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Philosophy Students on trip to Hamburg, Germany
Inspiring Northern England Postgraduate Philosophy Conference held at Liverpool
Rehearsing Governance: PhD researcher Stella Sideli explores artistic and institutional practice at FACT
PhD researcher, Georgie Brighouse, presents at Leipzig’s 26th International Network for Philosophy and Psychiatry Conference
New Podcast: Art Against the World Explores Art’s Role in Shaping the Future
International News
PhD researcher Hannah Moss delivered a flash talk and poster pitch at the Dimensions of Radical Embodiment conference at the University of Southern Denmark
Michael Hauskeller has published an edited collection (in German) containing some of the best contributions to the journal Die Scheidewege (which Michael co-edited for 20 years): Mensch, Natur und Gesellschaft: 50 Jahre Scheidewege, Zug (Switzerland): Die Graue Edition, 2025.
A Chinese translation of Michael’s book Better Humans? Understanding the Enhancement Project was also published this month by Commercial Press in their Human Essay Library for the Digital Age.
Rachael Wiseman and Clare Mac Cumhaill gave the keynote lecture in Lund at The Somerville Group: Influences, impact and legacy conference, 13-15 June.
Events for Rachael Wiseman’s Philosophy in the Wild project took place this month in Romania, Austria and France. Find out more at www.notesfromabiscuittin.com
Other news
PhD researcher Hannah Moss has been awarded the John Lennon Memorial Scholarship.
She will be presenting her research next month at the Society for European Philosophy Conference in Kings College, London.
PGR student Tony Cearns has started a substack publication ‘Detangling Dementia’, exploring some of the emotional and philosophical issues around caring for someone with dementia.
BookAuthority, which collects and ranks the best books in the world on particular topics, now lists Michael Hauskeller’s The Meaning of Life and Death as one of the ten best meaning of life books of all time.
Publications
The Institute of Art and Ideas published an essay by Michael Hauskeller on transhumanism and antinatalism under the title “The delusion behind upgrading humanity or ending it”.