The below symposium may be of interest:

“The Return of Religion in Contemporary Continental Philosophy”

Wednesday, October 29^th, 2014, in the 1888 Building, The University of Melbourne.

A Symposium sponsored by the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy and The Committee for the Study of Religion in the University of Melbourne.

9:30 am              Dr Justin Clemens (Melbourne): The Return to Religion in Contemporary Continental Philosophy.

10:30 am           Dr Petra Brown (Deakin): The Weakness of God: Divine Possibility Beyond Opposition.

11.15:am             Bryan Cooke (Melbourne): Economimesis: Capitalism as Religion in Benjamin and Agamben.

12.00: pm         Jason Freddi (Hon Research, UD) “Pure Violence”.

12:45pm            Lunch

1:45 pm              Professor Greg Barton (Monash) War in Syria and Iraq.

2:45 pm              Dr Nick Heron “Between Economical and Political Theology”.

3:30 pm             Panel and Open discussion

5:00 pm             Conclude

Inquiries            Ian Weeks   0418 565 552

Meals are not provided.

On September 30, Ricky Sebold from La Trobe University will give a paper titled  give a paper titled ‘Therapeutic Naturalism: Renewing an Ancient Tradition’. Ricky is the author of Continental Realism: A Critique (Rowman and Littlefield International, 2014).

The seminar will take place from 4pm to 5.30pm at our Burwood Campus, room C2.05. It will also be linked to Geelong (ic3.315) and Warnambool (D.2.30).

     For further information, please see the PhilEvents entry.

On August 26, Dr Knox Peden from the Australian National University will give a paper on the tension in Louis Althusser’s work between his Spinozism and his interest in theological discourse.

The seminar will take place from 4pm to 5.30pm at our Burwood Campus, room C2.05.

For further information, please see the Philevents entry.

Deakin’s Dr Matthew Sharpe will be running a course titled, ‘So, what was the Enlightenment?’, as part of the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy’s semester 2 evening school. Information about enrollment, dates, times and location can be found here.

A new reading and discussion group in Carlton (and blog!): http://womenandphilosophy.wordpress.com/

On July 22, Dr Talia Morag from the University of Sydney will present a paper titled “A Naturalized Conception of the Unconscious”.

The seminar will take place from 4pm to 5.30pm at our Burwood Campus, room C2.05.

For further information, please see the Philevents entry.

Next Tuesday, July 15, Dr Ashley Woodward from the University of Dundee will be giving a paper titled “Information and Event”. The abstract for the talk and Ash’s bio can be found on PhilEvents.

The talk will run from 4pm to 5.30pm, room C2.05, Deakin Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood.

All welcome!