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"