UCD School of Philosophy

The largest teaching and research centre for Philosophy in Ireland

UCD School of Philosophy is ranked in the Top 100 QS World University Rankings for Philosophy, and No. 1 in Ireland.

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ERC Research Associate in the History of Philosophy

Applications are invited for a 48-month postdoctoral post. Candidates are expected to have completed a PhD in Philosophy or related humanities discipline and have prior research experience, preferably in 18th-century British moral philosophy. Closing date: 15th September 2025.

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20Nov

Invited Speaker Series

Professor Shaun Gallagher (University of Memphis) will give a talk on ‘Hegel and 4E Economics’

3:15–5:00pm, Philosophy Seminar Room D520, Newman Building

16Oct

Invited Speaker Series

Matyáš Moravec (Queen’s University Belfast) will give a talk on ‘James, Bergson, Mrs Piper, and the Ghost of Richard Hodgson’

3:15–5:00 pm, Philosophy Seminar Room D520, Newman Building

02Oct

Annual Royal Institute of Philosophy/UCD School of Philosophy Public Lecture

Professor Alice Crary (New School for Social Research / Oxford), ‘If you’re not outraged about AI, you’re not paying attention: Philosophy in the time of techno-fascism’

4:30–5:45 pm, Venue Theatre O, Ground Floor Newman

24Sep

UCD Centre for Ethics in Public Life (CEPL) Annual Public Lecture

Professor Şerife Tekin, ‘Bridging Science and Testimony: The Multitudinous Self Model for a Humanist Psychiatry’

5–7 pm, Theatre NTh-1-ART (Lower Ground Floor, Newman Building)

23Sep

Launch of Annual Eriugena Lectures

Professor Wouter Goris from the University of Bonn will give three lectures situating the concept of ‘absolute indifference’ within Hegel’s work, German Idealism and the history of philosophy.

23–26 September, UCD and Maynooth

15Sep

Postdoctoral Position: ERC Research Associate in the History of Philosophy at UCD School of Philosophy

Applications are invited from postdoctoral candidates for a temporary 48-month post of Research Associate within the UCD School of Philosophy.

27Aug

Lifeworlds in Crisis: Applying Phenomenology Conference

Joint international conference: British Society for Phenomenology and UCD’s Centre for Ethics in Public Life, School of Law, and ERC Coercive In/Justice (GENCOERCTRL) project

25Aug

Conference on Passion in Action and Book Launch

A conference on the philosophy of emotion and motivation, including a book launch, organised by Professor Rowland Stout.

25–26th August 2025, Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI)

16Apr

Bridging the Divide CEPL Seminar and Workshop

Narrative Medicine and the Experiences of Women Physicians in Family Planning, Pregnancy and Early Parenthood, with Assoc Prof Margo Wilson (Memorial University, St. John’s, NL).

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