Jean Xavier’s presentation will show the importance of travel narratives in the evolution of contemporary thinking about the Other.
Tags: enthnography, philosophy, relationship with the other, travel
In this presentation, Dr Victor Fan, Senior Lecturer for Film Studies at King’s College, first expounds how Buddhist philosophy can help scholars re-evaluate what cinema and media are and what exactly they are constituting and mediating.
Tags: Buddist philosophy, cinema and media, Film Studies, philosophy, Time
This lecture will explore philosophical analyses of the nature of trust and their relevance to both wider society and work in other disciplines.
Tags: lecture, philosophy
Join us to celebrate our 70th anniversary…
Tags: criminology, philosophy, Psychology and Sociology, School of Sociology and Social Policy, Social Science, sociology
Professor Rob Canton, De Montfort University and author of ‘Why Punish? An Introduction to the Philosophy of Punishment’ speaks about some of the key themes explored in his recent book.
Tags: CJRC, crime, criminal justice, Criminal Justice Research Centre, philosophy, Professor Rob Canton, punishment, School of Law, School of Sociology and Social Policy, Why Punish? An Introduction to the Philosophy of Punishment
Join us for the first Ingenuity breakfast event of 2018 when Dr Jonathan Tallant returns to our breakfast programme – this time to explore the theme of trust.
Tags: business, Dr Jonathan Tallant, Ingenuity breakfast, ingenuity event, philosophy
This lecture offers an interpretation of Taylor Swift’s music through the theme of ‘repetition’, and using Swift’s work to introduce Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy of repetition and difference. Part of the Popular Culture Lecture Series.
Tags: culture, Department of Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King-Ho Leung, music, philosophy, pop culture, Popular Culture Lecture Series, public lecture, Taylor Swift
University of Nottingham Associate Professor Dr Max Biddulph aims to audit Foucault’s interest in BDSM, his involvement in the gay men’s leather scene in San Francisco in the early 1970s and assess its contribution to his ‘forensic understanding’ of both the artefacts and conduits of power.
Tags: BDSM, equality and diversity, history, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, Max Biddulph, Michel Foucalt, people and culture, philosophy, School of Education, sexuality