Event Archive

2019

November

• Internships: Sourcing Your Placement for 2020

  06 November 2019, 13:00 - 14:30

  What are you doing next summer? Would you like to gain work experience, network with potential future employers and develop transferable skills? The School of Divinity, History and Philosophy is hosting a workshop this semester on sourcing and securing internships. Pursue internship opportunities: learn about strategies for successful internship applications and effective...

October

• Philosophy Colloquium: Franz Berto (St Andrews)

  23 October 2019, 15:00 - 16:30

  Speaker: Franz Berto (University of St Andrews)

• Philosophy Colloquium: Aidan McGlynn (Edinburgh)

  02 October 2019, 15:00 - 16:30

  Speaker: Aidan McGlynn (Edinburgh) Pornography and Objectification Reconsidered A familiar feminist criticism of so-called “mainstream” pornography is that it objectifies women, but it’s not clear how we should interpret this claim. This makes it hard to know whether we should endorse the criticism, or what kind of response it calls for. In this...

September

• Philosophy Colloquium: Gregg Caruso (SUNY Corning)

  25 September 2019, 15:00 - 16:30

  Speaker: Gregg Caruso (SUNY Corning)

• Conference Announcement: Decolonising Political Concepts, 19-20 September

  19 - 20 September 2019

  This conference is hosted by the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law.   For more information, please visit the conference website.

June

• The Metaphysics and Epistemology of the Self

  24 - 25 June 2019

  This is the third and final conference of the Leverhulme International Network project "What's So Special about First-Person Thought?". If you would like to attend, there is no need to register, everyone is welcome. Please get in touch with us if you have any questions. We hope to see you...

May

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  The Silence of Others

  23 May 2019, 18:00 - 20:30

  Due to unforeseen circumstances, our speaker for the Philosophy Public Lecture ‘Confederates, Rhodes and Honour: Obligations to Remove Cultural Artefacts’, Prof Helen Frowe, will be unable to travel to Aberdeen today. This event will now consist of a free screening of the film ‘The Silence of Others’ starting at 6pm. The...

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  Philosophy and Education: Exploring their Interaction and Dynamic Relationship

  01 May 2019

  Call for abstracts

March

• Philosophy Graduate Student Seminar

  27 March 2019, 15:00 - 17:00

  Speaker: Chris Georgakakis (University of Aberdeen)

February

• Philosophy Graduate Student Seminar

  20 February 2019, 15:00 - 17:00

  Speaker: Alessio Persichetti (University of Aberdeen), How to Disentangle from Kripkenstein