Category Past Events

Yuk Hui, ‘After Organic Form’

4pm, Dalhousie 2F15 Or online here. In the 18th century, criticism of mechanism led to a new discourse on the organic form, largely inspired by research in the natural sciences. The most significant exploration of this concept can be found…

Sha Xin Wei (Arizona State University)

Textural Sensemaking 4.30 – 6 pm Wed 29 January 2025 Dalhousie LT2, University of Dundee Or online here. A seminar for the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy. Sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy and the AHRC project Energy: A…

Didier Debaise

Talk: Thinking the earth. Geophilosophy from Deleuze and Guattari to Latour. Wednesday 22nd of January Dalhousie 2F15 – 16.00-17.30 Sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy Streamed live on Teams here. In their latest work, Deleuze and Guattari invent “geophilosophy”. With…

Dominic Smith on Walter Benjamin

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…