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PG Work in Progress Seminar

💡 What is the WIP?

The "Work In Progress" (WIP) seminar is a weekly space for Philosophy postgraduates to present in-progress work and receive feedback in a risk-free, supportive setting. It is informal, graduate-led, and reliably followed by a well-spirited trip to the pub. 🍻

  • All PGs are warmly invited to attend and/or present. This includes MAs, MPhils, PhDs, and visitors.
  • If you'd like to present or have any questions, email the organisers (see sidebar).

🕙 When/where is the WIP?

  • Every Thursday bar Reading Week (Week 6), in room S1.50.
  • Starts at 5pm, finishes no later than 6:15pm.
  • The room is S1.50.

📝 How does it work?

  • It's pretty straightforward: every week, a postgraduate presents in-progress work, with a Q&A after.

  • All are welcome to attend/present: whether MA, MPhil, faculty, or visitors.

  • Attendance optional but recommended. 

📅 Format

  • Presentation: 30 minutes
  • Open Discussion / Q&A: 30 minutes
  • Material: Anything, really -- assessed essay (for MAs), a supervision essay (for MPhils), or a thesis section (for PhDs), ...
  • Style: Flexible -- slides, handouts, or simply talking.
  • Audience: No prior reading or background knowledge expected. Visiting PhDs should can present.

🤔 Should I present? ("I have nothing to present; I hate public speaking; etc.")

  • Are you a postgraduate? Then yes, you should present.
  • In other words, all graduates are encouraged to present at least once.
  • The WIP is a unique opportunity for graduates to develop their public speaking / writing skills, take risks, test out theses, and get constructive feedback from peers.*
  • Presentations need not (in fact, should not) be watertight or polished pieces at all. You are encouraged to present work at all stages of the writing process -- first drafts, substantial sets of notes, etc.
  • Simply signing up for a date is a great way to give yourself a deadline to work towards. (This is what most people do.)
  
NEXT TALK

Dmitry Sereda

(Visiting PhD)

* topic tbc *

Thursday 27/11/2025

5pm - 6:15pm

S1.50

ORGANISERS

Tiago Rodrigues

Lucas Menezes 
   

 
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Thu 9 Oct, '25
-
PG WiP Seminar
S0.17

 

Week

Date

Presenter

Topic

1

09/10

Tiago Rodrigues (MPhil Yr 2)

Transformative Experience

2

16/10

David Lopez Baeza (MPhil Yr 2)

Internal & External Reasons

3

23/10

Shaun Clamp (MPhil Yr 2)

n/a

4

30/10

Ismail Deniz Demirkan (PhD)

n/a

5

06/11

Alicia Klemm Silva (MPhil Yr 2)

Frege on Sense & Reference

6

13/11

No WIP due to Reading Week.

7

20/11

Ben Long (MPhil Yr 2)

n/a

8

27/11

TBC

  

9

04/12

PRESENTER WANTED

  

10

11/12

PRESENTER WANTED

 

 

More information | Tags: Graduate WIP Seminar
Thu 16 Oct, '25
-
PG WiP Seminar
S0.17

 

Week

Date

Presenter

Topic

1

09/10

Tiago Rodrigues (MPhil Yr 2)

Transformative Experience

2

16/10

David Lopez Baeza (MPhil Yr 2)

Internal & External Reasons

3

23/10

Shaun Clamp (MPhil Yr 2)

n/a

4

30/10

Ismail Deniz Demirkan (PhD)

n/a

5

06/11

Alicia Klemm Silva (MPhil Yr 2)

Frege on Sense & Reference

6

13/11

No WIP due to Reading Week.

7

20/11

Ben Long (MPhil Yr 2)

n/a

8

27/11

TBC

  

9

04/12

PRESENTER WANTED

  

10

11/12

PRESENTER WANTED

 

 

More information | Tags: Graduate WIP Seminar
Thu 23 Oct, '25
-
PG WiP Seminar
S0.17

 

Week

Date

Presenter

Topic

1

09/10

Tiago Rodrigues (MPhil Yr 2)

Transformative Experience

2

16/10

David Lopez Baeza (MPhil Yr 2)

Internal & External Reasons

3

23/10

Shaun Clamp (MPhil Yr 2)

n/a

4

30/10

Ismail Deniz Demirkan (PhD)

n/a

5

06/11

Alicia Klemm Silva (MPhil Yr 2)

Frege on Sense & Reference

6

13/11

No WIP due to Reading Week.

7

20/11

Ben Long (MPhil Yr 2)

n/a

8

27/11

TBC

  

9

04/12

PRESENTER WANTED

  

10

11/12

PRESENTER WANTED

 

 

More information | Tags: Graduate WIP Seminar
Thu 30 Oct, '25
-
PG WiP Seminar
S0.17

 

Week

Date

Presenter

Topic

1

09/10

Tiago Rodrigues (MPhil Yr 2)

Transformative Experience

2

16/10

David Lopez Baeza (MPhil Yr 2)

Internal & External Reasons

3

23/10

Shaun Clamp (MPhil Yr 2)

n/a

4

30/10

Ismail Deniz Demirkan (PhD)

n/a

5

06/11

Alicia Klemm Silva (MPhil Yr 2)

Frege on Sense & Reference

6

13/11

No WIP due to Reading Week.

7

20/11

Ben Long (MPhil Yr 2)

n/a

8

27/11

TBC

  

9

04/12

PRESENTER WANTED

  

10

11/12

PRESENTER WANTED

 

 

More information | Tags: Graduate WIP Seminar
Thu 6 Nov, '25
-
PG WiP Seminar
S0.17

 

Week

Date

Presenter

Topic

1

09/10

Tiago Rodrigues (MPhil Yr 2)

Transformative Experience

2

16/10

David Lopez Baeza (MPhil Yr 2)

Internal & External Reasons

3

23/10

Shaun Clamp (MPhil Yr 2)

n/a

4

30/10

Ismail Deniz Demirkan (PhD)

n/a

5

06/11

Alicia Klemm Silva (MPhil Yr 2)

Frege on Sense & Reference

6

13/11

No WIP due to Reading Week.

7

20/11

Ben Long (MPhil Yr 2)

n/a

8

27/11

TBC

  

9

04/12

PRESENTER WANTED

  

10

11/12

PRESENTER WANTED

 

 

More information | Tags: Graduate WIP Seminar
Thu 20 Nov, '25
-
PG WiP Seminar
S0.17

 

Week

Date

Presenter

Topic

1

09/10

Tiago Rodrigues (MPhil Yr 2)

Transformative Experience

2

16/10

David Lopez Baeza (MPhil Yr 2)

Internal & External Reasons

3

23/10

Shaun Clamp (MPhil Yr 2)

n/a

4

30/10

Ismail Deniz Demirkan (PhD)

n/a

5

06/11

Alicia Klemm Silva (MPhil Yr 2)

Frege on Sense & Reference

6

13/11

No WIP due to Reading Week.

7

20/11

Ben Long (MPhil Yr 2)

n/a

8

27/11

TBC

  

9

04/12

PRESENTER WANTED

  

10

11/12

PRESENTER WANTED

 

 

More information | Tags: Graduate WIP Seminar

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