The Early Career Work in Progress Seminar is a venue for early career philosophers (usually within five years of PhD or employed on a fixed term position) to present their research in a low stakes, friendly environment.

If you are interested in presenting, please get in touch with Rebecca Rowson (rebecca.rowson@chch.ox.ac.uk)


Workshop in Early Career Work in Progress Convenors: Rebecca Rowson

Michaelmas Term 2026 - Term Card

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Early Career Work in Progress Seminar (Tuesday, Week 1, MT26 - 16:30-18:00)

13 October
Samuel Cole (Christ Church): 'Self-Respect and Antidiscrimination Law'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre  
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Early Career Work in Progress Seminar (Tuesday, Week 3, MT26 - 16:30-18:00)

27 October
Dani Pino (Visiting from University of Granada): 'Towards a Practice-First Normativity of Journalism'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre  
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Early Career Work in Progress Seminar (Tuesday, Week 5, MT26 - 16:30-18:00)

10 November
Kirstine La Cour (Trinity College): 'Resistant Responsibility'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre  
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Early Career Work in Progress Seminar (Tuesday, Week 7, MT26 - 16:30-18:00)

24 November
Sam Mason (Merton College): 'Reasons for Emotions'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre  

Week 1 (28th Apr)Jeremy Page (Queen's College)What is it to be responsive to aesthetic value?
Week 3 (12th May)Marco Grossi (New College)More varieties of risk
Week 5 (26th May)Jordan Walters (Nuffield College)What's wrong with misanthropy?
Week 7 (9th Jun)Tareeq Jalloh (University College)Violence, rhymes, and double binds

 

Week 1 (20th Jan)Matthias Rolffs (Oxford/Bern)Time for Moral Luck
Week 3 (3rd Feb)Jordan Scott (University College)Persuasion in Politics: A Pessimistic Proposal
Week 5 (17th Feb)Lewis Williams (Merton)Demandingness and the Limits of Normativity
Week 7 (3rd Mar)Rebecca Rowson (Christ Church)Authentic Expression

 

Week 1 (14th Oct)James Laing (St Hugh's)Belonging
Week 3 (28th Oct)Alex Geddes (Oriel)Substances Sub Specie Aeternitatis
Week 7 (25th Nov)Joe Gough (Merton)Understanding ‘Dignity' and ‘Autonomy' in Assisted Dying

 

Week 7 (11th Jun)Andrea Buongiorno (Oxford)Fixing Signification in Metaphysics Gamma 4
Week 8 (18th Jun)Arnaud PetitA humble play of voices: Merleau-Ponty and the ending of Phenomenology
Week 9 (25th Jun)George WebsterQuantum-Bayesianism and Hegel: 'Mutual Recognition in the Philosophy of Physics'

 

Week 1 (21st Jan)Jack WearingAcquaintance and Authority
Week 5 (18th Feb)Fabian PregelThe New Age of Enumerative Induction