Dept. of Philosophy Workshops
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop
A weekly forum for the study of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. Sessions are divided among discussion of graduate student work in progress, translation and discussion of a selected text, and talks by outside speakers. See our website for a schedule and more information.
Faculty contact: Gabriel Lear
Graduate student coordinator: Nick Houlahan
Website: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/blogs/agarp/
Contemporary European Philosophy Workshop
This workshop constitutes an ongoing forum for engagement with the modern European tradition of philosophy, including its links with non-European philosophers and cultures. The meetings are primarily devoted to presentations by graduate students from philosophy, divinity, comparative literature, social thought and other departments. Throughout the year, the workshop will also host a series of lectures by visiting philosophers.
Faculty sponsors: Arnold Davidson and Jocelyn Benoist
Student coordinator: Tupac Cruz and Daniel Rodriguez Navas
Website: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/blogs/conteurophil/
Contemporary Philosophy Workshop
A bi-weekly forum for graduate students to present current work in Contemporary Philosophy.
Faculty sponsor: changes weekly
Graduate student coordinator: Sara Bosworth
Website: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/blogs/contemporaryworkshop/
Formal Philosophy Workshop
This workshop is intended as a venue for graduate students and faculty to discuss issues pertaining to logic, the philosophy of mathematics, formal epistemology, general philosophy of science, and the philosophy of the particular sciences. The emphasis from year to year is tailored to graduate students’ areas of interest. Both qualitative and formal discussions of these topics are welcome. This workshop is on hiatus AY 2009-2010.
Faculty sponsors: Kevin Davey and Ben Callard
Graduate student coordinator: Matt Teichman
Website: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/blogs/formalphilosophy/
Law and Philosophy Workshop
This workshop constitutes an ongoing forum for engagement with issues at the intersection of law and philosophy. The general format of the workshop is that readings (usually a paper by the presenter) are distributed at least a week in advance and all participants come to the session having done the readings. The presenter makes some brief introductory remarks about his or her paper and the rest of the session is devoted to discussion of the paper. The workshop has an annual theme each year. This year's theme is Utilitarianism and Law.
Faculty contact: Martha Nussbaum
Workshop coordinator: Lorrie Wehrs (lragland@law.uchicago.edu)
Website: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/workshops/lawandphilosophy
Modern Philosophy Workshop
This workshop provides a forum for graduate students and faculty interested in the history of philosophy from Descartes to Kant. Workshop sessions include presentations from graduate students as well as from prominent Modern Philosophy scholars. Presenters at the workshop often focus on Descartes, Kant, Locke, Hume, Berkeley, Rousseau, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and other figures. They can also examine post-Kantian German idealism, twentieth-century Kantianism, and approaches in contemporary ethical theory and moral and political philosophy that take one of the Modern Philosophy figures or conceptions as their point of departure.
Faculty sponsors: Michael Forster, Ben Laurence
Graduate student coordinator: Dasha Polzik
Website: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/workshops/modernphilosophy/
Philosophy of Mind Workshop
A workshop in contemporary philosophy of mind. It consists of a biweekly reading group supplemented by graduate student presentations and lectures from visiting faculty. This workshop is on hiatus AY 2009-2010.
Faculty sponsors: Jason Bridges, David Finkelstein
Graduate student coordinator: Will Small
Website: http://mindworkshop.blogspot.com
Practical Philosophy Workshop
The Practical Philosophy Workshop is a forum for students, faculty, and visiting speakers to present recent work in ethics and political philosophy.
Faculty sponsors: Daniel Brudney, Anges Callard, and Anton Ford
Student Co-ordinator: Mark Hopwood
Website: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/workshops/practicalphilosophy/about/
Semantics and Philosophy of Language Workshop
The subject of meaning in natural language is currently investigated both by philosophers and linguists. While they have different foci, methods, concerns, and goals, both groups can profit from cross-disciplinary discussions and mutual understanding of their different questions, methods and results. The topic of the workshop in 2009-2010 is “Contextualism.”
Faculty sponsors: Josef Stern (Philosophy) and Chris Kennedy (Linguistics)
Graduate student coordinator: Peter Klecha and Ryan Bochnak
Website: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/workshops/semantics/
Wittgenstein Workshop
The Wittgenstein Workshop aims to foster a variety of forms of interdisciplinary research that take their point of departure from a shared interest in Wittgenstein's intellectual achievement. The workshop will seek to provide a forum in which the following three activities can be pursued in conjunction with one another: (1) the careful study of Wittgenstein's contributions to both philosophy and other disciplines, (2) the discussion of current research by graduate students with related interests, and (3) the presentation of work by (and the opportunity for graduate students to come into contact and discussion with) some of the leading contemporary scholars at work in these areas.
Website: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/blogs/wittgenstein/
Schedule: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/blogs/wittgenstein/schedule/
Faculty sponsor: James Conant
Graduate student coordinator: Silver Bronzo