Philosophy Colloquium Series
The Department's regular Colloquium Series brings a range of speakers – both national and international – to Aberdeen to share their cutting-edge research. A list of past talks can be found below.
Seminars typically take place on Wednesdays from 3-4.30pm in Room 009, 50-52 College Bounds. For more information, contact Dr Stephan Torre: stephan.torre@abdn.ac.uk.
2025-2026
Anh-Quan Nguyen, University College Dublin. What is Greenwashing? 11th March 2026.
Sophie Lauwers, University of Edinburgh. (How) Can the Religious Speak? Epistemic justice and (post-)secular norms of good citizenship. 28th January 2026.
Cristina Richie, University of Edinburgh. Environmental Ethics and Medical Reproduction. 3rd December 2025.
Mike Stuart, University of York. Imagination as Epistemic Firebrand. 19th November 2025.
Michele Giavazzi, LMU Munich. Making Excuses for Political Incompetence. 8th October 2025.
2024-2025
Fenrong Liu, Tsinghua University. Xunzi's Argumentation Patterns of "Fan-gu". 16th April 2025.
Theron Pummer, University of St Andrews. The Rules of Rescue: Core Ideas. 5th March 2025.
Poppy Mankowitz, University of Bristol. Is a Good Person Perfectly Good or Possibly Better? 4th December 2024.
Peter Graham, University of California, Riverside. Playing and Asserting. 13th November 2024.
Michael Diamond-Hunter, University of Cambridge. On Ameliorative and Descriptive Metaphysics of Race. 25th September 2024.
2023-2024
Ten-Herng Lai, University of Stirling. Racist Statues, Taxpayer Money, and Worse-Than-Worthless Things (co-authored with Rowan Cruft). 24th April 2024.
Małgorzata Wałejko, University of Szczecin. With or Without You (U2) - Still Alone on Valentine's Day. With the Bednarowski Trust. 14th February 2024.