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 (2:30-4:30 pm) in Broad Lane, Lecture Theatre 4
Speakers present their paper (sometime shared in advance) for 45 minutes, followed by a short break and discussion.
For more information, please contact: Hallvard Lillehammer- h.lillehammer@sheffield.ac.uk
Spring 2025
Date Speaker Title of paper 21st February - The Open º£½ÇÉçÇø The shield of Achilles and the marvellous sophist’s mirror 28th February - Stockholm º£½ÇÉçÇø ‘The New Bigamy?
Systematically Deceptive Relationships and the Law’
7th March - º£½ÇÉçÇø of Cambridge Forgetting to some purpose 14th March - º£½ÇÉçÇø of London 'Not just tools, but agents: an overlooked requirement for agentive AI' - Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies' Distinguished Lecture in Cognitive Science 21st March Chris Bennett - º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield Reparations for Historical Injustice: The Role of Apology 28th March - º£½ÇÉçÇø of Cambridge Towards a History of Philosophy? Early Modern Women Philosophers and the Canon: A Case Study (change of room, please check the event page) 4th April - Durham º£½ÇÉçÇø Don’t Worry About Me: Paternalism, Authority, and Relationships 23rd May - º£½ÇÉçÇø of California, San Diego Desert and Liability Research seminar series
Reading weekend
Every year Philosophy at the º£½ÇÉçÇø 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 .
- 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.
Seminars in weeks 3 - 8 & 10 will take place in the Pam Liversidge Building, Design Studio 1.
Week 9 will be 38 Mappin Street, Workroom 3.
Each seminar features a 45-minute presentation followed by a discussion.
For more information, please contact Julia Moses at j.moses@sheffield.ac.uk.
Spring 2025
Date Speaker Title of Paper 11.02.2025 History Research Hubs - 25.02.2025 - Manchester Metropolitan º£½ÇÉçÇø 'The Future Forms of Public History' 04.03.2025 - º£½ÇÉçÇø of St Andrews 'Enacting and Resisting Dictorial Power in Everyday Life in Fascist Italy' 11.03.2025 & Daniel Patterson - Trinity College Dublin 'Hiding in Plain Sight: Women in Early Modern Ireland and the VOICES Project' - Joint session with SCEMS 18.03.2025 History Research Hubs - 25.03.2025 - Lancaster º£½ÇÉçÇø 'Imperial Salt Harvests: Science, Landscape and Ecology at Sambhar Salt Lake, Rajasthan, 1880 to 1980' 01.04.2025 - º£½ÇÉçÇø of Leeds ‘Robert Cecil and the East Indies’ 29.04.2025 - º£½ÇÉçÇø of Glasgow 'Forgetting Scotland's Slavery Past' 06.05.2025 , TBC - º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield New Books Celebration 13.05.2025 - Kenyon College 'Rehabilitating the Empire: Care and the Colonial State in First World War Britain'