Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy
Founded in Fall 2015, the Colloquium is an initiative of the Faculty of Law, the Department of Philosophy, and the Department of Political Studies. It consists of a series of seminars and workshops within the broad ambit of the Colloquium’s mandate. Students registered with the course meet with the Colloquium convenors to discuss a recent paper by a leading scholar. The following week, the students meet with the author, along with other faculty members and invited guests, for a workshop on the paper.
The Colloquium’s aim is to promote closer collaboration between legal, philosophical, and political studies, by bringing together students and faculty from these overlapping disciplines to engage in rigorous intellectual engagement. The Colloquium contributes to the Queen’s Collaborative Program in Political and Legal Thought.
In Fall 2025, the Colloquium convenors are Professor Jean Thomas and Professor Grégoire Webber. The Colloquium is funded by Professor Webber's Canada Research Chair in Public Law and Philosophy of Law.
All sessions of the Colloquium will be hosted in person, unless otherwise indicated.
Every member of the Queen's community is welcome to attend the workshops and is invited to communicate with the convenor to receive information on how to do so.
Monday, September 15, 2025
Monday, September 29, 2025
Monday, October 20, 2025
Monday, November 3, 2025
Monday, November 10, 2025
Monday, November 24, 2025
Students Interested in Applying for Credit
Admission to the seminar is by application to the student’s department. Students in the Faculty of Law who wish to take the Colloquium for credit should express their interest to Professors Thomas and Webber further to the call for applications outlined in the Special Applications page. Students in the Department of Philosophy and in the Department of Political Studies should express their interest in their course selections.
Past Speakers
Fall 2024
- Sarah Fine (Cambridge)
- Natalie Stoljar (McGill)
- John Borrows (Toronto)
- Meena Krishnamurthy (Queen's)
- Richard Bellamy (UCL)
- Alex Lefebvre (Sydney)
Fall 2023
- Michael Wilkinson
- Martha Albertson Fineman
- Aaron Mills
- Humeira Iqtidar
- Aditi Bagchi
- Ashwini Vasanthakumar
Fall 2022
- Tom Adams
- Jonathan Quong
- Alison McQueen
- Christopher Lewis
- Erin Pineda
- Gwen Bradford
Fall 2021
- Philip Pettit
- Adam Perry
- Pamela Hieronymi
- Kim Ferzan
- Ekow Yankah
- Miriam Ronzoni
Fall 2020
- Lucas Stanczyk
- Pablo Gilabert
- Scott Hershovitz
- Kate Greasely
- Catherine Lu
- Seana Shiffrin
Fall 2019
- Daniel Wodak
- Clare Chambers
- Frederick Schauer
- Larissa Katz
- Dale Turner
- Arash Abizadeh
Fall 2018
- Lea Ypi
- Julie Dickson
- Barbara Herman
- Niko Kolodny
- Luis Duarte d'Almeida
- Tim Scanlon
Fall 2017
- Leslie Green
- Kristi Olson
- Sophia Moreau
- John Tasioulas
- Daniel Viehoff
- Jacob Levy
Fall 2016
- Cheshire Calhoun
- Anna Stilz
- Brian Tamanaha
- Michelle Dempsey
- Liam Murphy
- Wil Waluchow
Fall 2015
- Kimberley Brownlee
- John Gardner
- Sherry Colb and Michael Dorf
- David Miller
- John Oberdiek
- Thomas Christiano