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03/06 10am-1pm: WMA & PKEP Collab - "Problems from Eckhart“

Rachel Harrington — Thu, 07 May 2026 10:37:43 GMT

When: 10am - 1pm, Wed, 03 Jun '26

Where: A1.11

Including papers from:

Ian Alexander Moore (Loyola Marymount University)

Christoph Hoerl (Warwick)

Tobias Keiling (Warwick)

13/05 2pm-3pm: Philosophy in Action

Rachel Harrington — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:06:20 GMT

When: 2pm - 3pm, Wed, 13 May '26

Where: R1.13

14/05-15/05: Freiburg-Warwick-Zhejiang University German Idealism Workshop

Rachel Harrington — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:47:11 GMT

When: Thu, 14 May - Fri, 15 May '26

Where: Hybrid: R1.04 or online

You are warmly invited to an exciting event: The Freiburg-Warwick-Zhejiang University German Idealism Workshop, taking place on 14–15 May. This workshop will bring together established and early-career scholars from the three universities. Topics include Kant, Hegel, Schelling, Heidegger and Nietzsche, covering the research interests of almost all of our department's continental philosophers!

It is a hybrid event. You can either join us via the Zoom link or attend in person. If you are attending in person, please email Ying (ying.xue@warwick.ac.uk) by 10^th May to let me know and to inform me of any dietary requirements you may have for lunch.

Zoom link: https://uni-freiburg.zoom-x.de/j/67489189826?pwd=EkwWoTY02XikW5rUYpX6ECuNJQmDJV.1

Meeting-ID: 674 8918 9826
Code: Vrj8kVK5r

The department, the Mind Association, the UK Kant Society and the Hegel Society of Great Britain have kindly funded this event.

Thursday, 14th of May

9:30-9:40 Welcome
Tobias Keiling (Warwick)
9:40-11:10 Panel 1: Kant
Chair: Rozemin Keshvani (Warwick)
9:40-10:25	What is Wrong with Dogmatism? Kant on the "Storehouse of Reason"	Dino Jakušić (Warwick)
10:25-11:10	Kant’s Philosophy of Nature Reconsidered	Stephen Howard (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
11:10-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:45 Keynote Session 1
Chair: Eric Sancho-Adamson (Liverpool)
11:30-12:45	How to Acquire the World: Hegel’s Practical Theory of Figurative Synthesis and Kant’s Doctrine of Right	Eliza Little (Warwick)
12:45-14:15 Lunch Break
14:15-15:45 Panel 2: Hegel Part I
Chair: Zhaoyi Zhu (Warwick)
14:15-15:00	Unconditioned Condition: Transcendental Dialectic and the Dialectic of Condition	Bruna Picas i Prats (Barcelona/Warwick)
15:00-15:45	From Principle to Negativity: Hegel’s Transformation of German Idealism	Yuyang Zhu (Zhejiang)
15:45-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:15 Keynote Session 2
Chair: Fridolin Neumann (Warwick)
16:00-17:15	Kant and Hegel on Being	Stephen Houlgate (Warwick)

Friday, 15th of May

9:45-11:15 Panel 3: Hegel Part II
Chair: Shifan Zhou (Warwick)
9:45-10:30	The Relation of Logic to Realphilosophie in G.W.F. Hegel	Evgenia Sonnabend (Freiburg)
10:30-11:15	Hegel’s Intersubjective Logic: Hegel and the Possibility of a New Social Ontology	Juyong Kim (Warwick)
11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Panel 4: Schelling
Chair: Robb Dunphy (Sussex)
11:30-12:15	Original Sin, Freedom, and the Feminine in Schelling	Jinhua Hao (Freiburg)
12:15-13:00	Four Frameworks for the Hegel - (Late) Schelling Dispute and Schelling’s 1795 Letters	Ying Xue (Warwick)
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:15 Keynote Session 3
Chair: Sally Zhu (Warwick)
14:00-15:15	What is Historicity? From Hegel to Heidegger to Nietzsche	Philipp Schwab (Freiburg)
15:15-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Panel 5: The Legacy of German Idealism
Chair: Jinhua Hao (Freiburg)
15:30-16:15	The Positive Primordial Function of the Negative: Heidegger on the “Greatest and Most Hidden Secret of Hegelian Philosophizing”	Karl Kraatz (Zhejiang)
16:15-17:00 Roundtable Discussion

01/06-02/06: “Ontological failure in Heidegger and beyond”

Rachel Harrington — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:37:42 GMT

When: Mon, 01 Jun - Tue, 02 Jun '26

Where: OC0.05

“Ontological failure in Heidegger and beyond”, 1-2 June 2025, Room: OC0.05

12/03 5pm-7pm: Spring Break Social

Rachel Harrington — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:15:06 GMT

When: 5pm - 7pm, Thu, 12 Mar '26

Where: FAB Atrium

19/01 6pm-9pm: WMA Party

Rachel Harrington — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:04:21 GMT

When: 6pm - 9pm, Mon, 19 Jan '26

Where: The Graduate Room, Dirty Duck

04/11 12pm-1pm: UG Philosophy & Politics Talk with Guest Speaker Mollie Gerver

Rachel Harrington — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:30:15 GMT

When: 12pm - 1pm, Tue, 04 Nov '25

Where: S0.18

Philosophy-Politics Guest Talk 4^th November: Dr Mollie Gerver

We are hosting a guest talk for students, delivered by Dr Mollie Gerver, Assistant Professor at Political Economy, King's College London. You are cordially invited!

The talk, on 4^th November, will be at 12.00-13.00 in S0.18, followed by lunch at 13.00-13.30 in the Philosophy Common Room. Pleaseregister here if you plan to attend to ensure that we can cater for your dietary requirements.

21/10 6:15pm-7:30pm: Welcome Event - Philosophy with Psychology/EPP/GSD

Rachel Harrington — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:13:04 GMT

When: 6:15pm - 7:30pm, Tue, 21 Oct '25

Where: S2.73 Philosophy Common Room

Join us at our welcome event for Philosophy with Psychology/EPP/GSD to enjoy some pizza, refreshments and good company!

13/05 12pm-2pm: Undergraduate Module Fair

Rachel Harrington — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:46:30 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Wed, 13 May '26

Where: R0.12 & R0.14

08/10 5pm-7pm: Pub Quiz

Rachel Harrington — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:51:13 GMT

When: 5pm - 7pm, Wed, 08 Oct '25

Where: Rootes Restaurant

23/07 12:30pm-2:30pm: Philosophy Graduation Celebration

Rachel Harrington — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:47:46 GMT

When: 12:30pm - 2:30pm, Wed, 23 Jul '25

Where: Social Sciences Courtyard, under the wisteria

17/06 1pm-4pm: End of Year Celebration and BBQ

Rachel Harrington — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:29:13 GMT

When: 1pm - 4pm, Tue, 17 Jun '25

Where: Social Sciences Courtyard

Join us to celebrate the end of the year with a BBQ in the Social Sciences courtyard.

17/06 11am-1pm: Student Research Celebration

Rachel Harrington — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:22:57 GMT

When: 11am - 1pm, Tue, 17 Jun '25

Where: S0.18

6 of our students will present their research and work on the themes of Bodies, Beauty, and Injustice.

06/03 5pm-7pm: Spring Break Celebration

Rachel Harrington — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:43:54 GMT

When: 5pm - 7pm, Thu, 06 Mar '25

Where: Bar Fusion (Rootes)

21/02 6pm-7pm: NSS Completion Pizza Event (UG Finalists)

Rachel Harrington — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:03:33 GMT

When: 6pm - 7pm, Fri, 21 Feb '25

Where: Philosophy Common Room

30/04 11am-12:30pm: Philosophy Module Fair

Rachel Harrington — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:13:58 GMT

When: 11am - 12:30pm, Wed, 30 Apr '25

Where: R0.12 and R0.14

04/03 5:30pm-7pm: Post-Kantian Seminar - Inga Römer (Freiburg)

Rachel Harrington — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:42:04 GMT

When: 5:30pm - 7pm, Tue, 04 Mar '25

Where: S0.20

“What is a Metaphysics of Dasein? Heidegger after Being and Time”

21/01 5:30pm-7pm: Post-Kantian Seminar - Karin Nisenbaum (Syracuse) ONLINE

Rachel Harrington — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:29:10 GMT

When: 5:30pm - 7pm, Tue, 21 Jan '25

Where: ONLINE

"Getting at the Root of Evil: Kant and Fichte on the Murderer at the Door."

18/02 5:30pm-7pm: Post-Kantian Seminar - David Bather Woods (Warwick)

Rachel Harrington — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 08:26:35 GMT

When: 5:30pm - 7pm, Tue, 18 Feb '25

Where: S0.20

"Schopenhauer and the Frankfurt School"

22/01 2pm-7pm: WMA Mini Workshop "Experience and Rationality"

Rachel Harrington — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:33:37 GMT

When: 2pm - 7pm, Wed, 22 Jan '25

Where: S0.19

28/11 10:30am-12:30pm: MAP Sip & Study

Rachel Harrington — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:03:40 GMT

When: 10:30am - 12:30pm, Thu, 28 Nov '24

Where: Common Room

Everybody is invited to just drop in for a while, have a coffee, chat for a bit and/or do some co-studying. We look forward to seeing you there

14/11 10:30am-12:30pm: MAP Sip & Study

Rachel Harrington — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:02:46 GMT

When: 10:30am - 12:30pm, Thu, 14 Nov '24

Where: Common Room

Everybody is invited to just drop in for a while, have a coffee, chat for a bit and/or do some co-studying.

We look forward to seeing you there!

24/04 10am-25/04 5pm: Embodied Voices: the ethics and politics of voice and body in performance

Rachel Harrington — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 08:45:34 GMT

When: 10am, Thu, 24 Apr '25 - 5pm, Fri, 25 Apr '25

Where: Milburn House

Anyone interested in attending should email k.d.simecek@warwick.ac.uk

04/12 5pm-7pm: Philosophy Christmas Lecture

Rachel Harrington — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:18:49 GMT

When: 5pm - 7pm, Wed, 04 Dec '24

Where: L3

29/11 12pm-2pm: Metaethics Reading Group

Rachel Harrington — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:03:33 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Fri, 29 Nov '24

Where: S1.50

The metaethics reading group is back this academic year! Anyone with an interest in metaethics is welcome, whether you’re an undergraduate, postgraduate, or staff.

We will meet on Fridays every other week for the rest of the term:

· 18 Oct, 12:00-14:00, S1.50

· 1 Nov, 12:00 - 14:00, S1.50,

· 15 Nov, 12:00 - 14:00, S1.50

· 29 Nov, 12:00 - 14:00, S1.50.

We will read a new paper each session, with discussion led by the person who picks the paper. Our last slot of the term is still free, so if you’d like to present a paper, please get in touch with Sara (Sara.Gorea.1@warwick.ac.uk) or Oscar (oscar.north-concar@warwick.ac.uk).

Best wishes,

Sara, Oscar, and Kirk

15/11 12pm-2pm: Metaethics Reading Group

Rachel Harrington — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:02:43 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Fri, 15 Nov '24

Where: S1.50

The metaethics reading group is back this academic year! Anyone with an interest in metaethics is welcome, whether you’re an undergraduate, postgraduate, or staff.

We will meet on Fridays every other week for the rest of the term:

· 18 Oct, 12:00-14:00, S1.50

· 1 Nov, 12:00 - 14:00, S1.50,

· 15 Nov, 12:00 - 14:00, S1.50

· 29 Nov, 12:00 - 14:00, S1.50.

Best wishes,

Sara, Oscar, and Kirk

01/11 12pm-2pm: Metaethics Reading Group

Rachel Harrington — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:01:36 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Fri, 01 Nov '24

Where: S1.50

The metaethics reading group is back this academic year! Anyone with an interest in metaethics is welcome, whether you’re an undergraduate, postgraduate, or staff.

We will meet on Fridays every other week for the rest of the term:

· 18 Oct, 12:00-14:00, S1.50

· 1 Nov, 12:00 - 14:00, S1.50,

· 15 Nov, 12:00 - 14:00, S1.50

· 29 Nov, 12:00 - 14:00, S1.50.

Best wishes,

Sara, Oscar, and Kirk

18/10 12pm-2pm: Metaethics Reading Group

Rachel Harrington — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:00:31 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Fri, 18 Oct '24

Where: S1.50

The metaethics reading group is back this academic year! Anyone with an interest in metaethics is welcome, whether you’re an undergraduate, postgraduate, or staff.

We will meet on Fridays every other week for the rest of the term:

· 18 Oct, 12:00-14:00, S1.50

· 1 Nov, 12:00 - 14:00, S1.50,

· 15 Nov, 12:00 - 14:00, S1.50

· 29 Nov, 12:00 - 14:00, S1.50.

Best wishes,

Sara, Oscar, and Kirk

11/12 8am-10:30am: Warwick East Asia Graduate Conference in Continental Philosophy 2024

Rachel Harrington — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:43:48 GMT

When: 8am - 10:30am, Wed, 11 Dec '24

Wed 11 Dec

8:00-10:30 BST / 9:00-11:30 CET / 16:00-18:30 CST / 17:00-19:30 JST

Shunsuke Kurashina (Tokyo University), “Historicity in Heidegger: Reconsidering the Existential-Phenomenological Approach to History”

Luyao Shi (Tongji University Shanghai), “Heidegger’s Contributions to the Philosophy of Play”

Fridolin Neumann (Warwick University), “Heidegger and Intentionality”

Zoom URL: https://kwanseigakuin.zoom.us/j/88472237221?pwd=grXHmRgjaa1Fz22UD7IFeQatqd4xNz.1

Meeting ID: 884 7223 7221

Passcode: 064625

10/12 8am-10:30am: Warwick East Asia Graduate Conference in Continental Philosophy 2024

Rachel Harrington — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:41:22 GMT

When: 8am - 10:30am, Tue, 10 Dec '24

Tue 10 Dec

8:00-10:30 BST / 9:00-11:30 CET / 16:00-18:30 CST / 17:00-19:30 JST

Sayaka Takeuchi (Kyoto University), “Experience Prior to A Priori: Exploring Transcendentality in Early Nishida Kitarō”

Yingying Ouyang (Tongji University Shanghai), “Nature and History: On Merleau-Ponty’s Eye and Mind”

Ying Xue (Warwick University), “A theory of Freedom or the Theory of Freedom: Schelling’s Freiheitsschrift”

Zoom URL: h*ps://kwanseigakuin.zoom.us/j/84074947358?pwd=wWCOSGJZTnGvMR6gwgX2Lr9g70vpBC.1

Meeting ID: 840 7494 7358

Passcode: 21541