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UPDATE 03/04/23: The Kyiv Independent wrote an article about the event which can be read here. Professor Angie Hobbs' session is able to be viewed below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvEEpAQPoKI ORIGINAL POST: ‘What Good Is Philosophy? – A Benefit Conference for Ukraine’ will be taking place between 17-19 March 2023, and Professor Angie Hobbs, Professor of the Public …
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On February 20th, 1-2pm, visiting PhD researcher Tamara van den Berg will be giving a work in progress talk. In this paper, we conceptualize colonialism as a structural-historical injustice. From this, we develop an ameliorative understanding of refugees, as a particular group that is similarly unjustly constrained by colonial structures, and whose members are therefore …
Affiliate centre member Dr Jingbo Hu is a postdoctoral researcher at Fudan University, China. He has recently published work on reasons-responsive conceptions of responsibility in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association. Some of his current research contributes to decolonisation efforts, by bringing contemporary work in Western philosophical debates on free will into contact with …
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Over the last year or so, Megan has given a number of talks on philosophical issues concerning climate justice. This includes: 'How to be an isolationist about climate justice', for St Andrews Philosophy Society 'Direct action against fossil fuel extraction', at the LSE Climate Agents of Change Workshop 'Climate change as a structural harm', for the Principles of …
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In this podcast, Centre member Megan Blomfield explores how carbon sinks might be understood as global commons; and whether justice will be promoted by conceptualising them this way. This is a recording of a talk that Megan gave at the 'Global Commons and their Discontents' online workshop.
Centre member Ryan Byerly has recently published in Psyche magazine a piece, based on his research, on the value of other-centeredness, and its role in our disposition to help others. Ryan also discussed the article in a radio interview on ABC Radio Australia's Counterpoint with Amanda Vanstone, which you can listen to here (10th Oct …
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with Komarine Romdenh-Romluc Date: 14th October, 2.30 - 4.30pm. Location: Diamond Workroom 1, The Diamond, The University of Sheffield Fanon and the Body Schema Frantz Fanon was a Martinican-born psychiatrist and one of the most important anti-colonial thinkers of the twentieth century. His work draws on a range of different disciplines, including philosophy, to provide …
We're delighted to announce that our Centre co-director Jules Holroyd has been awarded the Mind Association fellowship for work on a critical theory of praise, which she will take up in academic year 22/23. She will be using the fellowship to develop a critical theory of praise: "Philosophers have written a lot about blame, but …
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The lecture series ‘God and the Good’ is back! When? Wednesday 23rd March 2022 Where? Sheffield Cathedral, Church Street, Sheffield S1 1HA Time? Doors open 6.30pm, talks and discussion 7.30pm-9.00pm Here is the abstract: Our discussion of nature has become scientific and abstract. This talk will examine a number of ways in which we can relate to …
In his newest post on the blog "Open for Debate", centre member T. Ryan Byerly writes about what it means to be an intellectually dependenable person and what intellectual virtues are connected to that. As he writes, "[w]e are often at the mercy of others when we are trying to figure things out. The same …
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