Colloquia Series
The department colloquia series consist of approximately six lectures per academic year, given by prominent philosophers from around the country and around the world. In addition, 
members of our department occasionally present their own work. The series offers students a chance to experience professional philosophy talks, and perhaps more importantly, to participate in the question period following the talk, in which the speaker responds to comments and discusses his/her work with students and members of the faculty. The schedule for each year is posted on this site as it becomes available.
Inquiries should be directed to:
Prof. Karsten Stueber
Department of Philosophy
Fall 2024 Philosophy Colloquium Series
"A Critical Phenomenology of Soundscapes"
Prof. Molly Kelly , Rhode Island School of Design
October 4, 2024 | 4:00 PM | Smith Hall 501
Description: In this presentation, I offer a philosophical (re)interpretation of the “soundscape,” a term largely attributed to Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer. Specifically, I argue that the soundscape is a deeply phenomenological (and, what's more, a critically phenomenological) concept that provides us with rich tools for thinking through the place and power of sound. My engagement with these two disciplines is thus reciprocal; just as phenomenology helps to clarify the novelty of Schafer’s concept within the philosophy of sound, so, too, does Schafer’s concept productively complicate and clarify our understandings of being-in-sonic-worlds.
Inquiries should be directed to:
Prof. Omar Quiñonez | oquinonez@holycross.edu
Department of Philosophy
“Gabrielle Suchon on Women’s Right to the Pursuit of Knowledge”
Prof. Margaret Matthews, Assumption University
October 30, 2024 | 4:00 PM | Smith Hall 501
Description: This talk discusses early modern feminist philosopher, Gabrielle Suchon (1632-1703), and her argument for the fundamental human entitlement to the pursuit of knowledge. It explores how Suchon’s argument for the right to knowledge is grounded in her general conception of human nature and human flourishing, and it highlights the ways that her argument involves a demand for concrete social and political changes to the situation of women.
Inquiries should be directed to:
Prof. Omar Quiñonez | oquinonez@holycross.edu
Department of Philosophy
Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy (BACAP) Lecture
Speaker: Prof. Katy Meadows, Indiana University, Bloomington
Commentator: Prof. David Bradshaw, University of Kentucky
November 14, 2024 | Lecture 7:30 PM | Levis Browsing Room, Dinand Library
“Only in a Good Household: the Prime Mover as Cause of Cosmic Order”
Seminar Topic: “Imitation of the Divine in Aristotle”
Seminar Location: Smith Hall 201 (3:30 p.m.)
Inquiries should be directed to:
Prof. May Sim | msim@holycross.edu
Department of Philosophy
BACAP Director