Speaker Series

The Philosophy Department’s Speaker Series is sponsored by the Ichabod S. Spencer Foundation. Every fall and winter term, the series brings major figures in the field to campus to discuss new work. All events are open to the public, and philosophy students can take a course, New Directions in Philosophy, that focuses on the work discussed in the Speaker Series.

Unless otherwise noted, all events are held in the Everest Lounge, starting at 4:30 p.m.

Please check the information below for each scheduled talk for more precise information.

David Friedell, Philosophy Department Chair (518) 388-6831; philchair@union.edu or friedeld@union.edu

Leahanna Pelish, Administrative Assistant
(518) 388-6376; pelishl@union.edu

Just Ask the Group Chat: The Pitfalls of Algorithmic Personalization

Rima Basu, Claremont McKenna College

Trusting AI?

Marianna Bergamaschi Ganapini, UNC Charlotte

The Politics of Plato’s Charmides: Socratic Self-Knowledge for Me and You

Cecilia Li, Huron University at Western University

Maoism as Traveling Theory: Understanding Red Power Marxism during Canada’s Long Seventies

Glen Coulthard, University of British Columbia

‘No Separate Peace’:

Interest, Identity, and Interracial Solidarity in the United Construction Workers Association

Philip Yaure, Virginia Tech

Spatial Agency, Choreography, and Spatial Resistance

Quill Kukla, Georgetown University

What Researchers Must Do to Be Heard:

Epistemic Labor in Integrative Research with Traditional Knowledge

Andrea Sullivan-Clarke, Indiana University

Bad Taste as a Virtue

Matt Strohl, University of Montana