AHRC PhD Studentship in Everyday Participation and Cultural Value in Glasgow
The School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester and Glasgow Life are pleased to invite applications from outstanding postgraduates for an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award PhD studentship to commence October 2014. This studentship will pay full-time University tuition … Read More
Gilles Deleuze and the Moving Images
Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image (cjpmi.ifl.pt) invites submissions for its issue on: Gilles Deleuze and the Moving Images. Thirty years after their publication, Gilles Deleuze’s Cinema 1: The Movement-Image (1983) and Cinema 2: The Time-Image (1985) remain … Read More
Radical Cultural Studies
The Centre for Cultural Studies Research at the University of East London is pleased to announce the launch of Radical Cultural Studies, a new book series which commissions monographs and edited collections to provide new and radical analyses of the … Read More
Poetry and Philosophy in the Light of Plato´s Protagoras
Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen Room 208/209, Sydnesplassen 12/13 4-6 June 2013 Wednesday, June 4th 11.45 – 12.30 Lunch will be served in room 210 (coffee, tea, sandwiches) 12.30 – 12.45 Welcome 12.45 – 14.45 Keynote lecture by Marina … Read More
Journal of Somaesthetics
A new journal is being established that will be deeply engaged with philosophical issues though its scope is transdisciplinary. The Journal of Somaesthetics will be based at the University of Aalborg, Denmark. Here is a link to its current website … Read More
Re-imagining human through the practice of dialogue
2014 ISRLC Conference Re-Imagining Human, University of Leuven 18-20 September 2014 Abstracts are now being sought for a panel on the practice of dialogue at the 2014 International Society for Religion, Literature and Culture Conference. Panel-convenor: Marije Altorf The notion … Read More
BSA Cambridge Lecture Series
The final two of the BSA Cambridge Lecture Series are as follows: 22 April: Kathleen Stock, University of Sussex: ‘Sexual Objectification, Perception, and Images’. 1 May: Jerrold Levinson, University of Maryland: ‘Ain’t that a Shame: Shame in General, and Shame … Read More
Kierkegaard and Narrative
Over the past few years a conversation has emerged on the topic of Kierkegaard and narrative. This year’s Søren Kierkegaard Society panel at the December 2014 APA Eastern Division Meeting in Philadelphia seeks submissions that engage this topic and advance … Read More
Shakespeare: the Philosopher
University of Hertfordshire, 12-13 September 2014 Speakers to include: Miranda Anderson (University of Edinburgh) Gregory Currie (University of York) Maximilian de Gaynesford (University of Reading) Derek Matravers (Open University) Tzachi Zamir (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Shakespeare’s work is rich in … Read More
Margolis Festschrift
The Department of Philosophy at Temple University announces a one-day conference on Friday, May 9, 2014 in honour of Joseph Margolis’s 90th birthday. The conference will be replete with both scholarly papers and personal reminiscences. All are welcome, and there … Read More
Structured PhD in Philosophy of Art and Culture
The Philosophy Discipline at NUI, Galway is currently accepting applications for the Structured PhD in Philosophy of Art and Culture For further information, see here For general information about postgraduate study at the university, see here Funding: Galway scholarships here … Read More
For or Against Emotion in Music?
Centre for Philosophical Psychology (University of Antwerp) and Ghent Aesthetics Research Group (Ghent University) present Jenefer Robinson (Cincinnati) and Nick Zangwill (Hull). In her book “Deeper than Reason”, Jenefer Robinson argues that emotion plays a significant role in our appreciation of … Read More