The Division of Philosophy, Art & Critical Thought of the EGS ( European Graduate School ) is very pleased to announce that the “Leading Thinkers” series will continue with a course on Karl Marx led by Professor Frank Ruda from the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy. Dates: March 6 – May 8, 2022 at 6:30 pm …
June 6-17 Barzakh, Beirut The Beirut Institute for Critical Analysis and Research (BICAR) will host its first summer school in Lebanon this June. The summer school is open to international and local students. It is intended as a pedagogical intervention at a catastrophic moment in Lebanon’s history. With economic collapse, severe shortages of fuel, electricity, …
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Ashley Woodward from the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy is interviewed on themes related to his book ‘Lyotard and the Inhuman Condition’ on the Hermitix podcast.
About the book: Philosophy has traditionally considered reality as a set of static objects. Tina Röck transcends this understanding to explore the realistic potential of relational and dynamic ontology. These explorations are both complex and problematic as we attempt to reconceptualise being, truth and knowledge as processual. To navigate this thinking, Röck takes a new …
We are pleased to announce that the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy is affiliated with the research project “The Politics of Reason”, which has received a prestigious 4 year Spanish government grant (Convocatoria 2020—Proyectos de I+D+I, Ministry of Science and Innovation). Gavin Rae (University of Madrid), an Associate Member of the SCCP, is Principal Investigator, and Ashley Woodward …
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Frank Ruda from the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy is one of the authors of the book Reading Hegel! About the book A spirit is haunting contemporary thought – the spirit of Hegel. All the powers of academia have entered into a holy alliance to exorcize this spirit: Vitalists and Eschatologists, Transcendental Pragmatists and Speculative …
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We are pleased to announce the new Philosophy Speaker series. The online events are the following: 26.01., 5-7pm: Monique David-Ménard (Paris): “Animism of the owners, animism of the poor. How are we today to read Marx’s texts on Property, 1842“ 23.2., 4-6pm: Slavoj Žižek, Agon Hamza, Frank Ruda (Ljubljana, Tirana, Dundee): Book Presentation of Reading Hegel (Polity 2021), moderated by …
Founded in 1900 as the Scots Philosophical Club, the Scots Philosophical Association (SPA) is the professional association of philosophers in Scotland. Its primary purpose is to promote the study and teaching of philosophy in Scotland. This is achieved through the organization of an annual meeting, the sponsorship of conferences and workshops, the sponsorship of fellowships …
In these times of climate emergency, it is the great pleasure of the Philosophy Programme at Dundee to share details of how one of our graduates is having an impact in rethinking environmental change. Next week, Waco Yokoyama, who graduated with first-class honours in Philosophy and Film in 2019, will be speaking at COP 26 …
Dr Tina Röck , Dr Oisín Keohane Monday, February 28, 2022 Self-Funded PhD Students Only University of Dundee School of Humanities About the Project We are currently experiencing a resurgence of interest in metaphysical concepts that often remain stuck in Western modes of thinking. In this project we want to investigate the metaphysical concept of life, …
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