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Dorota Mokrosinska receives Rockefeller Visiting Fellowship at Princeton 28 May 2019
Dorota Mokrosinska, University Lecturer of philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy has been selected for a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty ...
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Frank Chouraqui new Director of Education Philosophy 13 February 2019
Frank Chouraqui has been appointed as Director of Education at the Intsitute of Philosophy as from 1 January 2019. His mission is to maintain the qua...
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Timon Krause: a philosopher in showbiz 11 January 2019
Philosophy master's student Timon Krause is 24, but it feels as if he’s already fully lived at least two lives. His show MINDGAMES is currently booked...
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Philosophy of sport: beyond reason to imagination 13 November 2018
Why do top athletes sacrifice so much for their sport? And does the prevailing theoretical framework for critical sports research, which is based in p...
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CFP OZSW Graduate Conference in Theoretical Philosophy 28 September 2018
The Institute for Philosophy is pleased to host the OZSW Graduate Conference in Theoretical Philosophy on 9 and 10 January 2019
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MA Student Suzanne Oskam invited to conference Philosophy of Death and Dying 15 May 2018
The Institute for Philosophy is happy to announce that Suzanne Oskam will be presenting her work this summer in Uppsala, Sweden at the biennial confer...
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Call for abstracts: Thinking planet 2018, students' presentations contest 16 February 2018
Thinking Planet is a big public philosophy event which aims to bring ideas from all over the world to the Netherlands.
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Why both fascists and liberals idolise Nietzsche 13 February 2018
The doctrine of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche is complex, contradictory and open to a range of different interpretations. As a result, his le...
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'Nobody has determined yet what the body is capable of’ 26 October 2017
Nietzsche may well have criticised Spinoza, but even so, the two philosophers had more in common than we might think, according to young Romanian phil...
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In memoriam Prof. dr. Glen Newey (1961–2017) 02 October 2017
Glen Newey, Professor of Political Philosophy and Ethics at the Institute of Philosophy, suddenly passed away on 30 September 2017. He was a remarkabl...
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OZSW special PhD-course in Political Philosophy 18 September 2017
This winter the OZSW offers a special PhD-course in Political Philosophy. The course discusses state-of-the-art themes and developments in political p...
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Victor Gijsbers wins the 2017 Faculty Education Award 06 September 2017
Philosophy lecturer Victor Gijsbers has been awarded the 2017 Faculty Education Award. The Faculty Education Award is given each year to the Faculty’s...
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Lecturers in the spotlight: the Education Award nominees 07 August 2017
Every year, Humanities students can nominate their favourite lecturer for the Humanities Education Award. Traditionally, the winner of the award will ...
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Douglas Berger new professor of Comparative Philosophy 28 July 2017
Starting September 1st, philosopher Douglas Berger will be professor of Comparative Philosophy at the Leiden Institute for Philosophy. His appointment...
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How democratic are state secrets? 22 May 2017
Transparency is seen as an important value for democratic government policy. Does that mean that we should do away with state secrets, such as confide...