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This workshop will explore the extent to which qualitative research methods can enhance philosophical works and vice versa, with a particular focus on applied normative philosophy. We aim to contribute to growing efforts to bridge the gap between abstract normative theorising and empirically-informed research that engages with real people in the real world.
27 March 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
the Institute of Advanced Studies - Cousin‘s hall The participation in the workshop is limited to due to restrictions of the space.
Next Talk in the The (women) In Parenthesis Online Work in Progress Seminar Series 2024-5 is Nicola Holt, ‘Iris Murdoch, Susanne Langer and the Great Transformer’ on 8th April 3.00pm till 4.30pm.
08 April 2025
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
On Zoom - further information available on Woman in Parenthesis Website- www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk
CHESS Weekly Research Meetings (term time only)
01 May 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PO004, 48/49 Old Elvet
08 May 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 methodological choice in science.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Elvet Riverside ER278
The Philosophy Department's annual E.J. Lowe Lecture 'A more-or-less recent history of essence' with Dr Jessica Leech (King's College, London).
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Lecture hall TLC033, Teaching and Learning Centre, South Road, DH1 3LS or via Teams (hybrid event)
15 May 2025
22 May 2025
*Unfortunately we are postponing this seminar.* Professor Nancy Cartwright (Durham University), Professor Eileen Munro (London School of Economics) and John Pemberton give a seminar based on their upcoming book.
29 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.
Next Talk in the The (women) In Parenthesis Online Work in Progress Seminar Series 2024-5 is Chiara Pellegrini, ‘Discussing Relationality Starting From G.E.M. Anscombe.' on 3rd June 2025 between 3pm and 4.30pm
03 June 2025
05 June 2025
12 June 2025
19 June 2025
26 June 2025
This workshop is a follow-up to work done during 2021-23 on John Templeton Foundation grant, ‘The Successes and Failures of Science Through the Lens of Intellectual Humility: Perspectives from the History and Philosophy of Science’. The speakers of the day include Sarah Hutton (York), and Elisabeth Thorson, Tom Rossetter and Robin Hendry (Durham).
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Department of Philosophy PO005
The aim of this network is to create new research links across the North of England, through conferences, workshops and other events.
08 September 2025
Room PO005, 48 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HN.
To kick off her Leverhulme postdoctoral fellowship project “Functions at the molecular scale” (FunMo Project) at the Durham Philosophy department, Francesca Bellazzi is organising a CHESS workshop called FunMo Kick-off. The event is supported by BSPS.
02 October 2025
Philosophy Department, Durham
09 October 2025
PO004, 48 Old Elvet
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