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Semester 2 Seminar Series

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Semester 2 Seminar Series Free the Map – Beyond state-centrism: reimagining maps of borders and migration Hosted by the Citizenship and Migration Research Network with the Centre for Ethics and Critical Thought 15 January, 1pm-2.30pm, Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 1   Environmental Aesthetics: CRITIQUE-EEHN Work-in-Progress Seminar with Samantha Vice […]

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PostDoc Workshop: From Thesis to Book Manuscript (22 January)

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Please join us for a seminar held jointly with the Political Theory Research Group. We will discuss two book proposals: a) Max Rozenburg’s (Newcastle) Democracy Without Winners: Democratic Institutions and the Common Good b) Cat Wayland’s (Edinburgh) Ignorance, intersectionality and political philosophy. The session is pre-read. Please email critique_centre@ed.ac.uk for […]

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Diversifying Philosophy: Routes and Problems (13 February)

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13 February 2025 11:00-13:00 GMT Practice Suite, Chrystal Macmillan Building Register here A pedagogical workshop with Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Currently, different approaches are proposed to diversify academic philosophy. They seek to achieve a better fit between philosophizing as a social activity and our interdependent world. The talk will […]

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The far-right and the corporate world to the prism of climate politics and ecology (14 February)

Friday 14 February 2025 14:00-17:00 GMT. Zoom webinar: PLEASE REGISTER HERE Over the past few years, an increasing stream of research has explored how the rise of far-right movements in many countries was supported by significant fractions of dominant classes. Such research plays a crucial role in moving the discussion […]

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On Left Internationalism (21 February)

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Friday 21 February 2025 15:00-17:00 GMT. Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building This seminar reflects on how contemporary left internationalism could think through—and beyond—both “humanity” and “nation” when positioning its struggles. It will look to philosophy and then to history to distinguish unsettled questions that animate dilemmas of left internationalism […]

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CRITIQUE-EEHN Session – How to Teach in a Burning World (29 January)

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Please join us on Wednesday 29 January for an EEHN-CRITIQUE reading group, where we will be discussing The Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators: How to Teach in a Burning World. This edited volume provides a much-needed discussion of how we can develop innovative pedagogies and teaching practices that are attuned to the intellectual, emotional, and […]

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