2023 Webster Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

The conference will take place Friday, March 24, 2023 in the Sunnen Lounge on Webster University’s home campus in suburban St. Louis.

Call for Papers and Proposals

Frequently Asked Questions

Keynote Speaker, Karim Dharamsi, speaking on “Diversity and Illusions of Pluralism in Liberal Education” (more information coming soon)

Karim Dharamsi

For more information, please contact: Bruce Umbaugh, Professor of Philosophy bumbaugh@webster.edu

linktr.ee/websterphilosophydept/

Ideas come to everyone!

photos from recent years:

Jess Holmes (STLCC) & Lonnie Helm (Webster) 2022:

Lonni Helm presents at the 2022 conference

Alumni Elizabeth Stanza & Joy Kuhlo (2022): Alumni Elizabeth Stanza and Joy Kuhlo in the audience, 2022

Catherine Z. Elgin (Harvard), Keynote Speaker, 2019:2019 Keynote speaker, Catherine Z. Elgin (Harvard)

Jeremiah Wallace (Webster), 2018: Jeremiah Wallace presents on Buddhism and Psychology

Hafsa Mansour (Webster), 2018: Hafsa Mansoor on philosophy and human rights law

Student attendees, 2019 Conference

Students during a break in the action, 2019 Conference

Stephanie Rivera Berruz (Marquette), Keynote Speaker, 2022:

Professor Rivera Berruz (Marquette) takes questions

Elspeth Mikaelyn Furey (Webster), 2022: Elspeth Furey, "Philosophy of Dress," 2022