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Postgraduate "Work In Progress" Seminar

Postgraduate Work-In-Progress Seminar

A weekly seminar for Philosophy postgraduates to present their in-progress work, followed by a well-spirited trip to the pub.


Overview

The WIP provides a risk-free and supportive space for postgraduates to present their work and receive feedback from other graduates and faculty.

  • When: Every Thursday (5pm to 6:15pm)
  • Where: Room S1.50 (Social Sciences Building, First Floor)
  • What: Presentation + Q&A

Attendance optional but highly recommended. All postgraduates are welcome to present or attend -- whether MA, MPhil, PhD, Visitors, etc.


Useful Info

The 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.

  • Presentation: 30 minutes
  • Open Discussion / Q&A: 30 minutes
  • Material: Work in progress (essay drafts, thesis sections, a substantial set of notes, ... ).
  • Style: Flexible. Slides, handouts, or neither.
  • Audience: No prior reading or background knowledge expected. All are encouraged to attend and present (including visiting postgraduates).

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 TALK

Ben Long

(PhD)

Scepticism


Thursday 04/06/2026

5pm - 6:15pm

S1.50


ORGANISERS

Tiago Rodrigues

Lucas Menezes 

   

 

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“Nature and History in the Anthropocene”

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Location: AM in OC0.01 and PM in OC1.09

OC0.01

09.45-10.45 Thomas Khurana (Potsdam) Politics of Nature: Prolegomena to a Critique of Political Ecology

11.00-12.00 Tim Howles (Oxford), Deferring the End and Holding Open the Present: Katechontic Political Theology at the Time of the Anthropocene

OC0.04 12.00-13.00 Lunch

OC1.09

12.45-13.45 Isabel Sickenberger (Potsdam) Nature and Dialectics: A Hegelian Critique of Engels

14.00-15.00 Alexey Weissmueller (Potsdam) Adorno’s Negative Dialectics of Nature and History

15.15-16.15 Tom Simpson (91) Planetary Pictures: Historicizing environmental sciences in the Anthropocene

16.30-18.00 KEYNOTE Travis Holloway (Pratt) Philosophy at the End of the World: History, Art, and Politics for the Anthropocene

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