CRPLA Past-Present-Future Symposium
Friday 12 December 2025
Wolfson Research Exchange (Library 3rd Floor Extension)* and on Teams
As part of the celebration of Warwick's 60th anniversary, CRPLA is holding a symposium to honour Warwick's tradition of study and research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts. Alumni from around the world and founding members of CRPLA will speak. A reception will follow. We would be delighted to have current and former students and colleagues join us.
Programme:
14.00-14.05 Welcome – Eileen John (Warwick CRPLA)
14.05 – 14.20 Martin Warner (Warwick CRPLA founder) - Visions and Revisions – The first 35 years of Phil/Lit at Warwick
14.20-14.30 Alberto Parisi (Kobe/Warwick Phil&Lit BA) - online
14.30-14.40 Kae Rose (Birkbeck/Warwick Phil&Lit MA)
14.40-14.50 Joe Shafer (Marburg/ Warwick ECLS PhD) - online
14.50-15.00 Discussion-questions-remarks
15.00-15.20 Coffee/Tea
15.20-15.30 Michael Bell (Warwick CRPLA)
15.30-15.40 Andrea Selleri (Wawick ECLS PhD) - How I Became a Zombie Unicorn
15.40-15.50 Tania Ganitsky (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana/Warwick Phil&Lit PhD) - online
15.50-16.00 Peter Larkin (Warwick CRPLA)
16.00-16.10 Discussion-questions-remarks
16.10-16.15 Break
16.15 -16.25 Xita Rubert (Princeton/Warwick Phil&Lit BA) - online
16.25-16.35 Philip Gaydon (St Paul’s/Warwick BA, Phil&Lit MA and PhD) - A Childlike Education…what’s worked since Warwick and what hasn’t?
16.35-16.45 Sydney Harvey (CUNY/Warwick MAPA) - online
16.45-17.05 Ole Martin Skilleås (Bergen/Warwick PhD)
17.05-17.30 Closing discussion, chairs tbc
17.30-18.15 Reception
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Please rsvp Link opens in a new windowhere if you plan to attend.
* Note for non-Warwick guests - to get into the Library you will need to show some photo ID at the Library welcome desk and mention this event.