Space Ethics Conference
Event interval: Ongoing event. Accessibility Contact: philinfo@uw.edu. Event Types: Conferences.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 6:00 PM – Friday, May 30, 2025, 5:00 PM.
Workshop: Christopher Wild (U. Chicago), "Theater and theoria in Hannah Arendt’s Late Thought"
In her last work, the posthumously published Life of the Mind, Hannah Arendt develops a phenomenology of the activities that make up mental life, specifically thinking and willing (the section on judging remained largely unwritten). In order to elucidate thinking (and to a certain extent willing) in its constitutive invisibility she frames it within a phenomenology of what she calls the “world of appearances.” The workshop will examine the role of theoria (the Greek word for contemplation), theater, and theatricality in this phenomenology by closely reading selected excerpts from the Life of the Mind and her Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy,” in order to mine it for a generalized theory of theatricality.
Reading in preparation for Workshop: Hannah Arendt, Life of the Mind Part One/Thinking: pp. 19-53; 92-125, and 129-141 , , Please join us even if you are not able to read all the selections above!
Generously supported by the
Simpson Center for the Humanities,
with sponsorship from the…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Denny Hall (DEN). Campus room: DEN 359. Accessibility Contact: uwgerman@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Workshops.
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
Ethics, Policy & Humanity’s Future in Space
Humankind has already established a firm and growing presence outside the boundaries of planet Earth. Moreover, it is likely that major actors are currently creating path dependencies that will determine the conditions of long-term future, often unknowingly and unintentionally. The following decades will presumably set a space future, but what kind of future is still up for grabs? What can it be like and what should it be like are both questions that need addressing urgently, because decisions made over the next few decades are likely to affect the lives and futures of many generations to come? This roundtable brings together scholars and practitioners from ethics, policy, and industry to discuss humanity’s future in space from the perspective of intergenerational ethics and justice.
Stephen Gardiner (University of Washington) researches global environmental problems, future generations and virtue ethics.
Chelsea Haramia (Spring Hill College and University of Bonn) serves on the SETI Institute’s Science…
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: HUB 214. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center, 206.543.3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: SAV 408. Accessibility Contact: philinfo@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Philosophy Department Awards Ceremony
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Chris Dawson-Ripley. Event Types: Ceremonies.
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Graduate Student Annual Progress Review Meeting (Tentative)
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: SAV 408. Accessibility Contact: philinfo@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Monday, June 9, 2025, 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
Graduate Student Annual Progress Review Meeting (Tentative)
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: SAV 408. Accessibility Contact: philinfo@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
Philosophy Department Graduation
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Intellectual House (INT). Accessibility Contact: Chris Dawson-Ripley. Event Types: Ceremonies.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Juneteenth
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2025. Quarter: Summer. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, June 19, 2025.
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Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2025. Quarter: Summer. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, July 4, 2025.
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