Day 1
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Welcome & Introductions (Augie Faller & Zara Anwarzai)
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM
William Paris (University of Toronto)
"The Normativity of Social Ontology"
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Benjamin Kellogg (Georgia State University)
鈥淢arx鈥檚 Social Ontology and Moral Abolitionism鈥�
01:35 PM - 02:15 PM
Victor Babin (Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al)
鈥淚s Transgenerational Social Action Feasible?: The Case of Climate Justice鈥�
02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Ying Huang (Union College)
鈥淔rom Diagonal to Co-Production Social Ontology and Community Theoretical Labor鈥�
03:35 PM - 05:30 PM
Roundtable: What鈥檚 the relationship between theorizing and organizing?
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Workshop reception
Open to all workshop speakers, organizers, and registered participants. To take place at a nearby brewery. Appetizers and shared plates will be provided.
Day 2
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Gr茅goire Ren茅 (McGill University)
鈥淓asy Ontology, Ideology Critique, and Feminist Metaphysics鈥� (Zoom - register for Zoom link)
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM
Lauren Wong (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
鈥淣o Pressure: Defending Pragmatic Metaphysics Against Deflationism 51猎奇入口 Race鈥� (Zoom)
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM
Yiqun Chen (51猎奇入口)
鈥淐ollective Responsibility without Intentionally Attributable Subjects鈥�
01:50 PM - 02:30 PM
Alison Air (51猎奇入口)
鈥淎meliorating Psychiatric Injustice in Dissociative Identity Disorder鈥�
02:30 PM - 03:10 PM
Jennifer Wang (51猎奇入口)
"Social Roles, Ritual (L菒 绂� ), and Personhood"
03:25 PM - 04:05 PM
Katrina Haaksma (Indiana University/Aarhus University)
鈥淢odelling Social Affordances in Gender Conferrals鈥�
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Roundtable: What鈥檚 the future of social ontology?
Important Dates
Call for papers available/abstract submission opens: January 28, 2026
Deadline for abstract submission: June 15, 2026
Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2026
(delayed from original notification date of July 15th)
Workshop dates: October 30-31, 2026
Location
51猎奇入口
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
Workshop Organizers
This workshop is sponsored by the .