Dear Colleagues,
Knowledge in Crisis is hosting its next public event on 21 February at the Billrothhaus. Please check out the details & register here<https://events.ceu.edu/2024-02-21/why-do-we-disagree-about-politics-role-kn…>.
Why Do We Disagree About Politics?
The Role of Knowledge in Democratic Societies
Panel Discussion and Reception
21 February 2024
19:30 - 22:00
Billrothhaus | Frankgasse 8, 1090 Wien
Doors open at 19:00. Registration required.
"Democracy is a mechanism for distributing knowledge about matters of public interest, allowing us to decide which politicians should govern." This popular view paints the picture that a politician's role is to inform voters about what is in our best interest. Losing elections, then, must be the result of ineffective communication: "If only we'd managed to get our message across to people properly", the story goes, "then they would have seen why they had to vote for us!"
This picture clearly falls short of the messy reality of politics. But why? Does it portray an overly rationalistic picture of the democratic process? Is this picture overly idealistic? Does it overestimate the importance of (conveying) knowledge in democratic decisionmaking? Does it overestimate the potential for people to know what is in their best interest? How can we even determine what a person's "best interest" truly is?
Speakers:
Michael Ignatieff (Historian, former politician, Rector Emeritus at Central European University)
Oliver Traldi (Philosopher at Princeton University, author of the forthcoming book Political Beliefs)
Åsa Wikforss (Philosopher at Stockholm University, member of the Swedish Academy, Director of the Knowledge Resistance project)
The discussion will be moderated by Eva Stanzl, journalist at the Wiener Zeitung.
All the best,
Jason Means
Jason Means, MA
Director of Management and Transfer
FWF Cluster of Excellence Knowledge in Crisis
Department of Philosophy
Pronouns: He/Him
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+43 1 25230 7538
LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-d-means/>
Workshop on Logic and Its Philosophy
This workshop brings together early career researchers in areas of
philosophy that intersect with logic (including philosophical logic,
philosophy of logic, and philosophy of mathematics) to discuss on-going
work.
08.02.2024 -- 09.02.2024
Neues Institutsgebäude HS 3B, 3. Stock, Universitätstrasse 7, 1090 Wien
Please contact Andrew Tedder ( <mailto:ajtedder.at@gmail.com>
ajtedder.at(a)gmail.com) with questions.
Dear Colleagues,
There is an open call for participants (at the master, doctoral, and
postdoctoral level) in the univie:summer school “Ways of Doing
Philosophy: East and West” that is organized by our doctoral researchers
at the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy.
Abstract:
Nowadays, the term philosophy is a common currency across cultures,
university curricula, and public discourses around the world. But what
happens when φιλοσοφία (philosophia) meets contemporary philosophy and
its non-Western counterparts such as Chinese zhexue 哲學? The term
encompasses a plethora of conceptions of philosophical practices that
vary between East and West cultures.
This edition of the Summer School will provide a platform for
participants to explore and learn from the plurality of philosophical
subjects, methods, and purposes. In addition, the Summer School will
focus on the past and present bridges between ancient and
modern/contemporary philosophy, as well as between Western and
non-Western philosophical traditions, and on the global lessons about
philosophy that can be drawn from these interactions.
The summer school will, in addition, host keynote lectures on Western
Philosophy (with a focus on Ancient Greek Philosophy) and Eastern
Philosophy (Daoism, Confucianism and Indian Philosophy).
All the relevant information can be found here:
https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/phd-program/doctoral-training/summer-sch…
Dates: 25-30 July 2024
Location: Neues Institutsgebäude, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien
The deadline for applications is March 15, 2024.
Contact email: vdp.summerschool.2024(a)gmail.com
We would be very grateful if you could help us to spread this call to
your colleagues and students worldwide. Thank you very much for your
support!
Best,
Raphael Aybar
Dear Colleagues,
There is a job opening for six PhD positions (four years, fixed term) in
all areas of philosophy in our department.
The announcements can be found here:
Three PhD Positions in Philosophy at the University of Vienna - Cluster
of Excellence:
https://philjobs.org/job/show/25742
Three PhD Positions in Philosophy at the University of Vienna - PACE
Project:
https://philjobs.org/job/show/25738
The deadline for applications is March 6, 2024. Applicants can apply for
both simultaneously.
We would be very grateful if you could help us to spread this call to
your colleagues and students worldwide. Thank you very much for your
support!
Best regards,
Raphael Aybar
im Namen von Prof. Karamanolis laden wir Sie zu den zwei
Veranstaltungen am 25.01 ein:
1. Workshop zu Origen: An early Christian Philosopher (c. 185-254)
When & Where:
Hörsaal 3A
Thursday 26.1.2024
10.00-12.30
Introduction: George Karamanolis: Main Philosophical issues in Origen᾽s
Philosophy
Vito Limone (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele): Origen and
Methodius on the Resurrected Body
Mehr Information unten:
https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail…
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2. Workshop: Readings in Christianity: The Case of C. P. Cavafy
25. Jänner 2024
Ort: Institut für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 3. Stock
Programme:
13:30: Opening Words
14:00: George Karamanolis (University of Vienna): "Cavafy's ancient
Christianity"
14:40-14:50: Coffee Break
14:50-15:30: Katerina Kostiou (University of Patras): "Cavafy's
construction of poetic personae: 'Julian in Nicomedia' and repetition as
complentarity"
15:30-15:40: Coffee Break
15:40-16:20: Vasiliki Dimoula (University of Vienna): "Christian
Pleasures: Reading Christianity's Historians through a fin-de-siècle lens"
16:20-16:30: Coffee Break
16:30-17:10: Martha Vassiliadi (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki):
"Refiguring Cavafy's Salome: The female hero and the storytelling mechanism"
17:10-17:30: Coffee Break
17:30-18:10: Maria Boletsi (Leiden University and University of
Amsterdam): "From Christianity to capitalism and Back: Cavafy's Noonday
Demon"
18:10-19:00: General Discussion, Conclusions
20:00: Workshop's Dinner
Mehr information unten:
https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/nachrichten-news-events/detail…
Dear colleagues,
I'm pleased to invite you to our next APSE talk on Thursday, 25th
January 2024, 3:00 (s.t.) - 5:00 p.m. in HS 3A, 3. OG, NIG.
The speaker is Professor Stella Villarmea (Complutense University of
Madrid & University of Oxford). She will be speaking about:
"Birthing: Vindicating a Visceral Body Philosophically"
Abstract:
Birth matters matter — and they matter philosophically too. I work on
philosophy of birth, that is, I use the tools of philosophy to analyse
representations and practices around childbirth. My thesis is that to
reorient philosophical conversation toward birth and, specifically, to
the origin of our lives in the female body, produces a radical shift.
Once we take that turn, many of the tales about our origin truly become
'old-tales'. Are we already imagining a new genealogy, a new logos for
genos? Can we philosophically (and medically/obstetrically) represent
and vindicate this new genea-logy?
The talk will be followed by a dinner. Please let me know if you would
like to join.
I'm looking forward to seeing you.
Best wishes,
Anne Sophie
--
"The Metaphysics of Development and Evolution: From Thing Ontology to
Process Ontology", Human Development, online first:
https://doi.org/10.1159/000534421
"Emergent Properties", in: The Routledge Handbook of Properties, ed. by
A.-S. Maurin & A. Fisher (pp.347-357), Routledge
"The Metaphysics of Living Consciousness: Metabolism, Agency and
Purposiveness", Biosemiotics 16 (2023), 281–290:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12304-023-09531-0www.annesophiemeincke.com
Elise Richter Research Fellow
Institute of Philosophy
University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7
1010 Vienna, Austria
Sehr geehrte Kolleg:innen,
ich möchte Sie im Namen von Khôra herzlich zum nächsten Colloquium einladen.
Termin: 25.01.2024, 18:30 - 20:00, HS 3F, Neues Institutsgebäude
Thema: "CLINAMEN - Bewegtbilder des Denkens" – An der Grenze zwischen Philosophie und Kunst mit einer Performance von Noemi Call und Philipp Quell
Beschreibung: Sarah Kofman wirft in ihrer Beschreibung der Paarung von Kunst und Philosophie eine Frage auf: „Aus der Kunst eine philosophische Frage machen, einen Diskurs über die Kunst führen, der sich diesem System von Oppositionen beugt, heißt das nicht die Herrschaftsgeste der Philosophie zu wiederholen, die immer die Kunst dem Logos und der Wahrheit unterordnen wollte?"(Kofman 1990, "Die Melancholie der Kunst" in: Postmoderne und Dekonstruktion, 224)
Die Beziehung zwischen Philosophie und Kunst scheint in einer Sackgasse zu sein. Entweder die Philosophie spricht "über" die Kunst und will erklären, was sie "eigentlich" bedeutet, oder sie muss sie unberührt und für sich selbst sprechen lassen. Doch gibt es neben dieser erstarrten Opposition alternative Wege, Holzwege oder Schleichwege vielleicht, die Kunst und Philosophie in einen "Dialog auf Augenhöhe" bringen? In einem Dialog mit dem Videokünstler H. Arcier, der in seinem Werk die atomistische Kosmologie zum Anstoß nimmt, um eine ganz neue Perspektive auf den Tanz zu eröffnen, wollen wir mit einem performativ-philosophischen Text antworten, indem wir Figuren und Impressionen des Videokunstwerks sprachlich verarbeiten und weiterspinnen.
Den Link zu dem Video findet ihr hier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOXJl6zD9gw
Weitere Informationen sowie eine Mailingliste finden Sie auf unserer Homepage.
https://www.khora.philo.at/
Danach ist im Café Gagarin reserviert.
Wir freuen uns auf euer Kommen!
Mit lieben Grüßen im Namen von Khôra
Sebastian Krach
Dear colleagues,
on behalf of Univ.-Prof. Angela Kallhoff and the Department of
Philosophy, I cordially invite you to a guest lecture titled
*"Humankind’s Common Cultural Heritage, Justice and Territorial Rights"*
by *Cecile Fabre *(All Souls College, Oxford).
Thu Dec. 14th, 2023, 6:30 p.m. in HS 3D (NIG)
For questions, contact sophie.kroiss(a)univie.ac.at
Abstract:
The thought that there are cultural landmarks which have universal value
is a familiar one. It is at the heart of UNESCO's and the World
Heritage's mission, and is affirmed in a number of international
declarations, not least the Convention Concerning the Protection of
World Cultural and Natural Heritage. For all its appeal, UNESCO's ideals
raise some deep concerns. In particular, it is not easy to articulate an
account of universal value; and it is not easy to show why we are under
moral obligations in respect of that heritage. Nevertheless, I attempt
to defend those ideals. I seek to show that the protection of
humankind's heritage, qua humankind's, not only is a moral imperative:
more strongly put, it is a duty of justice. I then address one of the
most important objections to it - namely that it undermines states’ and
their citizenries’ legitimate interest in deciding what to do with
landmarks which are located on their territory.
/Cecile Fabre a political philosopher, and currently Senior Research
Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. She is also Professor of Political
Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and affiliated with the Faculty
of Philosophy, the Department of Politics and International Relations,
and Nuffield College, Oxford. Her research interests are in theories of
distributive justice; the philosophy of democracy; just war theory; the
ethics of foreign policy, with particular focus on the ethics of
economic statecraft and the ethics of espionage.
She most recently published Spying Through a Glass Darkly: The Ethics of
Espionage and Counter-Intelligence (Oxford University Press 2022);
Economic Statecraft: Human Rights, Sanctions, and Conditionality
(Harvard University Press, 2018), preceded by (among others)
Cosmopolitan Peace (Oxford University Press, 2016), The Morality of
Defensive War, co-edited with Seth Lazar (Oxford University Press,
2014), Cosmopolitan War (Oxford University Press, 2012)./
https://kalender.univie.ac.at/einzelansicht/?no_cache=1&tx_univieevents_pi1…
/
/
Dear colleagues,
please find attached our call for contributions for the *Day of
Parliamentary Research 2024*. The conference takes place on June 20,
2024 in the premises of the Austrian Parliament. It is organized by the
Legal, Legislative and Research Services (RLW) of the Parliamentary
Administration of the Austrian Parliament and will bring together
scholars from various disciplines to discuss their research as well as
its potential contribution to parliamentary practice.
We invite academic *contributions from all disciplines* without any
restrictions on content or methodology. Details on thematic focus,
abstract submission, and organisational issues can be found in the
attachment.
Please inform yourself about all details concerning the abstract
submission and send your proposal for a presentation or a poster (in PDF
format) *by April 15, 2024 *to parlamentsforschung(a)parlament.gv.at
<mailto:parlamentsforschung@parlament.gv.at>.
We kindly ask you to *forward this call* to potentially interested
colleagues and look forward to receiving your submissions. If you have
any questions please contact us using the contact details below.
If you are interested in how last year’s – and first ever – Day of
Parliamentary Research went, please read the report on the website of
the Austrian Parliament at Tag der Parlamentsforschung 2023:
Tagungsbericht
<https://www.parlament.gv.at/fachinfos/rlw/Tag-der-Parlamentsforschung-2023-…>(in
German; including PDFs of the keynote-speech, presentations and posters
in English) or the Conference Report in the International Journal of
Parliamentary Studies
<https://brill.com/view/journals/parl/3/2/article-p309_007.xml>(in English).
Details on all initiatives of the Parliamentary Administration
concerning parliamentary research can be found at Research | Parliament
Austria <https://www.parlament.gv.at/en/research/>(in English) or
Parlamentsforschung | Parlament Österreich
<https://www.parlament.gv.at/fachinfos/rlw/parlamentsforschung/>(in German).
Kind regards on behalf of the project team,
Christoph Clar
*Research and Support in Parliamentary Matters*
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German) or Research | Parliament Austria
<https://www.parlament.gv.at/en/research/>(in English)
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about how the Parliamentary Administration processes your personal data.
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
die Einreichungsphase für die XI. Tagung für Praktische Philosophie hat
begonnen! Nach 10 Jahren in Salzburg zieht die Tagung um und wird am 19.
& 20. September 2024 zum ersten Mal an der Universität Passau stattfinden.
Dürften wir Sie bitten, den Call for Papers an Ihrem Institut und Ihrer
Universität zu verbreiten? Insbesondere würden wir uns freuen, wenn Sie
ihn an Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen und Promovierende weitergeben
könnten. Einreichungen für Einzelvorträge, Panels und Runde Tische sind
bis 15.4.2024 unter https://tagung-praktische-philosophie.org möglich.
Mit herzlichen Grüßen aus Passau
Johanna Sinn
--
Tagung für Praktische Philosophie
Universität Passau
https://www.tagung-praktische-philosophie.org/
<https://www.tagung-praktische-philosophie.org/>
tfpp(a)uni-passau.de <mailto:tfpp@uni-passau.de>
XI. Tagung für Praktische Philosophie:
19.-20.09.2024
Universität Passau
*Call for Papers *
*XI. Tagung für Praktische Philosophie *
*19./20. September 2024 *
*Universität Passau *
*Organisation: *Karoline Reinhardt (Passau)
in Kooperation mit Birgit Beck (TU Berlin)
sowie Gottfried Schweiger (Salzburg) und Michael Zichy (Bonn/Salzburg)
Die Tagung für Praktische Philosophie zieht nach 10 Jahren in Salzburg
um: Am 19. und 20. September 2024 findet die XI. Tagung für Praktische
Philosophie an der Universität Passau statt. Christian Seidel
(Karlsruhe) und Eva Weber-Guskar (Bochum) werden die Plenarvorträge
halten – die weiteren Beiträge werden noch gesucht. Wir laden daher alle
Interessierten, mit und ohne universitäre Anbindung, ein, *Vorschläge
für Vorträge, thematische Panels oder Runde Tische* einzureichen. Dabei
sind Vorträge aus dem gesamten Spektrum der praktischen Philosophie
(angewandte Philosophie, Sozialphilosophie, Ethik, Rechtsphilosophie,
politische Philosophie und Theorie, Handlungstheorie, sowohl in
analytisch-systematischer wie auch in historischer Tradition) und
verwandter Disziplinen willkommen. Für jeden Vortrag sind 20 Minuten
plus 10 Minuten Diskussion vorgesehen. Vorschläge für Vorträge sollten
einen Titel und eine Zusammenfassung des Vortrags (im Umfang von ca. 500
Wörtern) umfassen. Die Zusammenfassung darf keinen Hinweis auf den/die
Autor:in enthalten. Die Einreichung ist bis 15. April 2024 über die
Tagungswebsite möglich: www.tagung-praktische-philosophie.org
<http://www.tagung-praktische-philosophie.org>
Zum gesamten CfP und weiteren CfP für einzelne Panels:
https://www.tagung-praktische-philosophie.org/call-for-papers.html
Kristian Vstrup Madsen
"Good doesn't cut it: quality and quantity in the reception history of
Vermeer“
a Lecture on Monday, January 22nd, 7 pm
at University of Applied Arts, Vordere Zollamtsstr. 7, 5th Floor, SE 20
In the mid 18th century, the King of Saxony bought a Vermeer because he
was told it was a Rembrandt, and he believed it. A few decades on, the
King of France declined to buy a Vermeer because it was not a Rembrandt.
Vermeer has always been good – anyone could see that. But good doesn’t
cut it when you’re selling to kings, oil barons, financiers, and
rappers. His example tells us that, across art history, from Old Masters
to post-postmodernists, quality is not a given, but subject to trend and
capital. In this lecture, Kristian Vistrup Madsen traces how value was
attributed to Vermeer's paintings, and how value, over time, made us see
those paintings differently.
/*Kristian Vistrup Madsen* is a writer and art critic based in Berlin.
He has contributed to magazines such as Artforum, Harpers, The White
Review, and Kunstkritikk. Doing Time: Essays on Using People was
published by Floating Opera Press in 2021./
and
"The (Great) Kristian Vistrup Madsen Show. Contemporaneity in
Postmedieval Times"
an exhibition opening on Tuesday, January 23rd, 6 pm
at University of Applied Arts, Oskar Kokoschka Platz 2, Painting
Department, Studios 610 and 621
a cooperation with the departments Philosophy and Painting, in the
context of Kathrin Heinrich’s seminar „Art Criticism“.
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Eva Kernbauer
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien | University of Applied Arts Vienna
Abteilung Kunstgeschichte | Art History
A-1010 Wien| Vienna, Oskar Kokoschka-Platz 2
Besuchsadresse: A-1030 Wien, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, Zimmer 444
fon +43-1-71133-2760
fax +43-1-71133-2769
eva.kernbauer(a)uni-ak.ac.at <mailto:sabine.eder@uni-ak.ac.at>
www.angewandtekunstgeschichte.net
<http://www.angewandtekunstgeschichte.net/>
Dear Colleagues,
The Reading Circle of the Research Group "Poststructuralism, Gender
Theory, Psychoanalysis" at the University of Vienna cordially invites
you to the next public event:
Vera Bühlmann (TU Vienna):
The Out-With and the With-Out, Or How to Think of the Digital in
Relation to a Philological "Ex Tempore"
Friday, January 26th 2024, 6-8pm, Hörsaal 2i (NIG), Department of
Philosophy (and online), Lecture and Discussion
Vera Bühlmann's recent book _The Digital, a Continent? Nature and
Poetics_ (Birkhäuser, 2024) presents a natural philosophy way of
thinking that draws from the optics and the sensibilities of New
Materialisms: Mathematical, poetical and rhetorical ideations help to
call, count, measure and proportion impersonal "thought" that "happens"
much like the weather does. It foregrounds thereby an agency as we
address it when we say "it rains", or "there is wind", or "a storm is
coming". The chapters of this book show how for the cunning reason of a
Mechanic in the old, artistic sense of the word (literally "one who
thinks and acts resourcefully") there is neither a necessity for
devotion nor humiliation involved when acknowledging that things _in the
first and last instance_ remain cryptic (dependent upon ciphering). For
what the mechanic's craft excels in and reveals objectively is how to
keep ideas and things moving and morphing, how to make them and render
them referential and graspable beyond a strict nature-culture
distinction. The knowledge the mechanic aims at conveying is how to
domesticate the meanwhile: How can we develop ideations of energy, form
and intellect in play together rationally and objectively, and yet in an
indefinite variety of ways and across many scales? Such sites of play
would have to be articulated and tuned by an architectonics for which
world and earth are neither synonymous nor subjected one to the other.
The chapters in this book explore the idea that we can better maintain
active relations to ourselves and to the currently emerging paradigm(s)
of planetary cultures, politics and economies when we study how there is
coding at work not only in the human domain but also in the natural
world too.
But how to think of such an idea of "coding", how to consider the
relations between method, poetics, technics and the arts? The talk will
explore resonances to Werner Hamacher's _95 Theses on Philology _(2009)_
_as well as his notion of "Ex Tempore" in _On the Brink. Language, Time,
History and Politics_ (2020).
Vera Bühlmann is Professor for Architecture Theory at Vienna University
of Technology TU, and director of the research group Architecture Theory
and Philosophy of Technics ATTP.
Registration for online participation or to get the referenced texts:
ralf.gisinger(a)univie.ac.at
Since 2021 the Reading Circle PS-GT-PA includes public events
additionally to the monthly readings. Lectures and workshops have been
held with Brian Massumi, Erin Manning, Avital Ronell, Didier Debaise,
Shomo Choudhury and Alexis Shotwell.
More information: poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at [1]
For the organizing team of the Reading Circle,
Eva-Maria Aigner, Arno Böhler, Ralf Gisinger
Links:
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[1] http://poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at
Dear all,
on behalf of the Anti-Racism Working Group we want to wish u a happy New
Year!
We are a group of students, Department staff and scholars who want to
create cultural change at the Department of Philosophy that is
conscious of and proactive in addressing issues around the many kinds
of racism endemic to our collective contexts.
In November, we organised for the first time a series of events
including talks, a film screening and workshops. U can find more infos
on our webpage:
https://antiracism-philosophy.univie.ac.at
For the next year, there is a lot more to come, and we are looking for
interested people to join us and collaborate with us! We hope
for your active participation, feedback, and suggestions.
Please do not hesitate to get in contact via
antiracism.philosophy(a)univie.ac.at
All the best,
your Anti-Racism Working Group
Dear All,
The "Wittgen=steine" series (organized by the Wittgenstein Research
Group) organizes a talk this Friday:
January 19th, 2024, 3-4:30pm, HS 3F (NIG):
Annette Langner-Pitschmann: „‚…und mein Spaten biegt sich zurück' (PU
§217). Zum Verhältnis zwischen Ideologie und Religion"
Everybody welcome!
Best wishes from the organizers,
Esther Heinrich
Anja Weiberg
Martin Kusch
Dear all,
this is a reminder for the first Trans*Formations event! Trans
Philosophy is one of the most exciting 'new' strands of philosophical
theorizing, and we are happy to host the first event on the topic at the
University of Vienna.
First, Luce deLire (formerly John Hopkins University,
https://getaphilosopher.com/) will give the talk "Can The Transsexual
Speak?".
Abstract: On September 14, 2021 Ella Nik Bayan set herself on fire at
Berlin Alexanderplatz, Germany. She died shortly after. On February 2,
2024, the German government will most probably pass a new
'Self-Determination Law' (Selbstbestimmungsgesetz) which promises to
simplify transition related changes of name and gender identity markers
in legal documents. In my talk, I use these two examples to present what
I call 'the transsexual contract': Trans and non-binary self
determination is (often violently) incapacitated by means of concrete
legal, political and epistemological arrangements. This is the case even
in left wing art, activism and allegedly 'progressive' legislation.
Allegedly, the transsexual contract protects cis people from trans
propaganda and from their own confusion. Yet in reality, its main goal
is the production and control of cis people. One is not born cis, but
becomes cis. With a post-colonial lens, I suggest queer hospitality as a
concrete practice to unlearn this toxic logic of protection.
After a Q&A with Luce deLire, we will watch the film "Die Räuberinnen"
(2023) by Austrian filmmaker Isa Schieche, who recently also received
the Goldene Medusa Award for this film.(More Info:
https://isaschieche.com/Die-Rauberinnen)
About the film: Three trans women meet in a country house to plan a
robbery. The trick of the heist is that, in order to create a false
trail, they disguise themselves as men. While they share everyday life
as a well-established team and lovers, they practice speaking in a deep
voice, walking manly and behaving in a masculine manner.
In this process, they reach their emotional and physical limits and
repeatedly fail to imitate male connoted behavior."Die Räuberinnen" is a
sociological analysis of male- and female-attributed behavior and
traits, shaking up binary role models in a swirl of radicalism and
activism.
The talk will be in English, the film is in German with English
subtitles.
There will be popcorn, snacks and drinks to round off the event!
When? Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 from 15:00 to 16:30
Where? HS 3F, Institute of Philosophy, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7, 1010
Vienna)
Looking forward to seeing you on January 16th!
Any sharing of the event is highly appreciated, and the poster for the
event is attached to this email.
Please do not hesitate to contact me concerning any accessibility needs
or questions!
With warm greetings,
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"!
CfP: ECPR General Conference 2024 | University College Dublin | Section
of the Standing Group on Kantian Political Thought
The ECPR Standing Group on Kantian Political Thought is delighted to
announce that its application for a section on "Kant, Science and
Politics" as part of the ECPR General Conference (University College
Dublin, 12-15 August 2024) has been successful, and 6 panels have been
allocated to the Section.
As a result, paper and panel proposals for the section "Kant, Science
and Politics" are now invited. Paper proposals may either be submitted
as part of one of the five suggested panels below or as part of a new
panel on a topic related to that of the section. The aim of this section
is to examine Kant's view of a practical metaphysics (both in ethics and
politico-juridical philosophy) that is on the secure path of science;
the following are suggested panel topics:
* The Relation Between Theoretical and Practical Cognitions
* Kant's Conception of Moral Theory as a Philosophical Science
* The "Land of Truth" - The Political Language of Scientific Truth
* Autonomy and the Moral Law
* Science and Racism - Kant's Anthropology and the Need for
Reorientation of Kant Scholarship
You may find further details on the section here: Kant, Science and
Politics (ecpr.eu) [1].
If you are interested, please submit your proposal here by 18 January
2024:
Propose a panel: Panel Proposal - ECPR General Conference 2024,
University College Dublin, 12 - 15 August 2024 [2]
Propose a paper: Panel Proposal - ECPR General Conference 2024,
University College Dublin, 12 - 15 August 2024 [2]
In case you have any questions, please contact jakob.rendl(a)univie.ac.at
or s.baiasu(a)keele.ac.uk.
All welcome!
Links:
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[1] https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1470
[2] https://ecpr.eu/MyEcpr/Forms/PanelProposalForm.aspx?EventID=251
Liebe alle,
ich darf euch herzlich zu einem Film Screening einladen, das nächste
Woche stattfindet.
Der sogenannte Transgender Tipping Point deutet auf eine nie dagewesene
Präsenz von trans_ Personen in medialen Darstellungen im Globalen Norden
hin, die, wenn auch seltener, auch für die Darstellung von inter* und
nicht-binären Personen, Lebensrealitäten und Aktivismen gilt. Die
Arbeitsgruppe Inter*Trans_Nonbinary der Österreichischen Gesellschaft
für Geschlechterforschung (ÖGGF), das Referat Genderforschung
(Universität Wien) und das Institut für Theater-, Film und
Medienwissenschaft (Universität Wien) laden zu einem Filmprogramm zu
emanzipatorischen Zugängen zu trans_inter*nichtbinären Lebensrealitäten
im österreichischen Kontext. In einem anschließenden Publikumsgespräch
mit einigen der beteiligten Filmemacher*innen/Aktivist*innen wird unter
anderem nach den Möglichkeiten und Unmöglichkeiten emanzipatorischer
Arbeit gefragt, und danach, welche Aspekte allzu oft zu kurz kommen.
Zeit: Freitag, 19. Jänner 2024, 18.30 Uhr, mit Snacks und Getränken im
Anschluss
Ort: Hörsaal 5 im UZA II, Josef-Holaubek-Platz, 1090 Wien
Informationen zu Zuwegen und zur Erreichbarkeit für
Rollstuhlfahrer*innen (mit Fotos): https://shorturl.at/fgK12
Sprachen: Die Filme Inter*Story und Trans*Phoria sind in deutscher
Lautsprache ohne Untertitel; der Film Trans*Gaze ist in deutscher und
englischer Lautsprache mit englischen Untertiteln. Die Diskussion wird
in deutscher/englischer Lautsprache stattfinden. Der Hörsaal verfügt
leider über keine Induktionsschleifen.
Programm:
Inter*Story – ein Stück Aktivismus (Djordje Čenić, Nicole Baïer,
Österreich 2023, 43 Min.; deutsche Version)
Trans*Gaze (Rosa Wiesauer, Österreich 2021, 20 Min.; deutsche/englische
Version mit englischen Untertiteln)
Trans*Phoria (weitere Informationen folgen)
Publikumsgespräch mit: Ruth Jenrbekova (Trans*Gaze), Magdalena Klein und
Tinou Ponzer (Inter*Story), safer*space Collective (GM.P., M.L.;
TRANS*PHORIA)
Weitere Informationen: https://gender.univie.ac.at/l/filmscreening
--
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"!
Dear all,
I would like to cordially invite you to the first Trans*Formations
event!
Trans Philosophy is one of the most exciting 'new' strands of
philosophical theorizing, and we are happy to host the first event on
the topic at the University of Vienna, to be followed by more later this
year.
First, Luce deLire (formerly John Hopkins University,
https://getaphilosopher.com/) will give the talk "Can The Transsexual
Speak?".
Abstract:
On September 14, 2021 Ella Nik Bayan set herself on fire at Berlin
Alexanderplatz, Germany. She died shortly after. On February 2, 2024,
the German government will most probably pass a new 'Self-Determination
Law' (Selbstbestimmungsgesetz) which promises to simplify transition
related changes of name and gender identity markers in legal documents.
In my talk, I use these two examples to present what I call 'the
transsexual contract': Trans and non-binary self determination is (often
violently) incapacitated by means of concrete legal, political and
epistemological arrangements. This is the case even in left wing art,
activism and allegedly 'progressive' legislation. Allegedly, the
transsexual contract protects cis people from trans propaganda and from
their own confusion. Yet in reality, its main goal is the production and
control of cis people. One is not born cis, but becomes cis. With a
post-colonial lens, I suggest queer hospitality as a concrete practice
to unlearn this toxic logic of protection.
After a Q&A with Luce deLire, we will watch the film "Die Räuberinnen"
(2023) by Austrian filmmaker Isa Schieche, who recently also received
the Goldene Medusa Award for this film.(More Info:
https://isaschieche.com/Die-Rauberinnen)
The talk will be in English, the film is in German with English
subtitles.
There will be popcorn, snacks and drinks to round off the event!
When? Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 from 15:00 to 16:30
Where? HS 3F, Institute of Philosophy, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7, 1010
Vienna)
Looking forward to seeing you on January 16th!
Any sharing of the event is highly appreciated, and the poster for the
event is attached to this email.
Please do not hesitate to contact me concerning any accessibility needs
or questions!
With warm greetings,
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"!
Sehr geehrte Kolleg:innen,
ich möchte Sie im Namen von Khôra herzlich zum nächsten Colloquium einladen.
Termin: 11.01.2023, 18:30 - 20:00, HS 3F, Neues Institutsgebäude
Thema: "Über die Bedeutung des Vermittlungsbegriffs für die Medienphilosophie"
Ein kurzer Text von Leander Scholz ("Hegel und das leere Blatt Papier") dient uns als Ausgangspunkt für die weitere Diskussion. Auf Anfrage wird der Text gerne zugesendet.
Weitere Informationen sowie eine Mailingliste finden Sie auf unserer Homepage.
https://www.khora.philo.at/
Danach ist im Café Gagarin reserviert.
Wir freuen uns auf euch!
Liebe Grüße
Sebastian Krach
CfP: ECPR General Conference 2024 | University College Dublin | Section
of the Standing Group on Kantian Political Thought
The ECPR Standing Group on Kantian Political Thought is delighted to
announce that its application for a section on "Kant, Science and
Politics" as part of the ECPR General Conference (University College
Dublin, 12-15 August 2024) has been successful, and 6 panels have been
allocated to the Section.
As a result, paper and panel proposals for the section "Kant, Science
and Politics" are now invited. Paper proposals may either be submitted
as part of one of the five suggested panels below or as part of a new
panel on a topic related to that of the section. The aim of this section
is to examine Kant's view of a practical metaphysics (both in ethics and
politico-juridical philosophy) that is on the secure path of science;
the following are suggested panel topics:
* The Relation Between Theoretical and Practical Cognitions
* Kant's Conception of Moral Theory as a Philosophical Science
* The "Land of Truth" - The Political Language of Scientific Truth
* Autonomy and the Moral Law
* Science and Racism - Kant's Anthropology and the Need for
Reorientation of Kant Scholarship
You may find further details on the section here: Kant, Science and
Politics (ecpr.eu) [1].
If you are interested, please send an Expression of Interest with a
short outline of your paper (max. 500 words) or, if applicable, of the
proposed panel to jakob.rendl(a)univie.ac.at and s.baiasu(a)keele.ac.uk by
11 January 2024, or contact us for more information.
All welcome!
Links:
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[1] https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1470
Zoom Workshop: Affective and Mnemonic Injustice (January 30th and 31st, 2024)
In recent years, there’s been a growing interest in identifying the different ways in which a person or a group of persons can be a victim of injustice, as well as the psychological/subjective effects that the various types of injustice can have on people’s status as epistemic, affective and mnemonic agents, among others. Following this trend, the purpose of this workshop will be to investigate two distinctive types of injustice as well as their possible conceptual and empirical links: affective and mnemonic injustice.
The first seeks to capture kinds of injustices committed against individuals specifically in their capacities as affective agents, for example, by systematically provoking distressing experiences such as fear, sadness or despair, by manipulating others’ emotions in a way that might prove detrimental to their well-being, or by denying others opportunities to express and regulate their emotional responses. The latter seeks to capture how stereotypes can shape what we remember, so that accounts of fairness and social justice have to be taken into consideration in debates about different kinds of mnemonic capacities. These two kinds of injustices have obvious interconnections, as can be seen, for example, in the way that provoking a traumatic experience upon another person is a kind of injustice that has both an affective and a mnemonic component. We hope that the talks in this workshop, and the discussion that will follow them, will bring out these (and other) philosophical interconnections. As a result, we hope to show that the philosophy of memory and the philosophy of emotion are deeply political subject matters, something that is often overlooked within these disciplines. Far from being a marginal topic, the politics of memory and affectivity is at the heart of questions as to how memory and affective systems function, their purpose, and their role within our social spheres more broadly. We would thus like to invite everyone to join us in discussing and making these topics more visible in the philosophical community.
Programme:
January 30th 2024
2:30 PM (CET): Marina Trakas (Conicet): "Mnemonic Humility: An Antidote to Mnemonic Injustice?"
3:3O PM (CET): Francisco Gallegos (Wake Forest): "Authenticity, Zozobra and Affective Injustice"
January 31st 2024
2:30 PM (CET): Joel Krueger (Exeter): "An Ecological Approach to Affective Injustice"
3:30 PM (CET): Katherine Puddifoot (Durham): "Mnemonic Injustice and the Social Stance on Memory"
Registration (mandatory): <http://goog_82397027> https://forms.gle/k6EoLEjii7hd9RmN7
Abstracts: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eP9bQfSmj9BWnml58N7Zv-n0TM9yN72p/view?usp=…
PhilEvents: https://philevents.org/event/show/117621
Organisers: Nathália de Ávila (Universität Wien - IVC Fellow)
Felipe Carvalho (UFLA)
Em Walsh (Johns Hopkins)
Questions: Please, write to nferrei1(a)smail.uni-koeln.de<mailto:nferrei1@smail.uni-koeln.de>
Liebe Kolleg:innen,
gerne möchten wir Sie auf die Graduiertenkonferenz "DEN FINGER IN DIE
WUNDE LEGEN - Kritische Phänomenologien der Gewalt", die am 11./12.
Januar an unserem Institut stattfinden wird, aufmerksam machen. Die
Konferenz setzt es sich zur Aufgabe, zum einen die aktuell v. a. im
angloamerikanischen Raum sich intensivierende Debatte um die sog.
"critical phenomenology" mit Blick auf Phänomene der Gewalt zu erproben.
Darüber hinaus soll sie einen Ort des Austausches für junge
phänomenologische (Gewalt)Forschung am Institut für Philosophie in Wien
eröffnen. Anhand konkreter Phänomenanalysen soll gezeigt werden, wie
sich eine für soziale, politische und globale Problemlagen
sensibilisierende Phänomenologie mit deskriptiven, genealogischen und
kritischen Theorieelemente konstruktiv verbinden lässt und so neue
Einsichten für die Gewaltforschung zu eröffnen vermag.
Neben den Beiträgen von fortgeschrittenen Master- und
Doktoratsstudierenden unseres Instituts, die zu Phänomenen der Gewalt
forschen, freuen wir uns zudem auf folgende drei Keynotes:
(1) Claudia Brunner, Politikwissenschaftlerin und assoz. Professorin am
Zentrum für Friedensforschung und Friedensbildung, Institut für
Erziehungswissenschaft und Bildungsforschung der Universität Klagenfurt
mit dem Vortrag "Strukturell, symbolisch, normativ - und epistemisch:
Gewalt weiter denken in der kolonialen Moderne"
(2) Pascal Delhom, Senior Lecturer am Philosophischen Seminar der
Europa-Universität Flensburg, mit dem Vortrag "Erlittene Gewalt. Die
Frage des Zugangs zu den Phänomenen"
(3) Gerald Posselt, Senior Lecturer an unserem Institut, mit dem
Vortrag: "Zeichensprache der Verletzungen: Schnittstellen sprachlicher
und körperlicher Gewalt"
Ausführlichere Abstracts zu den Keynotes, den anderen Vorträgen, den
genauen Zeitablauf und Hintergrundlektüren zu den Keynotes finden Sie
hier:
https://phaenomenologie.univie.ac.at/forschung/graduiertenkonferenz-den-fin…
Mit den besten Grüßen und Wünschen für das neue Jahr,
Charlotte Bomert, Georg Harfensteller & Michael Staudigl
Dear all,
I would like to cordially invite you to the first Trans*Formations
event! Trans Philosophy is one of the most exciting 'new' strands of
philosophical theorizing, and we are happy to host the first event on
the topic at the University of Vienna.
First, Luce deLire (formerly John Hopkins University,
https://getaphilosopher.com/) will give the talk "Can The Transsexual
Speak?".
Abstract: On September 14, 2021 Ella Nik Bayan set herself on fire at
Berlin Alexanderplatz, Germany. She died shortly after. On February 2,
2024, the German government will most probably pass a new
'Self-Determination Law' (Selbstbestimmungsgesetz) which promises to
simplify transition related changes of name and gender identity markers
in legal documents. In my talk, I use these two examples to present what
I call 'the transsexual contract': Trans and non-binary self
determination is (often violently) incapacitated by means of concrete
legal, political and epistemological arrangements. This is the case even
in left wing art, activism and allegedly 'progressive' legislation.
Allegedly, the transsexual contract protects cis people from trans
propaganda and from their own confusion. Yet in reality, its main goal
is the production and control of cis people. One is not born cis, but
becomes cis. With a post-colonial lens, I suggest queer hospitality as a
concrete practice to unlearn this toxic logic of protection.
After a Q&A with Luce deLire, we will watch the film "Die Räuberinnen"
(2023) by Austrian filmmaker Isa Schieche, who recently also received
the Goldene Medusa Award for this film.(More Info:
https://isaschieche.com/Die-Rauberinnen)
The talk will be in English, the film is in German with English
subtitles.
There will be popcorn, snacks and drinks to round off the event!
When? Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 from 15:00 to 16:30
Where? HS 3F, Institute of Philosophy, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7, 1010
Vienna)
Looking forward to seeing you on January 16th!
Any sharing of the event is highly appreciated, and the poster for the
event is attached to this email.
Please do not hesitate to contact me concerning any accessibility needs
or questions!
With warm greetings,
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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Betreff: Submit your project ideas for the "Research Year in
Parliament" 2024
Datum: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 09:02:16 +0000
Von: Parlamentsforschung <Parlamentsforschung(a)parlament.gv.at>
An: Parlamentsforschung <Parlamentsforschung(a)parlament.gv.at>
***** Deutschsprachige Version siehe unten ********
Dear colleagues,
we are pleased to inform you that, for the second time, the Legal,
Legislative and Scientific Service of the Parliamentary Administration
of the Austrian Parliament invites *representatives from all scientific
disciplines* to submit their *project ideas* for the "*Research Year in
Parliament*".
Within this initiative, the Scientific Advisory Board
<https://www.parlament.gv.at/en/research/research-year-in-parliament/>
selects a research project that deals with a parliament-related issue in
a particularly innovative way. A *contract for work and services worth a
total gross amount of EUR 16,000.00* will be awarded. In addition,
during the one-year term the project will receive support from experts
from the Parliamentary Administration and access to the knowledge
resources of the Austrian Parliament.
Please send your ideas including all required documents (in PDF format)
*by March 21, 2024 *to parlamentsforschung(a)parlament.gv.at
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Administration concerning parliamentary research can be found at
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We kindly ask you to *forward this call to potentially interested
colleagues* and look forward to receiving your submissions. If you have
any questions please contact us using the contact details below.
Kind regards and best wishes for the upcoming holidays - on behalf of
the project team,
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wir freuen uns, Sie darüber zu informieren, dass der Rechts-,
Legislativ- und Wissenschaftliche Dienst (RLW) der Parlamentsdirektion
des österreichischen Parlaments zum zweiten Mal *Vertreter:innen aus
allen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen* dazu einlädt, ihre *Projektideen*
für das „*Forschungsjahr im Parlament*“ einzureichen.
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Darüber hinaus erhält das Projekt während der einjährigen Laufzeit
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