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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
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PO004, Department of Philosophy and on Zoom
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
CHESS organises weekly research meetings for its members and interested colleagues. Meetings take place each Thursday during term time from 11:00am - 12:00pm online via Zoom (until further notice).
11 January 2024
Philosophy Department (PO004) and on Zoom
18 January 2024
25 January 2024
01 February 2024
08 February 2024
15 February 2024
22 February 2024
29 February 2024
07 March 2024
14 March 2024
21 March 2024
Join us for a seminar with Jesse Hamilton (University of Pensylvania and visiting researcher at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science), and be part of this exciting discussion!
04 June 2024
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room ER143 Elvet Riverside 1, 83 New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3JT
CHESS will host a research seminar where the Department of Philosophy combines forces with the School of Modern Languages and Culture (MLAC).
14 November 2024
Durham University, Elvet Riverside, ER149
On her return from the UN Biodiversity Conference, Dr Simona Capisani will give a CHESS talk and host a Q&A regarding her experiences.
28 November 2024
Elvet Riverside ER 149
16 January 2025
23 January 2025
30 January 2025
06 February 2025
How responsive to evidence should counterfactual histories be – and to what kinds of evidence? A joint workshop sponsored collaboratively by CHESS and History and Philosophy of Science group from University of Leeds. The speakers include Greg Radick (University of Leeds), Sarah Wieten (Philosophy at Durham University), and Joe Martin and Richard Huzzey (History at Durham University).
07 February 2025
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Elvet Riverside ER228
13 February 2025
20 February 2025
27 February 2025
06 March 2025
13 March 2025
Joyce Havstad (Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Utah; Fellow at the University of Hannover) visits Durham and gives a lecture on Trustworthiness of Science: Social Credibility and a Call for Social Responsibility.
08 May 2025
Elvet Riverside ER278
Professor Nancy Cartwright (Durham University), Professor Eileen Munro (London School of Economics) and John Pemberton give a seminar based on their upcoming book.
22 May 2025
Professor Nancy Cartwright first presented her lecture “In praise of the inexact, the inelegant and the unassuming” as an Inaugural Mary Hesse Lecture in Cambridge on 24 Oct 2024.
29 May 2025