Annual Undergraduate Conference 

Beginning in the Spring of 2024, our department has been hosting an annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference to provide our students, and students from regional universities, the opportunity to share their research and to experience a collegial academic environment that mimics professional philosophical conferences.

Please check this page often for detail about the upcoming conference, as well as to see information about our previous conferences.

Fall 2026 Conference Details
October 24, 2026
Keynote Speaker: Daniel W. Smith
Presentations by: To be Announced

Spring 2025 Conference Details

March 29th, 2025
Keynote speaker: Dr. Arkady Plotnitsky, "Deviation Game: Do Computers Dream of Electric Sheep"
Presentations by: Carina Crisan (Purdue University), Emma Van Steertegem (University of Chicago), Haotian Wang (University of Chicago), Jack Fellmy (Purdue University), Andrew Heggie (University of Louisville), Kevin Kelly (University of Illinois Chicago), Charlotte Harmon (Purdue University)
 

Spring 2024 Conference Details

Date: April 20th, 2024
Keynote: Adam Waggoner
Presentations by: Eleanor Cappelle, Jacob Johnson, Cooper Thompson, Bailey Miller, Ayushi Shah, Robert McDermott