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Invitation: Trans*formations talk by Eric Llaveria Caselles, October 18th 2024 - also ONLINE!

by Flora Löffelmann

Dear all, it is my pleasure to invite you to the third installment of the Trans*formations talk series organized by the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Vienna, which provides insights into recent developments in trans* philosophizing. This time, Eric Llaveria Caselles, currently working at the Center for Interdisciplinary Women and Gender Studies (ZIFG) at the Technical University Berlin, will give a talk titled "Epistemic Violence and Trans Theory. A Cartography of Minor Truths." When: Friday, October 18th 2024 15:00 - 16:30 Where: HS 3B, 3. Stock Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien If you want to follow the talk online, please join using the following link: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/67838003396?pwd=jmudw0UhAfnZdnkbYipm1ARVS0B28a.1 Kenncode: 0000 Abstract: For the transsexual subject to be able to emerge as a source of credible speech, a fundamental critique of the western epistemic and symbolic order had to gain traction. When Susan Stryker stood up at a Lesbian and Gay History conference in New York in 1995 and yelled “I am a transsexual and I am not sick!”, she reclaimed the participation of the transsexual intellectual in the production of truths, refuting discourses of dehumanization. This inaugural scene of Trans Studies places the undoing of epistemic violence as both a precondition and a fundamental commitment of trans theoretical practice. But what does this commitment to emancipatory forms of knowledge production entail? What are the contradictions of aspiring to anti-normative purity? What conversations can we build on the repeated condemnation of those reproducing symbolic violence? Does this commitment not miss the practical reason of cultural narratives? And is it possible to separate the epistemic violence from our sense of self, our needs and desires? Do the voices of trans people really hold the key to an emancipatory meaning? And if we betray the idea that we just need to let trans people speak, what then can hold the possibility of undoing epistemic violence? In this talk, I reflect on these questions based on my own research trajectory, which spans topics such as trans subcultural spaces, neuroscientific studies of (trans)gender identity and trans social reproduction in global capitalism. The talk traces the shifts of my theoretical practice by building a personal cartography of minor truths. I take the term “minor truths” from the title of a show by the artist Spence Messih. Their glasswork compositions and philosophical considerations introduce a phenomenological sensibility in my analysis, inspiring me to search for a language that reflects the inseparability of theoretical standpoint from affective states, social relationships and political conjunctures. In conversation with Messih’s work, the talk evolves in a non-linear motion connecting five modes of epistemic experience: abstraction, vulnerability, praxeology, dialogue and betrayal. Bio: Eric Llaveria Caselles is a PhD Candidate at the Center for Interdisciplinary Women and Gender Studies (ZIFG) at the Technical University Berlin. His recent publications explore the limitations of gender identity positivism and queer deconstructivism as the two main approaches to trans theory. His research builds on current trans Marxist proposals and historical materialist traditions of gender theory to set the groundwork for an alternative framework in Trans Studies. Poster Art Work credit: Spence Messih, Minor truths, 2022; Kiln formed glass, jarrah; Install: Murray Art Museum Albury | Commissioned by Murray Art Museum Albury | Collection: Art Gallery of NSW & Murray Art Museum Albury | Photo: Jeremy Weihrauch There will be snacks and drinks! Please feel free to forward this invitation to all who might be interested to partake. There is also a poster attached to this email! Looking forward to seeing you at the talk and all the best, Flora Löffelmann -- Flora Löffelmann, MA MA University assistant & doctoral candidate Department of Philosophy at University of Vienna Pronouns: they/them (for more info see: https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why/) Happy about a gender neutral "hello"!

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Lesekreis zu Aristoteles´ De generatione et curruptione I.

by Philosophie

Liebe Kolleg*innen, im Namen von Prof. Karamanolis möchten wir Sie über folgende Veranstaltung informieren: Werte Studentinnen und Studenten, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, wir heißen Euch in diesem Semester wieder herzlich willkommen zum Lesekreis zu Aristoteles´ De generatione et curruptione I. Wir werden uns jeden Montag von 18:30-20:00 im Hörsaal 3A treffen und gemeinsam die Textstellen lesen und diskutieren. Jeder von Euch ist eingeladen, teilzunehmen und mitzumachen. Wir freuen uns sehr auf Euer Kommen! Dear students and colleagues, We would like to welcome you again this semester to the reading group on Aristotle's De generatione et curruptione I. We will meet every Monday from 18:30-20:00 in HS 3A to read and discuss the text passages together. Everyone of you is invited to participate and join in. We are very much looking forward to your coming! Speaker’s Events on Epicurean Philosophy: WS 2024/25

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Invitation: Vienna Science Studies Laboratory Reading Cycle

by Sophie Juliane Veigl

Dear all, We are happy to announce the Vienna Science Studies Lab Reading-Group Cycle of this academic year. The overall topic will be: Artefacts: confronting the bio-social. - There will be three sessions: 11.11.24 Langdon Winner (1980) - Do artefacts have politics? 15-16:30 27.1.25 Craver, C. F., & Dan-Cohen, T. (2024). Experimental artefacts. 15-16:30 28.4.25 Arina Aristarkhova (2016). - A feminist object 15-16:30 There is also the opportunity to do a work in progress meeting to discuss a paper draft you are interested in receiving feedback on. If you are interested in doing one, contact me (sophie.juliane.veigl(a)univie.ac.at) For now, please let us know whether you plan on attending the first meeting. If so, send us an email, and we'll forward the reading! Please feel free to share this invitation with others who might be interested! All the best, Olesya, Elis, and Sophie -- Dr. Sophie Juliane Veigl, BSc., BA., MSc., MA. Institut für Philosophie, Universität Wien E-Mail: sophie.juliane.veigl(a)univie.ac.at my pronouns are she/her

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Neue Stelle 3099: Institutskoordinator*in am Institut für Philosophie (Stundenausmaß: 15,00)

by Philosophie

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, soeben wurde eine neue Stelle unter https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/3099/ veröffentlicht. Als Koordinator*in befassen Sie sich mit dem operativen Bereich am Institut für Philosophie, welches an der Fakultät für Philosophie und Bildungswissenschaft angesiedelt ist. Gemeinsam mit der Institutskoordinatorin arbeiten Sie in Kooperation mit der Institutsleitung, den Mitarbeiter*innen am Institut und den Mitarbeiter*innen am Dekanat der Fakultät zusammen. Sie übernehmen in engem Austausch mit der Institutskoordinatorin zentrale Aufgaben in den Bereichen Organisation, Kommunikation und Personal. Nähere Informationen finden Sie in der Stellenausschreibung. Die Stelle soll ehestmöglich besetzt werden und ist vorerst bis zum 31.03.2026 befristet (voraussichtliches Ende einer Elternteilzeit). Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung! Mit freundlichen Grüßen Katherina Krobath ---- Dipl.-Ing. Katherina Geneviève Krobath, BEd Institutskoordinatorin <mailto:philosophie@univie.ac.at> philosophie(a)univie.ac.at +43(1)4277 46401 Institut für Philosophie Universitätsstraße 7/3 1010 Wien <https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/> https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/

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Reminder: The Boundaries of Mathematics - Young Academy Distinguished Lecture on 9th October 2024 at 5pm

by Anne Sophie Meincke

Dear All, On behalf of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, it is my pleasure to invite you to the next edition of the Young Academy Distinguished Lecture Series, which will take place on Wednesday, 9th October 2024, at 5p.m. in the Festsaal of the main building of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Doktor-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2). The topic is: "The Boundaries of Mathematics: From Gödel to the Study of Large Infinities" Mathematics is known as an exact science: Every statement seems to be true or false in the sense that it can be proved or disproved. Kurt Gödel shocked the mathematical community in the 1930s by showing that there are mathematical statements that can neither be proved nor disproved. While his example was of theoretical nature, we now know several examples from mathematical practice. In particular, the study of large infinities is full of unprovable statements, thus pointing beyond mathematics into the realm of philosophy. The lecture will shed light on the origins of Gödel's incompleteness theorem and discuss the latest research on unprovable statements, especially in the study of large infinities. The speakers are: - Jan von Plato, logician and historian of science at the University of Helsinki, - W. Hugh Woodin, Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at Harvard University and expert in axiomatic set theory, - Sandra Müller, member of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and mathematician at the TU Wien. The discussion will be moderated by Anne Sophie Meincke, philosopher at the University of Vienna and member of the Young Academy. The Young Academy Distinguished Lecture Series brings cutting-edge scientific topics to the public, presented by distinguished experts and a member of the Young Academy. More details are to be found in the attached booklet. Due to popular demand, the event has been relocated from the Sitzungssaal to the Festsaal of the main building of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Please register here: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/veranstaltungen/anmeldung/young-academy-distinguishe… We are looking forward to seeing you. Best wishes, Anne Sophie -- Recent publications: "Continuant Processes or Processual Continuants? Towards an Analytic Process Metaphysics", in: Objects and Properties: New Essays in Metaphysics, ed. by A. Moran & C. Rossi, Oxford University Press, forthcoming "Emergent Properties", in: The Routledge Handbook of Properties, ed. by A. Fisher & A.-S. Maurin (pp.347-357), Routledge 2024 "The Metaphysics of Development and Evolution: From Thing Ontology to Process Ontology", Human Development 67, 5-6 (2023), 233-256: https://doi.org/10.1159/000534421 "The Metaphysics of Living Consciousness: Metabolism, Agency and Purposiveness", Biosemiotics 16 (2023), 281–290: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12304-023-09531-0 -- www.annesophiemeincke.com Elise Richter Research Fellow Institute of Philosophy University of Vienna Universitätsstraße 7 1010 Vienna, Austria

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