The 98th Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association is being held 12-14 July 2024 at the University of Birmingham.

The main programme will be made up of sessions from the following speakers: 

  • Inaugural Address:  Quassim Cassam (Warwick)
  • Cécile Laborde (Oxford)  and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus)
  • Linda Martin Alcoff (CUNY) and Robin McKenna (Liverpool)
  • Jussi Suikkanen (Birmingham) and Neil Sinclair (Nottingham)
  • MGF Martin (Oxford/Berkeley) and Donovan E Wishon (Mississippi)
  • Stephen Grimm (Fordham) and Lilian O'Brien (Helsinki)
  • Gillian Russell (Australian Catholic University) and Sara Uckelman (Durham)

Please see below for our provisional programme, which will be updated as we progress towards the conference.

Friday 12 July

12.00-17.00 Registration

Alan Walters Atrium

12.00-13.00 Lunch

Alan Walters Atrium

12.30-16.00 Society Meetings

Alan Walters (103 and 111) 

15.30-16.30 Refreshments

Alan Walters Atrium 

16.30-18.00 Inaugural Address

Quassim Cassam (Warwick)

Alan Walters G03 Lecture Theatre 

18.15-19.15 Wine Reception

ERI Building Atrium 

19.30-21.45 Conference Dinner

Edgbaston Park Hotel, Lloyd Suite 

18.45-23.30 Drinks

Bratby Bar, Staff House  

Saturday 13 July

08.00-17.00 Registration

Teaching and Learning Building (TLB) Reception 

09.00-10.50 Symposium I

Cécile Laborde (Oxford) and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus) – Freedom and Domination

TLB, Lecture Theatre 2 

09.00-10.50 Symposium II

Gillian Russell (Australian Catholic University) and Sara Uckelman (Durham) – Logical Consequence

ERI Building, G51 

10.20-11.10 Refreshments

TLB, First Floor Catering Area 

11.10-13.00 Symposium III

Linda Martín Alcoff (CUNY) and Robin McKenna (Liverpool) – Political Epistemology

TLB, Lecture Theatre 2

11.10-13.00 Symposium IV

Jussi Suikkanen (Birmingham) and Neil Sinclair (Nottingham) – Metaethics and the Nature of Properties

ERI Building, G51 

13.00-14.00 Lunch

TLB, First Floor Catering Area

13.00-14.00 Aristotelian and Mind Association Joint Meeting II

TLB, Lecture Theatre 2 

14.00-15.00 Mind Fellow Lecture

TLB, Lecture Theatre 2 

14.00-16.00 Open Sessions (First of Three)

Various locations in TLB and ERI Buildings 

16.00-16.30 Refreshments

TLB, First Floor Catering Area 

16.30-18.30 Open Sessions (Second of Three Blocks)

Various locations in the TLB and ERI Buildings 

16.30-18.30 Society for Women in Philosophy Session

TLB, Lecture Theatre 2 

18.30-20.00 Pizza

TBC 

18.00-23.00 Drinks

Bratby Bar, Staff House 

Sunday 14 July

08.30-17.00 Registration

Teaching and Learning Building Reception 

09.00-10.50 Symposium V

Stephen Grimm (Fordham) and Lilian O’Brien (Helsinki) – The Humanities

TLB, Lecture Theatre 2 

09.00-10.50 Symposium VI

MGF Martin (Oxford/Berkeley) and Donovan E Wishon (Mississippi) – Bertrand Russell on Experience

ERI Building, G51 

10.50-11.15 Refreshments

TLB, First Floor Catering Area 

11.15-13.15 Open Sessions (Third of Three Blocks)

Various locations in the TLB and ERI Buildings 

13.15-14.30 Lunch

TLB, First Floor Catering Area 

13.15-14.15 British Philosophical Association Open Meeting

TLB, Lecture Theatre 2 

14.30-16.30 Postgraduate Sessions (Theoretical)

ERI G51 

14.30-16.30 Postgraduate Sessions (Practical)

TLB, Lecture Theatre 2 

16.30-17.30 Refreshments

TLB, First Floor Catering Area 

19.20-23.00 Drinks

Bratby Bar, Staff House