Annual lectures

Our annual lectures bring together philosophers of international standing to give a talk on the topic of their choosing.

Past lectures

Edinburgh annual lectures

Lookism: The last acceptable discrimination? 

Heather Widdows, Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick, will explore the phenomenon of lookism – appearance discrimination. Is a zero-tolerance approach required?

· The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Cardiff annual lectures

Value Collapse 

In this year's Cardiff Annual Lecture, C. Thi Nguyen addresses the issues around and implications of setting goals around explicit metrics.

· Cardiff
London annual lectures

The Return of Cultural Racism 

Linda Martin Alcoff, Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and the Graduate Centre, C.U.N.Y., explores the concept of cultural racism, how it differs from attitudinal racism, and its impact on our political discourse.

· London
Edinburgh annual lectures

Differentiating Scientific Inquiry and Politics 

Heather Douglas lays out norms for scientific inquiry that make it distinct in practice from politics.

· Edinburgh
London annual lectures

Systemic, Structural, and Institutional Injustice: What’s the difference? 

Sally Haslanger explores how we can distinguish between systemic, structural and institutional injustice.

Cardiff annual lectures

The Philosophical Retreat to the Here and Now 

Richard Moran raises questions about the ideal of “living in the present” and escaping the contingencies and loss that are part of temporal life.

· Cardiff
Dublin annual lectures

Work – A Short History of a Modern Concept 

Axel Honneth argues that ‘work’ is a concept coterminous with the industrialization entailed by capitalist modernity.

· Dublin
Edinburgh annual lectures

The Misunderstood Risks of Climate Change 

Dale Jamieson suggests that the significance of two of the most important risks of climate change are misunderstood.

· Edinburgh
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