Confronting the issues of our time, inside and outside academia
From today on, you can find a new page for the upcoming event "Philosophy in Schools: Enriched Curriculum, Enriched Lives" on our website. The event is organized by Angie Hobbs and centre co-director Josh Forstenzer, addressing the issues of how "in the age of “fake news”, “post-truth” politics, and increasing media polarisation, the capacities for …
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Centre member and PhD student Rosa Vince is putting on an event on Decriminalization and Sex Work on Tuesday the 6th of August, 13:45 - 17:15. The workshop will be an interdisciplinary event, exploring legal approaches to sex work. Among other things, this includes examining the impact these different approaches have on the workers themselves: …
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The successful Sheffield-based postgraduate conference Understanding Value is going in its eighth round later this month! The annual conference aims to cultivate postgraduate work on value (broadly construed) in a welcoming and inclusive space. At the 24th, 25th and 26th of July there will be many great sessions, discussions and panels - and everybody is …
The fourth event of the EMOTIONAL BONDS Series is coming up! Stephen Asma and Rami Gabriel will introduce their book "The Emotional Mind. The Affective Roots of Culture and Cognition". Thursday 23 May 2019, 15.00-17.00HRI Seminar Room, University of Sheffield Synopsis: Tracing the leading role of emotions in the evolution of the mind, a philosopher and a …
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The Crick Centre invites to their second seminar in the series "Studying the Public"! This session will be about exploring different methods and approaches of investigating and understanding the public. 22nd of May 2019, 2-4 pm Room 109, Elmfield "This workshop will reflect on how we collect data about the public. We will consider different …
The Centre for Engaged Philosophy and the Crick Centre have the pleasure to invite you to a talk by Sebastiano Moruzzi (University of Bologna): When? Wednesday the 29th of May, 11am to 12:30pmWhere? ICOSS Conference Room Abstract: The term ‘post-truth’ has been widely used in recent years to characterise a broad epistemic trend in which persons …
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The "Eduction and Philosophy Seminar Series" is organized by Ansgar Allen and Centre co-director Joshua Forstenzer. In the next event of the series, Sebastiano Moruzzi and Luca Zanetti (University of Bologna) talk about questions of truth in relation to philosophy with children. The event will take place on Thursday the 30th of May 2019 from …
Friday 3rd May, 2.30-4.30pmHicks Building Lecture Theatre 4At this Friday's department seminar, centre-member Megan Blomfield will talk about the issues of asylum and epistmic injustice. Abstract: To be granted protection in the UK, asylum claimants must establish to a reasonable degree of likelihood that they have a well-founded fear of persecution if returned to their …
Centre member Komarine Romdenh-Romluc is organising a clothing collection this week for migrants in camps in Calais and Dunkirk, who are living in horrible conditions. In particular, the items they really need are: good quality and tough men's clothes, boots and trainers, sleeping bags and small tents. Komarine will be leaving a box outside of …
Panel and Q&AMonday the 29th of April, 2-4pm Though philosophers disagree about what just world would look like, very few deny that we live in a world that is characterised by many global injustices. Philosophy can help us to understand the nature of these injustices and the responsibilities of individuals, governments and others to address …
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