PeopleIn March 2012 and March 2013, and with the support of the British Academy, the Philosophy Department will host both a one-day workshop and a one-day conference on the topic of Nietzsche's philosophy of the free spirit.

Tuesday 6 July, Senate House, University of London

Designed for all historians, from PhD students through to senior academics, who want to engage with the media – regardless of whether you have had formal media training in the past. Sessions will explore: news and current affairs, working with press officers, documentaries and historians’ own media experiences. 

7-8 September 2010, University of Bristol

This two-day interdisciplinary postgraduate workshop is premised on the assumption that art actively constructs social ‘reality’, as opposed to merely reflecting it. It aims to bring together postgraduate students working in and across various disciplines to share research which looks at the contested meanings of art and aesthetics, explores art in different cultural and historical settings, and examines the ways in which art and its constructions of beauty, society, politics can help in understanding, and changing, the social world.

We welcome paper and panel proposals (2-3 presenters per panel) which engage specifically with the theme of art and social change, from various disciplines. Papers can include think pieces or works in progress. We encourage a diversity of presentation styles, from ‘traditional’ papers to interactive sessions, involving short film screenings, musical and dramatic performances, and the display of paintings, sculpture, photographs, and installation art. Presenters will be assigned a 30-minute slot for their presentation, which can be used by the presenter as they wish, but must include at least 5 minutes for audience questions.

7-8 May 2010, Institute of Advanced Studies, Lancaster University

A workshop organized by Dr. Dariusz Gafijczuk and Prof. Derek Sayer (Department of History). The two day event engages with the historical process of how cultural identities are produced through the maintenance and the decay of focal points known as cultural, political and economic centres. The programme includes leading international scholars in their respective fields. If you would like to attend, please email Dr Dariusz Gafijczuk (d.gafijczuk@lancaster.ac.uk) by 28 April. Attendance is free but spaces are limited.

Time: Tuesday 11th of May, 12:00pm (registration) - 7:30pm
Location: University of Warwick, LIB2 and S0.11
Organised by Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy, in conjunction with the Research Group in Post-Kantian European Philosophy

The purpose of the workshop is to examine the arguments underlying the increasing push towards realism in parts of modern continental philosophy, along with approaches that bridge the analytic/continental divide, and to assess the possibility of transcendental approaches to realism within this context.

Wednesday, 03 March 2010

The University of Warwick Philosophy Society invites you to a Symposium on the 'Non-Philosophy' of François Laruelle.

5 February 2010: University of Warwick, Institute of Advanced Study (Milburn House), Seminar Room F.204

An AHRC funded worshop at the Warwick Institute of Advanced Study. Speakers: Dr John Bergin, Dr Rebecca Probert, Mary O'Dowd, Professor Maria Luddy, Dr Joanne Bailey, Professor Eleanor Gordon, Dr Katie Barclay, Dr Elizabeth Foyster. Directions to the Institute can be found here: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/ias/about/location/.

14-15 May 2010, A Workshop at the University of Cambridge

This workshop aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of ideas of India in Britain between 1857 and 1947, by bringing together early-career researchers and more senior academics from different disciplines working on this crucial aspect of British intellectual history.

Papers should not exceed 30 minutes and will be followed by 15 minutes of discussion. To apply please send abstracts of not more than 500 words to the addresses given below. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 15 February 2010. Unfortunately we are unable to provide financial support towards travel or staying arrangements, however we will do our best to provide you with adequate details of how to get here and reasonable places to stay.

Please send abstracts and direct any enquiries to: Mishka Sinha: mishka.sinha@gmail.com or Tom Green: tg245@cam.ac.uk

29 January, 12-2pm IAS Seminar Room, Milburn House

An informal workshop for postgraduates and early career scholars. Speakers: Prof. Trevor Burnard, Head of History Department; Dr, Rebecca Earle, History Department; Prof. Steve Hindle, Deputy Head of History Department. All welcome, lunch will be provided. For catering purposes please contact Lydia Plath to reserve a place by Monday 25 January.

27 March 2010, University of Warwick

This workshop is aimed at postgrads (MA and PhD) and early career researchers with an interest in the historical relationship between voluntary/ charitable work and the home. We welcome submissions from all periods and countries to facilitate a comparative roundtable discussion in the second part of the day. We would encourage papers that consider the particular challenges speakers have encountered while investigating a particular area in the relationship between voluntarism and the home. The event aims to address methodological, thematic and evidential issues, rather than the substantive findings that result from this process. Speakers are therefore encouraged to reflect upon the particular challenges they have encountered in their research. We hope these papers will provide the basis for a lively and constructive debate in the the roundtable element of the workshop.

Abstracts of up to 300 words should be submitted to workshop@vahs.org.uk before 10 February 2010. Please see the attached call for papers for further details. If you would like more information, or have any comments or queries, please contact Stephen Soanes at S.Soanes@warwick.ac.uk