About the workshop

The Northeast Normativity Workshop (NEN) is a annual workshop taking place on a rotating basis at different universities along the Northeast Corridor. The workshop aims to bring together the large, diverse group of philosophers working on issues related to normativity in the Northeast (and beyond).

We’ve been privileged to have talks (and engaged attendance) from many excellent philosophers working a range of normative issues. Previous workshops have included talks on reasons, ignorance, enkrasia, consent,  love, error theory, envy, the difficulty of ethics, bias, encroachment, deontic concepts, and many more.


The workshop was started, and continues to be co-organized, by Daniel Fogal and Nate Sharadin. We’d also like to acknowledge our co-co-organizers from host institutions who have generously supported the workshop with their time and resources, including Sarah McGrath (Princeton, 2023) and Nick Laskowski (University of Maryland College Park, 2024). Support for this workshop has been provided by the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium (2022), The College of New Jersey (2020/21), and The University of Hong Kong’s Philosophy Department (2024)

For any general inquiries, please contact nenworkshop@gmail.com