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Reminder: Mark Sainsbury Lecture by Professor Dorothy Edgington FBA and Mark Sainsbury Fest 16-17 May!

09 Monday May 2022

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A quick reminder that the Mark Sainsbury Lecture, which will this year be given by Professor Dorothy Egington FBA, and the Mark Sainsbury Fest are taking place on the 16 and 16-17th of May, respectively!

All are still very welcome to attend (registration required for Mark Sainsbury Lecture).

You can register for the Mark Sainsbury Lecture here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/311672660317

Mark Sainsbury Lecture

‘Two Kinds of Indeterminacy’

Speaker: Professor Dorothy Edgington FBA

Date & Time: Monday 16th May, 18:00 GMT+1

Venue: Safra Theatre, Strand Campus, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

The lecture will be followed by a reception (Somerset Room, KCL).

Mark Sainsbury Fest

Professor Mark Sainsbury FBA

SCHEDULE

Day One – May 16

[Venue: The Council Room, King’s College London]

2:00-2:10pm: Introduction by Maria Alvarez, Maria Rosa Antognazza, and Alex Grzankowski

2:10-3:00pm: Panel discussion
Barry Smith
MM McCabe
Tim Crane
Anthony Savile
David Papineau

3:00-3:30pm: Break

3:30-5:30pm: 2 Talks (40+20 minutes discussion each)
Hans Kamp (Chair: Julie Hunter)
Sir Richard Sorabji (Chair: Anna-Sara Malmgren)

5:30-6:00pm: Break

[Venue: Move to Safra Lecture Theatre]

6:00pm: Mark Sainsbury Lecture by Dorothy Edgington (Chair: MM McCabe)
(Please note that booking is required to attend this lecture – link to register for the Annual Sainsbury Lecture here.)

8:00pm: Wine Reception in the Somerset Room


Day Two – May 17 

[Venue: Senate House/Institute of Philosophy, Room 349]

10:00am-12:00pm: 2 Talks (40+20 minutes discussion each)
Genoveva Marti (Chair: Bryan Pickel)
Keith Hossack (Chair: Michael Tye)

12:00-13:30pm: Lunch Break

13:30-14:30pm: “Short Talks” (Chair: Stacie Friend)
Giulia Felappi
Marcello Oreste Fiocco
Tom Crowther

14:30-16:00pm: Lecture by Mark Sainsbury (Chair: David Sosa)

Final greetings by Maria Alvarez, Maria Rosa Antognazza, Alex Grzankowski

Please feel free to direct any questions about the Mark Sainsbury Fest to Alex Grzankowski at alex.grzankowski@gmail.com!

“Is this the best of all possible worlds?” by Adrian Moore in the Agora series edited by KCL’s @aj_wendland in The New Statesman

03 Tuesday May 2022

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Check out the latest from the Agora, “Is this the best of all possible worlds?” by Adrian Moore.

“Leibniz’s claim that God created the best possible world fails to explain the existence of great suffering” – AW Moore (Oxford) [Photo by Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy]

See this new article by Adrian Moore in @aj_wendland‘s Agora series @NewStatesman. A.W. Moore is a professor of philosophy and tutorial fellow at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. He is the author of The Infinite, Points of View and The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics.

The Agora series is a collaboration between the New Statesman and Aaron James Wendland. Wendland is vision fellow in public philosophy at King’s College, London and a senior research fellow at Massey College, Toronto. He tweets @aj_wendland.

“Are Severe Sanctions on Russia Morally Justified” by Avia Pasternak & Zofia Stemplowska in the Agora series edited by KCL’s @aj_wendland in The New Statesman

20 Wednesday Apr 2022

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See the latest from the Agora, “Are Severe Sanctions on Russia Morally Justified” by Avia Pasternak & Zofia Stemplowska.

“Sanctions may impose serious harm on ordinary citizens, but they are justified if they stand a chance of stopping the atrocities of war” – Avia Pasternak (UCL) and Zofia Stemplowska (Oxford) [Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images]

See this new article by Avia Pasternak and Zofia Stemplowska in @aj_wendland‘s Agora series @NewStatesman. Avia Pasternak is Associate Professor in Political Theory at University College London. She is the author of Responsible Citizens, Irresponsible States: Should Citizens Pay for their State’s Wrongdoings? Zofia Stemplowska is Professor of Political Theory and Asa Briggs Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. She is the co-editor of Responsibility and Distributive Justice.

Mark Sainsbury Fest – May 16-17 @ King’s College London

11 Monday Apr 2022

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We are very pleased to invite all to attend Mark Sainsbury Fest, a 2-day conference in honour and recognition of Mark Sainsbury.

Professor Mark Sainsbury FBA

The Mark Sainsbury Fest will include KCL’s Annual Sainsbury Lecture, given this year by Professor Dorothy Edgington (link to register for the Annual Sainsbury Lecture here!).


SCHEDULE

Day One – May 16

[Venue: The Council Room, King’s College London]

2:00-2:10pm: Introduction by Maria Alvarez, Maria Rosa Antognazza, and Alex Grzankowski

2:10-3:00pm: Panel discussion
Barry Smith
MM McCabe
Tim Crane
Anthony Savile
David Papineau

3:00-3:30pm: Break

3:30-5:30pm: 2 Talks (40+20 minutes discussion each)
Hans Kamp (Chair: Julie Hunter)
Sir Richard Sorabji (Chair: Anna-Sara Malmgren)

5:30-6:00pm: Break

[Venue: Move to Safra Lecture Theatre]

6:00pm: Mark Sainsbury Lecture by Dorothy Edgington (Chair: MM McCabe)
(Please note that booking is required to attend this lecture – link to register for the Annual Sainsbury Lecture here.)

8:00pm: Wine Reception in the Somerset Room


Day Two – May 17

[Venue: Senate House/Institute of Philosophy, Room 349]

10:00am-12:00pm: 2 Talks (40+20 minutes discussion each)
Genoveva Marti (Chair: Bryan Pickel)
Keith Hossack (Chair: Michael Tye)

12:00-13:30pm: Lunch Break

13:30-14:30pm: “Short Talks” (Chair: Stacie Friend)
Giulia Felappi
Marcello Oreste Fiocco
Tom Crowther

14:30-16:00pm: Lecture by Mark Sainsbury (Chair: David Sosa)

Final greetings by Maria Alvarez, Maria Rosa Antognazza, Alex Grzankowski

Please feel free to direct any questions to Alex Grzankowski at alex.grzankowski@gmail.com!

Mark Sainsbury Lecture 2022 – ‘Two Kinds of Indeterminacy’ – Prof. Dorothy Edgington FBA

11 Monday Apr 2022

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Date & Time: Monday 16th May, 18:00 GMT+1

Venue: Safra Theatre, Strand Campus, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

‘Two Kinds of Indeterminacy’

Speaker: Professor Dorothy Edgington FBA

Chair: Professor MM McCabe FBA

The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception (Somerset Room, KCL).

All are very welcome. Registration via Eventbrite is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/311672660317

“What anger tells us about ourselves” by Myisha Cherry in the Agora series edited by KCL’s @aj_wendland in The New Statesman

30 Wednesday Mar 2022

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Check out yet another fascinating piece from the Agora, “What anger tells us about ourselves” by Myisha Cherry!

Illustration by Michael Villegas/Ikon Images

See this new article by Myisha Cherry in @aj_wendland‘s Agora series @NewStatesman. Myisha Cherry is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. She is the author of The Case for Rage: Why Anger is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle. 

@aj_wendland launched and runs the philosophy column in The New Statesman called Agora, which is a space for academics to address contemporary social, political and cultural issues from a philosophical point of view.

“How refugees strengthen democracy” by Ashwini Vasanthakumar in the Agora series edited by KCL’s @aj_wendland in the The New Statesman

21 Monday Mar 2022

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Check out the latest from the Agora, “How refugees strengthen democracy” by Ashwini Vasanthakumar.

Passengers evacuated from Afghanistan landing at RAF Brize Norton station, England, August 2021. [Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images]

See this new article by Ashwini Vasanthakumar in @aj_wendland‘s Agora series @NewStatesman. Ashwini Vasanthakumar is Queen’s National Scholar in Legal and Political Philosophy and Associate Professor of Law at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She is also the author of The Ethics of Exile (OUP).

@aj_wendland launched and runs the philosophy column in The New Statesman called Agora, which is a space for academics to address contemporary social, political and cultural issues from a philosophical point of view.

“Should consuming revenge porn be a criminal offense?” by Helen Frowe & Jon Parry in the Agora series edited by KCL’s @aj_wendland in the The New Statesman

05 Saturday Mar 2022

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Check out the latest from the Agora, “Should consuming revenge porn be a criminal offense?” by Helen Frowe & Jonathan Parry.

Without an audience, revenge porn doesn’t work. Those who view these images need to understand they are participants in the offence, and the harm it can do. [Illustration by Darren Hopes / Ikon Images]

See this new article by Helen Frowe & Jon Parry in @aj_wendland‘s Agora series @NewStatesman. Helen Frowe is Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University and Jonathan Parry is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics.

@aj_wendland launched and runs the philosophy column in The New Statesman called Agora, which is a space for academics to address contemporary social, political and cultural issues from a philosophical point of view.

Reminder: KCL Peace Lecture 2022 on 9 March, 6-8 pm – “The Humanization of Endless War and the Cause of Peace” by Prof. Samuel Moyn

03 Thursday Mar 2022

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** Please note that, due to the high demand for this event, we have added the option of attending remotely (registration via the Eventbrite link below). If you have booked an in-person place but are no longer able to attend, or prefer to switch to online attendance, please cancel or amend your booking via the link below. This will allow one of the persons currently on the waiting list to be given an in-person place. Many thanks!

Venue: KCL Strand Campus, Bush House 8th Floor (North), 30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG

“The Humanization of Endless War and the Cause of Peace”

Speaker: Professor Samuel Moyn, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University

The Peace Lectures are due to Alan Lacey, a life-long pacifist who taught philosophy at King’s College London for some fifteen years, and who left a generous bequest to fund a lecture series promoting peace. The series is organized by KCL Philosophy Department.

The lecture will be followed by a reception at Bush House, 8th Floor (South) and by the announcement of the winners of the Estella Newsome Memorial Prize essay competition (sponsored by the Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament).

All welcome! Booking required.

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kcl-annual-peace-lecture-prof-samuel-moyn-tickets-254545080187

CFP on the rationale and success of university philosophy outreach programs – Journal of Philosophy in Schools

22 Tuesday Feb 2022

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Call for Papers from the Journal of Philosophy in Schools– From the campus to the classroom: university philosophy outreach programs

University philosophy outreach programs are proliferating. On campuses across the world, students and staff are taking philosophy out to the wider community, and especially to children and young people in schools. Their mission is to engage the public in philosophical discussion and to make a notoriously abstract and arcane subject accessible, meaningful and useful.

As yet, there is little published research on these programs. They give rise to two clusters of questions deserving of scholary attention. First, there are questions about the rationale for philosophy outreach. What is the purpose of taking philosophy into the community? What are the intended benefits of these programs, to the children and young people who participate in them, to the students and staff who lead them, to society at large, or to the discipline of philosophy itself? How do these aims inform the selection of philosophical topics, texts, tools and techniques? The second group of questions have to do with the success of philosophy outreach. What attempts have been made to evaluate these programs and their outcomes? Do they, in fact, yield the benefits intended by those who design and deliver them? Are there any drawbacks to participation, or benefits other than the intended ones? What challenges (financial, institutional, pedagogical, psychological) have been encountered by those engaged in philosophy outreach and how have they been overcome?

Papers are invited for a special issue of Journal of Philosophy in Schools (JPS) on university philosophy outreach programs. Papers may be theoretical or empirical and may focus on any of the questions suggested above. Prospective authors are welcome to contact the editors of the special issue – Michael Hand (m.hand@bham.ac.uk) and Jane Gatley (j.o.gatley@bham.ac.uk) – to discuss their ideas.

In the first instance, please submit an abstract (max 200 words), summarising your proposed paper, to m.hand@bham.ac.uk by 31 May 2022.

Full submissions will be due on 31 October 2022 and should conform to the usual JPS author guidelines (https://jps.bham.ac.uk/about/submissions/).

JPS is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access online journal hosted by the University of Birmingham UK and affiliated with the Federation of Asia-Pacific Philosophy in Schools Associations (FAPSA).

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