School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry

Upcoming events

On Biography-Writing as a Historian: Some Lessons Learnt

31 October 2025 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in History Seminars
Emeritus Professor Peter Hempenstall

Speaking Statues: Voice and Presence in Hellenistic Epigram

24 October 2025 4:30pm–5:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
Matthew Walmsley (Queensland)

Ethics in Classical Greek Commercial Activity

24 October 2025 4:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
Stephen O'Brien (Queensland)

Education for collaborative ethical decision making skills in intensive care clinicians

24 October 2025 2:00pm–2:30pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
Melanie Jansen (progress review)

2025 School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry Annual Lecture

23 October 2025 5:30pm–7:30pm
 
in 2025 School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry Annual Lecture
Join us for the 2025 School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry Annual Lecture titled 'Simone de Beauvoir on independence, freedom, and happiness: Things to Come (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2016)' delivered by Professor Marguerite La Caze.

Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of Domestic and Family Violence Safety Apps across Australia and Canada

17 October 2025 3:00pm–4:00pm
 
in Gender Studies Seminars

The Ragged Edge of Reality – a relativistic tensed ontology - A/Prof William Grey

17 October 2025 2:00pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars

Do You Believe Me Now?" Taylor Swift, "Cassandra" and the Reception of Sexual Violence - Dr Maxine Lewis (Auckland)

10 October 2025 4:00pm–5:15pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars

Prophets as Witches - Dr Debra Parish

10 October 2025 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in History Seminars

Man, I feel like a woman: Men writing as Women in the Roman world. Presented by Dr Sarah Lawrence.

3 October 2025 3:00pm–4:00pm
 
in Gender Studies Seminars

Meat-Cute: Dating Horror and Heteropessimism in Fresh (2022)

26 September 2025 3:00pm–4:00pm
 
in History Seminars
Dr Bonnie Evans (Gender Studies)

Merleau-Ponty on painting as a cognitive act

26 September 2025 2:00pm–2:30pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
Dr Andrew Inkpin (Melbourne)

Critical Phenomenology and Pregnancy as Disruption

26 September 2025 11:00am–11:30am
 
in Philosophy Seminars
Lily Elston-Leadbetter (progress review)

2025 Ed Conrad Memorial Lecture: The Bible and the Rise of Science

24 September 2025 5:15pm–7:00pm
 
in 2025 Ed Conrad Memorial Lecture
The University of Queensland's School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry invites you to attend the 2025 Ed Conrad Memorial Lecture titled 'The Bible and the Rise of Science' presented by Emeritus Professor Peter Harrison.

The Phantom World of Scrolling

19 September 2025 2:00pm–2:30pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
Alex Paterson (progress review)

A Recent History of Bisexual Erasure

19 September 2025 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in History Seminars
Jessica Wigglesworth (Honours presentation)

Responses to Rock'n'Roll: Moral Panics in 1950s Brisbane

19 September 2025 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in History Seminars
Eli Tidd (Honours presentation)

Many-Sorted First-Order Logic with Quantification over Inter-Sort Functions

17 September 2025 4:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
Diamant Pireva (progress review)

‘Wages for Housework’ in Australia: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

12 September 2025 3:00pm–4:00pm
 
in History Seminars
Dr Belinda Eslick (Gender Studies Seminar)

Understanding Hume’s sceptical assent

11 September 2025 3:00pm–3:30pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
Peter Kearney (Progress review)

Piety, Power, and Politics: Reading Æthelstan in Twelfth-Century Chronicles

5 September 2025 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in History Seminars
Sarah Harm (Honours presentation)

Fetal Conceptions: The Development of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Construction of Normality in Pregnancy, 1955-1971

5 September 2025 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in History Seminars
Stella Buckby (Honours presentation)

What’s Really Wrong With Fake News? A Spinozist Perspective

3 September 2025 5:00pm–7:15pm
 
in 2025 Atkins Public Lecture
The University of Queensland's School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry invites you to join us for the 2025 Atkins Public Lecture delivered by Emeritus Professor Susan James entitled, 'What’s Really Wrong with Fake News? A Spinozist Perspective.'

The Professional and Working Hellenistic Women of Independent Delos (314-167 BC)

29 August 2025 4:30pm–5:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
Ethel L. Clark-Kistowski

Alexander the Greatly Traumatised: Was the Irrational Behaviour of Alexander the Great Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?

29 August 2025 4:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
Dr Carlos Robinson (Macquarie)

Young Men, Masculinity and Navigating Digital Spaces

29 August 2025 3:00pm–4:00pm
 
in History Seminars
Associate Professor Garth Stahl & Lisa Holohan (Gender Studies Seminar)

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