We held a two-day workshop on hope and optimism on April 22-23, 2016 at the University of Notre Dame. Speakers were:

• Mark Bernier (Azusa Pacific) ("Hope at the Edge of Reason")
• Cheshire Calhoun (Arizona State) ("Motivating Hope")
• Dana Howard (National Institutes of Health) ("The Scoundrel & the Visionary")
• Adam Kadlac (Wake Forest) ("Destroying Hope")
• Adrienne Martin (Claremont McKenna) ("On Disappointment")
• Michael Pace (Chapman University) ("Reasons for Being Hopeful")
• Thomas Simpson (University of Oxford) ("Trust, Belief, & Hope")
• Katie Stockdale (Dalhousie University) ("Losing Hope: Injustice & Moral Bitterness")