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Friday, March 26, 2021
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TEDxWarwick 2021: REVIVALRuns from Friday, February 26 to Tuesday, March 30. For the first time ever, TEDxWarwick is hosting a dynamic virtual conference. Global speakers, diverse topics, a fluid timetable - all free of charge and to be viewed in the comfort of your own home. |
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Asia Careers Insight Series of Webinars - China, Hong Kong, ASEAN & IndiaRuns from Monday, March 01 to Wednesday, March 31. The ASIA Careers Insight Series (ACIS) of 30+ webinars, takes place during all of March 2021 and will help you connect with employers recruiting in mainland China, Hong Kong, South East Asia & India, plus provide you with application and interview tips and give you a chance to ask questions to graduate recruiters directly. You can choose to join just one webinar, or all of them. Recordings will also be available. |
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Warwick Continental Philosophy Conference 2020/21OnlineRuns from Friday, March 26 to Saturday, March 27. Theme: 'Continental Philosophy and Its Histories' Keynote Speakers: Professor Stella Sandford (Kingston University) Dr Mogens Laerke (CNRS) Dr Francey Russell (Columbia University) Continental Philosophy often focuses its efforts on studying, comparing, and criticising the thought of past philosophers. One would be hard-pressed to find a thinker in the Continental tradition who has not understood and presented their own thought in relation to an Ancient Greek, or a Modern philosopher. But these philosophers do not approach historical figures as ‘historians of ideas’ or as ‘experts’ on a historical period. Rather, the new philosophy is seen as standing in contrast to, or as a continuation of, the problems and questions of the past. As such, Continental Philosophy often places a strong emphasis on the construction of, and the engagement with, its histories, thereby understanding and differentiating itself on the basis of traditions, schools, and systems, rather than theories, disciplines, and problems. One of the aims of this conference is to investigate different ways in which Continental Philosophy engages with the thinkers that belong to its history: what is it to ‘read’ Plato, Spinoza, Kant, or Nietzsche in Continental Philosophy? How important is the canon and what is its methodological and philosophical significance? Should we keep putting forward various creative (mis)readings of the past philosophers or, as Husserl has suggested early on, is it better to get rid of the past and proceed afresh with a new method? History, however, is more than a ‘tool’ utilised by Continental Philosophy. From Hegel’s Philosophy of History and Marx’s materialisation of it, to Heidegger’s distinction between Historie and Geschichte, and Adorno and Horkheimer’s Dialectic of Enlightenment Continental Philosophy makes the phenomenon (in contrast to the discipline) of history the very object of its investigations. Hence, we wonder: what does it mean to write a ‘philosophy of history’ and what possible form can such an enquiry take today? But it must not be forgotten that Continental Philosophy can itself be seen as a period in the longer history of philosophy. This makes the very concept of Continental Philosophy open to inquiry by philosophers, but also to historians, sociologists, political scientists, etc. What does it mean to address Continental philosophy as a historical period? Can methods, approaches, traditions, and theories from other disciplines illuminate and inform philosophical understandings of Continental Philosophy? Can such approaches be helpful to disciplines other than philosophy? This is another crucial topic that this conference aims to investigate. This conference is made possible by generous funding provided by the University of Warwick Philosophy Department and British Society for the History of Philosophy. It is an annual event within The Centre for Research in Post-Kantian European Philosophy (University of Warwick). https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/research/activities/postkantian/events/wcpc |
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Race Equality Charter Discussion Groups - StaffThe University is running staff and student discussion groups to gain greater insight into the results of our recent race equality surveys. You can find more information about the Race Equality Charter, results of the staff and student surveys, and details of these discussion groups on the REC webpage. Session focus: Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic academic staff only. |