Cally Nurse is an MFA student in Dundee. Encounters with the Velvet Swimming Crab: What do our feelings of disgust towardsanimals reveal about our attitude to the living world? Touch it, he says. There, in his blue,rubber-gloved hand, is a crab. Its antennae flick tosniff while its rolling red eyes scope its surroundings. Its pinkie-like …
Dr Luca Siliquini-Cinelli (Law, University of Dundee) specialises in comparative contract law, comparative legal traditions, and continental philosophy and political theory. He is currently working with Dr. Thom Giddens (Law) and Dr Dominic Smith (Philosophy) towards realisation of the ‘Frankenlaw’ Critical Legal Conference at Dundee, September 2021 (https://clc2021.com/) Seeking Truth Over the past few months, several compelling posts on …
This Wednesday, the 5th of May from 1pm to 3pm, we are glad to welcome Dr Michelle Bastian from the University of Edinburgh who will give a lecture entitled The time that ‘destroys humanity’: clocks and continental philosophy. The event will take place through Teams. If you are interested in participating, please contact Dr Frank …
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In TICK TALKs: The Blind and Deaf Highway Woman, we hear from Dr Undine Sellbach from the University of Dundee about her research and writing on the biologist Jakob von Uexküll, including his writing on ticks in which he presents the tick as a subject. The shared foray explores the tick in our contemporary world …
This Thursday, the 15th of April, from 5pm to 7pm we will welcome Jason E. Smith (Los Angeles) who will give a lecture entitled Aristotle’s Dream. The event will take place through Teams. If you are interested in participating, please contact Dr Frank Ruda to register. Jason E. Smith lives in Los Angeles and writes …
What a year it has been… Almost exactly a year ago, Dr Dom Smith from the centre had a chance to sit down and do a podcast on two of his favourite things in life: Philosophy… and FOOTBALL!. Dom did this with Stuart and Simon from the ‘I Leeds Therefore I Am’ podcast – listen …
We are pleased to announce the talk Freud’s Agnosticism? by Lorenzo Chiesa from Newcastle University. The talk will be an online event and it will take place the 8th of April at 4pm. Teams will be used. If you are interested in participating, please contact Dr Frank Ruda to register. Here is the abstract of …
We are pleased to announce the talk Freud’s Agnosticism? by Lorenzo Chiesa from Newcastle University. The talk will be an online event and it will take place the 8th of April at 4pm. Teams will be used. If you are interested in participating, please contact Dr Frank Ruda to register. Here is the abstract of …
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ text_font_size=”18px” sticky_enabled=”0″] Dr Dominic Smith from the Centre recently had the pleasure of taking part in an expert witness panel for the Scottish Parliament, that fed into the work of a Citizens’ Panel on Covid-19 Strategy. …
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Dr Dominic Smith from the Centre recently had the pleasure of taking part in an expert witness panel for the Scottish Parliament, that fed into the work of a Citizens’ Panel on Covid-19 Strategy. The panel responded to the question: “What priorities should shape the Scottish Government’s approach to Covid-19 restrictions and strategy in 2021?”. …
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