Philosophy colloquium: Helen Brown Coverdale
Philosophy colloquium: Helen Brown Coverdale (online event) December 17, 2020 1:30 pm Risking penal collateral consequences and the moral permissibility of punishment By Helen Brown Coverdale (UCL) Date: Thursday December 17, 2020 Time: 1330-1500 (GMT+3) This is an online event. All are welcome. If you would like to listen to the talk please click on the following link when the event is due to […]
“Structuring the LBA Western Anatolia,”Assoc. Prof. Peter Pavuk
Assoc. Prof. Peter Pavuk (Institute of classical Archaeology, Charles University in Prague) Structuring the LBA Western Anatolia Sunday 20 December 2020 at 17:00 PM (UTC +3) Zoom Lecture Abstract When speaking of Western Anatolia, one almost instantly thinks of sites such as Troy, Panaztepe or Miletus. However, there is much more than […]
“Structuring the Late Bronze Age of Western Anatolia”, Peter Pavuk (Institute of classical Archaeology, Charles University in Prague)
Department of Archaeology Sunday Evening Lecture Structuring the Late Bronze Age of Western Anatolia Assoc. Prof. Peter Pavuk (Institute of classical Archaeology, Charles University in Prague) Time: Dec 20, 2020 05:00 PM Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/95044413609?pwd=Vi9Ic28wU3ZobmFUVWllNHhMcHgvUT09 Meeting ID: 950 4441 3609 Passcode: 856917 Abstract When speaking of Western Anatolia, one almost instantly thinks of sites […]
“Spenser’s “Vnperfite” Nationhood: Transnational Intimacy and “Mingled” History in the “Saluage Iland”,Michael Gadaleto
On Monday, February 1, the Department of English Language and Literature is going to host a lecture by Dr. Michael Gadaleto at 18:00-19:00. The lecture is open to the public and will take place via Zoom. The details appear below. https://zoom.us/j/94797660412?pwd=aVNXZG5MSC9xRnRGaVNDSEFDbTNqUT09 Meeting ID: 947 9766 0412 Passcode: 856917 Michael Gadaleto Spenser’s “Vnperfite” Nationhood: Transnational Intimacy and “Mingled” History […]
“Rejecting Retributivism: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice “,Greg Caruso (SUNY Corning, Philosophy)
Title: Rejecting Retributivism: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice Speaker: Greg Caruso (SUNY Corning, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, February 4, 2020 Time: 1700-1830 Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85828559441?pwd=bzlCa3lMd0prL0owemRhYWlzQjV3QT09 Meeting ID: 858 2855 9441 Passcode: 679050 Abstract: One of the most prominent justifications of legal punishment, historically and currently, is retributivism, according to which wrongdoers deserve the imposition of a penalty solely for the backward-looking reason […]
“Divine Protection: Ancient Egyptian Vernacular Shrines in the Eastern Sahara”,Professor Salima Ikram
Sunday 7 February 2021 Professor Salima Ikram (American University in Cairo) "Divine Protection: Ancient Egyptian Vernacular Shrines in the Eastern Sahara”. The talk will be held on Zoom at 17:00 (UTC + 3): Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/92526032075?pwd=NDhBTVI4cUJTMSsrYVNJMy91S284dz09 Meeting ID: 925 2603 2075 Passcode: 856917 Abstract: Travel is perilous.During the course of tracing ancient desert routes, the North Kharga Oasis Darb […]
“The Tempest and The Winter’s Tale on the Contested Court Stage”,Gabriel Lonsberry
On Monday, February 8, the Department of English Language and Literature is going to host a lecture by Dr. Gabriel Lonsberry at 18:00-19:00. The lecture is open to the public and will take place via Zoom. The details appear below. Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99078701041?pwd=YjFudlV5bUhTMEtTYVYwSjNmL3hiQT09 Meeting ID: 990 7870 1041 Passcode: 856917 Gabriel Lonsberry The Tempest and The Winter’s Tale on the Contested […]
“Title: Aristotle’s elements and a problem for change”,Mary Krizan (University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Philosophy)
Title: Aristotle’s elements and a problem for change Speaker: Mary Krizan (University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, February 11, 2021 Time: 1700-1830 Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86040489541?pwd=aFdzblRWdFFVbHUzQk93MGlCQ3hPQT09 Meeting ID: 860 4048 9541 Passcode: 176506 Abstract: Aristotle’s theory of material elements, as described in On Generation and Corruption II.1-4, points toward a serious issue for his theory of matter and change: in support of his ontology of things, they must be able to change into one another, but such changes are not readily explicable by the mechanisms of […]
“The Loving State”, Adam Lovett (NYU, Philosophy)
By Adam Lovett (NYU, Philosophy) Date: Tuesday March 2, 2021 Time: 1730-1900 Title: The Loving State Speaker: Adam Lovett (NYU, Philosophy) Abstract: I explore the idea that the state should love its citizens. It should not be indifferent towards them. Nor should it merely respect them. It should love them. We begin by looking at the bases of this idea. […]
“Newton and Descartes on True Motion”, Monica Solomon (Stanford, Philosophy)
Title: Newton and Descartes on True Motion By Monica Solomon (Stanford, Philosophy) Date: Thursday March 4, 2021 Time: 1900-2030 Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91213034711?pwd=dEFPeTRQK0xsYTJiUnMvdzZwaUp4Zz09 Meeting ID: 912 1303 4711 Passcode: 856917 Abstract: Isaac Newton’s scholium to the definitions in the Principia (1687/1713/1726) articulates clearly distinctions pertaining to the concepts of time, space, place, and motion. A well-known example therein describes the motion of the water within […]
“The Evolution of Fragility”—in Mesopotamia and beyond, Norman Yoffee, University of Michigan
Department of Archaeology Sunday Evening Lecture: Norman Yoffee, University of Michigan (emeritus) : “The Evolution of Fragility”—in Mesopotamia and beyond Time: Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 18:00 PM (UTC+3) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/93100958586?pwd=d3duYVZSTDV2dHdmQWV4U2R3RXFSUT09 Meeting ID: 931 0095 8586 Passcode: 856917 Abstract Explanations for the collapse of early states and (and complex societies) often assume that […]
“Aristotle’s sentimentalist ethical virtue”,Gösta Grönroos (Stockholm, Philosophy)
Title: Aristotle’s sentimentalist ethical virtue By Gösta Grönroos (Stockholm, Philosophy) Date: Thursday March 18, 2021 Time: 1600-1730 (GMT+3) Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91957321114?pwd=N3hVSVlsY1I0eGZVWkRMUjlSR2FpUT09 Meeting ID: 919 5732 1114 Passcode: 856917 Abstract: In this lecture, I will argue that Aristotle’s ethical virtue (ἀρετὴ ἠθική) is an exclusively emotional disposition constitutive of practical wisdom, and that ethical virtue should be […]