Contemporary Aristotelian Studies 2nd Annual Conference, University of Nottingham, 18th July 2012
Following its successful launch conference at London Met in June 2011, the second annual conference of the Contemporary Aristotelian Studies specialist group of the UK Political Studies Association will be on 18th June 2012 at the University of Nottingham. For further details, please contact Dr Tony Burns <Tony.Burns@nottingham.ac.uk>. For registration please download the form here. The conference will precede the 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry on the theme of ‘Well-being’, also to be held at Nottingham. Both conference webpages can be found here
Past Events:
Contemporary Aristotelian Studies Panels at the 62nd PSA Annual Conference, Europa Hotel, Belfast, 3-5 April 2012
Contemporary Aristotelian Studies
Session 2 (Tuesday 3 April 2012, 14:00-15:30)
Room: Berlin 1
Papers
Capabilities and Contemporary Issues: Nussbaum, Aristotelianism and the Politics of Well-Being – Tony Burns
Amartya Sen, ‘The Idea of Justice’ and the Capabilities Approach – James Connelly
The ethics of care and human flourishing: Aristotelian virtue ethics reconsidered – Kim Redgrave
Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Politics conference, London Metropolitan University, 3 June 2011
The inaugural conference of the Contemporary Aristotelian Studies specialist group of the PSA.
Friday 3rd June 2011
London Metropolitan University
GSB-01, 16 Goulston Street, London E1
Book Symposium on Tom Angier’s Technē in Aristotle’s Ethics, London Metropolitan University, April 14 2011
Contemporary Aristotelian Studies book symposium
16:00 – 16:40 Joseph Dunne (City University Dublin) response to Tom Angier’s new book Technē in Aristotle’s Ethics.
16:40 – 17:40 Tom Angier (University of Kent) response to Joseph Dunne.
17:40 – 19:00 Questions and Discussion
19:00 Ends
Contemporary Aristotelian Studies Panel at the 61st PSA Annual Conference, Novotel West, 20th April 2011
Papers
Virtue Ethics in the Thought of Aristotle, Strauss and MacIntyre Tony Burns
Functions, Purposes and Powers: Aristotelians on Structure and Agency Kelvin Knight
‘Schools of the Virtues’: Is the Family a ‘Practice’ in MacIntyre’s Sense? Kim Redgrave
Chair: James Connelly
Discussant: Tom Angier
Session: Session 8 (Wednesday 20th April, 15:00 – 16:30)
Room: Medoc
Nicomachean Ethics Reading Group, Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics, London Metropolitan University, from 5th October 2011
An 11-week reading group on the Nicomachean Ethics every Wednesday from 6-9pm at London Met, 16 Goulston street, E1 7PT
The text will be read in English (Terence Irwin’s translation), with reference to the Greek original
Email Dr Tolis Malakos for further details <T.Malakos@londonmet.ac.uk>
