Calendar of events in 2025

Here is a list of events in 2025, divided by academic talks, events for schools, and public engagement events.

Talks and lectures

13-14 November: Women in Philosophy and the Invisible Expertise. SWIP Italia, University of Pavia.

22-24 October: Epistemic injustice as the obstruction of expertise performance. Metaphor and Epistemic Injustice in Mental Illness, University of Cagliari.

7 October: Depathologising delusions and conspiracy theories. ISPS-US Webinar.

27-29 August: Who is responsible and for what? Keynote talk in Moral Philosophy, Minds and Worlds, 16th Conference of the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy, Turin, Italy.

25-27 August: Between Ethics and Epistemology: Epistemic Innocence and Epistemic Injustice, 7th Urbino Summer School in Epistemology, University of Urbino Carlo Bo – Department of Pure and Applied Sciences. Urbino, Italy.

11-12 June: Expertise and epistemic injustice (with the Agency-in-Practice group) at the Who knows what in mental healthcare? conference, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

19 May: Are beliefs in conspiracy theories pathological? Seminario de Diversidad Cognitiva, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico.

10-12 March: Is it a mistake to attribute responsibility or blame to people seeking support during a mental health crisis? (with Rose McCabe) at the Big Mistake! Big! Huge! Graduate Conference, University of Milan, Italy.

4 March: Spiritual or pathological? Resilient beliefs, agency and identity (with Aneela Khan) at the Women in Philosophy seminar, University of Birmingham, UK.

6 February: Epistemic Justice, Agency, and Youth Mental Health (with Rose McCabe) at the PHaR Being and Feeling Understood conference, Aston University, UK.

30 January: Agency and Justice in Mental Health (with Rose McCabe) at the Agency, Mental Health and Responsibility Conference, Uppsala, Sweden.

Poster of Summer School in Urbino

School events and visits

26 November: Knowledge in a Digital Age, workshop for teachers and students, in partnership with Wikimedia UK. University of Birmingham campus.

21 November: Career day at Mulberry Academy Shoreditch, UK.

13 October: Philosopher's Stone debate: Are conspiracy theories irrational? King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls, UK.

8 October: Art and Philosophy. The Gower School, London, UK.

8 May: Applied Ethics Conference, University of Birmingham, UK.

30 April: The Philosophy and Psychology of Conspiracy Theories. Masterclass, University of Birmingham.

28 February: Philosothon! King Edward VI High School for Girls, West Midlands, UK.

7 February: Delusional Beliefs and Agency. Talk at the Philosophy and Psychology Conference, Lady Eleanor Holles School, Middlesex, UK.

Poster of the Philosophy in the Classroom webinar

The 2025 #PhilosophyMatters Webinars

17 March: Philosophy and Conspiracy Theories with Kathleen Murphy-Hollies, Nele Van der Mossaeler, U-Wen Low, and Joe Pierre (link to youtube video of the webinar).

19 March: Philosophy Everywhere with Michael Rush, Helen Beebee, Paul Knights, and Bonny Astor (link to youtube video of the webinar).

25 March: Philosophy in the Classroom with Henry Taylor, Laura D'Olimpio, and Kathleen Murphy-Hollies (link to youtube video of the webinar).

26 March: Philosophy and Mental Health with the EPIC project partners (link to youtube video of the webinar).

The 2025 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek Webinar

15 May: Unusual experiences and beliefs with EPIC project partner Belvederi Murri and EPIC friend Fiona Malpass (link to youtube video of the webinar).

Winterbourne House and Garden

The 2025 Philosophy Garden workshop series at Winterbourne

11 February: Laura D'Olimpio on "Can nature be art?"

11 March: Chiara Brozzo on "Are perfumes art?"

8 April: Merten Reglitz on "Is internet access a human right?"

13 May: Kathleen Murphy-Hollies on "Is it unfair to dismiss someone's perspective?"

10 June: Jeremy Williams on "How should we handle disagreement in politics?"