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Tim Thornton – Clinical Judgement and the Medical Humanities
25 November 2009 – Tim Thornton is Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health and Director of Philosophy in the International School for Communities, Rights and Inclusion.
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Slavoj Zizek – Apocalyptic Times
24 November 2009 – Public lecture given by Slavoj Zizek.
What are the Humanities For? – debate
19 November 2009 – Is humanities research addressing the right questions? What contribution are the humanities making towards solving urgent problems? How can humanities disciplines renew themselves? Rosi Braidotti (Utrecht) and Costas Douzinas (Birkbeck) debate and discuss.
Lucille Cairns – Trauma and Testimony: The Case of Myriam Anissimov
18 November 2009 – The inaugural event in the ‘Trauma Fiction History’ series – speaker: Lucille Cairns
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Denis McManus – Heidegger, Wittgenstein and the Last Judgement
11 November 2009 – The paper examines some of Heidegger’s early reflections on religious belief. It focuses on his lectures on St Paul and on the latter’s remarks on the Last Judgment in particular.
Nick Holder – History and Archaeology: Finding some Common Ground
10 November 2009 – Nick Holder looks at the types of evidence and data created by archaeologists and consider ways that historians can make use of that body of evidence, as well as at some case studies of fruitful co-operation between archaeologists and historians.
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Walter Benjamin & Bertolt Brecht: Story of a Friendship?
6 November 2009 – This conference celebrates the publication of Erdmut Wizisla’s formidable study ‘Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht: The Story of a Friendship’ and explores the ways in which Wizisla’s study augments, challenges or re-constellates previous analyses. speakers: Erdmut Wizisla, Peter Thompson, Barabara Engh, Tony Phelan, Esther Leslie, Chryssoula Kambas
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Rorty and the Mirror of Nature
6 November 2009 – speakers: Robert Brandom (Pittsburgh), Bjorn Ramberg (Oslo), Michael Williams (Johns Hopkins), Albrecht Wellmer (Berlin)
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Albrecht Wellmer – Adorno and the Difficulties of a Critical Reconstruction of the Historical Present
5 November 2009 – Discussion of Adorno and the Difficulties of a Critical Reconstruction of the Historical Present
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