Monthly Archives: September 2018

KCL Minorities and Philosophy

30 Sunday Sep 2018

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KCL MAP (Minorities and Philosophy) will be running a collaboratively lead reading group this coming academic year. MAP aims to address issues surrounding the representation of and participation in Philosophy of minority groups. ‘Minorities’ is a broad term that covers race, gender, class, sexuality, ability, and more. Our reading group aims to celebrate and raise awareness of the works done by and regarding issues of minority groups within academia. We will be engaging in a wide range of texts and modes of expression, from analytic and continental philosophy to poetry, literature, and film.

The reading group will be held in room 508 (Philosophy Building), Wednesday, 2pm. The reading group is open to everyone at all levels of the university. The KCL MAP committee will also be holding a regular meeting prior the reading group at 1.30pm in the UG common room (opposite the printer room), which is open to anyone who wishes to discuss MAP-related issues.

For more info regarding specific readings/dates, please email mapforthegap.kcl@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kclmap

London Mind Group

24 Monday Sep 2018

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The first meeting of the London Mind Group will take place in Senate House on the 11th October 4-6pm. Matthew Crosby (Imperial) is speaking.

From the London Mind Group website:

“We are an intercollegiate University of London group featuring read-ahead meetings where postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers can share their work. Once each academic term we also host an invited guest for a more traditional, non-read-ahead meeting.”

The full schedule for the 2018/19 academic year can be found here.

Philosopher Queens

20 Thursday Sep 2018

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Rebecca Buxton (ex KCL BA philosophy student, now working on a Dphil at Oxford) is co-editing a book on women in philosophy called The Philosopher Queens:

“For all the young women and girls sitting in philosophy class wondering where the women are, this is the book for you. This collection of 21 chapters, each on a prominent woman in philosophy, looks at the impact that women have had on the field throughout history. From Hypatia to Angela Davis, The Philosopher Queens will be a guide to these badass women and how their amazing ideas have changed the world.”

Click here to find out more and support this fantastic project!

 

King’s History of Philosophy Seminar

18 Tuesday Sep 2018

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[Updated] The KHOPS schedule for this year is as follows:

Semester 1
October 26th – Mogens Laerke (CNRS, Paris), On Spinoza – K0.19, Strand Campus, King’s College London
November 16th – Susanne Sreedhar (Boston University), On Hobbes – Rm 405, Philosophy Building, Stand Campus, King’s College London
December 7th -Anastaisa Berg (Cambridge) – On Kant – Small Committee Room, Strand Campus, King’s College London
Semester 2
January 25th – Julia Borcherding (Cambridge) – On Conway –  Rm 405, Philosophy Building, King’s College London
February 15th – Jeremy Dunham (Durham) – On James – Small Committee Room, Strand Campus, King’s College London
March 29th – Eric Watkins (UC San Diego) – On Kant – Small Committee Room, Strand Campus, King’s College London

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Publications

18 Tuesday Sep 2018

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Congratulations to King’s Philosophy PhD student, Jake Wojtowicz, on the publication of his paper ‘Bernard Williams on Regarding One’s Own Action Purely Externally’ in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association.

Congratulations to Alex Franklin and Eleanor Knox on the publication their paper ‘Emergence without limits: The case of phonons’ in Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 

And congratulations to Alex Franklin on his paper ‘Whence the Effectiveness of Effective Field Theories?’, which is forthcoming in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

 

Interviews with Artists – Centre for Philosophy and Visual Arts

17 Monday Sep 2018

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King’s PhD candidate Vanessa Brassey interviews artists on the CPVA website.

Here’s an excerpt from an interview with artist Nicola Durvasula

I’ve always been deeply interested in the nature of line. For instance, what went on in the head and/or heart of the very first man (or woman) –the Caveperson – when they created a line which had the ability to ‘stir’ another? I think this is fundamental to what drawing is, or can be. The way in which I draw is visceral, immediate and there is a certain sensuality in the curvilinear qualities of the lines. I’m quite intrigued by the idea that these could actually be connected to our sense of movement or other sensory capacities. That seems to make sense on one level. On another, it’s not as if I consciously hear sounds when I’m drawing.

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