On November 2, the Dutch foundation Critical Ethics of Care organises its third masterclass, entitled: More self-reliance and less government? Neoliberalism in care, welfare and education. Read the post on our website for more information
Key note speaker will be Joan Tronto! The aim of the conference is to elaborate on Tronto’s invitation to rethink the very substance of democracy from the care perspective. The participants will enjoy the opportunity to discuss a variety of questions opened up by Tronto’s application of care theory to democratic theory. See the program … Continue reading Caring Democracy: Current Topics in the Political Theory of Care
Hartmut Rosa will be key speaker at a University of Humanistic Studies seminar on Tuesday January 30th 2018 on: How to Slow Down Life without Stagnating Society - Resonance in an Accelerating World. Stress, burnout and alienation: according to Rosa, known for his elaborate study on high-speed modern social life, these are all symptoms of … Continue reading Hartmut Rosa: How to slow down life without stagnating society
The conference theme is Nomadic Inquiry: Nomadic inquiry, is a way of thinking with the potential to become a way of living that challenges established understanding of what counts as human and how the very definition of humanity defines our relationship with ‘the other’, our environment and ‘things’. Nomadic inquiry, is an opportunity to experiment … Continue reading Second European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
March 20 - 23, 2018, Advanced European Bioethics Course ‘Suffering, Death and Palliative Care’, ethical issues of medically assisted death and palliative care in a pluralistic world. The course consists of a series of lectures, discussions, parallel sessions and audiovisual materials centered around a variety of topics: autonomy and dependence; palliative sedation and euthanasia; spirituality … Continue reading Suffering, Death and Palliative Care
CRASSH Conference Cambridge: Contemporary discussions about global health are rife with accusations, assumptions and assertions of morality, immorality and the irrelevance of both. New tensions and debates regarding morality in global health have arisen from a long history of colonial and mission medicine, post-colonial internationalism, and ever-changing formulations of equity and provision. Some of these … Continue reading Mapping Morality in Global Health