Supporting Philosophy, Theology,
Please note that as of the 1st of August 2011 the Subject Centre for PRS entered a 5 month transition phase prior to its closure on the 31st of December 2011. Most pages on this website are no longer being updated, apart from resources from the last academic year's activities.
History and Philosophy of Science Events
Conference: Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HQ, 23rd October 2009
'Meeting the current challenges' is a one day conference aimed at teachers of humanities in higher education seeking to enhance the employability of their students. The conference aims to share good practice across humanities subjects.
Call for Papers: Data - Phenomena - Theories: What's the Notion of a Scientific Phenomenon Good For? 
Conference: University of Heidelberg, 11th September 2008 to 13th September 2008
The conference will discuss the notion of scientific phenomena.
Workshop: Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, Glasgow, 21st May 2009
A one day research training event jointly hosted by the Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow and Glasgow Museums. Funded by a grant from the Higher Education Academy, Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies.
Using Museum Collections in Teaching HSTM
Workshop: National Media Museum, Bradford, 14th June 2011
Registration is now open for the Using Museum Collections in Teaching History of Science, Technology and Medicine workshop, organised by The Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies.
VIII Polish Philosophical Convention
Conference: Warsaw, 15th September 2008 to 20th November 2008
More than 350 international specialists from various philosophical disciplines will participate.
Teaching Controversial Topics: Marxist Theory
Workshop: The Peoples’ History Museum, Manchester, 17th February 2010
The Subject Centre for History, Classics & Archaeology is holding a joint workshop to investigate the teaching of Marxism within those disciplines as part of its ‘Teaching Controversial Topics’ series.
Conference: Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, 26th June 2009 to 28th June 2009
"The question whether it is still possible to live is the form in which metaphysics impinges on us urgently today." Adorno, Metaphysics: Concepts and Problems, 112. Traditionally, a common conception of philosophy has been as a melete thanatou or ‘meditation upon death’. However, in recent years it is the significance of the concept of ‘life’ which has begun to receive increasing attention in contemporary European philosophy. Indeed, writing in the wake of the brutalization of life in the death camps of Auschwitz, Adorno poses a central question for current philosophical debate on life, namely, ‘How might life live?’. The aim of this conference is to address this question and in doing so assess recent philosophies of life. In particular, the conference seeks to explore metaphysical, phenomenological, ethical and religious underpinnings of philosophies of life, especially in light of the emergence of ‘continental philosophy of religion’. By enquiring into conceptions of life in contemporary philosophical and religious thought, this conference also aims to reconsider the key project of ancient philosophy: the teaching of the good life.
Philosophy and Public Policy: Making an Impact
Colloquium: King’s College London, 13th May 2011
The seminar series is intended to promote and lead debate about the actual and potential impact of philosophy on public policy and practice.
Philosophy and Public Policy: Making an Impact
Colloquium: King’s College London, 12th November 2010
The seminar series is intended to promote and lead debate about the actual and potential impact of philosophy on public policy and practice.
What's The Big Deal About Democracy?
Conference: Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics, University of Brighton, 8th September 2008 to 10th September 2008
This is the third interdisciplinary conference of the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics, University of Brighton.
Call for Papers: Towards a Global Leviathan? Examining the (Dis)advantages of a World State
Conference: Institute for Law, Ethics and Society, Rem, Ghent University, 8th September 2008 to 11th September 2008
This is an international and interdisciplinary conference on the political and philosophical implications of institutional cosmopolitanism.
War and Peace: 7th Global Conference
Conference: Prague, 30th April 2010 to 2nd May 2010
The opening decade of the 21st century has seen war assume a number of new forms - new at least in relation to the 20th century. So, for instance, the West's war in Afghanistan is already longer than WW2, and shows no sign of coming to an end; the nature of those engaged in war has widened to include a variety of non-state agents; and war itself has come to include as arguably justifiable tactics and strategies previously either excluded or at least not recognised as legitimate. In short, the distinction between war and peace is becoming increasingly unclear. The 2010 conference is part of a continuing and explicitly multi- and inter-disciplinary conversation that aims to bring together people from a wide range of disciplines to focus on this centrally significant aspect of our social lives in order better to understand the nature and place of war and peace.
Conference: The University of Reading, 22nd September 2011 to 25th September 2011
The annual conference of the British Postgraduate Philosophy Association (BPPA) is the largest, most prestigious and longest running graduate philosophy conference in the UK. This year's conference features the inaugural BPPA Careers Day: a full day of talks and symposia given by leading academics on topics related to careers in philosophy.
Making the most of the National Student Survey
Workshop: University of Sussex, 8th July 2011
This workshop is a satellite event of the 2011 Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association. It will explore both theoretical and practical responses to the National Student Survey (NSS) – analysing its implications for philosophy, and how to address its influence in ways which do justice to the unique demands and benefits of our discipline. The workshop will draw upon UK-wide subject-specific research as well as practical examples from a range of philosophy departments, in order to provide participants with a number of discipline-specific tools for making effective use of, and responding to issues raised by, NSS results.
Valuing philosophy degrees: employability in higher education
Conference: Birmingham City University (Conference Suite, City North campus), 15th September 2011
This conference will explore employability in philosophy by offering a mix of academic reflection on employability and practical advice on enhancing the employability of graduates from the discipline in ways that do justice to the unique benefits and qualities of the subject.
Workshop: Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied CETL, University of Leeds, 14th May 2010
Philosophy in Research Ethics is a one day workshop, intended to be the first of a regular series of events, the aim of which is to establish a network of academics with interests in philosophical issues connected with research ethics and research ethics committees; focus attention on the issues of principle that risk getting lost amongst the practical considerations which are the stock in trade of many ethics committees; and provide a forum for the investigation of those issues. Just as importantly, it will enable the dissemination of work that is already underway in this area.
Problems of Democracy: 1st Global Conference
Conference: Prague, 30th April 2010 to 2nd May 2010
This conference is intended as the launch of a continuing and explicitly multi- and inter-disciplinary conversation that aims to bring together people from a wide range of disciplines, professions and NGOs to focus on what "democracy" might mean; on what if anything might justify democratic as against other social arrangements; and on visions of democratic practice that go beyond the pusillanimous, platitudinous and ultimately self-regarding charade that is the reality of western liberal democracy.
Workshop: University College, Dublin, 12th July 2010
This workshop is a satellite event of the 2010 Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association; and will explore both philosophical and practical responses to the ‘employability’ agenda– analysing its relevance to philosophy, and how to tackle ‘employability’ in ways which do justice to the unique benefits and qualities of our discipline. The workshop will draw upon examples from a range of HE philosophy curricula, as well as generic educational research, in order to provide participants with a number of discipline-specific tools for approaching the ‘employability’ agenda in a subject-appropriate way.
Symposium: London School of Economics, 17th December 2010
The British Philosophical Association and the Forum for European Philosophy present: VALUING THE HUMANITIES: A panel discussion With: James Ladyman; Martha Nussbaum; Lord Rees of Ludlow; Richard Smith
Philosophy and Public Policy: Making an Impact
Colloquium: King’s College London, 25th February 2011
The seminar series is intended to promote and lead debate about the actual and potential impact of philosophy on public policy and practice.
A level above? Progression to Undergraduate Studies in Philosophy
Conference: St Anne's College, Oxford, 2nd July 2009 to 3rd July 2009
This conference provided an opportunity for academics, school teachers, exam boards and policy-makers to consider ways to enhance students' progression in philosophical education, with a particular focus on the transition from school or further education (including A Level, Highers, International Baccalaureate and Access courses) to undergraduate level study of Philosophy in the UK.
Attending to the Other: Critical Theory and Spiritual Practice
Conference: St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, 23rd September 2010 to 26th September 2010
2010 Biennial Conference of the International Society for Religion, Literature and Culture
Workshop: University of Leeds, 11th May 2011
The annual Aspiring Academics Workshop for postgraduate students considering their futures.
Conference: Greenwich, London, 13th July 2011 to 14th July 2011
Learning and teaching conference organised by the Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies.
Aspiring Academics Workshop 2010
Workshop: The Strand Campus, King's College, London, 20th May 2010
A one day workshop for post-graduate students and early career academics in PRS disciplines.
Workshop for Aspiring Academics 2009
Workshop: Woburn House, London, 19th May 2009
A one day workshop for post-graduate students and early career academics in PRS disciplines.
Conference: York, 14th May 2008 to 15th May 2008
This two day conference focused on ways to support the use of ICT in learning and teaching in Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science, Theology, and Religious Studies departments in UK HE.
Changing Academic Practice: Implications for Future PRS Academics
Colloquium: Lincoln EPA Science Centre, University of Oxford, 4th February 2009
The Subject Centre for PRS and the Centre for Excellence in Preparing for Academic Practice CETL held a colloquium to bring together doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and junior and senior academics to explore and discuss the challenges and opportunities for those wishing to prepare for and develop an academic career in Philosophy, History of Science, Philosophy of Science, Biblical Studies, Religious Studies or Theology.
Aspiring Academics Workshop in Scotland 2010
Workshop: Edinburgh, 27th October 2010
By popular demand, the Subject Centre for PRS has organised an event for post-graduate students and early career academics in our disciplines, to take place in Scotland.
What's The Big Deal About Democracy? Second Call for Papers
Conference: University of Brighton, 8th September 2008 to 10th September 2008
The 3rd International Interdisciplinary Conference will look at themes behind the notion of representative democracy.
Teaching and Curriculum Design Workshop 2
Workshop: Keele University, 6th May 2009
This workshop will include a session on standard curricula in logic, ethics, and history of philosophy courses, with advice on textbooks and typical student problems, and a practical session on designing a whole module, along with a chance to present and discuss the resulting modules.
BPPA Masterclass V - the History of Early Analytic Philosophy
Workshop: University of East Anglia, 26th March 2009 to 27th March 2009
Masterclass for post-graduate students, with Professor Peter Hylton and Dr Michael Beaney.
Early Modern Dis/Locations: An Interdisciplinary Conference
Conference: Northumbria University, Newcastle, 15th January 2010 to 16th January 2010
A two-day interdisciplinary conference looking at issues around locations, in terms of literary and culteral studies, history, geography, philosophy, and related disciplines.
Conference: Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HQ, 23rd October 2009
'Meeting the current challenges' is a one day conference aimed at teachers of humanities in higher education seeking to enhance the employability of their students. The conference aims to share good practice across humanities subjects.
Call for Papers: Data - Phenomena - Theories: What's the Notion of a Scientific Phenomenon Good For?
Conference: University of Heidelberg, 11th September 2008 to 13th September 2008
The conference will discuss the notion of scientific phenomena.
Workshop: Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, Glasgow, 21st May 2009
A one day research training event jointly hosted by the Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow and Glasgow Museums. Funded by a grant from the Higher Education Academy, Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies.
Using Museum Collections in Teaching HSTM
Workshop: National Media Museum, Bradford, 14th June 2011
Registration is now open for the Using Museum Collections in Teaching History of Science, Technology and Medicine workshop, organised by The Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies.
VIII Polish Philosophical Convention
Conference: Warsaw, 15th September 2008 to 20th November 2008
More than 350 international specialists from various philosophical disciplines will participate.
Teaching Controversial Topics: Marxist Theory
Workshop: The Peoples’ History Museum, Manchester, 17th February 2010
The Subject Centre for History, Classics & Archaeology is holding a joint workshop to investigate the teaching of Marxism within those disciplines as part of its ‘Teaching Controversial Topics’ series.
Conference: Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, 26th June 2009 to 28th June 2009
"The question whether it is still possible to live is the form in which metaphysics impinges on us urgently today." Adorno, Metaphysics: Concepts and Problems, 112. Traditionally, a common conception of philosophy has been as a melete thanatou or ‘meditation upon death’. However, in recent years it is the significance of the concept of ‘life’ which has begun to receive increasing attention in contemporary European philosophy. Indeed, writing in the wake of the brutalization of life in the death camps of Auschwitz, Adorno poses a central question for current philosophical debate on life, namely, ‘How might life live?’. The aim of this conference is to address this question and in doing so assess recent philosophies of life. In particular, the conference seeks to explore metaphysical, phenomenological, ethical and religious underpinnings of philosophies of life, especially in light of the emergence of ‘continental philosophy of religion’. By enquiring into conceptions of life in contemporary philosophical and religious thought, this conference also aims to reconsider the key project of ancient philosophy: the teaching of the good life.
Philosophy and Public Policy: Making an Impact
Colloquium: King’s College London, 13th May 2011
The seminar series is intended to promote and lead debate about the actual and potential impact of philosophy on public policy and practice.
Philosophy and Public Policy: Making an Impact
Colloquium: King’s College London, 12th November 2010
The seminar series is intended to promote and lead debate about the actual and potential impact of philosophy on public policy and practice.
What's The Big Deal About Democracy?
Conference: Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics, University of Brighton, 8th September 2008 to 10th September 2008
This is the third interdisciplinary conference of the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics, University of Brighton.
Call for Papers: Towards a Global Leviathan? Examining the (Dis)advantages of a World State
Conference: Institute for Law, Ethics and Society, Rem, Ghent University, 8th September 2008 to 11th September 2008
This is an international and interdisciplinary conference on the political and philosophical implications of institutional cosmopolitanism.
War and Peace: 7th Global Conference
Conference: Prague, 30th April 2010 to 2nd May 2010
The opening decade of the 21st century has seen war assume a number of new forms - new at least in relation to the 20th century. So, for instance, the West's war in Afghanistan is already longer than WW2, and shows no sign of coming to an end; the nature of those engaged in war has widened to include a variety of non-state agents; and war itself has come to include as arguably justifiable tactics and strategies previously either excluded or at least not recognised as legitimate. In short, the distinction between war and peace is becoming increasingly unclear. The 2010 conference is part of a continuing and explicitly multi- and inter-disciplinary conversation that aims to bring together people from a wide range of disciplines to focus on this centrally significant aspect of our social lives in order better to understand the nature and place of war and peace.
Conference: The University of Reading, 22nd September 2011 to 25th September 2011
The annual conference of the British Postgraduate Philosophy Association (BPPA) is the largest, most prestigious and longest running graduate philosophy conference in the UK. This year's conference features the inaugural BPPA Careers Day: a full day of talks and symposia given by leading academics on topics related to careers in philosophy.
Making the most of the National Student Survey
Workshop: University of Sussex, 8th July 2011
This workshop is a satellite event of the 2011 Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association. It will explore both theoretical and practical responses to the National Student Survey (NSS) – analysing its implications for philosophy, and how to address its influence in ways which do justice to the unique demands and benefits of our discipline. The workshop will draw upon UK-wide subject-specific research as well as practical examples from a range of philosophy departments, in order to provide participants with a number of discipline-specific tools for making effective use of, and responding to issues raised by, NSS results.
Valuing philosophy degrees: employability in higher education
Conference: Birmingham City University (Conference Suite, City North campus), 15th September 2011
This conference will explore employability in philosophy by offering a mix of academic reflection on employability and practical advice on enhancing the employability of graduates from the discipline in ways that do justice to the unique benefits and qualities of the subject.
Workshop: Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied CETL, University of Leeds, 14th May 2010
Philosophy in Research Ethics is a one day workshop, intended to be the first of a regular series of events, the aim of which is to establish a network of academics with interests in philosophical issues connected with research ethics and research ethics committees; focus attention on the issues of principle that risk getting lost amongst the practical considerations which are the stock in trade of many ethics committees; and provide a forum for the investigation of those issues. Just as importantly, it will enable the dissemination of work that is already underway in this area.
Problems of Democracy: 1st Global Conference
Conference: Prague, 30th April 2010 to 2nd May 2010
This conference is intended as the launch of a continuing and explicitly multi- and inter-disciplinary conversation that aims to bring together people from a wide range of disciplines, professions and NGOs to focus on what "democracy" might mean; on what if anything might justify democratic as against other social arrangements; and on visions of democratic practice that go beyond the pusillanimous, platitudinous and ultimately self-regarding charade that is the reality of western liberal democracy.
Workshop: University College, Dublin, 12th July 2010
This workshop is a satellite event of the 2010 Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association; and will explore both philosophical and practical responses to the ‘employability’ agenda– analysing its relevance to philosophy, and how to tackle ‘employability’ in ways which do justice to the unique benefits and qualities of our discipline. The workshop will draw upon examples from a range of HE philosophy curricula, as well as generic educational research, in order to provide participants with a number of discipline-specific tools for approaching the ‘employability’ agenda in a subject-appropriate way.
Symposium: London School of Economics, 17th December 2010
The British Philosophical Association and the Forum for European Philosophy present: VALUING THE HUMANITIES: A panel discussion With: James Ladyman; Martha Nussbaum; Lord Rees of Ludlow; Richard Smith
Philosophy and Public Policy: Making an Impact
Colloquium: King’s College London, 25th February 2011
The seminar series is intended to promote and lead debate about the actual and potential impact of philosophy on public policy and practice.
A level above? Progression to Undergraduate Studies in Philosophy
Conference: St Anne's College, Oxford, 2nd July 2009 to 3rd July 2009
This conference provided an opportunity for academics, school teachers, exam boards and policy-makers to consider ways to enhance students' progression in philosophical education, with a particular focus on the transition from school or further education (including A Level, Highers, International Baccalaureate and Access courses) to undergraduate level study of Philosophy in the UK.
Attending to the Other: Critical Theory and Spiritual Practice
Conference: St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, 23rd September 2010 to 26th September 2010
2010 Biennial Conference of the International Society for Religion, Literature and Culture
Workshop: University of Leeds, 11th May 2011
The annual Aspiring Academics Workshop for postgraduate students considering their futures.
Conference: Greenwich, London, 13th July 2011 to 14th July 2011
Learning and teaching conference organised by the Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies.
Aspiring Academics Workshop 2010
Workshop: The Strand Campus, King's College, London, 20th May 2010
A one day workshop for post-graduate students and early career academics in PRS disciplines.
Workshop for Aspiring Academics 2009
Workshop: Woburn House, London, 19th May 2009
A one day workshop for post-graduate students and early career academics in PRS disciplines.
Conference: York, 14th May 2008 to 15th May 2008
This two day conference focused on ways to support the use of ICT in learning and teaching in Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science, Theology, and Religious Studies departments in UK HE.
Changing Academic Practice: Implications for Future PRS Academics
Colloquium: Lincoln EPA Science Centre, University of Oxford, 4th February 2009
The Subject Centre for PRS and the Centre for Excellence in Preparing for Academic Practice CETL held a colloquium to bring together doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and junior and senior academics to explore and discuss the challenges and opportunities for those wishing to prepare for and develop an academic career in Philosophy, History of Science, Philosophy of Science, Biblical Studies, Religious Studies or Theology.
Aspiring Academics Workshop in Scotland 2010
Workshop: Edinburgh, 27th October 2010
By popular demand, the Subject Centre for PRS has organised an event for post-graduate students and early career academics in our disciplines, to take place in Scotland.
What's The Big Deal About Democracy? Second Call for Papers
Conference: University of Brighton, 8th September 2008 to 10th September 2008
The 3rd International Interdisciplinary Conference will look at themes behind the notion of representative democracy.
Teaching and Curriculum Design Workshop 2
Workshop: Keele University, 6th May 2009
This workshop will include a session on standard curricula in logic, ethics, and history of philosophy courses, with advice on textbooks and typical student problems, and a practical session on designing a whole module, along with a chance to present and discuss the resulting modules.
BPPA Masterclass V - the History of Early Analytic Philosophy
Workshop: University of East Anglia, 26th March 2009 to 27th March 2009
Masterclass for post-graduate students, with Professor Peter Hylton and Dr Michael Beaney.
Early Modern Dis/Locations: An Interdisciplinary Conference
Conference: Northumbria University, Newcastle, 15th January 2010 to 16th January 2010
A two-day interdisciplinary conference looking at issues around locations, in terms of literary and culteral studies, history, geography, philosophy, and related disciplines.