Open to all,
Wednesday 29th November, 2pm-3:50pm, BSTC 2.39.
Michael Lewis (Newcastle), ‘Paolo Virno’s Essay on Negation: From Anthropology to Politics’
An advanced introduction to the thought of Paolo Virno with particular reference to his soon to be translated text on negation, and the notion of human nature and its relation to political action in Virno’s work more generally.
Newcastle University Philosophical Studies now has its own Facebook Page.
https://www.facebook.com/NewcastleUniversityPhilosophy/
Please join/like it, etc.
For the moment, it’s just for publicity, to draw attention to our programme and direct people searching for us on Facebook to our blog and website. But we might use it for news and other things in the future.
We’d like you to stay in Newcastle and study the MLitt or MPhil with us, but if you have to leave, here’s news of some funding for taught MA’s (as opposed to research ones, where you don’t really get taught any more), at the University of Warwick:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BFR698/department-of-philosophy-scholarships/
which does still have an excellent MA in Continental Philosophy.
yours,
Mike
Please come along, to get help with your essays. The second event is specifically for 2nd and 3rd years, but the first for everyone:
EXTRA ESSAY HELP AND ADVICE:
— 27th and 29th November 2017:
Monday 27th November, 4–5pm, Room: BSTC 2.51, ‘Peer-Advice Essay Workshop’, run by Philosophers for Philosophers.
— Wednesday 29th November, 12-1pm, Room: BEDB.1.75, Centrally organised session run by the University.
Newcastle Philosophy’s Peter Wolfendale, will be giving a talk at the excellent Future Shock Trauma Clinic (https://www.futureshocktraumaclinic.com/) in Newcastle on the 29th of this month:
‘What consequences will current and future developments in Artificial Intelligence have on our society and the way we live our lives? This is a question that many researchers and thinkers are currently grappling with, and answers to it are slowly starting to filter into public discourse in the form of political debates about the economic effects of increasing automation. This is very welcome, but it is important to recognise that these developments are not only challenging existing industrial formations, but also deeper cultural assumptions about what work is, and who does it. The aim of this talk is to show how we can frame these issues in terms of certain traditional philosophical concerns about freedom, and thereby to potential social and personal changes in terms of the contrast between the autonomous and the automatic’
November 29th
6PM – 9PM
Workplace Gallery
19-21 West Street
Gateshead
NE8 1AD
Continue reading CfP: Journal 360° is looking for student submissions for issue on “home”
Dear All,
We are having a Philosophy Ball, this Winter.
Please register for tickets by 19th November. Details of this are just here:
The first formal winter ball at the The Hancock pub on 29th November 2017, and that tickets are available online through the Students Union website until midnight on 19th November.
Tickets: https://www.nusu.co.uk/getinvolved/societies/society/7346/
and a reminder of some other things happening soon:
———Conference advice, Monday 20th November 3pm, conference advice session: BSTC3.31. Present your ideas at a conference: where to look, how to apply, get funding to attend, and what to present. Stephen Overy reveals all.
——— HELP WITH ESSAYS! Essay-writing workshop for people from Stages 2 and 3 (joint session): ‘Stepping Up: Enhancing your Work at the Next Level’
November 29th, 12-1
Room: BEDB.1.75
