This is the final programme for the 2017 London Graduate School Summer Academy in the Critical Humanities, on the topic of ‘1967’: Monday 26 June 1pm Registration and Welcome 2pm Michael Naas (DePaul University), ‘The Inside Story of Derrida’s Grammatology‘ (Reading: Jacques Derrida, Of Grammatology) 4pm Drinks Tuesday 27 June 11.00-12.30 Reading Groups 1.30pm Peggy […]

1967 was perhaps the annus mirabilis for the oeuvre of Jacques Derrida: Writing and Difference, Speech and Phenomenon and Of Grammatology all appeared in French in that year. More generally, 1967 figures as a decisive moment in the history of what came to be called ‘theory’, ‘continental philosophy’, ‘post-structuralism’ and ‘deconstruction’. The Oxford Literary Review […]

The London Graduate School Summer Academy in the Critical Humanities 26-29 June 2017  “1967”     The London Graduate School is pleased to announce details of its 2017 Summer Academy, an intensive week-long programme offered annually for postgraduate students of any institutional affiliation. This year’s Summer Academy is held in conjunction with the Oxford Literary […]

  “THINKING UNIVERSALITIES” PHILOSOPHY, DEPAUL PHILOSOPHY TODAY THE LONDON GRADUATE SCHOOL A CONFERENCE ORGANIZED AROUND THE WORK OF ÉTIENNE BALIBAR, HELD AT DEPAUL UNIVERSITY Friday, October 23, 1:00-6:00 Arts and Letters, Room 103, 2315 N. Kenmore 1:00-1:30 Opening Remarks Michael Naas, Chair, Philosophy Department at DePaul University Simon Morgan Wortham, Dean, Arts and Social Sciences, […]

The Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought (CPCT) at Goldsmiths, University of London collaborates with the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, the London Graduate School at Kingston University, and Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, in a network of research and scholarly exchange related to the work of Walter Benjamin. […]

The Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought (CPTC) at Goldsmiths, University of London collaborates with the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, the London Graduate School at Kingston University, and Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, in a network of research and scholarly exchange related to the work of Walter Benjamin. The network […]

The London Graduate School Summer Academy in the Critical Humanities University College London 22-25 June 2015 ‘Right to Philosophy’ Programme Featuring Bernard Stiegler, Andrew Benjamin, Stella Sandford, Howard Caygill, Rebecca Comay, Catherine Malabou and Etienne Balibar   Monday 22nd June 1pm Registration and Welcome Simon Morgan Wortham and Martin McQuillan (Kingston University) South Wing 9 […]

For the 5th edition of Spring Meeting PAF invites up to 100 participants. As usually PAF has invited three speakers that are asked to talk for five hours three days consecutively. This is a format that has shown equally challenging for the speaker and the audience, as it is both in- and outside of conventional […]

This Thursday at the BFI: LGS Philosophical Screens on Rohmer’s The Lady and the Duke Our Philosophical Screens event discusses this Eric Rohmer title. Free to ticket-holders of The Lady and the Duke at 18:00 Thu 5 Mar (please retain ticket to gain admittance), otherwise £6.50 In the latest of our discussion events, where we examine film […]

Inaugural lecture Prof. John Ó Maoilearca All Thoughts are Equal Vote of Thanks from Dr Beth Lord (University of Aberdeen) Followed by Wine Reception Wednesday 11 March 2015Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pmRegistration (which is free) here: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-thoughts-are-equal-prof-john-o-maoilearca-inaugural-lecture-tickets-12648918255?aff=es2&rank=0Venue: Room JG0003, John Galsworthy building, Penrhyn Road campus, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE Agnes Heller writes that ‘every […]