François Recanati – External lectures

Statutory Education in France and Abroad

2026–2027

Sweden

Uppsala University*

March 15–19, 2027: A series of lectures (4 hours) titled “ Concepts and Modes of Presentation – The Hägerström Lectures.”

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France.

2024–2025

Germany

Ruhr University, Bochum

On September 5, 2024, a 2-hour lecture on: Memory and Mental Files.

Sweden

Uppsala University*

On November 14, 2024, a lecture (1 hour and 30 minutes) on: Vicarious Modes of Presentation.

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France.

University of Neuchâtel

March 25, 2025: a lecture (1 hour and 30 minutes) on “Dynamic Modes of Presentation .”

2023–2024

Germany

Ruhr University, Bochum

On September 29 or 30, 2023, a lecture (1 hour and 30 minutes) on: Reference and Existence: the Case of Fiction.

United States

University of Connecticut, Storrs

On October 5 or 6, 2023, a lecture (1 hour and 15 minutes) in honor of Ruth Millikan on the topic: “Thinking Through Language.”

France

Clermont-Auvergne University (UCA)

On December 14 or 15, 2023, a lecture (1 hour and 15 minutes) on: Language and the Individual. A lecture in honor of Jean-Claude Pariente.

2022–2023

Germany

University of Bonn*

On February 13 and 14, 2023, three lectures on:

  • On February 13, a seminar on: “Are meanings in the head? ”;
  • On February 13, a lecture on: “Reference and existence: The case of fiction,” as part of the Robert Curtius Chair Lectures;
  • On February 14, a lecture on: “Fictional characters,” as part of the Robert Curtius Chair Lectures.

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France

2021–2022

Poland

Jagiellonian University

On October 1st and 5, 2021, two courses on:

  • Thinking Through Language;
  • Linguistic Meaning and Speaker’s Meaning.

2020–2021

Germany

University of Bonn*

In November 2020, a conference on: Contextual Factors in the Interpretation of Statements (subject to a likely postponement to 2021).

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France