- As a reminder, neither the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy reading group, nor the Deleuze Online Reading Group will be meeting this week (June 15th). Both will reconvene on the 22nd.
- 06/15: Abstracts and papers for the Pittsburgh Area Philosophy Colloquium at Washington and Jefferson are due.
- 06/15: Abstracts and papers for the first annual Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Conference, “Approaching the Liminal: Pushing the Boundaries of Continental Philosophy” are due. Get them in, we want this conference to be a great success!!!
Tag Archives: Philosophy
This Week:
10 JunThis Week:
6 JunDon’t miss this week’s Deleuze-filled Sunday:
- 06/08, 4:00pm: Continuing the summer program, “Get a Life!”, the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will be discussing the intrduction and first chapter of Deleuze’s Immanence: a Life, at the East End Book Exchange.
- 06/08, 10:00pm: The Online Deleuze Reading Group will be continuing our June project, with a discussion of the second chapter of Nietzsche and Philosophy. Link to be posted approx. 30mins before event.
This Week:
27 May- 05/29, 6:00pm: Point Park’s Dr. McInerney will be presenting “A Phenomenological Account of the School Shooting Spree” at the JVH Auditorium, Point Park University.
- 05/30-06/01: The College Theology Society will be meeting at St. Vinvent College for its sixtieth annual convention.
- 06/01, 4:00pm: The Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will begin its six-week summer program, “Get a Life!,” with a discussion of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy of life. (Stay tuned for a pdf of the first reading, later tonight).
- 06/01, 10:00pm: The Deleuze Online Reading Group will begin its discussion and analysis of Gilles Deleuze’s short study Nietzsche and Philosophy. This week discussion will center on the first chapter of the work.
“Get a Life!” and other Summer Updates
21 MayEnjoy your break? Good, cause it’s time to get back to work! And we are happy to offer some exciting programs to help you out:
- First, on Sunday nights at 10:00pm (EST) during June, we will be discussing Deleuze’s Nietzsche and Philosophy at the Deleuze Online Reading Group. Each week will will discuss one chapter (roughly 35 pages). If you are interested in participating, feel free to email us at pittsburghphilosophy@gmail.com with any questions. A google+ link will be posted approx. 30mins before each event.
- Second, the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group will be reconveaning for an exiciting summer program in June. Much like last year, we will be undertaking a themed program for the summer. This year the theme will be“Get a Life!”. “What does it mean to be alive?”, “What do we mean by the word Life?”, “What does change have to do with living?”, are just some of the many questions that we will be considering through readings of Nietzsche, Bergson, Deleuze, Henry, and Massumi. Stay tuned for more information coming soon!
- Third, next thursday (i.e. not tomorrow, but the next one), Point Park’s Dr. McInerney will be presenting “A Phenomenological Account of the School Shooting Spree,” Thu, May 29, 6:00-7:00 at the JVH Auditorium at Point Park University.
- Lastly, be sure to get in your abstracts for the first ever Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Conference next September. We have three kickin plenary addresses set up, and have already started recieving some promising abstracts; it is going to be a blast.
Conference Update
14 MayThe Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Network is happy to announce a third plenary for the 1st annual Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Conference, “Approaching the Liminal: Pushing the Boundaries of Continental Philosophy.” Dr. Aimee Light of Duquesne’s Theology Department specializes in theology of religions and comparative theology, as well as feminist theologies. She is the author of God at the Margins: Making Sense of Religious Plurality (Anselm: February 2014), co-author of the comparative approach to Hinduism featured in Pim Valkenberg’s World Religions in Dialogue: A Comparative Theological Approach and co-editor of Palgrave Macmillan’s new series Interreligious Studies in Theory and Practice, a series which will continue through 2018 and which features her own edited volume Identity and Exclusion.
We are very excited about our diverse speakers coming from philosophy, communications/rhetoric, and now theology. A perfect contribution to a conference centered on “pushing boundaries” and interdisciplinary work.
Pittsburgh Area Summer Seminar: Dietrich von Hildebrand and the Philosophy of Value
12 MayThe Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project is hosting its fourth annual summer seminar.
This seminar is on Dietrich von Hildebrand and the Philosophy of Value. Hildebrand’s understanding of value was the core insight which set the direction for his many achievements in ethics, aesthetics, and the human person. We will be engaging in intensive reading and discussion on these topics.
The seminar is tailored to graduate students, and is capped at 15 students. It will be from June 30 — July 3, at Franciscan University of Steubenville, with room and board provided. Here is a link to the application page. The application deadline is May 19, 2014.
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PCPN’s Spring Break
20 AprWith universities’ lecture schedules winding down, and the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group taking a break until late May to allow everyone to get all their final papers and such done, it is probable that there will be a gap in updates for the next few weeks. But fear not, weekly updates will be returning in late May/early June.
This Week:
14 AprA light week, event-wise, but be sure to check out…
- 4/15, 6:00pm – The Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Reading Group is continuing its discussion of Derrida’s “Signature, Event, Context” at the East End Book Exchange.
CFP – Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Conference – Approaching the Liminal
8 AprThe Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Network is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for our first annual Pittsbugh Continental Philosophy Conference entitled, Approaching the Liminal: Pushing the Boundaries of Continental Philosophy (Sept. 26th and 27th). The conference will feature Dr. Tom Sparrow (Slippery Rock University) and Dr. Erik Garrett (Duquesne University) as keynotes. The full CFP can be found here: CFP – Approaching the Liminal (abstracts due by June 15th). Interested parties throughout the greater Pittsburgh area, and in a wide variety of fields (including philosophy, psychology, communications, theology, and sociology, to name only a few) are strongly encouraged to apply.
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