Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to invite you to the upcoming conference, dedicated to the
presentation and discussion of the book, which was recently published in
the context of my 80th birthday:
Construction & Strangification – The Philosophy of Friedrich Wallner
đź—“ Friday, 7 November 2025, starting at 2:00 p.m.
📍 PC-Seminarraum 1, Kolingasse 14–16, OG01
The conference will include a keynote by myself and contributions from
several scholars engaging with different parts of the book, followed by
a roundtable discussion and an informal get-together. A detailed program
is attached to this email.
I would be delighted if you could attend and take part in the
discussions. I would also be very grateful if you could share this
information with colleagues in your circle who might be interested in
epistemology in general and Constructive Realism and its
interdisciplinary applications in specific.
With kind regards,
Friedrich Wallner
--
Prof. Friedrich G. Wallner
Institute for Philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy and Education
University of Vienna
Austria
Sigmund Freud University Vienna
Freudplatz 1
A-1020 Vienna
Tel. +43 2622 71119
by Initiative to Support Women in Academic Philosophy
Dear all,
we hope you had a great start to the new semester! Thank you for
attending our Stammtisch and (co-organized) events ("What Are We Even
Doing? Metaphilosophical Conversations", "Diversify Syllabi Workshop",
"Trans*formations Talk Series") at the department.
UPSalon is hosting another Stammtisch or "regular's table" on the 3rd of
November and would like to cordially invite you! People from all stages
in their philosophical studies are welcome, and we are especially
excited to meet new people!
UPSalon are a group of students, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers;
the initiative aims at creating a space and community in Vienna where
underrepresented philosophers – such as women, trans, inter and
non-binary persons, BIPOC, socioeconomically
disadvantaged people, queer people, and people with disabilities – can
connect on a regular basis. For more information, check out our website:
upsalon.univie.ac.at
Where?
Tunnel Vienna, Florianigasse 39, 1080 Wien
When?
Nov 3rd at 6 PM
We are very much looking forward to meeting all of you!
Do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions you may have.
Best regards,
UPsalon
Mail: upsalon.philosophy(a)univie.ac.at
Web: https://upsalon.univie.ac.at
Dear colleagues,
The Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences cordially
invites you to an online presentation of the results of the project,
"The entangled colonial history of sound recordings: The expedition of
the Viennese anthropologist Rudolf Pöch to Papua New Guinea (1904–1906)"
(https://www.entangled-recordings.pha.oeaw.ac.at/).
The aim of the small seven-month City of Vienna project from 2023 to
2024, was to reconnect the dispersed objects and recordings that the
anthropologist Rudolf Pöch, who worked within a racist, evolutionistic
theoretical framework, had shipped to Vienna through colonial networks
and infrastructures. This included 94 wax disc audio recordings with
people in what is today Papua New Guinea stored in the Phonogrammarchiv
today. We focused on finding these dispersed collections and making
these materials that various institutions hold in Vienna better findable
online.
One of the project aims was to publish a website, of which the first
version went online at the beginning of this year. In its current state,
it mainly presents several holdings in Vienna related to Pöch's colonial
'expedition' to Papua New Guinea. We are currently preparing another
section that delves into some of the preliminary findings and opens
further research questions. Furthermore, we are currently considering
what the digital recirculation of these recordings may look like today,
and what this implies.
To further reflect on the continuation of this project, the online
presentation includes a roundtable discussion about re-circulating
(early) sound recordings, beyond this particular collection.
Participants will be Barbara Titus (University of Amsterdam), Don Niles
(Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies), Emmanuel Daniel (Institute of
Papua New Guinea Studies), linus digim'Rina (University of Papua New
Guinea) and meLĂŞ Yamomo (University of Amsterdam).
Join us for the presentation and roundtable on Nov 13th, 2025, at 5:30
p.m. PGT / 9:30 a.m. CET:
https://oeaw-ac-at.zoom.us/j/63862815692?pwd=iM5n7rFhA9a3ey8ywtn21799DDWpPZ….
We look forward to your attendance and an engaging discussion. Please
find the program in the attachment.
Kind regards,
Alexander Silaen, Conny Gruber, Kerstin Klenke and Clemens GĂĽtl.
We are happy to invite you to our 4th talk of the Vienna STS Talk Series in 2025W:
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Best wishes,
Katrin Hackl
__________
Mag. Katrin Hackl
Research Support & Communication
Department of Science and Technology Studies
University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7 /II/ 6th floor (NIG)
1010 Vienna / Austria
Tel.: 0043-1-4277-49607
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We are happy to invite you to our 5th talk of the Vienna STS Talk Series in 2025W in cooperation with CeSCos:
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Best wishes,
Katrin Hackl
__________
Mag. Katrin Hackl
Research Support & Communication
Department of Science and Technology Studies
University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7 /II/ 6th floor (NIG)
1010 Vienna / Austria
Tel.: 0043-1-4277-49607
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We are happy to invite you to our 3th talk of the Vienna STS Talk Series in 2025W:
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Best wishes,
Katrin Hackl
__________
Mag. Katrin Hackl
Research Support & Communication
Department of Science and Technology Studies
University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7 /II/ 6th floor (NIG)
1010 Vienna / Austria
Tel.: 0043-1-4277-49607
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Liebe Studierende,
Was haben Kämpfe um Saatgut in Kenia und Indien, Anti-AKW-Proteste in
Europa, feministische Wissenschaftskritik, Debatten um Subsistenz und
Care-Arbeit sowie aktuelle Klimaproteste gemeinsam? Sie alle lassen sich
durch die Linse des Ökofeminismus zusammendenken – einer Perspektive, die
patriarchale, kapitalistische und koloniale Ausbeutungsverhältnisse
gemeinsam in den Blick nimmt und Alternativen erprobt.
Im Workshop „Einführung in den Ökofeminismus“ wollen wir diese Perspektiven
gemeinsam erkunden: von theoretischen Strömungen über historische und
aktuelle Praxisbeispiele bis hin zu eigenen Visionen fĂĽr eine gerechtere
Zukunft. Euch erwarten Inputs, Diskussionen, Gruppenarbeiten und kreativer
Austausch – mit Raum für Erfahrungen aus Uni, Aktivismus und Alltag sowie
fĂĽr gemeinsames Utopisieren.
Wann: Am Freitag, 07.11.2025 von 9-16 Uhr (mit ausreichend Pausen)
Wo: im NIG (Universitätsstraße 7) (genauer Raum folgt nach Anmeldung).
Anmeldung bis 01.11.2025 bei mir: emily.stueber(a)univie.ac.at
<mailto:emily.stueber@univie.ac.at> (Die Teilnehmer*innenzahl ist
begrenzt!)
Der Workshop findet auf Deutsch statt.
Willkommen sind alle Studierenden der Universität Wien – unabhängig von
Fachrichtung. Besonders interessant könnte der Workshop für Studierende aus
Geschichte, Soziologie, Philosophie, Politikwissenschaft, STS, KSA, EST und
verwandten Fächern sein.
Es sind keine Vorkenntnisse oder sonstige Vorbereitungen erforderlich.
Falls ihr euch bereits mit Ökofeminismus beschäftigt habt oder aktivistische
Erfahrungen mitbringt, lasst es mich sehr gerne kurz wissen – vielleicht
können wir euer Wissen gezielt in den Workshop einbauen.
Ich freue mich auf einen spannenden und inspirierenden Tag mit euch.
Liebe GrĂĽĂźe
Emily (Studentin im Master Epistemologien von Wissenschaft und Technik)
A two-year full-time postdoctoral position is available at the Institute
Vienna Circle (Vienna, Austria), funded through the FWF Principal
Investigator Project "The Principle of Permanence of Forms". For details
about this project, see
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/projects/the-principle-of-permanence-of-
forms.
Please send your application as a single file
(YourFirstName_YourLastName.pdf) by email to
iulian.danut.toader(a)univie.ac.at with "postdoc application" in the subject
line. The file should contain: your curriculum vitae (max. 3 pages),
research proposal (max. 5 pages), writing sample (max. 15 pages), and three
academic references (to be sent by their writers to
iulian.danut.toader(a)univie.ac.at). Inquiries may be sent to the same
address.
Deadline for applications: January 31st, 2026. Interviews will take place
online in March 2026. The starting date cannot be later than October 1st,
2026. For salary information, please see
https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/funding/steps-to-your-fwf-project/further-informati
on/personnel-costs.
Dear all,
it is a pleasure to invite you to the next installment of the
Trans*Formations event series at the department of philosophy. This talk
and workshop series organized by the Vienna Doctoral School of
Philosophy provides insights into recent developments in trans*
philosophizing.
When & Where: October 15, 16:45 to 18:15 at HS 3A, NIG,
Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien
Intersex: Beyond Introductions! A Book Presentation on _Hermaphrodite
Logic_
This workshop will showcase the key arguments made by Juliana Gleeson's
new book _Hermaphrodite Logic_ (published June 2025):
1) That intersex advocacy followed on rapidly from intersex people
meeting one (on and offline) another in the early 1990s.
2) That this new intersex movement developed in conjunction with
feminist research, offering a moment of self-consciousness that was
spoken to by intersex advocacy's rhetoric, and wit ("90s edgy").
3) That their protests from 1996 to the present served as a revelation,
which challenged professional authority (specifically claims to clinical
"management"), and objectivity, and rewrote the history of sex (in ways
still being processed today).
Along the way, participants will be challenged in turn, with regards to
"intersex" being a topic that requires continual introduction. Gallows
humour guaranteed.
Juliana Gleeson is a writer and reader raised in west London, who now
lives in east Berlin. Her first edited collection was the pioneering
anthology _Transgender Marxism_ [1] (2021), which she oversaw with Elle
O'Rourke. Well noted for her love of two word titles, her first book
_Hermaphrodite Logic_ [2] was published this summer--addressing the
history and style of the intersex movement. She's currently writing
three follow-ups: a co-written philosophical manuscript _Dyke
Dialectics_, a collection of dialogues about sex hormones, and a brief
book on femininity's substance.
If you would like to participate in the workshop (which will be in
English), please send an e-mail to flora.loeffelmann(a)univie.ac.at.
No prior knowledge needed for participation, and students and staff of
all levels are welcome. There will be snacks and drinks!
After the workshop, participants are cordially invited to join for the
presentation of Gleeson's book [3], organized by Referat
Genderforschung, which will take place 19:00 at Kolingasse 14-16.
_Please save the date for the two next events of Trans*Formations this
fall:_
"EinfĂĽhrung in trans Philosophie" - Talk & Workshop mit Gen Eickers und
Sigmond Richli, 18.11., 16:45-19:00, HS 3A im Rahmen der Trans*
Awareness Week 2025 (auf Deutsch)
"Trans*Modernität, Trans*Kolonialität?" - Workshop mit Jonah I. Garde,
11.12. 16:45-18:18, HS 3A (auf Deutsch)
Attached, you find both a poster for the upcoming workshop and the
events ahead - feel free to print and circulate them!
Looking forward to seeing you at the event!
Best,
Flora Löffelmann
--
Flora Löffelmann, MA MA
Stipendiat:in der Literar Mechana
Department of Philosophy
University of Vienna
Pronouns: they/them (for more info see:
https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why/)
Happy about a gender neutral "hello"!
Links:
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[1] https://www.plutobooks.com/product/transgender-marxism/
[2]
https://www.versobooks.com/products/2661-hermaphrodite-logic?srsltid=AfmBOo…
[3]
https://gender.univie.ac.at/news-home/veranstaltungen/news/book-presentatio…
Liebe Mitglieder des FSP Wissenschaftsgeschichte, liebe Studierende des
EST,
wir laden Sie und Euch herzlich zum *Semesterauftakt*Â des
Forschungsschwerpunkts Wissenschaftsgeschichte ein. Auf dem Programm
steht eine Diskussion zum Thema "The Crisis of American Science" *mit
Mitchell Ash*.
Wann? *14. Oktober um 11:30 Uhr*.
Wo? Kolingasse 14-16: Seminarraum 18
Textgrundlage: Olesko, K. M., Eames, A., Mody, C. C. M., Löwy, I.,
Zeller, T., Walker, M., Ash, M. G., & Haraway, D. (2025). The crisis in
American science. History of Science, 63(2), 125-165,
https://doi.org/10.1177/00732753251343655.
Bitte um kurze Anmeldung unter: verena.halsmayer(a)univie.ac.at
Einen guten Start ins Semester wĂĽnschen
Anna Echterhölter, Sebastian Felten, Nils Güttler, Verena Halsmayer,
Birgit Nemec
--
Dr. Verena Halsmayer
Institut für Geschichte | Universität Wien
Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien
https://ifg.univie.ac.at/ueber-uns/mitarbeiterinnen/wissenschaftliche-mitar…