Philosophy News
Workshop: Bildtheorie & Photography - 30th April 2009
Bildtheorie & Photography: Comparative Philosophical Approaches
A One-day Workshop at the University of Warwick
This event will bring together expertise from Germany and the UK to stimulate new avenues for future research in the visual arts.
Dr Kai Spiekermann wins Sir Ernest Barker Prize for Political Theory
The Department would like to congratulate Dr Kai Spiekermann, who has won the Political Studies Association's Sir Ernest Barker Prize for Political theory, 2008 for his thesis "Norms and Games: Realistic Moral theory and the Dynamic Analysis of Cooperation".
New publication: 'Automatism, Causality and Realism' (Costello & Phillips)
'Automatism, Causality and Realism: Foundational Intuitions in the Philosophy of Photography'
Co-authored by Diarmuid Costello and Dawn M. Phillips
This article is published in Philosophy Compass (2009) Vol.4 Issue 1 pp.1-21
(See webpage link for an abstract)
Aesthetics of Photography Lecture by Patrick Maynard - 3rd Feb 2009
Patrick Maynard (Emeritus Professor, University of Western Ontario) will visit the University of Warwick to present a lecture for the undergraduate Module 'Aesthetics and Photography' (PH249). He will discuss his theory of photography, published in The Engine of Visualisation: Thinking Through Photography. http://publish.uwo.ca/~pmaynard/
If you wish to attend this lecture, you must register in advance with Dr Dawn Phillips: dawn.phillips@warwick.ac.uk
Postgraduate Conference: Call For Papers - Deadline 31st January 2009
'Photography into Contemporary Art: The Bigger Picture'
A postgraduate conference on Friday 15th May 2009, University of Essex, Colchester.
Submission deadline for papers: 31st January 2009