Events
Celebrating the Legacy of David Hoy
October 30, 2026 @ 2:00 pm | Virtual and In Person
Join us for a conference celebrating the academic legacy of David Hoy, an esteemed colleague and professor of Philosophy at UC Santa Cruz. The event will be presented in person and virtually. In person attendees are invited to join us in Humanities 1, Room 210. The program will start at 2:00pm.
Registration is required for virtual participation. Please register here to participate virtually. The waiting room for the event will open at 1:30. The program will start at 2:00pm.
Speakers
1. David’s Academic Legacy
Christoph Cox (Professor and Executive Dean, New School of Social Research),
Colin Koopman (Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon)
Martin Jay Ehrman (Professor of European History Emeritus, UC-Berkeley)
2. David as Teacher, Mentor, and Advisor
Introduction
James Clifford (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, History of Consciousness, UCSC)
Donna Haraway (Distinguished Professor Emerita, History of Consciousness, UCSC)
Former Students/Advisees
Surya Parekh (Associate Professor, Department of English, SUNY-Binghampton),
Alexis Shotwell (Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University),
Javier Cardoza-Kon (Independent Scholar),
Astrid Schrader (Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter)
3. David as Chair of Philosophy (1990-91, 1994-2002)
Daniel Guevara (Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, UCSC)
4. David’s Service to the Humanities Division and UCSC
Gail Hershatter (Distinguished Professor Emerita, Department of History, UCSC)
5. David’s NEH Institutes
David Chalmers (University Professor, Departments of Philosophy and Neural Science, NYU)
Paul Roth (Research Professor and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, UCSC)
7. David as Intellectual Companion
Burkhard Kümmerer (Professor, Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Darmstadt)
8. Further Reflections
Meredith Hoy (Associate Professor of Contemporary Art and Media Theory (Art History) and Intermedia/Expanded Arts (Studio Practice), Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University)
