Book Launch: Anne Schwenkenbecher: 'Getting our act together: collective moral obligations' | Tuesday 6 July, 10:30-11:30 | Online
Dr Anne Schwenkenbecher, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Murdoch University
Chaired by Professor Julian Savulescu, Director, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Together we can often achieve things that are impossible to do on our own. We can prevent something bad from happening, or we can produce something good, even if none of us could do it by ourselves. But when are we morally required to do something of moral importance together with others?
Join Dr Anne Schwenkenbecher, as she discusses her new book, Getting Our Act Together: A Theory of Collective Moral Obligations with Professor Julian Savulescu.
To register and watch this talk live: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/getting-our-act-together
To watch later: https://youtu.be/HXf-kFwcAaI
Oxford Mathematics Online Public Lecture | Tuesday 6 July, 17:00-18:00 | Online
Ingrid Daubechies: Mathemalchemy: a mathematical and artistic adventure
A collaborative art installation celebrating the joy, creativity and beauty of mathematics has been in the works for the past two years, and will soon be ready to emerge from its long gestation. The original idea, conceived by textile artist Dominique Ehrmann and mathematician Ingrid Daubechies inspired a team of 24 Mathemalchemists to work together, transforming the whole conception in the process, and bringing their individual expertise and whimsy to a large installation.
Despite the challenges of Covid-19, the team created a fantasy world where herons haul up nets loaded with special knots in the Knotical scene, a tortoise meditates while ambling along Zeno’s path, chipmunks and squirrels ponder the mysteries of prime numbers, and a cat named Arnold bakes cookies that tile the plane in the Mandelbrot bakery; and a myriad more mathematical ideas swirl through the air.
This presentation will introduce some of the ideas and components, and show the team at work. Here’s a sneak preview: mathemalchemy.org or @mathemalchemy on Instagram.
Multi-award winning Ingrid Daubechies is James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University.
Watch on YouTube
Queerness Beyond Borders Conference | 7-9 July | Online
Registrations are now open for a three-day virtual conference addressing issues of queerness beyond borders, open to all students, staff, alumni, and friends. The conference will explore normative and conceptual issues surrounding queerness and its intersection with academic, political, and geographical borders. It will address issues such as racial equity, moral justifications for queerness as grounds for refugee status, the concept of gender, and practical and theoretical considerations for how to translate academic ideas into policy outcomes.
Register here.
As featured in The Times, Queerness Beyond Borders is proudly supported by Worcester College, the Balliol Interdisciplinary Institute, and the Mind Association.
CPVA Sound Pictures Conference | Saturday 10 July, 16:00-19:00 | Online via Zoom
This even is organised by the King’s College London Centre for Philosophy and the Visual Arts and sponsored by the British Society of Aesthetics.
Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/dbLS7G8z7
Registration link: https://philosophyandvisualarts.com/sound-pictures-registration-page/
Sheffield Postgraduate Philosophy Conference: Understanding Value X | 14-16 July 2021 | Online
Registration on Eventbrite is required and is free. Find the schedule for the conference on our website here.
If you have any questions, please contact valueconference@sheffield.ac.uk
IMPORTANT: All the dates and times are set based on British Summer Time (BST), for your local time zones please refer to https://www.calculator.net/time-
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This conference is kindly supported by The Mind Association, the Arts & Humanities Research Council, and the White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities.
Online IRC Conference | Natural Theology in the 21st Century | 15-17 July 2021
Thanks to the support of the Issachar Fund, the Ian Ramsey Centre is pleased to announce its online summer conference, “Natural Theology in the 21st Century,” 15-17 July 2021, access to which via Zoom is free upon registration:
Free registration for the zoom link to the whole conference, here. Free registration for the zoom link to just the plenary, public presentation by Iain Mcgilchrist, 7:30pm, Thursday 15 July, here.
The event finishes with another plenary presentation by the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion, Alister McGrath, at 1:30pm, Saturday 17 July.
A PDF of the whole can bee found here.
Religious Pluralism in Healthcare | 16-18 July | Online workshop
Please register your interest using this form. There are a limited number of places available for this workshop.
In addition, the workshop schedule is now available here.
The Aristotelian Society: The 95th Joint Session | 16-18 July 2021 | Online event
The Joint Session is the premier UK general philosophy conference, held annually during the summer by the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association.
This year's Joint Session will be held online, organised by the University of Herfordshire and running from 16th to 18th July. The official website, with all you need to know about the conference, is here - and you can now download the schedule here.
Workshop: Reductionism in Meta-ethics and Philosophy of Mind | 23-25 July | Online via Zoom
Hosted by the University of Oxford & Université d Fribourg
Organisers: Alex Moran, Frederic Auderset, Ralf Bader, Martine Nida-Rümelin.
For more details about the event please visit the Philevets page and/or this website.
To register, please email: reductionismworkshop@gmail.com
