Musicians wanted – PESGB Conference 2025

By Paula Ambrossi, Vijayita Prajapati, Nicola Robertson, Inga Bostad, Charlotte Marshall

 

PESGB Conference 2025 - Musicians Wanted

If you are coming along to the Oxford Conference 60th anniversary, we need your help. 

PESGB Flying Circus (philosophy in action – more information here) is seeking philosopher musicians, of all walks of life, from anywhere in the world, whatever their instruments, professional or beginner. All contributions are welcome, whether acoustic, electric, voice, string, wind, or percussion, medieval, contemporary or other, all have something to offer. All you need to do is to join us or to think about (compose) a 30 second theme to celebrate our 60th anniversary, or simply musically accompany those who do, on the day. A fanfare, for example, would be great. 

Pieces should be philosophically inspired and titled, from any tradition. On the day, we will hopefully come up with a piece that will become the PESGB Flying Circus anthem.

Don’t be shy (no one will be asked to perform in front of an audience).

If you would like to know more, email us at:

pesgb-fc@live.ucl.ac.uk

About the Authors

Paula Ambrossi

Paula Ambrossi

Paula Ambrossi is lecturer in Modern Foreign Languages at the Institute of Education, UCL. Her latest works include: The Language we Speak and the Empires we Embrace. Her life in UK, teaching experience and academic research led her to write the book, Bottom Set Citizen: Meritocracy's Undeserving. As a PhD candidate, she is exploring how we use human suffering in its photographic form, Sustaining Hegemony: Educational Use of Photographs Representing Human Distress.
 
 

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Vijayita Prajapati

Vijayita Prajapati

Vijayita Prajapati is a PGR and teaching associate at the University of Strathclyde studying  alternative educational frameworks and intentional communities. Her doctoral research examines the Findhorn Foundation ecovillage, exploring tensions between socialisation and subjectification in community-based learning. With an interest in adult education and community development, Vijayita investigates how educational imaginaries can support learning in varied settings. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges educational philosophy with practical applications, looking at innovative perspectives on how intentional learning environments foster individual and social transformation.
 

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Nicola Robertson

Nicola Robertson

Nicola Robertson has a PhD in Education from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow where she works as a teaching fellow in Education Studies. Her research sits at the intersection of philosophy of education, technology, and popular culture. She is the current convenor of the SERA Theory and Philosophy Network and the co-editor of a forthcoming edited volume on Autobiography, Fan Fiction, and Education (Bloomsbury).

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Inga Bostad

Inga Bostad

Inga Bostad is Professor of Philosophy, department of Education, University of Oslo (UiO) and head of the research group Humanities Studies in Education and she is currently working on “silence as resistance”. Her research areas are fundamental questions and dilemmas in philosophy of education, educating democracy, theories of knowledge and bildung, skepticism, gender theory, ecophilosophy and diversity. Bostad has published over 160 research publications, including 18 books and edited anthologies. Her most recent publications are:

Bostad, Inga; Papastephanou, Marianna & Strand, Torill (2023). Justice, Education, and the World of Today. Philosophical Investigations. Routledge.

Bostad, Inga and Bondevik, Hilde (2023). Education, Immunity and Autoimmunity—A Study of Medicalized Philosophy of Education. Educ. Sci, 13(7), 691; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13070691. 

Tröhler, Daniel; Bostad, Inga; Tveit, Sverre & Hörmann, Bernadette (2023). The Nordic Education Model in Context. Routledge.

Bostad, Inga (2023). An Ethics of Rhythm and the Philosophical As-If: Educational Aporia and Reimaging Justice as Interdependence. Routledge. 


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Charlotte Marshall

Charlotte Marshall

Charlotte Marshall is a Senior Lecturer in Academic Practice at Nottingham Trent University and a PGR at Northampton University. Her doctoral research is exploring the affect of pause on level 8 learners in England through a feminist new materialist paradigm. Due to her extensive teaching experience, Charlotte has been and continues to be a mentor for new staff entering education, and gained SFHEA two years ago in recognition of her impact and leadership.


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