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BY BARNEY RIGGS.Barney Riggs is a CEP member, and PG-student in the department. He mainly works on the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, and is concerned with developing an account of Kierkegaard’s concept of busyness, as both a personal-religious and a socio-political critique. Read more about his research below! “How are you?” you ask your friend …
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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 …
In a recent interview, Angie Hobbs (Professor for the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield) talks about how Sheffield is taking a lead in welcoming refugees, identifing the cities history as an important factor. Sheffield, being influenced by decades of immigration, could “serve as an inspiration to other local authorities around the …
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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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Women make up a small minority in the common representation of the history of philosophy and philosophy as a profession. One can easily get the impression that women's contributions to philosophy are only a recent phenomenon. But this is not true. The Sheffield Philosophy Department sponsors an annual lecture to increase awareness of the work …
by Megan Blomfield. Megan Blomfield is member of the Centre, and focusses her research on global justice and the environment. She mainly works on the ethical and political dimensions of climate change. You can read more on her recent research below! On the 20th of March, the Sheffield Politics department organized a workshop on ‘Activism …
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Rosa Vince, Nadia Mehdi and Matthew Cull will be speaking at the Sheffield book shop and cafe Cafe Red Haus Books. They will be giving talks on political and social philosophy to a public audience.Event details: Thursday 4th April, 18:00-21:00Location: Cafe+ Red Haus Books, Nether Edge Sheffield Here, you can find more on the event.
The departments annual public Women in the History of Philosophy lecture is coming up! 5th of April, 2:30 - 4:30 pm Humanities Research InstituteUniversity of SheffieldThis year, Professor Chris Meyns from the University of Pittsburgh will be presenting a paper on Rose Rand. See the abstract as follows: The philosopher Dr Rose Rand (1903-1980) shook …
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