New Perspectives on Dreaming
Co-organised with Robert Cowan and Fin Reid
This two-day conference, hosted by the Centre for the Study of the Perceptual Experience (University of Glasgow) aimed at bringing together new work on the science of dreaming by philosophers, psychologists, and cognitive scientists. Keynote Speakers included: Dr Melanie Rosen (Trent University), Matt Soteriou (KCL), Katja Valli (Turku), Cecily Whiteley (Cambridge), Robert Cowan (Glasgow), and Adriana Alcaraz-Sánchez (Glasgow). This conference was funded by the Aristotelian Society, Analysis, Mind, The Scots Philosophical Association, the Philosophy Department, and the College of Arts of the University of Glasgow.
Reading Group: Feminist Philosophy of Mind
Co-organised with Jodie Russell
Between October 2022 and April 2023, together with Jodie Russell, we co-organised an online reading group on "Feminist Philosophy of Mind". We read and discussed selected papers from OUP's "Feminist Philosophy of Mind" by Keya Maitra and Jennifer McWeeny (Eds.) This was the full schedule of the reading group
This reading group will be followed by a "Blueprint" a resource by the "Diversity Reading List" in Philosophy. Watch out this space!
Extremes of Mind Wandering Conference
Co-organised with Jodie Russell
This three-day conference aimed at unifying the research of mind-wandering and spontaneous thought in contemporary philosophy by contemplating not only how we can make better sense of this phenomenon but, also, how investigations on mind-wandering can shed light on other related topics. Keynote speakers: Thomas Andrillon (Paris Brain Institute), Amy Kind (McKeena College), and Zachary Irving (Virginia)
Dreams, Hallucinations and Imagination Conference
Co-organised with Raul Ros Morales
This two-day conference brought together both graduate students and early career researchers working on the nature of dreams, hallucinations and illusions, and provide them with a forum for discussing the most recent findings and novel directions of research. Keynote Speakers: Ursula Voss (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität) and Matthew Soteriou (KCL). The conference was awarded a major conference grant from the Mind Association, as well as conference funding from Analysis, the Scots Philosophical Association, and the School of Arts (University of Glasgow)
