UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THE 2026-2027 ACADEMIC YEAR
Colloquia
The Philosophy Department presents a number of colloquia throughout the academic year. Speakers are drawn from international as well as American universities. Many of them are from campuses in the region, including UC Davis, where our visiting faculty customarily give a talk to the Department. The links to the left give names, dates, and titles of past colloquia since 1995. The Web pages covering the years from 1998 on also contain digital photographs of nearly all of the speakers.
Colloquia Schedule - 2026-27
All talks will be held at 1:10pm in the department library unless noted
Check out the department Google calendar here.
2026 Fall
Mike miller - October 23rd
Barry Loewer – October 30th
Ravi Thakral– November 13th
2027 Winter
Alison Gopnik (Barrall Family Fellowship Speaker) - February 6th
Tervor Tietel – February 19th
Andreja Novakovic – March 5th
2027 Spring
Jake Quilty-Dunn – April 16h
Dan Harris – April 23rd
David Shoemaker – May 21st
Upcoming Conferences:
- Dex X (May 25-26th)
- DEX will be held May 25-26th 2026 in the Andrews Conference Room.
- Barrall Family Lecture Annual Series
- Alison Gopnik -February 6th
Discussion Groups
Discussion groups meet weekly in various topics. These groups provide an outlet for graduate students to suggest and discuss selected readings specific to their research interests, present their work and receive valuable feedback, and rehearse for presentations.
DaGERS - Davis Area Group in Ethics and Related Subjects
Bio Lab - Davis Group for Philosophy of Biology
MENTaL - Mind, Epistemology, Neuroscience, Thought, and Language
Llemmma - Language, logic, epistemology, mind, mathematics
Awards Ceremony
Each year at the end of Spring Quarter, the Philosophy Department holds an awards ceremony, in which are awarded Departmental Citations for outstanding work by undergraduates, and the Michael V. Wedin Teaching Award to graduate students who have distinguished themselves as teaching assistants.
Graduate Student Philosophical Society
The Graduate Student Philosophical Society organizes an annual conference in collaboration with the graduate students in philosophy at UC Berkeley and Stanford. The conferences rotate between the three universities.
Philosophy Club
The undergraduate Philosophy Club meets weekly to discuss philosophical topics. The schedule and location of meetings can be found at the club's web site, here.