Academic Philosophy Events in the Netherlands
All events in academic philosophy
Training/education for PhD candidates
(Summer School) “Doctors and lawyers dealing with death and dying”
Rotterdam RotterdamMany countries are currently engaged in a societal debate about the question whether to decriminalize or legalize some form of assistance in dying. In this multi-disciplinary one-week course, students will be introduced to the Dutch situation regarding Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act of 2002, the practice of medical decision … Continue reading (Summer School) “Doctors and lawyers dealing with death and dying”
(Summer School Course) The Possibility of Realizing Gender Justice?
Tilburg University TilburgIn cooperation with the 9th Tilburg University Summer School (TUSS), we are proud to present our (new) summer course: “The Possibility of Realizing Gender Justice?” The course will take place from 17th of July to 28th of July and will deal with the opportunities and challenges in addressing conflict-related sexual violence and human trafficking. Applicants … Continue reading (Summer School Course) The Possibility of Realizing Gender Justice?
(Summer school) What About the Family?
Groningen University, Oude Boteringestraat 38, 9712 GK Groningen, The Netherlands Oude Boteringestraat 38, 9712 GK Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen, Groningen, The NetherlandsRecent developments in healthcare and social care policy are challenging the scope of and theoretical justification for claims based on notions of family responsibility. The considerations cover a wide range, from normative issues of (for example) the basis on which we should expect responsibility to be present, to empirical considerations of how responsibilities come to … Continue reading (Summer school) What About the Family?
(Summer School) Stichting Thomas More – ”The philosophy, ethics and theology of human enhancement technologies”
Utrecht Utrecht, NetherlandsMet enige regelmaat organiseert Stichting Thomas More in augustus een Summerschool. Ongeveer een werkweek lang verbinden deelnemers samen met docenten uit het netwerk een actueel of juist tijdloos thema met ruim tweeduizend jaar denkoverlevering. De leiding van de Summerschool ligt in handen van een ambterend of emeritus bijzonder hoogleraar van de stichting.
Vlaams-Nederlandse Filosofiedag
After a successful premier last year, this year’s Dutch-Flemish Day of Philosophy will again feature academic philosophy with a twist. The model for the event is the so-called ‘Science Slam,’ an increasingly popular event where research reporting and story-telling go hand in hand
OZSW Autumn School Migration, Borders, and Citizenship
About the topic “Borders have guards and the guards have guns. This is an obvious fact of political life but one that is easily hidden from view—at least from the view of those of us who are citizens of affluent Western democracies.” This observation by Joseph Carens points to a conflict between the widely accepted … Continue reading OZSW Autumn School Migration, Borders, and Citizenship
OZSW Course on Moral Psychology
Moral psychology is a growing field of interdisciplinary research that draws on both normative reflection and theorizing in philosophy and empirical research and modelling in psychology and other social sciences. Students will come to understand many of the main concepts and theories in contemporary moral psychology. In addition, they will learn to criticize methodologies and analyses in the empirical literature.
Digital Humanities, Social Epistemology & Virtue Theory in a Post-Truth Society
De Waag Nieuwmarkt 4, Amterdam, NetherlandsThe aim of the masterclass is to provide hands-on instruction in digital humanities methods for philosophers and other interested parties. We will cover methods such as exploratory visual analytics, social network analysis, semantic network analysis, and concept operationalization and association techniques. For more info, see the OZSW event page.
“Philosophy and the ALT-world”; OZSW Graduate Conference in Theoretical Philosophy
Universiteit van Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
Advanced European Bioethics Course ‘Suffering, Death and Palliative Care’
Huize Heyendael Geert Grooteplein 9, Nijmegen, NetherlandsObjective of this course is to educate the participants on two main aspects: ethical questions of palliative care and medically assisted death, and philosophical, theological and medical reflections on the concepts of death and suffering. Attitudes towards death and dying, and the ethical aspects of continuing or foregoing medical treatment, and of medically assisted death … Continue reading Advanced European Bioethics Course ‘Suffering, Death and Palliative Care’
About the OZSW event calendar
The OZSW event calendar lists academic philosophy events organized by/at Dutch universities, and is offered by the OZSW as a service to the research community. Please check the event in question – through their website or organizer – to find out if you could participate and whether registration is required. Obviously we carry no responsibility for non-OZSW events.