Events
From London, Ontario to Sicily, Tokyo and Quito.
Symposia, panels and workshops in Canada, Italy, Japan and Ecuador. Planned events depend on the outcome of the funding application; dates and venues may change.
Planned
Spring–summer 2027 · Canadian Philosophical Association, Western University
Panel on varieties of meaning in the Early Modern period.
Fall 2027 · Western Canadian Philosophical Association
Follow-up panel on varieties of meaning in the Early Modern period.
May 2028 · Pragmasophia workshop, Sicily
Panel on the pre-history of pragmatics, with invited papers and a widely circulated call for abstracts.
Summer 2028 · World Congress of Philosophy, Tokyo
Symposium on mind, language and world, highlighting Canadian strength in the field, on contrasting views of the metaphysics of languages.
December 2029 · Workshop on Language, Cognition and Context, Quito
A full day devoted to the history of Western philosophy of language, with international participants, especially from Latin America.
May–June 2031 · Canadian Philosophical Association
Bilingual symposium on a draft of the narrative book.
Summer 2032 · Closing workshop, Western University
The team gathers to evaluate what has been achieved and plan next steps.
Throughout the project, Hill and Stainton will also present work in progress at nearby philosophy departments in Ontario and Quebec, and the whole team will meet online in a bi-weekly reading group.
Past
Fall 2025. Graduate and fourth-year seminar on the Ancient and Medieval periods, co-taught by Hill and Stainton at Western.
2026, Canadian Philosophical Association, Dalhousie University. Panel: “In what respects does philosophy of language emerge with Frege/Russell, and in what respects does the sub-specialization pre-date them?” Speakers: Brendan Gillon, Manuela Ungureanu, Nicole Wyatt. Commentary: Matthew Leisinger.
HOWPOL, Western University, London, Ontario · Benjamin Hill bhill28@uwo.ca · Robert Stainton rstainto@uwo.ca
