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Philosophy Seminar Series - 2009
EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
Unless otherwise advertised, seminars are held on Tuesdays, 11am-1pm. Locations are as indicated.
For further information contact:
Albert Atkin (+61 2 9850 6880) or Clara Wong (+61 2 9850 8837)
This year's departmental seminars start on March 3rd. Keep an eye out for further details.
First Semester 2009
3rd March |
Catharine Abell (Macquarie University) |
| 17th March W6A Rm 107 |
Heikki Ikaheimo (Macquarie University) (Seminar cancelled) |
| 31st March W3A Rm 501 |
Fiona Macpherson (Glasgow University/ANU) Representing the Impossible: Pictures and Visual Experience |
28th April
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Mark Jago (Macquarie University) |
| 12th May W6A Rm 127 |
Justine McGill (University of Sydney) Bad Conscience and the Sovereign Individual: Nietzsche on Responsibility |
| 26th May W6A Rm 107 |
Peter Menzies (Macquarie University) Mental Causation in a Physical World (Abstract Here) |
Australasian Philosophy Postgraduate Conference 2009
Philosophy and the Real World
Macquarie University and ANU are jointly organizing the 2009 APPC.
The focus of the conference will cover not only people studying in 'traditional' areas of philosophy (i.e. metaphysics, logic, history of philosophy etc.) but also those philosophers engaged in applied philosophy, and those postgraduates researching in other areas which have a strong interaction with philosophy. Click here for more details.
Recognition, Equality, Difference: Assessing Northern Ireland's Peace Process as a Model for Conflict Resolution
presented by
Professor Shane O'Neill
Professor of Political Theory
Queen's University, Belfast
Date: Wednesday 14th January 2008
Time: 2-4pm
Venue: C5C 371 (CRSI meeting room, enter via 5C Research Hub West)
Abstract: In this presentation I will assesses the peace process in Northern Ireland from the perspective of a critical theory of recognition. I will outline the key features of the process, as set out in the Belfast Agreement of 1998, with a view to assessing its merits as model for ethno-national conflict resolution. The argument will focus on the criticisms that have been made of the group difference-sensitive, bi-national and consociational features of the Agreement from the perspective of cosmopolitan, liberal theorists who have advocated as an alternative a post-national, integrated order for Northern Ireland. By examining the causes of this conflict and the best ways of dismantling it, the limitations of cosmopolitan liberalism as a guide for conflict resolution will be exposed.
Workshop on Themes in the Philosophy and Politics of Recognition, Thursday 15th January 2009
HDR students and other researchers in the area are welcome to this workshop exploring themes in the Philosophy and Politics of Recognition with visiting Prof Shane O'Neill (Queen's University Belfast). The aim of the workshop is to identify some cutting edge issues in this research field and to explore ways of tackling them. The sessions will begin with brief opening remarks by designated researchers followed by open informal discussion.
11.00 - 1.00: Session 1. Recognition, alienation and work (introduced by Jean-Philippe Deranty, Nick Smith, Heikki Ikaheimo and Dale Tweedie)
1.00 - 2.00: lunch
2.00 - 4.00: Session 2. Recognition in a global context (introduced by Shane O'Neill and Ruth Cox)
Venue: W6A 720
All welcome.
"Current Issues in Collective Responsibility" workshop, November 21 and 22, 2008
Hosted by the Department of Philosophy's Centre for Agency, Society and the Self. Note: Attendance by invitation only. Contact: Dr Mianna Lotz, Department of Philosophy, ext 8804 or Mianna.Lotz@mq.edu.au
(last updated: 21/5/09 )
