Category Archives: Philosophy News

Adorno Association at Sussex, May 2020

Call for abstracts for the Post-graduate Panel of The Association for Adorno Studies, which holds its 9th Annual Conference on May 1st/May 2nd 2020, at the University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton.

Confirmed speakers/participants: Brian O’Connor, Kathy Kiloh, Asif Angermann, Konstantinos Kouvelakos, Phillip Hogh, Iain MacDonald, Nicholas Walker, Christian Skirke, Lydia Goehr, Estelle Ferrarese, J G Finlayson, Surti Singh, Henry Pickford, Micheal J. Thompson.

There will be a post-graduate panel on the morning of Saturday 2nd. Submissions are invited from any discipline, for papers on any aspect of Adorno’s thought.

Please send in abstract of no more than 300 words to <jgf21@sussex.ac.uk> with AAS Abstract in the Subject line

Deadline Feb 4th.

MLitt Philosophy at Newcastle – Carry on Studying with a Masters in Philosophy

Third years! and people everywhere who already have or are near to finishing their first degree! – Why not carry on studying philosophy, or encounter continental philosophy for the very first time, with the MLitt Philosophy degree at Newcastle. It’s a mixture of teaching and research, designed to induct you into continental thought, and even philosophy as such if you’ve never studied it before. It can help you decide whether you want to carry on and do a PhD in the subject, or simply let you carry on for an extra year or two studying what you love.

For a list of our staff and their interests please click here:

If you’re interested in studying at Masters level at Newcastle but aren’t sure you have the money, there is some limited funding available. Deadlines are usually in the early Summer/late Spring, so have a look at these:

The Jacobsen fellowships: https://www.royalinstitutephilosophy.org/teaching/postgraduate-funding?fbclid=IwAR2f6zZ-_M_gAlmkeT6hZLDmWFfmAliYagBKGhfhJuiWwdCJJ8BsAgOC_Ig ?

And the Newcastle University Opportunities Scholarships, among others: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/hass/

Apply for the MLitt here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/degrees/philosophy-mlitt/#howtoapply 

Capitalism, Nature and Climate Change – Talk by Simon Pirani

Hosted by the Centre for Culture and Ecology

  • Thursday, 16 January 2020 from 17:00-19:00
  • Durham, DH1 3JT, Elvet Riverside Building 1, ER149
  • All Welcome, Open to the Public

Talk by Simon Pirani, author of Burning up: A global history of fossil fuel consumption, on “Socialism, capitalism and the transition away from fossil fuels.” The talk will be open to the public and will be followed by a discussion.

PhD funding for Philosophy at Newcastle

PhD funding for European/UK students at Newcastle is provided by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and is described as a part of the Northern Bridge Consortium of North Eastern and Northern Irish universities. Details may be found here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BWU597/phd-studentships-in-the-arts-and-humanities-for-2020-entry

Please identify a potential supervisor or supervisory team first, speak to them, and then apply as soon as possible for the degree with Newcastle University.

The University decides on which applications to nominate for AHRC funding in early January, so all applications must be in by then, and students must be readily available in January and February to work closely on the funding application with us.

Thinking Differently in Philosophy

The ‘Thinking Differently in Philosophy’ Conference run on the 22nd of November was an interesting event in which eight speakers presented on the topic of thinking differently.

Thanks to all of the speakers, including our two guests, Tom Moynihan and Enrico Monacelli, and our six student speakers, many of whom were presenting in public for the first time.

We hope to run similar events in future years, giving our students the chance to see young thinkers in action, and to participate in formal academic events themselves.

Tom Moynihan – Thinking Differently for 50,00 years: A History of the Human Mind as Crucible of the Counter-to-Fact
Tom’s Q & A session.
Student Panel on ‘thinking differently’ (l to r) Izzy Mitcham, Valentina Di-Maio, Joshua Kaluba, Mary Redfearn
Enico Monacelli – The Genesis of Thought From Early Psychoanalysis to Negrastani’s Intelligence and Spirit