Each spring, the Philosophy Department is proud to host Inspiring TriVia: The Sarah L. Hoagland Speaker Series. As professor emerita of Northeastern Illinois University, Dr. Hoagland generously endowed this series to foster philosophical discussion at the intersections of race, class, and gender. Hence the title: Inspire (to breathe life into), and TriVia (the goddess of crossroads).
A heartfelt thank you to Dr. Sarah L. Hoagland for making it all possible.
Spring 2024
Coming soon!
Past Lectures
2023
Robert J. Gooding-Williams, Columbia University
"Du Bois and the 'Souls of White Folk'"
2022
Ainsley LeSure, Brown University
"Assuming a World: A Phenomenology of Racism"
2021
Kris Sealey, Fairfield University
"When Heads Bang Together: Creolizing and Indigenous Identities in the Americas"
2020
Brian Burkhart, University of Oklahoma
"Indigenous Epistemic Sovereignty Through the Land"
2019
Saba Fatima, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
"#MeToo in Muslim America"
2018
José Medina, Northwestern University
"Racial Violence and Epistemic Activism"
2017
Falguni Sheth, Emory University
"Race, Vulnerability and Violence"
2016
Mariana Ortega, John Caroll University
"In-Between Selves: World Traveling and Resistance"
2015
Jacqueline Scott, Loyola University Chicago
"'Truth-tellers Are Not Always Palatable. There is a Preference for Candy Bars:' The Benefits of Racialized and Gendered Discomfort."
2014
Charles Mills, Northwestern University
"Critical Philosophy of Race: The Challenge of Intersectionality"
