Twenty years of care ethics, legacies, controversies and democratic horizons. Twenty years after the French publication of Le sourci des autres, this seminar revisits the intellectual trajectories, political translation and theoretical innovations that have shaped the field of care ethics over the past two decades. Continue reading Care and Democracy Seminar Series 2026
Category Archives: Academic Exchange
Art in Care: a care-ethical perspective (Part I)
This is the first part of a two-part series in which editor Tessa Roberts-Smorenburg explores the different connections between art and care from a care-ethical perspective. How they can enhance the ability of observing and perceiving in complex care situations, as found in her own clinical practice concerning oncology treatment in a specialized hospital. Continue reading Art in Care: a care-ethical perspective (Part I)
Care and the State: Call for papers
If you are interested in Care and the State, or perhaps even what a caring state means, consider joining the open panel ‘Caring States’ at the International Political Science Association meeting at Luiss Guido Carli in Rome, Italy, from 24-28 July 2027. Continue reading Care and the State: Call for papers
Being vulnerable is what we all share
Dutch journalist and writer Stevo Akkerman recently interviewed member of the Ethics of Care webteam and care ethicist Jeannet van de Kamp for the national Dutch newspaper Trouw about her PhD thesis Disguised Suffering.
The caption of the article reads “We have to face the reality that being vulnerable is our common ground.” Akkerman puts the focus in his article on only a small portion of the encompassing dissertation of Van de Kamp, e.g. her description of a contemporary hospital.
As even there human suffering is being disguised in manifold ways, this fact by itself illustrates in her opinion a wider phenomenon in our Western society. Continue reading Being vulnerable is what we all share
Art in Care: a care-ethical perspective (Part II)
This is the second part of a two-part series in which editor Tessa Roberts-Smorenburg explores the relationship between art and care from a care-ethical perspective. Building on the reflections developed in Part I, she examines several presentations from the international forum The Art of Observation: How Art Improves the Skills of Healthcare Personnel in Rome (November 20-21, 2024) and relates them to questions of observation, uncertainty, and power in contemporary oncology care. Continue reading Art in Care: a care-ethical perspective (Part II)
Disguised Suffering
Jeannet van de Kamp is one of the editors of our international website ethicsofcare.org She is the last one of the PhD candidates of care ethicist Frans Vosman († 2020).
On Monday, January 19, 2026, at 13.45 CET (sharp), Jeannet van de Kamp defended her dissertation: Disguised suffering. A care ethical inquiry into the late modern ideal of a ‘succesful life’. She dedicates her book, a monograph of 540 pages, to Frans Vosman. Continue reading Disguised Suffering