Call for Abstracts 5th Annual OZSW Conference

The Nederlandse Onderzoeksschool Wijsbegeerte (OZSW) invites abstracts for its 5th Annual OZSW Conference in Philosophy 10-11 November 2017 @ Utrecht University * * * Deadline for submission of abstracts or symposium proposals: July 15, 2017 Abstracts and symposium proposals may be submitted on-line: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ozsw2017 * * * The Nederlandse Onderzoeksschool Wijsbegeerte (OZSW), or the Dutch … Continue reading Call for Abstracts 5th Annual OZSW Conference

OZSW Annual Report 2016 Now Available

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

Marjolein Lanzing wins IkSchrijf Essay Contest!

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!

OZSW Masterclass on Feminist Theory

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

Programme of “Mind the Gap: (In)famous Oppositions in the History of Philosophy”

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”

Philosophical Reflections on Technological Dystopia

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.