Past Events
Uncertain Action
29 May 17:00
Presenter: Pablo Hubacher (Cambridge, Philosophy)
Pablo Hubacher Haerle is a PhD student in philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His thesis is on the epistemology and metaphysics of the mind. He is especially interested in the theory of action, inquiry and desire. He holds an MPhil in Philosophy from Cambridge and an MSc in Economics from the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. His undergraduate studies were in philosophy, economics, art history and comparative literature at the University of Zurich, where he grew up.
Academic Commentator: Mark Dsouza (UCL, Law)
Student Commentator: Luiza Tavares (Queen Mary, Law)
(Re)constructing ‘Vulnerabilities’ in Crisis
7 February 14:00
Presenter: Ellen Allde (Queen Mary, Law)
Ellen is a PhD candidate in Law at Queen Mary University of London, researching the in-accessibility of law for women in European spaces of bordering. Her work relates to the study of (im)mobility and law, utilising intersectional and decolonial theories. Ellen’s research is funded by the Queen Mary University of London Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholarship programme. Ellen previously completed her LLM in Human Rights Law at Queen Mary University of London and her BA in Law and International Relations at SOAS, University of London. Ellen is currently a Teaching Fellow on the LLM module for International Refugee Law.
Academic Commentator: Barbara Havelkova (Oxford, Law)
Student Commentator: Lauren Bursey (LSE,Law)
Contractual Deflationism and the Politics of Personal Detachment
6 December 17:00
Presenter: Kenta Sekine (UCL, Philosophy)
Kenta Sekine is a PhD candidate and teaching assistant in the Department of Philosophy at University College London (UCL). Kenta’s research interests lie primarily in topics in moral psychology, metaethics and political philosophy, though more recently these have led to an interdisciplinary year spent working on private law theory at UCL Laws. His thesis explores the political dimensions of the relationship between norms, fault and hard feelings of various kinds.
Academic Commentator: Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco (Surrey, Law)
Student Commentartor: Anna Stelle (UCL, Law)
Going Properly Hybrid About Reasons
8 November 17:00
Presenter: Facundo Rodríguez (Cambridge, Philosophy)
Facundo Rodriguez is a Philosophy PhD student and Gates Cambridge Scholar at the University of Cambridge. He holds an MPhil in Philosophy (Distinction) from the University of Cambridge, as well as a BSc in Politics & Philosophy (First Class) and an MSc in Political Theory (Distinction) from the London School of Economics. Facundo works mostly on meta-ethics, moral psychology and Kant's practical philosophy.
Academic commentator: Ruth Chang (Oxford, Law)
Student commentator: Pía Chible (Oxford, Law)
Compensation for Derivative Harm
13 March 14:00
Presenter: Ran Wu (KCL, Law)
Academic Commentator: Tony Zhou (Queen Mary, Law)
Student Commentator: Jan Wasserziehr (LSE, Government)
Legal Exemptions for Religious/Conscientious Reasons
3 July 14:00
Presenter: Kim Leontiev (UCL, Philosophy)
Academic Commentator: Paul Billingham (Oxford, Politics & International Relations)
Student Commentator: Jingzhi Chen (Oxford, Law)
Taking a Cut: Resale Rights
8 May 14:00
Presenter: Anna Bartsch (Oxford, Philosophy)
Academic Commentator: Sarah Fine (Cambridge, Philosophy)
Student Commentator: Anna Stelle (UCL, Law)
The Concept of Care: A Thick Concept
6 March 19:44
Presenter: Ira Chadha-Sridhar (Cambridge, Law)
Academic Commentator: Jonathan Herring (Oxford, Law)
Student Commentator: Anna Milioni (KCL, Philosophy)
Must Global Democracy be Liberal?
16 January 14:00
Presenter: Max Afnan (LSE, Government)
Academic Commentator: Andrea Sangiovanni (KCL, Philosophy)
Student Commentator: Filippa Ronquist (UCL, Philosophy)
Criticisms of the Quarantine Model of Criminal Punishment
12 December 14:00
Presenter: Andrew Field (Surrey, Law)
Academic Commentator: María Álvarez (KCL, Philosophy)
Student Commentator: Daniel Peixoto Murata (Surrey, Law)
Unilateral Executive Power: What is It and What is Wrong with It?
31 October 14:00
Presenter: Sonia Cruz Dávila (KCL, Law)
Academic Commentator: Jeff King (UCL, Law)
Student Commentator: Vincent Harting (LSE, Government)
Theorising the Role of the Law in the Constitution of Social Identities for Trans- and Non-Binary Parents
7 September 17:00
Presenter: Rachel Erin Frith (QMUL)
Academic Commentator: Barbara Havelková (Oxford)
Student Commentator: Anna Milioni (KCL)
What do We Owe to Agressors?
6 July 17:00
Presenter: Jonas Haeg (KCL)
Academic Commentator: Cécile Fabre (Oxford)
Student Commentator: Penny Oderberg (QMUL)
Normative Conflicts in the Legal Domain
4 May 18:00
Presenter: Daniela Gueiros-Dias (Cambridge)
Academic Commentator: Christoph Kletzer (KCL)
Student Commentator: Stephanie Classmann (LSE)
Justice & Class Consciousness: Towards a Theory of Political Transition
9 March 17:00
Presenter: Cain Shelley (LSE)
Academic Commentator: David Miller (Oxford)
Student Commentator: Sonia Cruz Davila (KCL)
Privacy, Damages and the Concept of Loss
19 January 17:00
Presenter: Jeevan Hariharan (UCL)
Academic Commentator: Sandy Steel (Oxford)
Student Commentator: Forest Yu (Cambridge)
Normative Powers: Realism, Reductionism, or Eliminativism
8 December 18:00
Presenter: Calvin Chan (Oxford)
Academic Commentator: Noam Gur (QMUL)
Student Commentator: Filippa Ronquist (UCL)
Truth-Telling, Promises and the Shape of a Character
6 October 17:00
Presenter: Daniel Peixoto Murata (Surrey)
Academic Commentator: Dori Kimel (Oxford)
Student Commentator: Calvin Chan (Oxford)
