All Souls College, Oxford & St Cross College, Oxford
I was the principal organiser of a three-day Colloquium in Oxford in 2024 exploring the nature, reality and significance of 'middle-sized things', which included papers in the philosophy of physics, philosophy of mind, analytic metaphysics and the field of science & religion. The programme incorporated:
a workshop at All Souls College, Oxford on "Why Middle-Sized Matters to Science and Philosophy";
a workshop at St Cross College & Pusey House on "Why Middle-Sized Matters to Philosophy and Religion"; and
two Public Lectures on "Aristotle's Metaphysics and the Science of Middle-Sized Things".
This event was funded primarily by The Civitas Institute of The University of Texas at Austin.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you for an absolutely wonderful and intellectually stimulating workshop. It was such a joy to discuss metaphysics with such a diverse group of philosophers, scientists, and theologians. Kudos on a successful event.”
Alyssa Ney, Professor of Philosophy, UC Davis
“Congratulations on your workshop! I could see… that it has been a great success, and that everyone present had very much enjoyed the exchanges.”
Mark Wynn, Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, Oxford
“Thank you for all of your work... It really was a splendid gathering, and I learnt an enormous amount.”
Mark Harris, Professor of Science and Religion, Oxford
“Thank you so much… for organizing this excellent conference! The only feedback that I'd like to give you is: I learned a lot about views on causation, middle-sized things, and levels different from my own, and the whole event was absolutely great!”
Vera Hoffmann-Kolss, Professor of Philosophy, University of Bern
“Thanks so much for all the work you did organising the conference and for hosting such a great event. I learned loads and I think it was a huge success.”
Aaron Cotnoir, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of St Andrews
“Thank you so much for this last email, the beautiful photographic album, and the video recordings. I could not stress enough how inspiring and supportive it has been to share these days with you all and learn about different but germane views on causality and hylomorphism. It has been refreshing and a true gift to have the opportunity to listen to the experts and understand that nonreductive views of nature are beginning to have a tailwind.”
Javier Sánchez Cañizares,
“Thank you for accommodating me at the Colloquium. I found it very helpful conversation to get myself up to speed with some cutting-edge perspectives in the field.”
Tobias Tanton, Early Career Fellow, Oxford
“My congratulations on such a splendid conference with great presentations and discussions really well focused around an important topic – and a wonderful group of participants. And thank you so much for your excellent hospitality – the college dinners were really special and thoroughly enjoyable. It was all supremely well organised throughout – an all-round triumph.”
John Pemberton, Honorary Fellow, Durham
“I wanted to express my gratitude for both hosting this event and for including me. It was exceedingly rich, and I believe it has given me the information I need to complete my thesis.”
Ravi Jain, DPhil Student, Oxford
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
I co-organised a workshop at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, which explored the metaphysics of hylomorphism and teleology. This event was funded primarily by the Templeton Foundation.
Photographs by Andrej Zeman.
Physics Department, St Andrews
I organised an international conference in St Andrews in 2012 to celebrate its 600th anniversary, which explored a variety of topics in the philosophy of physics. This event had multiple sources of funding, including The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance and The University of St Andrews.
Keynote Speaker: Hans Halvorson, Princeton