News in Brief - March 2019

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Philosophy News Digest

Featured Research

Philosophy by Postcard: Public Philosophy Project to celebrate Iris Murdoch’s centenary. Read more

Featured Teaching 

Current third-year, Sophie Greener, discusses the skills she will be taking from her Philosophy degree into employment. Read more

Featured News

The Time of Our Lives. Read more

First Philosophy Dissertation Showcase! Wednesday 13th March. Read more

Other News

Robin McKenna spoke on 'Epistemic Asymmetries in Political Cognition' at the New Directions in Political Epistemology seminar at Institute of Philosophy, London, on March 11th.

Michael Hauskeller gave a public lecture on ‘Immigration, Identity Politics, and the Meaning of Life’. The lecture was part of the Movement, Place and Meaning lecture series, presented by the School of the Arts at the University of Liverpool. The lectures showcase the research of the School and its relevance to the wider world. This year’s theme responds to urgent issues of our time that the Arts can help us better understand. Read more

Yiota Vassilopoulou led a workshop for NHS practitioners on ‘Is death a failure? Making a decision on life and death’ as part of the NHS NW R&D residency, with Michael Hauskeller and Rachael Wiseman.

Rachael Wiseman signed a contract with Chatto & Windus for a new book on ‘the Quartet’ with Clare MacCumhaill. Read more 

Thomas Schramme published a blogpost on 'The Expansion of Health Needs: Pathologisation, Medicalisation, Healthisation'. The post relates to Thomas’s new book, Theories of Health Justice.

Becky Davnall, Rachael Wiseman and Siobhan Chapman (English) presented at the NWCDTP workshop on 'Inclusive Methodology' at Manchester University.

Vid Simoniti spoke on 'Deception in Alt-Right Visual Culture' at Liverpool Hope’s Religion, Art and Conflict seminar series on Wednesday.