Philosophy of Free Speech

October 19, 2026
University of Geneva

Uni Mail — Room M6620
Bd du Pont-d’Arve 40,
Genève 1203
Switzerland

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Utrecht University
University of Stirling
Universitat de Barcelona
University College London
Queens University Belfast

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University of Geneva

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Philosophy of Free Speech

University of Geneva, Uni Mail — Room M6620

Bd du Pont-d’Arve 40, 1205 Genève

To join online via zoom, contact [email protected] 

11:15 – 11:30 Welcome


Session 1   Chair: Beatrice Bella

11:30 – 12:30 Uğur Aytaç, Utrecht University

Justifying a labor right to counterpublics

12:30 – 13:30 David Guerrero, Pompeu Fabra University

Lack of access, misrepresentation, and failure of speech choices: three blind spots of neorepublican accounts of free speech


                                             13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Break     


Session 2   Chair: Matthieu Debief

14:30 – 15:30 Jeffrey Howard, University College London

Speech, Harm, and Public Office

15:30 – 16:30 Suzanne Whitten, Queen’s University Belfast

When does a march become a ‘hate march’?

 

16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break


Session 3   Chair: Marta Dainesi

17:00 – 18:00 Rowan Cruft, University of Stirling

What is the point of news media in the digital age? A social rights perspective


Organized by Rubén Marciel. To join online, please drop an email to [email protected].

Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grant nº 224920)

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