You are warmly invited to the 2025/26 Invited Speaker Seminar Series hosted by UCD School of Philosophy. The seminars take place in the Agnes Cuming Seminar Room D520 on the fifth floor of the Newman Building, UCD Belfield on Thursdays, 3:15 to 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted (dates and times may occasionally vary, so please check in advance).
The seminar is open to all UCD staff and students, and is followed by an informal drinks reception. If you would like to join the speaker for dinner after the talk, please email (opens in a new window)Natalie Turner at least one day in advance.
Speakers for the current academic year are listed below.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 24 September 5:00–7:00 pm |
Şerife Tekin (SUNY) – Centre for Ethics in Public Life Annual Lecture | ‘Bridging Science and Testimony: The Multitudinous Self Model for a Humanist Psychiatry’ |
| 2 October 4:30–5:45 pm |
Alice Crary (The New School for Social Research) – Royal Institute of Philosophy Annual Lecture | ‘If you’re not outraged about AI, you’re not paying attention: Philosophy in the time of techno-fascism’ |
| 16 October | Matyáš Moravec (Queen’s University Belfast) | ‘James, Bergson, Mrs Piper, and the Ghost of Richard Hodgson’ |
| 6 November | Ingvild Torsen (Oslo) | ‘Is There a Measure on Earth? Heidegger on the Normativity of Art’ |
| 20 November | Shaun Gallagher (Memphis) | ‘Hegel and 4E Economics’ |
TBC
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