The annual philosophy conference at Villanova University has been a tradition since 1996. Sponsored by the Philosophy Graduate Student Union (PGSU), it began as one of the first graduate philosophy conferences in Continental philosophy. Now open for faculty as well as graduate students, the annual conference has drawn participants from all areas of philosophy as well as from around the world.

2010 Conference

“The Place of Psyche: Politics, Art, Nature”
April 23-24, 2010

Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Lear
Department of Philosophy
University of Chicago

Please contact alexander.kratchman@villanova.edu or summer.renault-steele@villanova.edu with questions.
 

Past Conferences

• 14th Annual Conference (2009): New French Thought (Keynote Speaker: Bernard Stiegler)
• 13th Annual Conference (2008): Time, History, Memory (Keynote speaker: David Wood)
• 12th Annual Conference (2007): Philosophy and Sexuality (Keynote speaker: Alphonso Lingis)
• 11th Annual Conference (2006): Materialism (Keynote speakers: Daniel Smith and Jay Bernstein)
• 10th Annual Conference (2005): Philosophy and Art (Keynote speaker: Hal Foster)
• 9th Annual Conference (2004): Empire, War, Violence (Keynote speaker: John Protevi)
• 8th Annual Conference (2003): Psychoanalysis and Philosophy (Keynote speaker: Sara Beardsworth)
• 7th Annual Conference (2002): Race and Philosophy (Keynote speaker: Lewis Gordon)
• 6th Annual Conference (2001): Contemporary Feminist Theory (Keynote speaker: Tina Chanter)
• 5th Annual Conference (2000): Aristotle (Keynote speaker: Aryeh Kosman)
• 4th Annual Conference (1999): Revolutions in Socio-Political Thought (Keynote speaker: Bill Martin)