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Margaret Moore will give the annual Centre for Political Philosophy lecture 26 February 2020
On Thursday 3 March , Prof. Margaret Moore will give the annual Centre for Political Philosophy lecture.
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Victor Gijsbers new fellow of Leiden University Teachers’ Academy 15 October 2019
Victor Gijsbers, university lecturer in Philosophy, has been chosen as a fellow of the Leiden University Teachers' Academy. Over the next five years a...
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Tim Meijers receives a Veni for research into obligations to future generations 23 July 2019
What do we owe to future generations? And how do we fairly share the costs of complying with these obligations , knowing that the world is full of ine...
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These are the seven Veni laureates of Humanities 17 July 2019
No less than seven scholars of the Faculty of Humanities were awarded a Veni grant. Veni grants are aimed at excellent researcher who recently obtaine...
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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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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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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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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...
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CFP MA Masterclass Feminist Theory with Lynne Huffer 20 April 2017
CFP: Two-day PhD/ Research MA masterclass Feminist Theory with and around the work of Prof. dr. Lynne Huffer organised by the OZSW in cooperation wit...
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How Nietzsche loved fate 24 February 2017
One of the core concepts in the work of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche is amor fati: the love of one's fate. PhD candidate Hedwig Gaasterland analyse...
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Leiden and Beijing in philosophical dialogue 20 January 2017
Between January 11th and 14th the Institute for Philosophy of Leiden hosted the second edition of the Beijing-Leiden Conference in Philosophy, devoted...