Call for Papers - Philosophy of Borders: Nations, States and Immigration

Philosophy of borders: nations, states and immigration

February 3-4, 2017.

Budapest, Hungary

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the forthcoming conference entitled Philosophy of borders: nations, states and immigration.

Confirmed keynote speaker: David Miller (University of Oxford)

The issues of citizenship, immigration, global justice and the rights and duties of states in relation to citizens and non-citizens are not only the subject of recent public discourse but are permanent topics in normative political philosophy. The conference aims to discuss some of the following issues:

-          the obligations of states to citizens and non-citizens;

-          the normative dilemmas of allocating citizenship rights;

-          the normative legitimacy of bounded nations and states;

-          ethics of immigration.

The conference organizers invite scholars and researchers to submit their proposals discussing these normative issues from a philosophical, historical or interdisciplinary perspective. Submissions from advanced doctoral students are also welcome.

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Talk by Miren Boehm

The History and Philosophy of Science research group of the Institute of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk by Prof. Miren Boehm (University of Wisconsin) entitled "Hume on Causation: Old and New". The talk is scheduled at 2 pm on the 19th of September.

Roger Scruton in Budapest

The DANUBE INSTITUTE cordially invites you to a LECTURE BY ROGER SCRUTON:

EUROPE AND THE CONSERVATIVE CAUSE

19th September, 2016

His lecture on the future of conservatism will take place at 5.30 P.M. on 19TH SEPTEMBER at the CENTRE FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (1014 BUDAPEST, ORSZÁGHÁZ U. 30.).

Professor FERENC HÖRCHER, Director, Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Professor of Aesthetics at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, and a specialist of the political philosophy of British conservatism will respond to Sir Roger's lecture, after which there will be time for questions. The event will close with a reception.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED, please register here.

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Political Realism and Practical Morality

The blog for the international conference on "Political Realism and Practical Morality" to be held on the 18-19th November 2016 is accessible here.

Seminar Series: Péter András Varga

The Institute of Philosophy of the Research Centre for the Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences kindly invites you to the upcoming talk of its seminar series

Péter András Varga (MTA BTK FI):
The "philosophy of the history of philosophy" of Franz Brentano, in the light of contemporary alternatives in German post-Hegelian historiography of philosophy (J. E. Erdmann, E. Zeller, W. Dilthey)  (given in Hungarian)

Date and Venue of the lecture: 21th June 2016, 4.00 pm, Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 30. Országház Street, 2. floor, "Pepita" room.

Seminar Series: Gábor Forrai

The Institute of Philosophy of the Research Centre for the Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences kindly invites you to the upcoming talk of its seminar series

Gábor Forrai (BME GTK):
The dialogical-game-model of the fact-opinion distinction (given in Hungarian)

Date and Venue of the lecture: 14th June 2016, 4.00 pm, Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 30. Országház Street, 2. floor, "Pepita" room.

Akos Sivado in Düsseldorf

Akos Sivado is giving a talk on June 7th as an EPSA Fellow at the Düsseldorf Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science entitled "The Theory Behind the Numbers: The Ontology of Sir William Petty's Political Arithmetic".

Seminar Series: Péter Takács

The Institute of Philosophy of the Research Centre for the Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences kindly invites you to the upcoming talk of its seminar series

Péter Takács (Széchenyi István University):
The interrupted, misunderstood and forgotten 'Jurisprudence' (given in Hungarian)

Date and Venue of the lecture: 7th June 2016, 4.00 pm, Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 30. Országház Street, 2. floor, "Pepita" room.