Popular Talks & Live Performances
“The Philosophy of Black Mirror” & “The Philosopher Formerly Known as Kanye West”- Recent talks at Sway Bar, London; The Loko Club, Bristol; and Whitworth Locke, Manchester
“The Political Philosophy of Covid-19” - Canterbury Labour Councillors Connect with… series
“Nietzsche in the Pub” - With Lee John Whittington, on the life, work, and legacy of Nietzsche - Bradford Literature Festival
“The Pain Factory” - Edinburgh Festival Fringe
“Should Prisons Become Pain Factories?” - Pint of Science Festival - Rochester
“Protesting Emotions: Social Media and the Emotions of Resistance” - Part of the exhibition: The Temporary Centre for Resistance, Studio 3 Gallery, Kent
“The Show Must Go On: Obligatory selfies, aesthetic self-creation, and choice” - Part of A Philosophy of Art Installation, Università di Padova, Italy
“Criminal Punishment & the Philosophy of Suffering” - Interactive Philosophy in Schools Workshop - East Kent Philosophy Teachers’ Network
“What Good is Love?” - Cafe Philosophique - Newcastle
“Can emotions make us better problem-solvers?” - EXPLORATHON @ National Museum of Scotland
Group Exhibitions
Academic Conference & Workshop Organisation
I aim to make my events maximally inclusive and consistent with the BPA-SWIP Good Practice Scheme: starting no earlier than 10am, an hour for lunch and half hour for breaks, nourishing food, and an atmosphere fit for humans.
(2021) “The Politics of Intimate Life”, Manchester Centre for Political Theory Workshop< co-organised with Luke Brunning.
(2020) Philosophy Teach-Out: “Affirmative Platforming: An alternative model for inclusive campus dialogue”, with Elliot Porter
(2019) “Emotions & Punishment: Understanding Blame, Forgiveness, Anger, and Revenge”, conference co-organised with Alexandra Couto, Alyx Robinson, and Alexandra Trofimov. Programme here.
(2018, 2019, 2020) Philosophy Reading Weekend, Rippledown House, Dover
(2017) “Rethinking Risk”, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities workshop, co-organised with Lee John Whittington
(2016) 3rd Annual Conference of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions, international steering committee & funding team
(2015) 2nd Annual Conference of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions, local organiser & funding chair
(2015) “Cultural Mediation: Arts, Minds, and Emotions”, Royal Society of Edinburgh/Susan Manning Workshop at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, co-organised with Clarisse Godard Desmarest
(2014) “Philosophy in the Playground”, outreach and public engagement support through EIDYN: The Edinburgh Centre for Epistemology, Mind and Normativity
(2012) 16th Annual British Postgraduate Philosophy Association Conference, Deputy Chair, co-organised with Selina Sedat
(2012) “Philosophy inside/outside Academia Careers Day”, Royal Society of Edinburgh & Society for Applied Philosophy
Academic Talks
I regularly participate in the conferences and events of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions, the International Plato Society, the Northern/Southern Associations for Ancient Philosophy, and the European Society for Aesthetics.
I have given conference papers and invited talks and lectures at the following:
University of Alberta (Canada), Alsilomar (California), Ancient Olympia (Greece), University of Athens (Greece), Universitat de Barcelona (Spain), Universität Bielefeld (Germany), University of Cambridge, Canterbury Christ Church University, University of Crete (Greece), TU Delft (Netherlands), Durham University, University of Edinburgh, Université de Genève (Switzerland), University of Glasgow, University of Kent, University of Leeds, University of Liverpool, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), University of Manchester, Newcastle Univeristy, Università di Padova (Italy), Università di Pisa (Italy), University of San Francisco, University of St. Andrews, University of Stirling, Tallinn University (Estonia), Tilburg Univeristy (Netherlands), University of Zagreb (Croatia)
For full details, please see my CV.
