Programme without Transmission: On the Translatability of Benjamin’s Radio Work Dominic Smith (University of Dundee) 5-6:30pm, Wednesday October 9 Dalhousie 2F15 This presentation argues for the strong contemporary relevance of Walter Benjamin’s radio work (1927-1933), despite 1.) his low opinion of it as a means of subsistence (Rosenthal 2014: xvii), and 2.) the fact that …
Dear all, the University of Dundee Philosophy Speaker Series supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy will continue in May with a final major events of the year: Prof Mladen Dolar will give a lecture on “On Hontology” on the 19th of May at 4pm. He will give a in person only workshop on related …
Dear all, the University of Dundee Philosophy Speaker Series supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy will continue at the end of April with two major events and there are still places you can register for: — Prof Etienne Balibar will give his first lecture in Scotland ever on “The Future of Racism” on the …
Dear all, We will continue the Dundee philosophy speaker series this Wednesday, the 8th of March, with an online event with Prof David Wills (Brown University). David will give a talk entitled “Spoonful: The Dorsal Deconstruction of Eroticism” (scroll down for an abstract) The event will take place at 4pm through Zoom. For the link, …
Read more “Prof David Wills on “Spoonful: The Dorsal Deconstruction of Eroticism””
We continue our philosophy speaker series next Thursday, 19.01.2023 at 6pm with a talk by Prof Stella Sandford (Kingston University) on “Immanuel Kant’s Natural Taxonomy of ‘Race’”. The talk will take place in the Dalhousie building, room: Dalhousie 1F18 Immanuel Kant’s natural taxonomy of ‘race’ – Abstract: This lecture will discuss Immanuel Kant’s writings on …
Read more “Prof Stella Sandford on “Immanuel Kant’s Natural Taxonomy of ‘Race’””