Postgraduate "Work In Progress" Seminar
Postgraduate Work-In-Progress SeminarA weekly seminar for Philosophy postgraduates to present their in-progress work, followed by a well-spirited trip to the pub. OverviewThe WIP provides a risk-free and supportive space for postgraduates to present their work and receive feedback from other graduates and faculty.
Attendance optional but highly recommended. All postgraduates are welcome to present or attend -- whether MA, MPhil, PhD, Visitors, etc. Useful InfoThe WIP is a unique opportunity for graduates to develop their presenting and writing skills, take risks, test out ideas, and receive constructive feedback from peers.
Presentations need not be watertight or polished pieces at all. You are encouraged to present work at all stages of the writing process. Should you present?Are you a postgraduate? Then yes, you should present. |
NEXT TALKBen Long (PhD) Scepticism Thursday 04/06/2026 5pm - 6:15pm S1.50 ORGANISERS |
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CRPLA Seminar - Curie Virag (91福利): 'Landscape and Longing: On the Perils of Gazing from a Height in Traditional China'
Abstract: A familiar trope in the Chinese literary tradition is that of climbing to a height, gazing out, and experiencing an outpouring of sadness, longing, and nostalgia. The earliest traces of this trope can be found in the Songs of Chu, a poetry anthology dating from around the 3rd century BCE, and it would remain a recurring theme in poetic writings thereafter. This theme of sadness evoked by gazing from a height has been explained psychologically, as a variation on the theme of unfulfilled yearning (sehnsucht) found in German Romanticism, or else as a symptom of the particularities of the traditional Chinese textual imagination. But it also bears examination as an aspect of the complex unfolding of other histories, including those of spatial organisation, cognition, and power. In my talk I will discuss how these histories were interwoven, drawing some conclusions about what the emotions bound up with seeing – and with failing to see – might reveal about the contentious domain of visual and epistemic authority in traditional China. Teams