Six philosophers have recently acquired a prestigeous VENI grant from NWO, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO’s overview of all 2013 projects awarded with a VENI grant). It concerns the following people / projects: Gassendi’s theorie van de ruimte (Gassendi’s theory of space) – Dr. Delphine Bellis (University of Groningen) Hoe worden overstromingsrisico’s eerlijk … Continue reading 6 prestigeous VENI grants for philosophers
The registration for the 2013 OZSW conference has opened! Please register before September 15th to take advantage of the lower early-bird-fee. You can register at https://www.ozsw.nl/2013-conference-registration-fees/.
Preceding the 2013 OZSW conference, on the morning of Friday November 15th, philosopher Sally Haslanger will give a public lecture, followed by a debate, on “The Women’s Question in Academic Philosophy.” The lecture will be followed by a panel debate. For more information on this lecture/debate, please visit https://www.ozsw.nl/pre-conference-events/. On Saturday November 16th Haslanger will … Continue reading Lecture/debate Sally Haslanger preceding 2013 OZSW conf.
Preceding the 2013 OZSW conference, on Thursday November 14th and the morning of Friday November 15th, there will be a workshop ‘Everyday Reasons’. For more information on this workshop, please visit https://www.ozsw.nl/pre-conference-events/.
The program committee has accepted 160 abstracts for the 2013 OZSW conference, from both Dutch and foreign philosophers, and from a range of philosophical disciplines. The conference will take place on 15/16 November, at Erasmus University Rotterdam. For more information about the conference, see https://www.ozsw.nl/ozsw-conference-2013/.
In April 2013 the OZSW has opened its membership registration. The number of members has been steadily increasing every since and is now at about 225 members. This includes both PhD students and senior researcher in the area of philosophy, coming from all 12 research universities in the Netherlands.
Again the PhD council of the OZSW welcomes two new members, both in the area of theoretical philosophy, namely Michael Poznic (TUD) and Stefan Pliquett (UvA). The PhD council of the OZSW still urgently looks for some members in the area of history of philosophy. Interested PhD students can e-mail to assistant.director@ozsw.nl for more information. … Continue reading Vacancies ‘History of Philosophy’ in PhD council
The OZSW is pleased to inform her members that 2 PhD students from theoretical philosophy have joined the OZSW PhD council. These are Alessandra Marra (UvT) and Leon Geerding (RUG). With these 2 new members, the PhD council is now closer to being representative of all PhD students in the OZSW. The 3rd new member … Continue reading Theoretical philosophy now represented in PhD council
The OZSW supports the summer school ‘Beauty & Truth in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy’, which will take place from August 21-23 at the VU Amsterdam. The summer school is an initiative of the European Graduate School for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (EGSAMP). All research master students and PhD students who are a member of the … Continue reading Summer school ‘Beauty & Truth in Ancient & Medieval Phil.’
In collaboration with the OZSW, Eindhoven University of Technology is organizing the 34th Dutch-Flemish Day of Philosophy, taking place on 31 August 2013. The organizers are inviting abstracts in all areas of philosophy. Contributions may be related to the theme of the day (“progress”), but may also be about one’s own research. PhD- and Masterstudents … Continue reading 34th Dutch-Flemish Day of Philosophy: call-for-abstracts