Be sure to register (it's free) and come along! (Part of CHASS - with kind support from Minerva, Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy, Murdoch University, and Business Events Perth)

Online and in-person, but registrations are closing in the coming days for this event next week

Join us for Spirit, Country and Culture – Philosophy and Indigenous Knowledges, a free book launch and public lecture for the 20th Murdoch Colloquium. Fri, 29 Nov, 5:30pm - 8pm at Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle Register now for this exciting event! events.humanitix.com/spirit-country…

What can higher-order metaphysics teach us about reasoning, intelligence and non-causal effects? Join Adam Holliday to explore David Armstrong’s states-of-affairs, Deleuze’s system of signs and how necessities shape novel insights. W, 19/3, 4pm (450.4.078) Tim Flanagan (@timflanagan.bsky.social)

The Murdoch University Philosophy Research Seminar returns 16 Apr, 4pm (450.4.078)’ Tim Flanagan Tim Flanagan (@timflanagan.bsky.social) (Murdoch) presents: Spatial Tropes and the “Congruence” of Translation: Mallarmé, Blanchot & Cassin on space, language & ontology. All welcome. Q&A + Tavern after!

Join us for Murdoch University's next Philosophy Research Seminar: “Whither the Public Sphere?” with Dr Tauel Harper Wed. 7 May, 4:00pm Room 450.4.078 A reflection on democracy, media spectacle, and the rise of homo spectaculum. All welcome! Thanks to Tim Flanagan (@timflanagan.bsky.social)

Are politicians servants of the people or wise decision-makers in their own right? Join us this Wednesday 28 May at 4pm (450.4.078) Hamish Russell (UWA) “Populists, Elites, and Campaign Promises”. All welcome. With thanks to the Murdoch University Philosophy Department Tim Flanagan (@timflanagan.bsky.social)

Call for papers! The 21st Murdoch University Philosophy Colloquium invites submissions for this year’s event, “Philosophy, Misinformation and Artificial Intelligence.” Friday 7 November. Details below! philevents.org/event/show/137… Tim Flanagan (@timflanagan.bsky.social)

I wrote about the lack of administrative support for the liberal arts in The New York Times. The standard story we hear is that students don't want it. But a darker reality is that even when it wins big with students and donors it loses with those in power. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opi…

The Murdoch University Philosophy Research Seminar Series returns! 4pm 7/8 (450.4.078).   Dr Suzy Killmister (Monash University will present: Why (and how) should we value one another?   Also check out: Murdoch Colloquium philevents.org/event/show/137… Organised by Dr Tim Flanagan Tim Flanagan (@timflanagan.bsky.social)

Murdoch Philosophy Research Seminars continue this Wednesday with a thought-provoking presentation by Benn Van Den Ende (Murdoch University) at 4pm in 450.4.078.   This week: “A Return to Totality: Foucault in Contemporary Critical Theory". All welcome!

Join us for Murdoch University Philosophy Research Seminar this Wednesday at 4pm (450.4.078).   This week, Piero Moraro from Edith Cowan University will present on the thought-provoking topic: “Philosophers on Prison Abolition: Theory vs Practice”.

Join us this Wednesday at 4pm in 450.4.078 for the next Murdoch Philosophy Research Seminar: “Psychedelic Moral Enhancement: Welfarism vs Eudaimonism” by Dr Nin Kirkham (UWA). 45 minutes, Q&A then the Murdoch Guild Tavern before 6pm for informal discussion. All are welcome.

The Murdoch University Philosophy Research Seminar continues this Wednesday 24/9 4pm, 450.4.078. Adam Andreotta (Curtin University) will present: "Towards a Conceptual Framework for Higher-Order Informed Consent".  45 minutes, then a trip to the Murdoch Guild Tavern by 6pm. All welcome!

Join us for a fantastic free doco screening of “The World’s Longest City”, brought to you by Murdoch University Philosophy Department and the PVC Sustainability Office. Friday 17 October l, 2:30-4:30 Nexus Theatre 💚

A warm invitation to this week’s Philosophy Research Seminar, “When organisations do wrong – responsibility for ignorance”, with A/Professor Anne Schwenkenbecher.   Recent inquiries into the Catholic Church and Rio Tinto as case studies.   4pm, 450.4.078, Murdoch University All welcome!

Please join us for the penultimate Murdoch Philosophy Research Seminar of the semester.   Toni Garde will present “Epistemic Injustice: How can a philosophical concept help with youth work in Tasmania?” Wed. 22/10 4pm (450.4.078), then the Murdoch Guild Tavern.   All welcome!

New exhibition TRANSVERSAL launching at Form Gallery with Moving Image Lab Perth opening next Friday (30/10 form.net.au/gallery-cafe). With installations from 9 artists/scholars inc. Alys Daroy (Murdoch University HASS), Leo Murray (MediaComms), Josh Zeunert (UNSW) & Dannon Wu.

Join us for the 21st Murdoch Philosophy Colloquium: Philosophy, Misinformation and Artificial Intelligence!   Keynote Gottfried Vosgerau (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf) & a full day of speakers, panels & more. Fri 7 Nov, Murdoch University   philevents.org/event/show/137… Thanks to Tim Flanagan Tim Flanagan (@timflanagan.bsky.social).

We look forward to welcoming the intellectually curious from (and between!) all disciplines to come along for a day of great talks at the Philosophy Colloquium this Friday!   Registration: philevents.org/event/show/137… Free event, all welcome! Tim Flanagan (@timflanagan.bsky.social)