Research Seminars
The School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities has a vibrant schedule of research seminars that runs throughout the year.
Below are the live schedules of the upcoming research seminars happening in our School.
All are welcome!
- Philosophy
The Philosophy Research Seminar (formerly known as The Department Seminar) is central to the academic life of the School of History, Philosophy, and Digital Humanities. The seminar runs most weeks in term time.
The Philosophy Research Seminar takes place on Friday afternoons through the Autumn and Spring terms at 3-5pm.
Speakers present their paper (sometime shared in advance) for 45 minutes, followed by a short break and discussion.
For more information, please contact: Jerry via: g.viera@sheffield.ac.uk
Autumn 2025
Date Speaker Title of paper Room 10th October Michael Hannon (Nottingham) The Irresolvability of Philosophy Portobello Centre, Seminar Room C02 17th October Kimberly Hutchings (Queen Mary) Women in the History of Philosophy Lecture
Lazy Boys and Feminist Detectives: history, truth and justice in the recovery of women’s philosophical thought
Portobello Centre, Seminar Room C02 24th October Ben Colburn (Glasgow) Moral Blackmail Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 01 31st October Ulrike Heuer (UCL) Acting for a reason: recognition and response Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 01 7th November Max Hayward (Sheffield) Reality Doesn’t Care About Us: Non-Naturalist Moral Realism and the New Argument from Queerness Portobello Centre, Seminar Room C02 21st November Sarah Moth-Lund Christensen (Sheffield) On AI and the puzzle of Control Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 01 28th November Alon Harel (HUJI) Constitutionalism and Democracy: Beyond Majoritarianism Portobello Centre, Seminar Room C02 5th December Elvis Imafidon (SOAS) Expanding the Canon Lecture
Place, Body and the Intellectual Tradition of Philosophy
Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 01 - D05 Research seminar series
Reading weekend
Every year Philosophy at the University of Sheffield organises a reading weekend trip for staff, postgraduates and undergraduates. It normally takes place in the spring at a youth hostel in Derbyshire.
Postgraduate seminar
Wednesdays 2-4pm.
This seminar is open to all graduate students in the Department of Philosophy. It runs throughout both semesters, and the students run their own series over the summer. Each week a student presents a paper, followed by discussion. A handout, abstract, or draft of the paper is usually circulated in advance. Anyone from outside the department wishing to attend should email pgrphilosophy@sheffield.ac.uk.
Current postgraduate students in the department can access the list of speakers on the Philosophy Hub.
- History
The History Research Seminar is central to the academic life of the School of History, Philosophy, and Digital Humanities, running most weeks during term time.
Seminars take place on Tuesday afternoons throughout the Autumn and Spring terms, from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m.
Each seminar features a 45-minute presentation followed by a discussion.
For more information, please contact Julia Moses at j.moses@sheffield.ac.uk.
Autumn 2025
Date Speaker Title of Paper Room 30th September Research Hubs week (individual meetings of research hubs scattered throughout the week; venues TBC) Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 02 - E05 7th October Hannah Murphy (KCL) “Health”, Disease, and the Medical Making of Slavery, 1500-1780 Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 01 - D05 14th October Sadiah Qureshi (Manchester) Empires of Extinction in the Anthropocene Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 01 - D05 21st October Dan Hicks (Oxford) Every Monument Will Fall: A story of remembering and forgetting Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 01 - D05 4th November Research Hubs week (individual meetings of research hubs scattered throughout the week; venues TBC) Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 02 - E05 18th November Panel discussion Reparatory Justice: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 01 - D05 25th November Emma Griffin (East Anglia) Why the West grew rich? Rethinking the History of European Industrialisation Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 01 - D05 9th December Panel discussion Legacies and Futures of Heritage Archives Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 01 - D05 16th December Research Hubs week (individual meetings of research hubs scattered throughout the week; venues TBC) Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 02 - E05