Confronting the issues of our time, inside and outside academia
On January 20th, Center member Megan Blomfield gave a talk on Civil Disobedience at a WU Vienna conference on 'Environmental Defenders – Current Legal Developments and Challenges'. Environmental defenders - understood by the UN as persons “defending environmental rights, including constitutional rights to a clean and healthy environment” - play a crucial role in protecting …
Since July 2021, Centre member Jim Chamberlain has been involved with the charity Philosophy in Prison, first as its Research Associate and then as a Trustee. Philosophy in Prison promotes the development and delivery of philosophy sessions in prisons and aims to explore the practical and philosophical principles that such sessions involve. As an example …
In this article, Philosophy Lecturer Max Hayward asks whether our cities, communities, and even democracy itself can survive in a world where life is increasingly lived in virtual online spaces owned by tech giants like Mark Zuckerberg's Meta.(subscription needed to access) https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/agora/2022/08/rise-metaverse-mark-zuckerberg-decline-cities
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 …
"In recent years, young people have been at the forefront of the fight against the climate crisis. However, formal education curricula have not yet been deeply affected by the climate crisis and this in spite of the fact that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Paris Agreement, and Action for Climate Empowerment agenda …
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Today is the first day of a Decolonisation Guest Lecture Series taking place at the Department of Philosophy in Sheffield. We'll be hearing from Dr. Felix Maringe and Dr. Elvis Imafidon - from 1pm to 4pm in the Diamond Workroom 3. Schedule: 1pm: Welcome and intro from Philosophy Dept Race Equality Interns Charlotte Flores and …
Our very own Josh Forstenzer has begun working with Union of Justice and Synergie Family this semester, investigating what should be the future of education in response to the Climate Crisis. The project is entitled ‘Educating for Catastrophe: What should a Climate Crisis curriculum look like in practice for children and young people, communities and …
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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This event aims to showcase the diversity of criminological research at Sheffield with perspectives from humanities subjects. About this event Workshop title: Centre for Criminological Research Workshop - Humanities Perspectives on Criminological Questions Date of event: Wednesday 27 April 2022 Event Time: 1:30-5pm Speakers: Christopher Bennett (Philosophy), Udit Bhatia (Philosophy), Mark Brown (Law), Katherine Ebury …
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