The IDPhD Society was first proposed on March 25, 2025.

The Society has, as its purpose, the enrichment of the intellectual experience of the IDPhD programme participants (and other graduate students) and to that end, the Society aims initially to organize two seminars per semester with interdisciplinary speakers. The Society will aim to invite speakers with an active research profile.

Although ultimately the seminars will be open to all IDPhD and graduate students, we do propose, in a first stage, to open the seminars to (current and past) IDPhD students only. Every event will have coffee/tea and a small bite to eat. Every seminar needs to be pre-booked (i.e. we need to keep a tally of all attendees registering for the seminar - so we can book a room and other sufficient coffee/tea and small bites).

The founding members of the Society will suggest names of speakers across any interdisciplinary field - for each semester. We will host speakers for both Fall and Winter semesters. All events will be held on the St. John's Campus, and will have a Zoom connection. Of course, we encourage in-person attendance. Attendees at the interdisciplinary seminars may want to become members of the Society. Members do not pay dues.

Our first semester of operation will be Fall semester of academic year 2025-2026.

The founding members (in alphabetical order) of the Society are:

• Patience Ahiaku
• Miriam Bowlby
• Katrielle Edmond
• Emmanuel Haven
• Keith Matthews
• Shelley Neville
• Chau Phung
• Amie Richards
• Jesse Schnobb
• Tisia Procopio Stemp

Upcoming Events

Quantum-like Social Theory: An Analogical Foundation for Conceptual Analysis

February 25, 2026 - 5:00p.m. (Newfoundland) / Location to be determined

Speaker: Michael Murphy, a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow and Buchanan Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Political Studies, Queen's University (Canada).