (Brown)

Date

Thursday March 5, 2026
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Queen's University

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join, in person, the upcoming meeting of its regular colloquium series, which will welcome Juliet Hooker (Brown) to give the Kennedy Memorial Lecture.

The Gregory Vlastos Memorial Lecture & Departmental Colloquium: James Allen (Toronto)

Date

Thursday January 29, 2026
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Queen's University

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join, in person, the upcoming meeting of its regular colloquium series, which will welcome James Allen (Toronto) to give this year's Gregory Vlastos Memorial Lecture, titled “Aristotle on the philosophical value of dialectic”.

Departmental Colloquium: Meena Krishnamurthy (Queen's)

Date

Thursday January 15, 2026
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Queen's University

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join in person, the regular colloquium series, which will welcome Meena Krishnamurthy (Queen's).

Departmental Colloquium: Julianne N. Chung (York)

Date

Thursday November 27, 2025
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Queen's University

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join in person, the regular colloquium series, which will welcome Julianne N. Chung (York), on their talk titled: "Zhuangzi’s Doubting Doubt: How Skepticism is the Cause of, and Solution to, Many of Life’s Problems".

Departmental Colloquium: Tarek Dika (Toronto)

Date

Thursday December 4, 2025
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Queen's University

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join in person, the regular colloquium series, which will welcome Tarek Dika (Toronto).

Departmental Colloquium: Jonathan Gingerich (Rutgers/UCL)

Date

Thursday November 20, 2025
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Queen's University

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join in person, the regular colloquium series, which will welcome Jonathan Gingerich (Rutgers/UCL), on their talk titled: "The Politics of Spontaneous Freedom”.