The Geneva Linguistics & Metaphysics of Time Workshop
University of Geneva
13-14 March 2026
PROGRAMME
| Friday 13 March | Room SCII457, Sciences II building | |
| 9.30-9.45 | Welcome | |
| 9.45-11 | Hamida Demirdache (CNRS, Nantes) | |
| Tenselessness and the Universality of Tense | ||
| Chair: Fabrice Correia | ||
| 11-11.30 | Coffee break | |
| 11.30-12.45 | Zhuoye Zhao (Jean Nicod, Paris) | |
| Tense as a Perspective-Sensitive Item | ||
| Chair: Fabrice Correia | ||
| Lunch | ||
| 14.30-15.45 | Gregory Bochner (Jean Nicod, Paris) | |
| Tenseless Yet Perspectival Thoughts | ||
| Chair: Giovanni Merlo | ||
| 15.45-16.15 | Coffee break | |
| 16.15-17.30 | Stephan Torre (Aberdeen) | |
| Good 'Will' Hunting | ||
| Chair: Giovanni Merlo | ||
| Saturday 14 March | Colladon room, Colladon building | |
| 9.45-11 | Malte Koot (Geneva) | |
| All the World’s a Stage (This Time Really) | ||
| Chair: Elisabetta Sassarini | ||
| 11-11.30 | Coffee break | |
| 11.30-12.45 | Emanuele Tullio (CEU, Vienna) | |
| The Disclosing Window | ||
| Chair: Elisabetta Sassarini | ||
| Lunch | ||
| 14.30-15.45 | Akiko Frischhut (Sophia, Tokyo) | |
| The Argument from Experience Reconsidered: Beyond the Standard Case | ||
| Chair: Will Sharp | ||
| 15.45-16.15 | Coffee break | |
| 16.15-17.30 | Giuliano Torrengo (Milan) | |
| What Does It Mean to Believe That Time Does Not Pass? | ||
| Chair: Will Sharp |
Organizers: Fabrice Correia & Giovanni Merlo
Funding: Mlle. Marie Gretler Stiftung, SNSF