Philosophy News
Annual Birmingham-Nottingham-Warwick (BNW) Graduate Conference: Thursday 14 June 2018 at The University of Nottingham
The second annual BNW Graduate Conference 2018 taking place on Thursday 14 June 2018 will provide an opportunity for students from each University to present their current work, and to receive informed feedback from a dedicated respondent who works in another Department but in a similar discipline. This conference will allow participants - those giving presentations - respondents and audience members - the opportunity to engage and benefit from research-focused discussions, and will help develop the foundations for innovative excellence in research and collaboration. The proceedings will include a keynote speech, delivered by a member of staff from Nottingham's Philosophy Department, which will highlight current research interests at the University.
Organisers from Warwick University are Simon Wimmer, Giulia Luvisotto, Chenwei Nie and Leonello Gambi. https://bnwgraduateconference.weebly.com/
New Publication: 'The Government of Desire: A Geneology of the Liberal Subject' by Professor Miguel de Beistegui
This new title by Professor Miguel de Beistegui, published by the University of Chicago Press (May 2018) is a thought-provoking and original commentary exploring the concept of freedom and unfreedom, and what makes the human animal both governed and ungovernable. Professor de Beistegui draws on his extensive research in the fields of philosophy, political theory and psychoanalysis to argue persuasively for a sovereign and anarchic form of desire.
'Should We Have a Right Not to be Lonely?' A Short Film by Professor Kimberley Brownlee is Launched by the BBC
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), Nobel Laureate, famously observed: "What is that terrible loneliness" where "one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold, unfathomable, lifeless abyss". In a short and beautifully crafted film, produced in association with the BBC Ideas 'How it feels to be Human' strand, Professor Brownlee explores ways in which our society can aim to combat loneliness.
See link below:
https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/should-we-have-a-right-not-to-be-lonely/p066l54w?autoplay=true
Professor Quassim Cassam Receives Funding Award from the Ideas Fund, Warwick Ventures
Professor Quassim Cassam has been awarded funding from The Warwick Ventures Ideas Fund (which supports research in Arts and Social Sciences) for his research project 'Professional Virtues in Modern Medicine'. This is one of only seven projects to receive total funding amounting to over £58k from the first tranche of awards given by the Ideas Fund. Each project was assessed on its potential social, cultural and political impact, in addtion to an alignment with the support that Warwick Ventures can offer.
This funding award will also support a one day Philosophy Department workshop on 'Professional Virtues in Modern Medicine' scheduled for November 2018. Further details and speakers for the day will be announced shortly.
The Philosophy Department Welcomes Patrick Tomlin as Reader and Director of PPL
Patrick Tomlin has joined the Department as Reader in Philosophy and Director of the BA in Politics, Philosophy and Law (PPL). Patrick comes from The University of Reading, where he taught for six years as a Lecturer and then Associate Professor in Political Theory. Prior to that, he was an AHRC-funded postdoctoral researcher in the Faculty of Law at Oxford, having also completed his DPhil in Political Theory there. Having spent his academic life between Politics, Law and Philosophy Departments, Patrick is especially excited to have been asked to lead Warwick's new PPL Degree.