Philosophy Talks in Upstate New York

 

(March 2026 update: Josh Hunt apologizes for being asleep at the wheel! He is now monitoring this form! Feel free to email him at jhunt11@syr.edu for anything urgent or time-sensitive)


Upcoming Talks:

April 6 at 4:15pm
Sigrún Svavarsdóttir
"Do Affective Experiences Have Evaluative Content?"
Colgate University
Lawrence Hall Room 105

April 3, 2026 at 3pm
Jennifer Morton (UPenn)
"The Scaffolds of Agency: Precarity, Security, and the Social Contract"
Syracuse University (Anbar Lecture)
Eggers Hall 010


March 21, 2026 at 4:30pm
Selim Berker (Harvard)
"Knowledge isn't grounded in Truth"
Syracuse University (SU Grad conference keynote)
Hall of Languages room 500

March 20, 2026 at 4:30pm
Mark Heller (Syracuse)
"All there is"
Syracuse University (SU Grad conference)
Hall of Languages room 500


Past talks in 2026:

February 27, 2026 at 3pm
Julia Markovits (Cornell)
"Praiseworthiness and Apt Praise"
Syracuse University (WAGM talk)
Hall of Languages room 500

January 30, 2026 at 3pm
Ásta (Duke)
Syracuse University (on Zoom)

January 29, 2026 at 11:25am
Amy Levine
"Finitude as Interpretive Dependence in Kierkegaard’s 'The Concept of Anxiety'"
Binghamton University
University Union West (UUW) 324

January 22, 2026 at 11:25am
Dr. Sabeen Ahmed (Swarthmore College)
"Law and the Order of Things: A Lecture on the Will to Nomos"
Binghamton University
University Union West (UUW) 324

January 20, 2026
Dr. Linda Radzik, (Texas A&M)
"The Right to Reputation"
Binghamton University
University Union West (UUW) 324

Talks in 2025:

November 6, 2025 at 4:15 pm
Jennifer Frey 
Colgate University
Lawrence Hall 105

November 8, 2025 at 3pm
William M. Paris
'Emancipation as a Social Form'
Binghamton University
University Downtown Center, 223
(https://spelgraduateconference.wordpress.com/)

November 14th, 2025 at 3:00pm
Cameron Kirk-Giannini
'TBA' (MAP talk)
Syracuse University
HL207

November 14, 2025 at 4:15 pm
Stephen Engstrom
Colgate University
Lawrence Hall 105

February 7, 2025 at 2 PM
Kirun Sankaran
'Political Philosophy is not Metaphysics'
Binghamton University
University Union West (UUW) 324

February 7, 2025 at 3 pm
Mark Schroeder
'Interpretive Objects'
Syracuse University
Hall of Languages 107
(https://artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/philosophy/phi-events/)

Feb 7, 2025 at 3-5pm
Philip Goyal
'From Quantum Theory to Metaphysics (and back)'
UAlbany (SUNY)
HU 354
(For questions, contact azylberman@albany.edu)

February 14, 2025 at 2pm
Craig Agule
'Mercy in the Criminal Law'
Binghamton University
University Union West (UUW) 324

February 14, 2025 at 3:00 pm
Camil Golub
Syracuse University
Hall of Languages 111

February 20, 2025 at 3 PM
Carol Gould
'Democracy in Dark Times: Towards a Radical Reconstruction'
Binghamton University
University Union West (UUW) 324

February 21, 2025 at 9:30am
Nicole Hassoun (with panelists George Sher, Liam Murphy, Johann Go, and Carol C. Gould)
'Book Launch: A Minimally Good Life'
Binghamton University
Univeristy Union, Room UU111 | The Union Office 4400 Vestal Parkway E
(If you wish to join remotely, you can register at this link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/Bau6dv5mSa2gWpZn9Itwvg)

February 28, 2025 at 2pm
Sara Purinton
'Disability & Vagueness: Two Dilemmas'
Binghamton University
University Union West (UUW) 324

February 28, 2025 at 3 pm
Harry Brighouse
'Liberal Arts Education Reconsidered'
University of Rochester
Bausch and Lomb 106

March 5, 2025 at 1pm
Eli Portella
'Colonialism and the Critique of Capitalism'
Binghamton University
Classroom Wing (CW), 110

March 7, 2025 at 2pm
Emilie Pagano
'The Natural, The Social, and The Socially Constructed: Reflections on the sex/gender distinction'
Binghamton University
University Union West (UUW), 324

March 13, 2025 at 9am
Nicole Hassoun
'Author meets Critics: Nicole Hassoun’s A Minimally Good Life'
Princeton University - Virtual
(Registration -- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXyfPZ7qrkN_x9wqp9LqUdQQufxJkL6QAVN8eyDq2N_cOoJg/viewform)

March 21, 2025 at 3 pm
Rachana Kamtekar
University of Rochester
Bausch and Lomb 106

April 4, 2025 at 2pm
Carol Gould
'Democracy in Dark Times: Towards a Radical Reconstruction'
Binghamton University
University Union West (UUW), 324

April 4, 2025 at 3 pm
Lara Buchak
University of Rochester
Bausch and Lomb 106

April 10, 2024 at 4:15
Kieran Setiya
'Meaning and the Afterlife'
Colgate University
Lawrence Hall 105

April 11, 2025 at 3-5pm
Derrick Darby
'Bayard Rustin and the Responsibilities of Political Organizing'
Syracuse University
HBC Crouse, Gifford Auditorium

(https://calendar.syracuse.edu/events/2025-apr-11/anbar-lecture-bayard-rustin-and-the-responsibilities-of-political-organizing/)

April 11, 2025, 3-5 pm
Miranda Fricker
Cornell University
Physical Sciences Building 120

July 7, 2025 at 4pm
Melissa Jacquart
Hamilton College
Kirner-Johnson 127 (Red Pit)
(This is a keynote talk at the HCSPiP pedagogy conference. Other talks tba.)

September 19, 2025 at 2 PM

Dr. Sukaina Hirji
'Protests as World-Making Projects'
Binghamton University
University Union West 324
(Parking available in Parking Garage, Paid Visitor’s Lot and metered parking throughout campus)

September 25 2025 at 4:15pm
Lara Buchak
'Faith, Commitment, and Belief'
Colgate University
Lawrence Hall 105 (Robert Ho Lecture Room)

September 26 2025 at 2:00pm
Japa Pallikkathayil
'How to Feel About Structural Injustice'
Binghamton University
Library North, Alpern Room 2200
(Parking: Paid Visitor Lot and Parking Garage)

October 3, 2025 at 2:00pm
Lidal Dror
'Broadly Misleading Evidence'
Binghamton University
University Union West (UUW) 324

(Paid parking available in Parking Garage, Visitor’s Lot and metered parking throughout campus)