Events

Distinguished Philosophers-in-Residence

The Distinguished Philosophers-in-Residence series is one of the Philosophy Program's signature projects. Each year, we bring a different distinguished senior philosopher to NYU Abu Dhabi for a weeklong visit, during which the philosopher-in-residence meets with students, attends one or more classes, delivers a public lecture, and participates in a faculty seminar on issues related to his or her work.

In 2019–2020, the Philosophy Program was pleased to host Karen Bennett, Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, as its Distinguished Philosopher-in-Residence. We are excited to announce that our next Distinguished Philosopher-in-Residence will be Quassim Cassam, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. Professor Cassam is scheduled to visit in November 2022.

Past Distinguished Philosophers-in-Residence

2019–20 Karen Bennett, Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University (November 3–7, 2019)
2018–19 Sheridan Hough and Christian Coseru, Professors of Philosophy at the College of Charleston (March 3–14, 2019)
2017–18 L. A. Paul, Eugene Falk Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Professorial Fellow at St. Andrews University in Scotland (April 8–12, 2018)
2016–17 Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich
(February 26–March 2, 2017)
2015–16 Julia Annas, Regents Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona (November 8–11, 2015)
2014–15 P. Kyle Stanford, Professor of Logic and the Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine (December 15–18, 2014)

Philosophy Events

Fall 2022

Events are open to the NYU Abu Dhabi community and to others by invitation. If you're interested in attending, please contact the Philosophy Program.

November 2, 2022 Philosophy Open House 8:00–10:00pm
November 3, 2022 Philosophy Lunchtime Colloquium: "Indescribable As Existent or Non-Existent: Phenomenal Experience in Advaita Vedānta," Dimitry Shevchenko (Ashika University) 11:30am–1:00pm
November 7, 2022
Distinguished Philosopher-in-Residence Research Seminar: "Reflections on the Definition of Terrorism," Quassim Cassam (University of Warwick) 2:15–3:45pm
November 9, 2022 Distinguished Philosopher-in-Residence Research Seminar: "Philosophical Virtues," Quassim Cassam (University of Warwick) 2:15–3:45pm
November 9, 2022 Distinguished Philosopher-in-Residence Lecture: "Extremism: A Philosophical Analysis," Quassim Cassam (University of Warwick) 6:30–8:00pm
November 28, 2022 Philosophy Colloquium: "Backward Causation in Buddhist Philosophy,: Eli Franco (Universität Leipzig) 2:15–3:45pm

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