There will be a Memorial Lecture for Chris Hookway on 2nd June. See below for details, and see also the webpage for the event here. Monday, 2nd June 2025, 3pm Council Room, Firth Court Speakers: Professor Cheryl Misak, University of Toronto and Robert Talisse, Vanderbilt Title: Pragmatism, Truth and Politics The lecture and discussion will …
New piece by Dr Josh Forstenzer – ‘How to be happy with what you have and avoid the trap of comparison’
Centre co-director Josh Forstenzer has a piece in the Conversation, on 'How to be happy with what you have and avoid the trap of comparison' - offering three philosophical perspectives on how to do so! It's a great read - link here!
The Morality of Praise – Jules Holroyd in conversation with Hallvard Lillehammer
On Monday 11th of November, Centre Director Jules Holroyd will be engaging in conversation with Hallvard Lillehammer, Professor of Philosophy in the School of Historical Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, on the subject of The Morality of Praise. This conversation is being facilitated by The Philosopher (the journal of the Philosophical Society of England) …
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New Funded Project on Beliefless Spirituality
Centre member Ryan Byerly will be leading "The Beliefless Spirituality Project: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Explorations" beginning next year. This is a 32-month, interdisciplinary research project generously funded by the John Templeton Foundation, with additional support from the University of Sheffield. The team will be investigating forms of sincere religious or spiritual engagement that are underpinned …
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4D Philosophy: A collaboration between the Centre for Engaged Philosophy and the Digital Commons.
Digital: engage with new digital technologies Development: develop new skills in using these and relating them to your philosophical ideas Democratised: the novel expressive resources are in your hands Decolonised: an emancipatory pedagogical model, where new forms of dialogue and expression can shape our understandings The project aims to encourage students to engage with some …
Inclusive Language in Perinatal and Postnatal Care
For further information on this project, and listings for upcoming events related to it, please visit this page. Centre Co-director Jules Holroyd (University of Sheffield, they/them) with affiliate member Matthew Cull (University of Edinburgh, they/them) and Fiona Woollard (University of Southampton, she/her) have a funded knowledge exchange project on inclusive language in perinatal care. Their …
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Maidstone Prison Philosophy Project – Reflection Event
On the 26th July 2023, Dr Jim Chamberlain will be running an event in John Pemberton LT A (Regent Court) between 12 and 3.30pm, to reflect on the completion of the Maidstone Prison Philosophy Project. Dr Chamberlain, Teaching Associate in the Department of Philosophy at The University of Sheffield, has recently finished delivering a 10-week …
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“What Gender Should Be” Workshop
Affiliate centre member Matthew Cull is hosting a workshop in Edinburgh on their book manuscript, What Gender Should be. Centre members Jules Holroyd and Anna Klieber will be participating, along with Sheffield alumnus - and recent MAP lecture deliverer! - Esa DÃaz-León. The book is a project of articulating what gender concepts we should use, …
Interdisciplinary two-day workshop on the theme of Media and Oppression
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield is delighted to invite postgraduates and early-career researchers to apply to attend an interdisciplinary two-day workshop in June on the theme of Media and Oppression. The goal of this event is to share work and learn collaboratively, on topics surrounding screen media’s role in perpetuating or …
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Professor Tommy Curry – How Racism Drove the Development of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Feminist Theory
Professor Tommy Curry, Chair of Africana Philosophy and Black Male Studies, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, recently gave a talk as part of the University of Sheffield Faculty of Arts and Humanities Decolonisation Lecture Series. The talk, titled "Feminism as Racist Backlash: How Racism Drove the Development of …
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