Events

The department hosts many philosophical events throughout the year, including a large summer conference, a spring graduate student conference, some smaller workshops, and many visiting speakers.

Colloquium Series
Colloquia are typically held on Friday afternoons, and are followed by a reception in HL 538. Recent speakers include Frank Jackson, Roy Sorensen, Christopher Peacocke, Gideon Rosen, Margaret Gilbert, David Velleman, Peter Kivy, Al Mele, Sally Haslanger, Stephen Yablo, Axel Honneth, Nathan Salmon, and Jeff McMahan.
2009-10 Colloquia
Past Colloquia

SPAWN
Each summer the department hosts a themed conference, the Syracuse Philosophy Annual Workshop and Network (SPAWN). The conference traditionally features younger scholars, with established figures as commentators. The topic for 2008 is perception. Previous topics include practical reason (2007), value (2006) and consciousness (2005).
2009 SPAWN
Past SPAWNs

Mellon Workshops
Thanks to a grant from the Mellon foundation, the department is able to host periodic small themed workshops in conjunction with the philosophy departments at Rochester and Cornell.
Mental Causation Workshop (Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2007)

Graduate Student Conference
Each spring, the Syracuse graduate students organize a refereed conference with a keynote talk by a Syracuse professor. In 2009 the keynote was given by Ken Baynes.

ABD Workshop
Syracuse graduate students who are working on dissertations have the opportunity to present their work to fellow grad students (and some faculty) while eating pizza.

Upstate NY Early Modern Workshop
For the past few years, the Upstate NY Early Modern Workshop has been held at Syracuse. In the fall of 2008 sessions will be held at Cornell, but will likely return to Syracuse in the future.
Fall 2008 Schedule

Postmodernism, Culture, and Religion 3: The Politics of Love (April 16-18, 2009)
Every other year, Jack Caputo and Linda Alcoff organize a conference on religion and postmodernism, with funding from the College of Arts and Sciences. Registration information.

Events at the University of Rochester

Events at Cornell University

Older Events (before 2004)