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  • Budapest

    Call for papers - Political studies

    Counter-enlightenment, Revolution and Dissent

    Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence / PJCV

    Reason and rational modes of thought are often seen as the bastion against the acceleration of conflict into violence and the goal of the Enlightenment tradition was, in a large part, to liberate individuals from those irrational superstitions and beliefs which were at the base of these conflicts. However, many critiques of the Enlightenment project, both historical and more contemporary, see the imposition of universal reason as itself a form violence, ignoring claims of comprehensive traditions, identity and history on the individual. The aim of this special edition of the Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence is to examine possible counter-enlightenment approaches to violence, conflict and conflict resolution.

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  • Paris

    Conference, symposium - History

    The Vico Road

    Giovanni Battista Vico (1668–1744) spent most of his professional life as Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Naples. He was trained in jurisprudence, but read widely in Classics, philology, and philosophy, all of which informed his highly original views on history, historiography, and culture. His thought is most fully expressed in his mature work, the Scienza Nuova or The New Science. In his own time, Vico was relatively not so known, but from the nineteenth century onwards his views found a wider audience and today his influence is widespread in the humanities and social sciences. While borrowing our title “The Vico Road” to James Joyce, the conference at the Paris Institute of Advanced Study will examine the current state of the study of the works of Giambattista Vico. We will try to encourage discussion of ideas that can be considered Vichian in nature and that have some affinity with modern and contemporary thought.

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  • Paris

    Study days - Early modern

    What is the Scottish Enlightenment ?

    One-day Conference at the Sorbonne

    Journée d’études organisée par le Centre Roland Mousnier (université Paris Sorbonne – Paris IV) & le Groupe de recherches en histoire intellectuelle – université Paris VIII.

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  • Geneva | Lausanne

    Conference, symposium - Representation

    Sir Joshua Reynolds: What's New ?

    Ce colloque est le premier événement scientifique organisé en Suisse autour de la carrière, de l’oeuvre et de l’univers de Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792). Il est aussi l’un des premiers, depuis la dernière grande exposition rétrospective consacré au premier Président de la RoyalAcademy, à Londres et à Paris (1986), à faire le point des recherches et des travaux les plus récents sur le peintre et son temps. Dans le cadre d’un lieu de rencontres et d’échanges entreles chercheurs et le grand public, il s’agira de permettre aux spécialistes confirmés ainsi qu’aux jeunes chercheurs de se rencontrer, de comparer leurs analyses et de croiser leurs réflexions autour d’un peintre autour duquel de nombreuses questions restent en suspens ou discutées.

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  • Lyon

    Call for papers - Thought

    Rousseau’s Philosophy

    Ce colloque voudrait perdre la mesure du renouvellement interprétatif dont la philosophie de Rousseau a été l'objet ces dernières années : mieux comprise dans sa cohérence, mieux située dans son rapport polémique avec son temps, elle apparaît plus pertinente pour le nôtre. Les propositions de contributions se situeront à la fois par rapport à cette problématique d’ensemble et en référence à l’un des pôles autour desquels s’organisera le colloque :1° « Théorie de l’homme » et « histoire de la morale ». 2° Théorie du langage et esthétique. 3° Philosophie politique. 4° Philosophie de la connaissance et métaphysique.

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