Diversity & Inclusion Colloquia

As part of our ongoing effort to facilitate dialogue on and understanding of diversity and climate in philosophy, we are organizing a series of speakers on the full range of issues relating to diversity and inclusion. This speaker series is ongoing, so be sure to check back for future talks.

Upcoming Colloquia

Check here for news on, and helpful links to, upcoming conferences hosted by the Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Department of Philosophy at Purdue University.

Previous Colloquia

JENNIFER NAGEL
University of Toronto
Title: "Knowing and Being Right"
April 22nd, 2022

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SALLY SCHOLZ
Villanova University
Title: "Pernicious Solidarity: Equity in Solidary Relations"
March 1st, 2019

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COLIN MCQUILLAN
St. Mary’s University (San Antonio)
Title: "Kant on Scholarship, the Public Use of Reason, and the Limits of Free Speech"
September 7th, 2018

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MARÍA DEL ROSARIO ACOSTA LÓPEZ
DePaul University
Title: "Grammars of Listening: Philosophical Approaches to Memory after Trauma"
September 6th, 2018

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JENNIFER SAUL
University of Sheffield
Title: "Dogwhistles and Figleaves: Techniques of Racist Political Manipulation"
January 26th, 2018

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KATHRYN T. GINES
Penn State University
Title: "At the Intersections: Racism, Sexism, Abolition, and Suffrage in the US"
October 5th, 2017

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LEE A. McBRIDE, III
The College of Wooster
Title: "Anger and Approbation"
Spring 2016

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PENELOPE DEUTSCHER
Northwestern University
Title: "Foucault's Futures: Reproduction from Biopolitics to Necropolitics"
Spring 2016

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HELGA VARDEN
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Title: "Giving Him a Second Chance: Talking with Kant on Sexuality"
December 3rd, 2015

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LUVELL ANDERSON
University of Memphis
Title: "Calling, Addressing, and Appropriation"
April 9th, 2015

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CARLA FEHR
University of Waterloo
Title: "Ignorance, Excellence, and Diversity: Improving the Representation of Women and Minorities in STEM"
February 26th, 2015

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NATALIA WASHINGTON & DANIEL KELLY
Purdue University
Title: "Responsibility from the Outside In: Shaping the Moral Ecology Around Implicit Bias"
September 23rd, 2014