Philosophy research seminars

The Philosophy programme hosts a seminar series during Trimesters 1 and 2 with papers presented by visiting speakers and academic staff from within the Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. All are welcome to attend.

Cei Maslen and Ed Mares are the coordinators of the series for 2026.

* These dates are provisional, so please wait to receive announcements from the Philosphy Department list before coming along*

Trimester 1

Week 1: Greg Currie (Thursday 26^th February)

Week 2: no seminar (Thursday 5^th March)

Week 3: no seminar (Thursday 12^th March)

Week 4: Simon Keller (Thursday 19^th March)  Title: “Against Human Rights”

Week 5: no seminar (Thursday 26^th March)

Week 6: no seminar (Thursday 2^nd April)

Week 7: Sondra Bacharach & Emma Maurice (Thursday 23^rd April) Title: “Museums and Artistic Speech Acts”

Week 8: Cei Maslen (Thursday 30^th April) Title: “Transmigration time travel”

Week 9: no seminar (Thursday 7^th May)

Week 10: Jesse Spafford (Thursday 14^th May) Title: “A Moral Disregard Theory of Rights Forfeiture”

Week 11: Michael Gilchrist (Thursday 21^st May)

Week 12: Michael Strevens (Thursday 28^th May) Title: “Do Large Language Models Understand What They're Talking About?”

Trimester 2

Week 1: Dan Becklloyd (Thursday 9^th July)  (AAP in Waikato from 5-9^th July)

Week 2: No seminar (Thursday 16^th July)

Week 3: Andrew Moore (Thursday 23^rd July) 2.10-3:50pm in Murphy 617

Week 4: No Seminar (Thursday 30^th July)

Week 5: Krushil Watene (Maurice Goldmith lecture on Wednesday 5^th August) Murphy 501 from 5-7pm, reception from 4.30pm

Week 6: Snita Ahir-Knight (Thursday 13^th August) 2.10-3:50pm in Murphy 617

Week 7: Justine Kingsbury (Thursday 3^rd September) 2.10-3:50pm in Murphy 617

Week 8: No seminar (Thursday 10^th September)

Week 9: Adriane Rini (Thursday 17^th September) 2.10-3:50pm in Murphy 617

Week 10: Vanessa Schouten (Thursday 24^th September) 2.10-3:50pm in Murphy 617

Week 11: Dan Halliday (Maurice Goldmith lecture on Tuesday 29^th Septemeber) Hunter council chamber from 5-7pm with reception from 4.30pm

Week 12: No seminar (Thursday 8^th October)