This two-day conference, hosted by the Saul Kripke Center at the CUNY Graduate Center, will focus on the role and prospects of dynamic semantics in the theory of meaning. The aim is to bring together philosophers and linguists—both supporters and critics of dynamic approaches—to ask whether we need dynamic semantics, discuss the phenomena most strongly motivate it (modals, conditionals, anaphora, presupposition, assertion/retraction, etc.), and how it compares against static or alternative accounts.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Matt Mandelkern (NYU)

Simon Charlow (Yale)

Karen Lewis (Barnard/Columbia)

Chris Barker (NYU)

Daniel W. Harris (Hunter/CUNY)

Willow Starr (Cornell)

Justin Bledin (Johns Hopkins)

Confirmed junior speakers:

Richard Roth (NYU)

Patrick Skeels (Kentucky)

Caleb Kendrick (Dartmouth)

Eno Agolli (CUNY)

Cal Howland (Rutgers)

The conference will take place on April 23rd - April 24th, 2026 at CUNY (Graduate Center).