An interview with Todd Kesselman, managing editor of Political Concepts and NSSR grad student. I: What do you want to achieve with Political Concepts? What do you feel differentiates it from other academic journals and what does it contribute to the conversation? Anything you want to expand on from your editorial statement on the website? T: Everything about the project [...]
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The Anarchist Turn: an edited book by Phil student and faculty
The Anarchist Turn, A book edited by Phd Candidate Jacob Blumenfeld along with Prof. Simon Critchley and Prof. Chiara Bottici (all in the philosophy department was just published by Pluto Press this week. The book is a collection of essays on themes in anarchist political philosophy from various perspectives and fields, with texts from Judith Butler, Chiara [...]
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CFP: Philosophy and Commerce Essay Contest
CORRECTION: The original dates were wrong, but have since been fixed. Call for Papers The department of Philosophy invites all graduate Philosophy students to submit papers on the topic of Philosophy and Commerce, in consideration for the David E. McClean Prize for Best Essay on Philosophy and Commerce. First place recipients of the McClean Prize will [...]
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CFP: Philosophy and the West
The NSSR philosophy department has extended the CFP deadline for their 12th annual grad student conference. Here are some details from their website: 12th Annual Philosophy Graduate Conference The New School for Social Research March 1st-2nd 2013 Keynote Speakers: Talal Asad (CUNY) and Susan Buck-Morss (CUNY) The philosophical tradition has generally taken itself to be [...]
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Truth vs. Experience in Probing Reality–A discuss with Simon Critchley and Brian Greene
Simon Critchley, Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the NSSR, will be joined by Brian Greene, mathematics and physics professor at Columbia University, for a discussion on the nature of human perception and its relationship to actual truth. This talk, entitled Truth vs. Experience in Probing Reality, is part of the conversation series On Truth and Lies sponsored [...]
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Freedom and Responsibility
The philosophy department is proud to present the 11th annual graduate student conference in philosophy titled Freedom and Responsibility. The conference will take place on Thursday, April 26th and Friday, April 27th. The keynotes are Alice Crary and Margaret Gilbert. You can download a conference schedule, abstracts of papers, and locations by visiting the conference [...]
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Duane Armitage named lecturer of philosophy at University of Scranton
Armitage is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at The New School for Social Research. He previously taught at Misericordia University, Dallas, as well as The University of Scranton as an adjunct philosophy professor. He received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from The University of Scranton and a masters degree in philosophy from Boston College, Chestnut [...]
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Philosophy Thursday night workshops (November talks)
Thursdays, 6:00 ‘ 8:00 p.m. November 10: Danielle Macbeth, “Reading Rorty: A Sketch of a Plan” Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required Location: 6 E. 16th Street, Room 1103
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Philosophy student, Maxwell Tremblay, publishes White Riot: Punk Rock and the Politics of Race
PhD Student Maxwell Tremblay, along with Stephen Duncombe, have edited a book for Verso that was released last month. White Riot is the definitive study of the subject, collecting first-person writing, lyrics, letters to zines, and analyses of punk history from across the globe, ., Read more at the Verso website.
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Hannah Arendt/Reiner Schurmann symposium: political theology
Two day event sponsored by the Departments of Philosophy and Politics. Please note room locations. Friday, November 4, 2011 at 6 E 16 St, Room D 1103, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Seyla Benhabib: “Carl Schmitt’s Critique of Kant: Sovereignty and International Law” Andreas Kalyvas: “The Fallacies of Political Theology” Richard J. Bernstein: ” Is [...]
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- Barney Frank on Military Spending and Reducing the Federal Budget June 4, 2013
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- Demystifying Medical Marijuana in New York: Implications for Mental Health and Drug Treatment Providers May 30, 2013
