This day conference brings together scholars interested in the way Gadamer and Hermeneutics made advances in philosophy by bringing forward new insights. Under the broad rubric of Gadamer and the Task of Philosophy, discussion panels across the day will address key themes from ethics to Being. Together we aim to explore innovative, often-unrecognised ways that Gadamer and the wider hermeneutic approach advanced on classic tasks of philosophy by bringing fresh ideas into play.
Programme
9:15 am — Welcome
Knowledge and Understanding
Prof Carsten Dutt
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Dr Tobias Keiling
University of Warwick
11:30 am
Ethics and Virtue Theory
Dr Carolyn Culbertson
Florida Gulf Coast University
Dr Facundo Bey
Instituto de Filosofía, CONICET
2:00 pm
Arts and Humanities
Prof Johannes Zachhuber
Oxford
Dr Elena Romagnoli
University of Pisa
Dr Carlo DaVia
University of California, Davis
4:00 pm
Being and Ontology
Prof Theodore George
Texas A&M University
Prof Gert-Jan van der Heiden
Radboud University
Dr Jessica Frazier
Oxford
Register Your Place
All fields are required unless marked optional.
Thank you for registering, . A confirmation has been sent to .
We look forward to welcoming you to Mansfield College on 20 June 2026.