Departmental news

The National Student Survey 2015 is open until the 30th April 2015, and only takes a few minutes to complete. This is an important opportunity to give your opinion, in a national forum, on teaching and learning within our department, and on your overall experience at Warwick.

If you respond to the survey before it closes on 30 April 2015, £5 will be credited by the University to your Eating at Warwick account. More details can be found here.

In addition, if the Philosophy Department reaches an overall response rate of 80% or more (i.e., if more than 80% of our finalists fill in the survey), there will be a special Philosophy prize draw to say thank you. All finalists on the following degree programmes count towards the Philosophy result in the National Student Survey and will be entered into this prize draw if we reach the 80% response rate: Philosophy; Philosophy and Literature; Mathematics and Philosophy; Philosophy with Psychology; Philosophy with Classical Civilisation; all intercalated year versions of those programmes are also included.

The prizes for the Philosophy prize draw are:

• First prize: £75 Amazon vouchers
• 2 runner up prizes: £25 Amazon vouchers

Wednesday 4th February programme:

(R0.12 - Ramphal Building)

13:00-13:30 – Welcome and refreshments
13:30-14:30 – Dr Eileen John (Philosophy): Children’s Literature and Ethics
14:30-15:30 – Dr Maebh Harding (Law): Children’s Choices and Autonomy
15:30-16:00 – Break
16:00-17:00 – Catherine Lester (Film and Television): Horror for children

Thursday 5th February programme:

(Reinvention Centre, Westwood)

09:30-10:00: Breakfast
10:00-11:00: Philip Gaydon (IATL): “Play up, play up, and play the game”: The Ethics of Sport in Children’s Literature
11:00-12:00: Dr Peter Sidebotham (Warwick Medical School): Dealing with child abuse and neglect in practice, theory, and literature

12:00-13:00: Lunch and discussion

13:00-14:00: Leila Rasheed (Creative Writing and Children’s Author): What we expect from children’s authors
14:00-15:00: Plenary: Creating transdisciplinary and innovative modules

Register now!

The Philosophy Society is holding a book sale in the Philosophy Common Room (S2.71) this Friday, the 16th January.

Come along to pick up some pre-loved Philosophy books, and if you have any you would like to try and sell on, just come by reception and drop them off any time before the sale.

There are still three weeks until the deadline for submission of papers for the 2015 Joint Session.

GUIDELINES

• Submissions must not exceed 2000 words, including footnotes and bibliography, and must begin with a 100-250 word abstract.
• Submissions should include a title page containing the name of the author, title of the paper, institution, and email address.
• Submissions may be formatted in Word or PDF. Papers containing symbols liable to distortion should be submitted in PDF.

The closing date for submissions is 1 February 2015.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Authors whose papers have been accepted for the Open Session will be informed by the middle of April 2015.
• Papers accepted for the Open Sessions will not be considered for publication in the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society and expenses will not be paid.
• Only one paper per individual may be submitted. Submissions must be for either the Open or the Postgraduate Sessions - not both.
• If you'd like to submit a paper for the Postgraduate Session, click here
• As in previous years the Society for Woman in Philosophy UK (SWIP) will organize a panel as part of the Open Sessions. Submissions should be sent as an attachment to katharine.jenkins@sheffield.ac.uk. For more information, click here.
• All conference delegates must be members of either the Aristotelian Society or the Mind Association.

For enquiries regarding the Open Sessions, please contact Johannes Roessler: J.Roessler@warwick.ac.uk

Since smaller academic departments still need access to the same level of strategic capacity as larger units, how best to deliver such capacity in an affordable and sustainable way? The answer: Collaborative working between Academic Departments and the central Administration. Find out more on the We've Simplified! page.

The Philosophy Department will be putting on an event to provide information to our undergraduates about Postgraduate study in Philosophy at Warwick. This will take place on Thursday 27^th November from 5pm, in R3.41. If you think you might be interested in studying philosophy at postgraduate level, you are strongly encouraged to attend.

At this event you will have the opportunity to:

• Find out from Course Convenors about the postgraduate programmes on offer at the Philosophy Department:- The MPhil in Philosophy, MA in Philosophy, MA in Continental Philosophy, and MA in Philosophy and Literature
• Find out from our current postgraduate students about what the courses are like and the kinds of topics they research
• Get advice on how to apply
• Find out about our Department Scholarships for taught postgraduate courses, including a scholarship competition open only to Warwick undergraduates.

Drinks (including wine) will be available.

Starting your postgraduate studies with us in 2014-15? Take a look at our new Online PG Handbooks.

The 89th Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association will be held at the University of Warwick from 10 to 12 July 2015.

There are a large number of Open Session places available, with no restrictions on the areas of philosophy that may be addressed. The intention is to accommodate all philosophical material that is suitable for presentation, though a more selective procedure may have to be adopted in case the number of suitable submissions exceeds the available places. There are 20 minutes available for each Open Session talk (plus an additional 10 minutes for discussion).

For more information and to submit a paper, visit the website

Submission deadline: 1 February 2015.

Keith Ansell-Pearson has interviewed New York based philosopher Simon Critchley about his book on David Bowie, to be published on September 23rd. Read the interview here.

We now have induction webpages for those of you starting your studies with us in 2014-15. Here you'll find all the essential information you'll need for planning your first few weeks at Warwick.

• Undergraduate Students

• Postgraduate Students