2026 UConn Annual Philosophy Graduate Conference

Schedule:
9:00-9:45 a.m.  Registration and Breakfast (Lunch) 
9:45-10 a.m.                           Welcoming Remarks 
10:00-11:30 a.m.                     L.A. Paul  Keynote
11:30- 12:30 p.m.                   First Presentation Danny Belgrad (Columbia University) -- "Murdochian Attention Explains Weakness of Will”  
12:30 - 2 p.m.                         Lunch   
2:00-3:00 p.m.                        Second Presentation  Steven Hernadez (City University of New York) -- “Autism and Conversation Styles”  
3:00-4:00 p.m.                        Third Presentation  Lancy Lopez (California State University, Long Beach) -- "Intervening on Autonomy Interferences: Paternalistic Bald-Faced Lies"  
4:00-5:00 p.m.                        Fourth Presentation (Online) Colin Anthony Smith MacNairn (McMaster University) -- "On Testimony, Capital, and Credibility Economy: A New-Marxists Perspective on Emancipatory Epistemology"  
5:00-6:00 p.m.                        Fifth Presentation (Online) Yunlong Cao (University of California-Irvine) -- "The Personal Identity Assumption in External World Skeptical Scenarios"   
6-6:15 p.m.                 Closing Remarks      Lunch will be provided in the ROWE 132. A dinner will also be held with conference participants and the Keynote.