11 Mar
2025
11 Mar
'25
8:59 a.m.
Dear PhD researchers,
Let me kindly remind you that there are two events today at our
department organized by your peers.
1. VDP Writing Afternoons Summer Semester 2025
The VDP Writing Afternoon provides an opportunity for focused work on
dissertations and academic texts. They are accessible to philosophy PhD
candidates, BA and MA students, or anyone in between.
Every Tuesday, 14:00-18:00, in Room 3A, NIG, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010
Vienna, it's writing o'clock. No registration necessary, just show up.
Each Writing Afternoon consists of 4 writing sessions, each session
comprises 50 minutes of writing and 10 minutes of peer interaction/break.
https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/events/details/news/vdp-writing-afternoo…
2. On the Cass Review: A Philosophy of Science Perspective -
Trans*formations Series
The Cass Review was a report commissioned by NHS England in 2020 to
recommend new practice guidelines in transgender healthcare for children
and adolescents, as well as to document problems with the existing
gender identity services. Following its release last year, it was cited
by both major political parties to justify the wholesale closure of the
services, a halt and then ban on the prescription of puberty blockers to
under 18s, and the suspension of a pending law to outlaw
conversion-therapy. A valuable case study as a piece of scientific
research and communication, this presentation examines the scientific
Cass Review from a philosophy of science perspective, evaluating its
conclusions and methodology with respect to notions of evidential norms,
standpoint epistemology, prejudicial attitudes, and the current paradigm
for trans* healthcare.
Bio:
Emelia Stanley is a Philosophy PhD candidate at the University of
Vienna. She is pursuing a thesis in the philosophy of logic and
mathematics, but writes independently about trans* issues in the UK and
abroad from a personal and philosophical perspective.
There will be drinks and snacks kindly provided by the Vienna Doctoral
School of Philosophy (VDP)!
When: March 11, 2025 - 16:30 to 18:15
Where: Lecture Hall 2H, NIG (2nd floor, Neues Institutsgebäude,
Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien)
AND ONLINE: univienna.zoom.us/j/69476786960
On The Cass Review (Trans*Formations Series)
Mar 11, 2025 04:30 PM Vienna
Meeting ID 694 7678 6960
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https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/events/details/news/on-the-cass-review-a…
Best,
Raphael