Every year, the department of philosophy offers to its community a series of lectures given by local and guests scholars.

Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are held in Desmarais Hall
Room 8161 at 2:30 p.m.

Fall 2024

September 13
Hériter, transmettre. Colloque hommage à Daniel Tanguay

***This event is held at Hamelin Hall, room 509, from 9am to 5 pm, both days (view complete program here: http://philottawa.blogspot.com/2024/09/heriter-transmettre-colloque-hommage.html)***

September 27
Kyla Bruff
(Carleton University)
Do we need Anthropocentrism in the Anthropocene? Schelling and Adorno on the Human Being’s Unique Place in Nature

October 4
Michel Seymour
(Université de Montréal)
Nation et nationalisme au XXIe siècle

October 11
Thierry Côté
(University of Toronto)
Hume's Skepticism about Moral Improvement

October 25
Jeffrey Reid
(University of Ottawa)
The Meaning of Music in Hegel

November 8-9
Annual conference of the Canadian Aristotle Society 
See complete program

November 21
Special event : World Philosophy Day
This activity is cosponsored by the philosophy departments of Carleton Univeristy and University of Ottawa
Special panel with:
Shireen Hassim (History and African Studies, Carleton), specializes in feminist theory and African politics,
Roopen Majithia (Philosophy, Mount Allison) specializes in Indian philosophy,
Eric Hutton (Philosophy, University of Utah) specializes in Chinese philosophy

***The event is held on the Carleton University campus, at Dunton Tower, room 2017, 5:30pm, and will be followed by a reception***

Winter 2025

January 31
Raphaël Tossings
(Université d'Ottawa)
Pan-relationalism as the thread of Rorty’s work: a hermeneutical and philosophical defense

February 28
Jérôme Gosselin-Tapp
(Université Laval)
TBD

March 28
Charles Larmore
(Brown University)
Le Concept de bien

More to come...