From tristan.bradshaw at sydney.edu.au Mon Nov 22 15:28:27 2021 From: tristan.bradshaw at sydney.edu.au (Tristan Bradshaw) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:28:27 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Critical Antiquities Workshop - Daniela Cammack Message-ID: Dear all, At the final Critical Antiquities Workshop for the year, we are very happy to host Daniela Cammack (UC Berkeley) for her paper, ?Proximity and Politics.? Please note, the time of the event has changed. The event will now be held on Friday, December 3 12:30pm-2:00pm (Sydney time). That translates to the following times elsewhere: Tokyo: Friday, 10:30am-12pm Singapore: Friday, 9:30am-11am Los Angeles: Thursday, 5:30pm-7:00pm Mexico City/Chicago: Thursday, 7:30pm-9:00pm New York City: Thursday, 8:30pm-10:00pm To receive a Zoom link, please sign up for Critical Antiquities Network announcements here. Please note, if you have already subscribed to the mailing list, you will receive the Zoom link and need not sign up again. Here is the abstract: What difference does regular proximity to unknown others make to democratic politics? Many people dislike?even fear?crowds as oppressive, homogenizing, and intolerant, yet they can also be supportive, friendly, even joyful. This paper argues that gathering physically as masses may help to foster collective agency in a way significant for democracy. Drawing on a mix of ancient Greek, Roman, and early modern sources, it proposes that proximity?specifically, being with many unknown others during decision-making processes?helps us to act collectively because it affects our perceptions of the feasibility of potential collective actions, leading us to think ?we can do this? and thereby mutually commit to the proposed plan. That effect is especially supported by public mass majority voting, helping to explain both why this procedure is attractive to participants and why outvoted minorities should be willing to commit to plans favored by the majority. Two contrasts bring home the risks and rewards of proximate politics. In ancient Greece and Rome, open mass meetings were routine, whereas modern democracy relies on forms of atomized and virtual participation which commendably support certain kinds of inclusivity but hamstring collective agency by leaving the commitment of others too much to the imagination. And in ancient Greek democracies, assemblies retained the power to convene themselves, whereas in the Roman Republic, convening power lay in the hands of elected officials. That had a detrimental effect: proximity became hitched to populism in a way that continues to look familiar today. We hope to see you there, Tristan and Ben Tristan Bradshaw ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Co-director, Critical Antiquities Network The University of Sydney Department of Classics and Ancient History School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Office: H606, Main Quadrangle | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 +61 406 747 955 tristan.bradshaw at sydney.edu.au | fass.can at sydney.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From h.ikaheimo at unsw.edu.au Mon Nov 22 16:17:40 2021 From: h.ikaheimo at unsw.edu.au (Heikki Ikaheimo) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:17:40 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Confronting Crisis - III Australian Hegel Society Conference, December 2-3, 2021 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: [UNSW] [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/bMX2Cp81lrtn3wE45TPDVKO?domain=mcusercontent.com] Confronting Crisis III Australian Hegel Society Conference December 2-3, 2021 Humanity is facing multiple intertwined crises on a global scale: environmental disasters, biodiversity collapse, zoonotic pandemics, capitalist acceleration and monopolization, rising inequalities, increased control, and manipulation at the hands of states and corporations, the list goes on. A hallmark of Hegelian and post-Hegelian social thought has been to elaborate conceptual tools to grasp the features, problems, and crises of an age, as well as the paths that could lead beyond them. The conference explores the resources that Hegelian and post-Hegelian philosophy provides to think through our current predicament and to confront the many crises we are facing. Keynotes: Rahel Jaeggi (Humboldt University of Berlin) Karen Ng (Vanderbilt University) Hosted by UNSW Sydney School of Humanities and Languages/Philosophy and Macquarie University Department of Philosophy. Organized in cooperation with 'Critique - Network in Social, Political and Legal Thought at UNSW'. The Conference will be held online. 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URL: From john.lippitt at nd.edu.au Thu Nov 25 14:27:20 2021 From: john.lippitt at nd.edu.au (John Lippitt) Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 03:27:20 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Job opportunity: Research Fellow position, Institute for Ethics and Society, Sydney Campus, University of Notre Dame Australia Message-ID: <660b72a5356e448db4c197e5aaf7275d@BWMPEXC03.nd.edu.au> For details and to apply, please go to: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/CKepCVARKgCxopkOyIGvsIa?domain=notredame.edu.au Description * Full-time, Continuing position * Level B Academic position * National position based on the Sydney Campus * Interviews to take place on the 10 December 2021, with a commencement data as soon as possible (and before the 31 March 2022) The role is required at a full-time capacity, however, the University is open to considering a part-time job sharing arrangement. Please specify desired fraction in your cover letter. ABOUT THE INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS & SOCIETY (IES) The Institute for Ethics & Society (IES) is a national research institute of the University, based on the Sydney Campus and part of the Faculty of Education, Philosophy and Theology. Our research aims at better understanding how cultivating the virtues can strengthen civil society and support human flourishing; engaging with key issues in bioethics; and exploring the significant roles that religion plays in questions of ethics and society. Informed by the resources of the Catholic intellectual tradition, we work with a wide range of partners outside the University, especially in the healthcare and education sectors. ABOUT THE ROLE The Institute for Ethics & Society (IES) invites applications from experienced academic researchers in one or more of the following areas: * Moral Philosophy and Ethics Education * Bioethics and Healthcare Ethics * Religion and Global Ethics Further information about the IES's research focus areas can be found here. The successful applicant will be required to: * Conduct academic research and publish within at least one of the research focus areas of the IES * Apply for grants and other sources of research funding such as industry income * Develop, in consultation with the Director, new IES research projects in collaboration with colleagues and other stakeholders * Contribute to the development and delivery of IES's public engagement activities such as conferences, events and media that enhance the Institute's public profile * Maintain and develop scholarship and research expertise relevant to the discipline of Ethics/Moral Philosophy; actively contribute to the research culture of the IES and the University * Contribute to the Institute's work in teaching and supporting the teaching of ethics within the University and/or in providing ethics training to groups beyond the University SELECTION CRITERIA 1. Supportive of the Objects of The University of Notre Dame Australia as a Catholic University 2. Completion or near completion of a PhD in Philosophy or relevant discipline 3. Track record of high-quality research publications 4. Track record of research grant income and/or industry-funded research income 5. Demonstrated ability to undertake Higher Degree Research (HDR) supervision 6. Demonstrated ability to plan for research engagement and impact 7. Prior experience of providing high quality teaching, especially in Ethics, in a University setting 8. Ability to take initiative and work independently on research projects, and to develop new projects 9. 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