PESF Series 2026 Seminar

27th October 2026
Unequal Twins: On the Double Presence of "Aesthetic Education" in Japan Dr. Anna ZSCHAUER, Hildesheim University Microsoft Teams meeting Join the meeting Meeting ID: 328 293 500 854 184...
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28th October 2026
Transforming Others? Education, Intervention, and the Problem of Otherness Naoyuki Yamada Education is concerned with change. Teachers hope that students will learn, develop, and become different...
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28th October 2026
Male Tyranny, Epistemic Bubbles, and Echo Chambers: Lessons from Macaulay Elena Gordon Letters on Education (1790) sees Catharine Macaulay (1731–1791) engage in a dialogue with an imaginary...
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29th October 2026
Mapping a Philosophical Basis of Initial Teacher Education in Scotland The aim of this event is to generate discussion and develop ideas around a philosophy of initial teacher education (ITE). As...
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4th November 2026
Beyond Answers: Gadamer, AI, and the Educational Art of Questioning Renata Ramos Much of the debate about artificial intelligence in education has centred on the answers AI provides: whether they...
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4th November 2026
On Caste and Race: Analogous Systems of Oppression and Discrimination Professor Meena Dhanda - London School of Economics and University of Wolverhampton Professor Meena Dhanda is a leading...
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5th November 2026
Flourishing-focused education Doret de Ruyter, Professor of Education, University of Humanistic Studies Please join us for a seminar led by Doret de Ruyter, Professor of Philosophy of Education at...
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18th November 2026
A Critical Theory of Opinion Eric-John Russell Terms such as ‘post-truth’ circulate within a lexicon in which objective truth has “become less influential in shaping public opinion than...
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23rd November 2026
F.D.E. Schleiermacher 'Outlines of the Art of Education' A close reading Workshop led by Dr Pádraig Hogan, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, & Dr Karsten Kenklies, University of...
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25th November 2026
Economics, Philosophy and the Neglect of Labour William Dixon and Jan Derry This seminar brings together two perspectives connected to Geoff Kay’s work and its continuing significance. William...
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25th November 2026
Analysis, synthesis, and why wisdom might not be for everyone James Brown, University of Birmingham All welcome. For further information please contact Michael Hand at m.hand@bham.ac.uk
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2nd December 2026
Believing in Freedom: William Godwin and Education Graham Nutbrown The philosopher William Godwin (1756 – 1836) is most often remembered today as a pioneer of anarchistic political philosophy, as...
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