Events and activities Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy

1 events , activities

1.1 summer , winter schools
1.2 conferences
1.3 research days
1.4 parrhesia journal

events , activities
summer , winter schools

the mscp runs summer , winter schools @ university of melbourne during university vacation breaks. courses in schools consist of 5 two-hour lectures on week , not involve assessment or require demonstrated prior knowledge of topic in question. mscp not-for-profit organisation, registration costs minimal.

mscp courses seek detailed , scholarly encounter philosophical thinkers , themes. in particular, courses attempt promote constructive ways of engaging philosophy not represented in contemporary academic discourse. courses aim locate philosophy in context of historical , cultural milieu, encouraging lively, academic debate, emphasising interdisciplinary aspects of philosophy. classes informal strive rigorous , faithful philosophers , texts being studied.

past courses have covered philosophers such hegel, nietzsche, heidegger, wittgenstein, lyotard, derrida, deleuze , badiou. series of courses has run on several summer , winter schools entitled mscp history of philosophy series assessed philosophy pre-socratics modern empiricism. similar courses, treating theme rather particular philosopher or text, have included 3 centuries of aphorism , democracy, elites , violence .

conferences

the mscp has run conferences including:

2002 australasian society of continental philosophy conference @ university of melbourne (the mscp hosted conference in conjunction department of philosophy @ university of melbourne), held in december 2002
immanuel kant today , commemorating 200th anniversary of death of immanuel kant, held in february 2004
sensorium , conference on philosophy , aesthetics, held in june 2005
sartre colloquium included performance of huis clos (held in conjunction department of french, italian , spanish studies , department of philosophy), held in october 2005
200 years of hegel s phenomenology of spirit , held in july 2007

research days

the mscp has initiated series of research days philosophers in particular field converge on specific topic , workshop papers together. far, spinoza , infinite , convened jon roffe held in december 2005 , attended justin clemens, simon duffy, minna koivuniemi , jon roffe.

parrhesia international journal of critical philosophy. parrhesia journal


parrhesia journal

parrhesia: journal of critical philosophy international journal of critical philosophy affiliated mscp. edited 4 mscp members: alex murray, matthew sharpe, jon roffe , ashley woodward. launched in 2006 , has included articles alain badiou , jacques rancière.

the title of journal reference michel foucault , has shaped character of journal submissions:

michel foucault’s last works tell parrhesia act of fearlessly speaking truth. engage in parrhesia never, however, ‘neutral’ act. parrhesia simultaneously incorporates aesthetic , ethical dimensions. parrhesiast fidelity truth becomes pivot of process of self-transformation.

in spirit of critical philosophy, editors of journal aim gather range of thinkers examine intersections between questions of subjectivity, politics, ethics, aesthetics , truth, intersections both theoretically , practically form critical points in our culture , in our time. walter benjamin suggests these ‘perilous critical moments’ upon act of reading, writing , thinking must based.

the current issue issue 3, 2007, , features interview alain badiou , article friedrich balke.