The 2016 Annual Report of the OZSW is now available. Read the summary in this news item. Summary The Dutch Research School of Philosophy (Onderzoekschool Wijsbegeerte – OZSW) is the collaborative enterprise of the philosophy departments and faculties of eleven Dutch universities. Its general purpose is to strengthen the discipline of academic philosophy by (1) … Continue reading OZSW Annual Report 2016 Now Available
The OZSW congratulates OZSW phd-member Marjolein Lanzing with winning the IkSchrijf Essay contest! Marjolein is a PhD candidate at Eindhoven University of Technology, Philosophy and Ethics, School of Innovation Sciences. She won the first prize in the IkSchrijf essay contest with her controversial essay ‘De Vrouw en de Stofzuiger’ (The Woman and the Vacuum Cleaner) … Continue reading Marjolein Lanzing wins IkSchrijf Essay Contest!
Dear all, We are happy to announce a masterclass on feminist theory, which will take place June 13-14 at Leiden and Utrecht Universities. The masterclass is a high-level course aimed at advanced Research MA and PhD students whose research relates to themes such as ethics in the Anthropocene, (feminist) posthumanisms, Foucauldian feminisms, feminist (new) materialism, … Continue reading OZSW Masterclass on Feminist Theory
Dear OZSW members, What is lost when we sever philosophy and its history into opposing camps? Or does it actually help our understanding to classify authors as analytical versus continental, rationalist rather than empiricist, realists and nominalists, Aristotelians and Platonists? What conception of philosophy lies behind such oppositions? The program of the two-day course “Mind … Continue reading Programme of “Mind the Gap: (In)famous Oppositions in the History of Philosophy”
The Dutch Research School of Philosophy (OZSW) and the PhD Council of the OZSW invite you to a brief workshop on ”Philosophical Reflections on Technological Dystopia” on May 17th 2017, 13:00-17:00 at De Villa in Nijmegen. Registrations and more information can be found here.
Dear all, We are happy to let you know that the OZSW Ethics and Health course will be held at Utrecht University, on 2017 March 14, 16, 28 and 30. Limited budget is available to financially support OZSW PhD students living far away from Utrecht . If you want to benefit from it, please send … Continue reading Ethics & Health course at Utrecht University
The OZSW is happy to announce the program of the Annual OZSW Winter School for ReMa students. 9 professors, well representative of the diversity of the field, have been brought together for this unique two-day winter school, taking place from 10 to 11 February 2017 at the University of Groningen. The Winter School aims at providing … Continue reading Program of the Annual OZSW Winter School for ReMa students
Dear OZSW PhD Students, There is still room to register for the ‘Climate Ethics Course’. Limited budget is available to financially support OZSW PhD students living far away from Utrecht. If you want to benefit from this travel support, please send a motivated request at secretariaat@ozsw.nl before January 16. In this PhD course the subject … Continue reading Climate Ethics Course: Still 5 days to benefit from travel support
Dear Research Master Students, The Dutch Research School of Philosophy (OZSW) and the University of Groningen invite all research master students to a three-day winter school that will take place from 9 to 11 February 2017 at the University of Groningen. The Winter School aims to provide students from the 5 ReMa programmes (Groningen, Utrecht, … Continue reading Annual OZSW Winter School for Research Master students: Registration open !
Dear OZSW members, We are happy to let you know that the “Climate Ethics” course will be held from the 31st of January to the 2nd of February 2017, at Utrecht University. In this PhD course the subject of climate ethics will be studied from a variety of perspectives. There will be ten meetings, each … Continue reading Climate ethics – New date !