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Research Seminars and Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures


Academic Session: 2009-10: Spring

Unless otherwise indicated, each lecture will be held on Wednesdays from 4.00 to 6.00pm, in Dalhousie, room 2F15 (Building 14 on the Main Campus Map).

Date Speaker and Title
Jan 27 Andrew Benjamin (University of Melbourne)
Colouring Philosophy: Appel, Lyotard and Art's Work
Feb 3 Jami Weinstein (University of Utrecht, Holland)
Refiguring Gender: The Move to Transgenre and Becoming Imperceptible
Feb 17 Rachel Jones (University of Dundee)
Kant, Irigaray and Earthquakes: Adventures in the Abyss
Feb 24 Margret Grebowicz (Goucher College, USA)
The Ecstasy of Community: Internet Pornography and the Foreclosure of the Political Field
March 3 Philip Ebert (University of Stirling, UK)
Closure of Knowledge
March 10 Stephen Gaukroger (University of Aberdeen, UK)
The Enlightenment Historicisation of Philosophy and Religion: Fontanelle, d'Alembert and Hume
March 17 The Royal Institute of Philosophy
Philosophy and Religion
Martin Saar (University of Frankfurt, Germany)
The Power of Democracy: Spinoza on Institutions, Unrest and Collective Action
March 24 The Royal Institute of Philosophy
Philosophy and Religion
Pamela Anderson (University of Oxford, UK)
On Loss of Confidence: Doubt in the Power to Act and Suffer