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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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Clare Carlisle wins prize for best article published in 2017 in the JHP

30 Tuesday Jan 2018

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Clare Carlisle (Department of Theology & Religious Studies and Cognate Faculty in the Philosophy Department, as well as co-organizer of the King’s History of Philosophy Seminar) has won the prize for the best article to appear in the pages of the Journal of the History of Philosophy in 2017 with her article,  “Spinoza’s Acquiescentia“, JHP 55.2 (April 2017): 209-236.

The winner is selected by a committee of the Board of Directors from among the two dozen or so articles published over four issues each year, with the result approved by the entire Board.  There were 26 articles published in Volume 55 (2017).
The prize has been awarded annually since 2005. A list of previous winners can be seen here: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~jhphil/book.article.prize.html.

Warmest congratulations to Clare!

King’s History of Philosophy Seminar (KHOPS) — 2017/18

03 Friday Nov 2017

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King’s History of Philosophy Seminar will meet regularly through the academic year at King’s College London.  The Seminar aims to promote discussion of methods and approaches to the History of Philosophy as well as of thinkers and topics within the tradition.  We wish to encourage contextual and interdisciplinary perspectives, and welcome researchers in disciplines such as History, Theology, and Political Theory as well as Philosophy.  Meetings take place on Fridays from 11am to 1pm.  All welcome. For inquiries contact John Callanan (john.callanan@kcl.ac.uk or Clare Carlisle (clare.carlisle@kcl.ac.uk).

 

KHOPS 2017-18 Schedule

 

November 10th 2017 (K2.41, King’s Building) – Niall O’Flaherty (KCL), On Malthus.

December 1st 2017 (K2.41, King’s Building)  – David McNaughton (Edinburgh), On Joseph Butler.

February 16th 2018 (Small Committee Room, King’s Building)– Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins), On Spinoza.

March 23rd 2018 (Small Committee Room, King’s Building)–- Sharon Kirshek (Tel Aviv), On Kierkegaard.

April 27th 2081 (Small Committee Room, King’s Building) – Christopher Insole (Durham), On Kant.

May 25th 2018 (Small Committee Room, King’s Building) – Emily Thomas (Durham), On May Sinclair.

KHOPS – Eric Schliesser – Friday 17/02/17

15 Wednesday Feb 2017

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  This Friday the King’s History of Philosophy Seminar will have Eric Schliesser (Amsterdam) will be speaking on

‘How to be a methodological analytical egalitarian with help from Mandeville and Adam Smith (and be a feminist too)’

Room 304, Philosophy Building, Strand Campus, KCL 11am-1pm.

All are welcome – contact John Callanan (john.callanan@kcl.ac.uk) for any further details.