2025
January
| Weekly, Fridays, 3:30 PM MST University of Lethbridge UH B853 zoom: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/93873881129 | Reading Group: “Why We Argue and How We Should” Scott Aikin, Robert B. Talisse |
| 2025-01-10; 11AM MST / 1PM ET University of Lethbridge UH B853 To participate on zoom email: katharina.stevens@uleth.ca | Speaker Series Ethics of Argumentation (https://www.argnet.org/ethics-of-arg.html): Catarina Dutilh Novaes, TBA |
| 2025-01-24; 9:30 AM- 5PM MST University of Lethbridge UH B853 zoom: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/96405896808 | Principle of Charity Online Workshop Fabio Perin Shecaira (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro): On the permissibility of distorting an opponent’s views: important exceptions to the principle of charity. COMMENTATOR: Nathan Fuehrer (University of Lethbridge) Jianfeng Wang (University of Windsor): The Stylistic Principle of Charity in Cross-Cultural Argumentation: Audience Considerations in the Readouts of Xi-Biden Meetings. COMMENTATOR: Loris Isabettini (University of Windsor) Michael Baumtrog (Toronto Metropolitan University): Practical Epistemic Injustice and the Principle of Charity: Examples from the Workplace COMMENTATOR: Anjali Bauri (University of British Columbia) Geoff Goddu (University of Richmond): But Is It Charity? COMMENTATOR: Manuel J. Sanchis Ferrer (NOVA University of Lisbon) Jennifer Baker (College of Charleston): Being Charitable while Critically Thinking: We Do It for Ourselves COMMENTATOR: Aiden Roberston (University of Windsor) |
February
| Weekly, Fridays, 3:30 PM MST University of Lethbridge UH B853 zoom: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/93873881129 | Reading Group: “Why We Argue and How We Should” Scott Aikin, Robert B. Talisse |
| 2025-02-07; 11AM MST / 1PM ET University of Lethbridge UH B853 To participate on zoom email: katharina.stevens@uleth.ca | Speaker Series Ethics of Argumentation (https://www.argnet.org/ethics-of-arg.html): Claire Lockard, TBA |
| 2025-02-26; 3PM MST University of Lethbridge SA 6012 | “What is Patriotism?” – A Panel Discussion |
| 2025-02-27; 4:30PM MST University of Lethbridge SA 6012 | Argumentation Theory Talk: Anjali Bauri: “Opposing Children: Adversarial Argumentation in Child Caregiver Contexts” |
March
| Weekly, Fridays, 3:30 PM MST University of Lethbridge UH B853 zoom: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/93873881129 | Reading Group: “Why We Argue and How We Should” Scott Aikin, Robert B. Talisse |
| 2025-03-07; 11AM MST / 1PM ET University of Lethbridge UH B853 To participate on zoom email: katharina.stevens@uleth.ca | Speaker Series Ethics of Argumentation (https://www.argnet.org/ethics-of-arg.html): Oliver Traldi, TBA |
| 2025-03-03; 5PM MST University of Lethbridge UH B730 | Argumentation Talk: Nathan Fuehrer: Rules – Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them – On the Need to Prescribe an Overarching Telos for Virtue Argumentation Theory |
| 2025-03-04; 11AM MST University of Lethbridge UH B730 | Teaching Lecture: Dr. John von Heyking: “Can Patriotism Survive the Crisis of Civic Literacy?” |
| 2025-03-14; 2PM MST University of Lethbridge UH B730 | Teaching Lecture: Dr. Amy Shaw: “Citizenship, Duty and Conscience: A First World War Case Study” |
| 2025-03-18; 11AM MST University of Lethbridge UH B730 | Teaching Lecture: Dr. Kat Stevens: “Is It Good to Be Patriotic?” |
| 2025-03-25; 11AM MST University of Lethbridge UH B730 | Teaching Lecture: Dr. Christopher Burton: “Ukraine, Canada, and Great Power Chauvinism” |
April
| Weekly, Fridays, 3:30 PM MST University of Lethbridge UH B853 zoom: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/93873881129 | Reading Group: “Why We Argue and How We Should” Scott Aikin, Robert B. Talisse |
| 2025-04-04; 11AM MST / 1PM ET University of Lethbridge UH B853 To participate on zoom email: katharina.stevens@uleth.ca | Speaker Series Ethics of Argumentation (https://www.argnet.org/ethics-of-arg.html): Ian Kidd, TBA |
| 2025-04-01; 11AM MST University of Lethbridge UH B730 | Teaching Lecture: Dr. Jennifer Otto: “Christianity, the State and Christian Nationalism” |
May
2025-05-02; 11AM MST / 1PM ET University of Lethbridge UH B853 To participate on zoom email: katharina.stevens@uleth.ca | Speaker Series Ethics of Argumentation (https://www.argnet.org/ethics-of-arg.html): Dale Hample, TBA |
June
| 2025-06-06; 11AM MST / 1PM ET University of Lethbridge UH B853 To participate on zoom email: katharina.stevens@uleth.ca | Speaker Series Ethics of Argumentation (https://www.argnet.org/ethics-of-arg.html): Alain Létourneau, “Discussing the scheme “You plead for action X, but your actions are themselves in contradiction with X” as seen in the environmental field” |
July
| 2025-07-04; 11AM MST / 1PM ET University of Lethbridge UH B853 To participate on zoom email: katharina.stevens@uleth.ca | Speaker Series Ethics of Argumentation (https://www.argnet.org/ethics-of-arg.html): Christoph Lumer, “A Welfare Ethics of Argumentation” |
August
| 2025-08-01; 11AM MST / 1PM ET University of Lethbridge UH B853 To participate on zoom email: katharina.stevens@uleth.ca | Speaker Series Ethics of Argumentation (https://www.argnet.org/ethics-of-arg.html): Martina Orlandi, ““I’d Rather Talk to an AI”: Examining the Moral Risks of Outsourcing Belief Revision to ChatGPT” |
September
| Weekly, Fridays, 3:30 PM MST University of Lethbridge UH B853 zoom: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/93873881129 | Reading Group “Dog Whistles and Fig Leaves”, Jennifer Saul |
| 2025-09-05; 11AM MST / 1PM ET University of Lethbridge UH B853 To participate on zoom email: katharina.stevens@uleth.ca | Speaker Series Ethics of Argumentation (https://www.argnet.org/ethics-of-arg.html): Merve Aktar, TBA |
October
| Weekly, Fridays, 3:30 PM MST University of Lethbridge UH B853 zoom: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/93873881129 | Reading Group “Dog Whistles and Fig Leaves”, Jennifer Saul |
| 2025-10-03; 11AM MST / 1PM ET University of Lethbridge UH B853 To participate on zoom email: katharina.stevens@uleth.ca | Speaker Series Ethics of Argumentation (https://www.argnet.org/ethics-of-arg.html): Michael Baumtrog, “The Principle of Charity, Action, and Youth Epistemic Injustice” |
| 2025-10-?? University of Lethbridge UH B853 | Annual Work-In-Progress Workshop |
November
| Weekly, Fridays, 3:30 PM MST University of Lethbridge UH B853 zoom: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/93873881129 | Reading Group “Dog Whistles and Fig Leaves”, Jennifer Saul |
| 2025-11-07; 11AM MST / 1PM ET University of Lethbridge UH B853 To participate on zoom email: katharina.stevens@uleth.ca | Speaker Series Ethics of Argumentation (https://www.argnet.org/ethics-of-arg.html): Yun Xie, TBA |
December
| Weekly, Fridays, 3:30 PM MST University of Lethbridge UH B853 zoom: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/93873881129 | Reading Group “Dog Whistles and Fig Leaves”, Jennifer Saul |
| 2025-12-05; 11AM MST / 1PM ET University of Lethbridge UH B853 To participate on zoom email: katharina.stevens@uleth.ca | Speaker Series Ethics of Argumentation (https://www.argnet.org/ethics-of-arg.html): David Godden, TBA |