Philosophy » Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and The Arts Events, 2019/2020

01/10 3pm-5pm: Philosophy Balloon Debate

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 08:44:00 GMT

When: 3pm - 5pm, Wed, 01 Oct '25

Where: FAB0.03

28/09 11am-12pm: Phil/Lit and Phil/Lit/Classics Induction Meeting

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 10:30:12 GMT

When: 11am - 12pm, Wed, 28 Sept '22

Where: Philosophy Common Rm (S2.73)

29/09 3pm-5pm: Philosophy Department Balloon Debate

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 09:02:35 GMT

When: 3pm - 5pm, Thu, 29 Sept '22

Where: H0.51, Humanities, Ground Floor

This year, PhilSoc would like to use the balloon debate to try to expand the canon. Here’s a message from PhilSoc’s Academic Officer, Matt Munnelly:

“In hopes to switch up the philosophers in the balloon in the fresher's week Balloon Debate in 2022/23, this is an invitation to staff to suggest philosophers that they have some knowledge of, or would be happy to look into in the weeks leading up to the debate, and to then represent them in the debate. These philosophers would ideally be ones that are not typically mentioned in the 'great names' of philosophers in the western canon, but that do feature in modules available in the department if possible. That is, we would like the balloon to be occupied not by the likes of Bertrand Russell, Spinoza or Plato, but rather people's whose impact has typically been overlooked, e.g., Hèloïse, Avicenna or Lorde.”

01/10 9:30am-3:45pm: Sessional Teaching Induction Session

Donna McIntyre — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 17:28:37 GMT

When: 9:30am - 3:45pm, Thu, 01 Oct '20

Where: MS Teams

9.30 - 10.30 Teaching philosophy seminars and giving feedback (for new STAs)

11-12 Online teaching (David Bather Woods) (the session will be recorded)

2-3pm Round table discussion: ideas for teaching philosophy seminars (all STAs)

3.00 - 3.45 Training session with Susie Cleverly from Report and Support