Upcoming Events
Royal Holloway Philosophy Speaker Series
I am organizing the Royal Holloway Philosophy Speaker Series for 2018-19. The schedule is as follows:
10 October 2018: Sarah Flavel (Bath Spa): "State Maternalism: Evaluating Anarchist Readings of Laozi's Political Philosophy" (NB: this talk will be in Founders Lecture Theatre)
24 October 2018: Timothy Secret (Winchester): "Hegel Encore, Toujours: Madness and Unreason Across the Hyppolitian Middle"
14 November 2018: Claudia Melica (Roma): "On Frans Hemsterhuis' 'Moral Sense'"
28 November 2018: G. Anthony Bruno (RHUL): "Schelling's Question Quid Juris"
13 February 2019: Neil Gascoigne (RHUL): "Presumptions of Innocence: Religious Belief, Scepticism, and Certainty"
27 February 2019: Johanna Thoma (LSE): "Decision Theory, Folk Psychology, and the Interpretation of Preference"
13 March 2019: Julia Ng (Goldsmiths): "Pending Violence: Benjamin's Theory of Justice"
20 March 2019: Liam Kofi Bright (LSE): "The Scientist Qua Scientist Makes No Assertions"
All talks except the first will be held in MOORE-0-16, 5:00-6:30pm
Philosophy in Life
I am organizing Philosophy in Life, a public lecture series supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy, to be hosted at Arcola Theatre in Dalston. No registration necessary. All welcome. The 2018-19 schedule is as follows:
18 October 2018: Sacha Golob (KCL) on authenticity and politics (7:30pm)
24 November 2018: Sebastian Gardner (UCL) on consciousness and the unconscious (7:00pm)
23 February 2019: Alison Assiter (UWE Bristol) on feminism and gender (7:00pm)
21 March 2019: Angela Breitenbach (Cambridge) on aesthetics and science (7:00pm)
APA Panel for the North American Neo-Kantian Society
I am organizing a panel for the North American Neo-Kantian Society on the neo-Kantian bridge between German idealism and phenomenology. It will be held at the APA Pacific division meeting in Vancouver in April 2019. Panelists include Samantha Matherne (Harvard), Scott Edgar (Saint Mary's), Dave Suarez (Toronto), and myself. Program here; NANKS website.
London Post-Kantian Seminar
I am spearheading the London Post-Kantian Seminar (with Andrew Cooper (UCL)), a workshop series rotating through philosophy departments at University of London campuses, showcasing new research by established and early career scholars specializing in post-Kantian thought. Schedule coming soon.
At the Margins of German Idealism: Beyond Hegel and Kant
With Daniel Whistler (RHUL), I am organizing At the Margins of German Idealism: Beyond Kant and Hegel, a conference on the so-called minor figures of German idealism and romanticism to be held at RHUL on 21-23 November 2019. Program coming soon.
Past Events
Summer Institute on Spinoza and German Idealism
With Nick Stang (Toronto), I organized the Summer Institute on Spinoza and German Idealism at the University of Toronto, 16-19 May 2016, which brought together scholars and graduate students to examine Spinoza’s writings and their impact on Fichte, Hegel, and Schelling. Our keynote speakers were Eckart Förster (Johns Hopkins University) and Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins University). (program)
Schelling, Nature, and Naturalism
I organized Schelling, Nature, and Naturalism, a conference on the concepts of nature and naturalism in the work of F.W.J. Schelling at the University of Bonn, 15-17 July 2015. It was presented by the Institute for Science and Ethics and the International Centre for Philosophy North Rhine-Westphalia.
Skeptical Solutions: Provocations of Philosophy
I co-organized Skeptical Solutions: Provocations of Philosophy, a conference on skepticism at the University of Bonn, 26-28 November 2014. It was funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the International Centre for Philosophy North Rhine-Westphalia.
Royal Holloway Philosophy Speaker Series
I am organizing the Royal Holloway Philosophy Speaker Series for 2018-19. The schedule is as follows:
10 October 2018: Sarah Flavel (Bath Spa): "State Maternalism: Evaluating Anarchist Readings of Laozi's Political Philosophy" (NB: this talk will be in Founders Lecture Theatre)
24 October 2018: Timothy Secret (Winchester): "Hegel Encore, Toujours: Madness and Unreason Across the Hyppolitian Middle"
14 November 2018: Claudia Melica (Roma): "On Frans Hemsterhuis' 'Moral Sense'"
28 November 2018: G. Anthony Bruno (RHUL): "Schelling's Question Quid Juris"
13 February 2019: Neil Gascoigne (RHUL): "Presumptions of Innocence: Religious Belief, Scepticism, and Certainty"
27 February 2019: Johanna Thoma (LSE): "Decision Theory, Folk Psychology, and the Interpretation of Preference"
13 March 2019: Julia Ng (Goldsmiths): "Pending Violence: Benjamin's Theory of Justice"
20 March 2019: Liam Kofi Bright (LSE): "The Scientist Qua Scientist Makes No Assertions"
All talks except the first will be held in MOORE-0-16, 5:00-6:30pm
Philosophy in Life
I am organizing Philosophy in Life, a public lecture series supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy, to be hosted at Arcola Theatre in Dalston. No registration necessary. All welcome. The 2018-19 schedule is as follows:
18 October 2018: Sacha Golob (KCL) on authenticity and politics (7:30pm)
24 November 2018: Sebastian Gardner (UCL) on consciousness and the unconscious (7:00pm)
23 February 2019: Alison Assiter (UWE Bristol) on feminism and gender (7:00pm)
21 March 2019: Angela Breitenbach (Cambridge) on aesthetics and science (7:00pm)
APA Panel for the North American Neo-Kantian Society
I am organizing a panel for the North American Neo-Kantian Society on the neo-Kantian bridge between German idealism and phenomenology. It will be held at the APA Pacific division meeting in Vancouver in April 2019. Panelists include Samantha Matherne (Harvard), Scott Edgar (Saint Mary's), Dave Suarez (Toronto), and myself. Program here; NANKS website.
London Post-Kantian Seminar
I am spearheading the London Post-Kantian Seminar (with Andrew Cooper (UCL)), a workshop series rotating through philosophy departments at University of London campuses, showcasing new research by established and early career scholars specializing in post-Kantian thought. Schedule coming soon.
At the Margins of German Idealism: Beyond Hegel and Kant
With Daniel Whistler (RHUL), I am organizing At the Margins of German Idealism: Beyond Kant and Hegel, a conference on the so-called minor figures of German idealism and romanticism to be held at RHUL on 21-23 November 2019. Program coming soon.
Past Events
Summer Institute on Spinoza and German Idealism
With Nick Stang (Toronto), I organized the Summer Institute on Spinoza and German Idealism at the University of Toronto, 16-19 May 2016, which brought together scholars and graduate students to examine Spinoza’s writings and their impact on Fichte, Hegel, and Schelling. Our keynote speakers were Eckart Förster (Johns Hopkins University) and Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins University). (program)
Schelling, Nature, and Naturalism
I organized Schelling, Nature, and Naturalism, a conference on the concepts of nature and naturalism in the work of F.W.J. Schelling at the University of Bonn, 15-17 July 2015. It was presented by the Institute for Science and Ethics and the International Centre for Philosophy North Rhine-Westphalia.
Skeptical Solutions: Provocations of Philosophy
I co-organized Skeptical Solutions: Provocations of Philosophy, a conference on skepticism at the University of Bonn, 26-28 November 2014. It was funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the International Centre for Philosophy North Rhine-Westphalia.
