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Democratising Measurement (co-authored with Dr Mark Fabian, University of Cambridge)
21 April 2021
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Online Zoom event
Dr Andy Fletcher presents a talk as part of our 2020/2021 Seminar Series.
05 May 2021
Location TBC
Prof Eric Schliesser from the University of Amsterdam gives a talk as part of our Seminar Series.
18 June 2021
Title: What is the Aim of Medicine?
07 October 2021
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
St. Chad‘s College, Durham University
Celebrating the life and work of anti apartheid campaigner, Ruth First; reporting initial findings from the Ruth First in the North project; exploring broader issues faced by activist researchers.
11 October 2021
Williams Library, St Chad’s College (18 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3RH, UK)
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence Reading Group
19 October 2021
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
This is a fortnightly online reading group. The link is available to members upon joining the mailing list.
Durham's Race and Climate Reading Group meets to discuss recent books that address the relationship between past and present perceptions of race and climate.
20 October 2021
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Zoom: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/93027919861?pwd=THRGa1kvcy8ycHExUmg3dkhWTUJqUT09 Meeting ID: 930 2791 9861 Passcode: 101776
02 November 2021
16 November 2021
Personal webpage:https://www.uj.ac.za/contact/Pages/Zinhle-Mncube.aspx
23 November 2021
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
ER144 (Elvet Riverside)
30 November 2021
CHESS Seminar Series 2021/22: Walter Veit (The University of Sydney and LSE)
02 December 2021
Room tbc and Zoom
14 December 2021
Philosophical Issues in Space Science Seminar Series 2022: Eleanor Armstrong Bio: Dr Eleanor Armstrong (she/her) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Stockholm. where her research explores the disjoint between discourses and practices of science. A queer feminist cultural science and technology studies scholar, Dr Armstrong is looking at space science research taking place in the Arctic Circle, and its representation in museums.
24 January 2022
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
PO004, Department of Philosophy and Online (Zoom)
CHESS Seminar Series 2021/22: Juliette Ferry-Danini (FNRS and Université Catholique de Louvain)
27 January 2022
ER231, Elvet Riverside (and Zoom)
Philosophical Issues in Space Science Seminar Series 2022: Martin Ward ( Emeritus Temple Chevallier Professor of Astronomy and Leverhulme Fellow, Durham University)
07 February 2022
ER227, Elvet Riverside and on Zoom
EURiCA Reading Group
22 February 2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Department of Philosophy, Old Elvet (room 207) and Zoom
Philosophical Issues in Space Science Seminar Series 2022: Philipp Spillmann (University of Cambridge)
07 March 2022
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
PO004, Philosophy Department and on Zoom
CHESS Seminar Series 2021/22: Janet Stewart (Durham University)
10 March 2022
Philosophical Issues in Space Science Seminar Series 2022: Franklin Jacoby (Dartmouth College)
21 March 2022
PO004, Department of Philosophy and on Zoom
Philosophical Issues in Space Science Seminar Series 2022: Manasvi Lingham (Florida Institute of Technology)
28 March 2022
Online (on Zoom)
CHESS Seminar Series 2021/22: Quassim Cassam (University of Warwick) SPEAKER IN PERSON
26 April 2022
PO004, Department of Philosophy (and Zoom)
CHESS Seminar Series 2021/22: Keith Lindsey (Durham University) SPEAKER IN PERSON
12 May 2022
In May/ June 2022, in collaboration with the (women) in parenthesis project and the Durham Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS), the Department of Philosophy in Durham will host three workshops on ‘British Twentieth Century Women Philosophers on Science’.
18 May 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Hybrid: in person (tbc) and online (Zoom)
23 May 2022
CHESS Seminar Series 2021/22: Ann C Thresher (UCSD) SPEAKER IN PERSON
07 June 2022
PO004 and Zoom
14 June 2022
CHESS Seminar Series 2022/23 Olav Gjelsvik (University of Oslo) on 'Intellectual Humility and Pareto Superiority' All welcome and refreshments provided
18 October 2022
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Kenworthy Hall, St Mary‘s College
CHESS Seminar Series 2022/23: Richard Vagnino (UCSD) Title: Leyden jars and magic squares: analogy use in early electrophysiology
19 October 2022
PO004, Department of Philosophy, Durham University, 48/49 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HN
CHESS Seminar Series 2022/23: Joseph D. Martin (Durham University) on “Ending ‘Science’ ”.
08 December 2022
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
MHL224, Durham University Business School
Book Launch: 'Identifying Future-Proof Science'
Bar Lounge, Durham University Business School
The second series of Philosophical Issues in Astrobiology and Space Science. https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/humanities-engaging-science-society/research/eurica-project-leverhulme/philosophical-issues-in-astrobiology-and-space-science-seminar-series/
10 January 2023
PO005, Department of Philosophy
20 January 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Zoom
24 January 2023
02 February 2023
07 February 2023
21 February 2023
07 March 2023
We are thrilled to welcome Helen Longino (Stanford University) to Durham to take part in the CHESS seminar series.
23 March 2023
PO005, 48/49 Old Elvet
Roundtable with Helen Longino discussing the themes of her CHESS seminar on 'Pluralism, the Sociality of Knowledge and Why They Matter'
24 March 2023
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
CHESS Seminar Series 2022/23: Rosa Runhardt (Radboud University)
02 May 2023
PO005, Department of Philosophy (48/49 Old Elvet)
Title: Fast Science
18 May 2023
PO005, Department of Philosophy, 48/49 Old Elvet
Cartwright and Anscombe on Causation, 26th May 2023, Durham University. Organizers: Gary Jones, Clare Mac Cumhaill, Rachael Wiseman
26 May 2023
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Hatfield College, SCR Dining Room (on the ground floor), Durham University
CHESS Seminar Series 2022/23: Lord Meghnad Desai
01 June 2023
PO004, 48/49 Old Elvet, Department of Philosophy
iHPS Durham
10 July 2023 - 11 July 2023
Birley Room, Hatfield College and the Philosophy Department, Durham University
Organised by James D. Fraser and in association with the Department of Philosophy and the Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) at Durham University.
07 September 2023 - 08 September 2023
12:30 PM - 5:10 PM
Birley Room, Hatfield College
CHESS organises weekly research meetings for its members and interested colleagues. Meetings take place each Thursday during term time from 11:00am - 12:00pm. This is a hybrid event and takes place in person and online via Zoom.
05 October 2023
12 October 2023
19 October 2023
26 October 2023
02 November 2023
09 November 2023
16 November 2023
23 November 2023
30 November 2023
CHESS Workshop: Intellectual Humility in the Sciences
05 December 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PO005, 48/49 Old Elvet, Department of Philosophy
07 December 2023
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