NASPH 2026 Conference Info
The 2026 meeting of the North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics will take place at the University of California Davis (Davis, CA) from Thursday, October 8th to Saturday, October 10th. The conference program and hotel information are below:
Conference Program:
Thursday, October 8th
1:50-2:00 p.m. Welcome | Carolyn Culbertson (President) and Carlo DaVia (Host)
2:00-2:50 p.m. David Vessey – “Gadamer and the Sophists”
3:00-3:50 p.m. Weian Ding – “Hermeneutic Exposure: Cora Diamond, Gadamer, and the Ethical Inflection”
4:00-4:50 p.m. Dana Belu – “What Technological Rationality Doesn’t Teach Us: Heidegger, Marcuse and hooks on Education”
Friday, October 9th
9:45-10:35 a.m. Alexander Crist – “Melville, The Confidence-Man, and Pseudo-Solidarity: A Challenge to Gadamerian Solidarity”
10:45-11:35 a.m. Lucas Gronouwe – “Suspicion or Trust?: A Postcritical Reading of the Gadamer-Derrida Debate”
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. David Zoller – “The Emptiness of Language in Heidegger’s Hermeneutics”
12:45-2:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30-2:00 p.m. Business Meeting and In Memoriam for Nicholas Davey (1950-2026)
2:00-2:50 p.m. Eddie Li – “What Does Gadamer Reject when he Rejects Enlightenment?”
3:00-3:50 p.m. Hunter Roy – “What Remains Unsaid: Hermeneutics and the Un-experienceable”
4:00-5:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Francis Mootz III – “Law After Postmodernity: Ontology, Practice, and Critique”
6:30pm Banquet @ My Burma (500 1st St, Ste 11) (for additional info + RSVP, contact: Carlo DaVia, cdavia@ucdavis.edu)
Saturday, October 10th
9:45-10:35 a.m. Antoine Pageau St-Hilaire – “Gadamer and Aristotle: Questions Concerning Ethics’ Alleged ‘Independence from Metaphysics’”
10:45-11:35 a.m. Stefan Uhlig – “Aesthetic Play in Lichtenberg and Kant”
11:45a.m.-12:45p.m. Elena Romagnoli – “The Enigma of the Body: Gadamer’s Performative Aesthetics and Embodied Dialogue”
Hotel Information:
Discounted hotel rates are available at the following hotels until Monday, September 7th:
- The Aggie Inn (245 First Street, Davis, CA, 95616) – HERE
- Best Western Plus Palm Court Hotel (234 D Street, Davis, California 95616) – HERE.
We hope to see you there!