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28. January 2019
14. February 2019 | Past Events | Upcoming Events Santa Barbara

Democratic Affections

Democratic Affections https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/WaldenPondatSunriseOctober2013-1024x768.jpg 1024 768 Tom Carlson Tom Carlson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ede05bfda0dd8d974456ea01bb809e2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 28. January 2019 15. February 2019

The death in 2018 of Stanley Cavell brought to its ends an exceptionally rich life in philosophy, one that continues to inspire readers and colleagues throughout the humanities and the…

25. January 2019
8. February 2019 | Past Events | Past Events Santa Barbara

A Cartography of Love

A Cartography of Love https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Martijn-in-love.png 974 660 Tom Carlson Tom Carlson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ede05bfda0dd8d974456ea01bb809e2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 25. January 2019 15. February 2019

February 8, 2019 at 10 a.m. Robertson Gymnasium 1000A It is a common grievance among readers of the work of Martin Heidegger that the existential analytic of Daseinhe develops is…

11. February 2019
22. February 2019 | Upcoming Events | Upcoming Events Santa Barbara

The Universal, the Individual, and the Novel: Hegel, Austen, and Ethical Formation

The Universal, the Individual, and the Novel: Hegel, Austen, and Ethical Formation https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Adolph_Menzel_web-1024x649.jpg 1024 649 Tom Carlson Tom Carlson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ede05bfda0dd8d974456ea01bb809e2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 11. February 2019 15. February 2019

February 22, 2019 at 10 a.m. Robertson Gymnasium 1000A The seminar will focus on Professor Lewis’s recent piece “The Universal, the Individual, and the Novel: Hegel, Austen, and Ethical Formation,”…

9. February 2019
1. March 2019 | Upcoming Events | Upcoming Events Santa Barbara

The Cognitive Value of Love in Tolstoy’s Philosophy and Aesthetics

The Cognitive Value of Love in Tolstoy’s Philosophy and Aesthetics https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tolstoi-1024x576.jpg 1024 576 Tom Carlson Tom Carlson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ede05bfda0dd8d974456ea01bb809e2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 9. February 2019 15. February 2019

March 1, 2019 at 10 a.m. Robertson Gymnasium 1000A The cognitive value of love or the dynamic between love and knowledge for Tolstoy is not only a philosophical conundrum explored…

6. February 2019
12. February 2019 | Events Venice | Past Events

Luc Steels: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in a Changing Society

Luc Steels: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in a Changing Society https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/steels-02-2019-slide-1024x576.jpg 1024 576 Barbara Del Mercato Barbara Del Mercato https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c47acbca5d84216cb819bd8645dddc2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 6. February 2019 15. February 2019

The Venice Center for the Humanities and Social Change presents: Luc Steels, The Role of Artificial Intelligence in a Changing Society. With HSC Fellow Marco Marrone as discussant. Venice, 13/02/2019…

30. January 2019
5. February 2019 | Events Venice | Past Events

A documentary by Nakul Singh Sawhney

A documentary by Nakul Singh Sawhney https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/nakul_singh_sawhney_500x300.jpg 500 300 Barbara Del Mercato Barbara Del Mercato https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c47acbca5d84216cb819bd8645dddc2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 30. January 2019 15. February 2019

The Venice Center for the Humanities and Social Change presents the screening of the documentary “Muzaffarnagar eventually”, by Nakul Singh Sawhney. Followed by a discussion with the author and with…

19. January 2019
25. January 2019 | Past Events | Past Events Santa Barbara

Climate of Doubt

Climate of Doubt https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/down-to-earth.w250.h140.jpg 500 280 Tom Carlson Tom Carlson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ede05bfda0dd8d974456ea01bb809e2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 19. January 2019 15. February 2019

January 25, 2019 at 10 a.m. Robertson Gymnasium 1000A The persistence of climate change denial in spite of popular and scientific consensus of the human impact on global warming seems…

15. December 2018
18. January 2019 | Past Events | Past Events Santa Barbara

“Religious Affections” and the Birth of Publicity in Modern America

“Religious Affections” and the Birth of Publicity in Modern America https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/george-whitefield-preaching-1024x662.jpg 1024 662 Tom Carlson Tom Carlson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ede05bfda0dd8d974456ea01bb809e2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15. December 2018 15. February 2019

January 18, 2019 at 10 a.m. Robertson Gymnasium 1000A The public expression of anger and even hate that we witness in our time—stirred up on social media and at campaign…

11. January 2019
24. January 2019 | Events Venice | Past Events

Venice HSC Lecture Series: Edward Wilson-Lee and The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books

Venice HSC Lecture Series: Edward Wilson-Lee and The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Wilson-Lee-01-2019-slide-1024x576.jpg 1024 576 Barbara Del Mercato Barbara Del Mercato https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c47acbca5d84216cb819bd8645dddc2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 11. January 2019 15. February 2019

The Venice Center for the Humanities and Social Change in collaboration with Bollati Boringhieri presents Edward Wilson-Lee in conversation with Maria Del Valle Ojeda Calvo and Igiaba Scego about his…

15. December 2018
11. January 2019 | Past Events | Past Events Santa Barbara

Werner Herzog’s Post-Tragic Aesthetic: a Kierkegaardian Perspective

Werner Herzog’s Post-Tragic Aesthetic: a Kierkegaardian Perspective https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/tim_treadwell_large-1024x943.jpg 1024 943 Tom Carlson Tom Carlson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ede05bfda0dd8d974456ea01bb809e2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15. December 2018 15. February 2019

January 11, 2019 at 10 a.m. Robertson Gymnasium 1000A Many of Werner Herzog’s films portray protagonists who exhibit forms of subjectivity that dangerously overflow the conditions imposed by the substantial…

10. December 2018
9. January 2019 | Events Berlin | Past Events

Krise, Kritik und Zukunft des Sozialstaats

Krise, Kritik und Zukunft des Sozialstaats https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/KTB-in-context_Sozialstaat4-1-768x1086-e1544443665959.jpg 724 1024 Susann Schmeisser Susann Schmeisser https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0e7200cc21fefd51a4d524c4f4492b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10. December 2018 15. February 2019

Im Rahmen der Reihe „Critical Theory in Context“ (Lehrstuhl für Sozialphilosophie/Center for Humanities and Social Change, HU Berlin) diskutieren Claus Offe (Professor Emeritus of Political Sociology an der Hertie School…

10. December 2018
19. December 2018 | Events Berlin | Past Events

Barrikadengespräch: Aneignung und Enteignung: Zur Wohnungsfrage

Barrikadengespräch: Aneignung und Enteignung: Zur Wohnungsfrage https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/PL_Barrikadengespräche_DRUCK-768x1066-e1544443252857.jpg 738 1024 Susann Schmeisser Susann Schmeisser https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0e7200cc21fefd51a4d524c4f4492b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10. December 2018 15. February 2019

Auseinandersetzungen darüber, wie überhaupt noch sichergestellt werden kann, dass Häuser bewohnbar oder Mieten bezahlbar bleiben. Damit aber sind ganz generelle Fragen angesprochen: Was macht es aus unseren Städten, wenn Wohnraum…

11. December 2018
6. December 2018 | Past Events | Past Events Santa Barbara

Seminar with Jonathan Lear: Gettysburg Mourning

Seminar with Jonathan Lear: Gettysburg Mourning https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Lincolnatgettysburg.jpg 1003 816 Nina Rismal Nina Rismal https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1f5282558954b8d996670e617ed5ce17?s=96&d=mm&r=g 11. December 2018 15. February 2019

December 6, 2018 at 3 p.m. Robertson Gymnasium 1000A John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor at the Committee on Social Thought and in the Department of Philosophy; Roman Family Director of…

11. December 2018
25. October 2018 | Past Events | Past Events Santa Barbara

From Anxiety to Boredom: Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and the Secularization of Anxiety in Existentialist Thought

From Anxiety to Boredom: Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and the Secularization of Anxiety in Existentialist Thought https://hscif.org/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Tom Carlson Tom Carlson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ede05bfda0dd8d974456ea01bb809e2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 11. December 2018 15. February 2019

November 30, 2018 at 1 p.m. Robertson Gymnasium 1000A While Kierkegaard conceives of anxiety as the psychological presupposition of the dogma of original sin, and while Heidegger himself draws heavily…

11. December 2018
25. October 2018 | Past Events | Past Events Santa Barbara

God and the Science of Emotion, or A Spinozist Answer to the Question: “Why Did the Affective Turn Take Place?”

God and the Science of Emotion, or A Spinozist Answer to the Question: “Why Did the Affective Turn Take Place?” https://hscif.org/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Tom Carlson Tom Carlson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ede05bfda0dd8d974456ea01bb809e2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 11. December 2018 15. February 2019

November 29, 2018 at 4 p.m. Robertson Gymnasium 1000A Recent decades have witnessed an upsurge of interest in emotional phenomena. But while the emotions themselves have been extensively studied, the…

21. November 2018
30. November 2018 | Events Venice | Past Events

Mediterranea: civil society in defence of human rights

Mediterranea: civil society in defence of human rights https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30653-pdf-1024x724.jpg 1024 724 Barbara Del Mercato Barbara Del Mercato https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c47acbca5d84216cb819bd8645dddc2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 21. November 2018 15. February 2019

Alessandra Sciurba (University of Palermo) and Lucia Gennari (lawyer, ASGI) discuss with Sara De Vido (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Shaul Bassi (HSC Venice) about the genesis and development of…

16. November 2018
17. – 18. December 2018 | Events Berlin | Past Events

Problems of Property

Problems of Property https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/KTB-at-work_Problems-of-Property-FINAL-1-768x1086-e1544441892427.jpg 720 1018 Susann Schmeisser Susann Schmeisser https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0e7200cc21fefd51a4d524c4f4492b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16. November 2018 15. February 2019

Property is a key institution both in the capitalist economy and in liberal political orders. Property law regulates access to material goods as well as symbolic status, it is seen…

12. November 2018
20. November 2018 | Events Venice | Past Events

Venice HSC Lecture Series: Stefano De Matteis

Venice HSC Lecture Series: Stefano De Matteis https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/lucio_schiavon_taxi_new_york_500x300.jpg 500 300 Barbara Del Mercato Barbara Del Mercato https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c47acbca5d84216cb819bd8645dddc2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 12. November 2018 15. February 2019

The Venice Center for the Humanities and Social Change presents Stefano De Matteis, Le false libertà. Verso la postglobalizzazione. A dialogue with Franca Tamisari and Francesco Della Puppa Venice, 20/11/2018…

11. December 2018
25. October 2018 | Past Events | Past Events Santa Barbara

Seminar with Robert Pogue Harrison: Amor Mundi

Seminar with Robert Pogue Harrison: Amor Mundi https://hscif.org/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Tom Carlson Tom Carlson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ede05bfda0dd8d974456ea01bb809e2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 11. December 2018 15. February 2019

October 26, 2018 at 1-4 p.m. Robertson Gymnasium 1000A Through a discussion of “Amor Mundi,” the final chapter of Harrison’s 2014 work Juvenescence: A Cultural History of Our Age, this…

11. December 2018
25. October 2018 | Past Events | Past Events Santa Barbara

Public Lecture by Robert Pogue Harrison: Pondus Amoris

Public Lecture by Robert Pogue Harrison: Pondus Amoris https://hscif.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/molten_planet_by_cushendun-1024x1024.png 1024 1024 Tom Carlson Tom Carlson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ede05bfda0dd8d974456ea01bb809e2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 11. December 2018 15. February 2019

October 25, 2018 at 4 p.m. Robertson Gymnasium 1000A Saint Augustine famously declared, “my weight is my love [pondus meum amor meus]. Wherever I am carried by it, it is…

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