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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Avishai Margalit Workshop
'We are holding a workshop on September 17th to celebrate the work of Avishai Margalit, to which you are warmly invited. The workshop will have as background a manuscript consisting of a brief autobiography and an extended interview linking much of his published work, books and articles. If you would like to take part in it, please let me know, as we need to register people. The bibliography below gives an indication of some of the work that may be discussed. The speakers giving brief discussion-introducing talks to issues raised in Margalit鈥檚 work will be: Quassim Cassam, John Dunn, Assaf Sharon, Moshe Halbertal, Ulrike Heuer, Michael Waltzer. (David Enoch will be joining us by zoom).
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路 Idolatry (jointly with ), , 1992.
路 The Decent Society, Harvard University Press, 1996.
路 Views in Review: Politics and Culture in the State of the Jews, , 1998.
路 The Ethics of Memory, Harvard University Press, 2002. (A partial German version of this book, Ethik der Erinnerung, was published by in 2000.)
路 Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies (with ), New York: The , 2004.
路 On Compromise And Rotten Compromises, , 2010
路 On Betrayal, Harvard University Press, 2017