Theorizing at Rowan: Giuseppe Bianco (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia), "Global Philosophy? The first international congresses of philosophy (1900-1948)"
The Department of Philosophy and World Religions is pleased to announce the next event in our Theorizing at Rowan lecture series for Spring 2024.
On Wednesday, February 28, at 5 pm., Professor Giuseppe Bianco (Philosophy, Unviersità Ca’ Foscari Venezia / Université de Quebec à Montreal), will present a talk entitled “Global Philosophy? The first international congresses of philosophy (1900-1948)” The event will be held in a hybrid format, in person in Business Hall 121 and online via Zoom.
Prof. Bianco has provided the following abstract for his presentation: “At the turn of the 20th century, the international congresses represented the first public arena where scholars of different nationalities met and discussed in face-to-face interactions. During these meetings new questions emerged, new concepts were proposed, collaborations and networks were established, and information was exchanged. Nonetheless, this organization of scientific communication entailed important organizational, linguistic, and ideological challenges, which, in the case of philosophy, were even more complicated than in other scientific areas. The delegates were often involved in controversies implying misunderstandings and prejudices. What even more striking is that controversies involved the very definition of their activity: philosophizing. The congresses are a privileged case study to analyze the recent transnational emergence of an academic discipline, but they also constitute an opportunity to try to denaturalize the very idea that we have of this thing we call ‘philosophy.’”
This event is co-sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Series Info:
Theorizing at Rowan is a series of public, work in progress lectures covering topics of interest to scholars in philosophy, religion studies, and other related disciplines. The goal of the series is to promote scholarly exchange involving the Department of Philosophy and World Religions, the University, and beyond. Speakers will include members of the department as well as faculty from other departments at Rowan and from other institutions.
All Theorizing at Rowan events are free and open to the public.
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