Upcoming Events

  • Tolerance and Education: Concepts,...

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    2nd September 2026 to 4th September 2026

    This panel will explore the concept, justification, and practical implications of tolerance in education. It will bring together work in political philosophy and philosophy of education to examine...
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  • BERA Conference

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    8th September 2026 to 9th September 2026

    Educational Philosophy Cafe at the BERA Conference The BERA Philosophy of Education SIG are hosting an Educational Philosophy Cafe at this year's BERA Conference in Manchester. The session will...
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  • PESGB Seminar

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    17th September 2026

    Education, extremism and exemption from basic morality Seminar followed by drinks. This seminar is part of a Dutch-Flemish branch seminar mini-series intended to illustrate the value of...
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  • Strathclyde-Glasgow Branch Seminar

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    18th September 2026

    Seminar on Memory & Education Memory is a central but controversial topic not only in Education Studies and the Philosophy of Education but also in educational practice. In many educational...
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  • Birmingham Branch Seminar

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    21st October 2026

    Attentiveness in Iris Murdoch’s moral vision: towards a metaphysics of pedagogy David Halpin, University College London All welcome.
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  • Birmingham Branch Seminar

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    25th November 2026

    Analysis, synthesis, and why wisdom might not be for everyone  James Brown, University of Birmingham All welcome. For further information please contact Michael Hand at m.hand@bham.ac.uk
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  • Birmingham Branch Seminar

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    20th January 2027

    Institutional and individual virtues: meaningful distinction or false dichotomy?  Alex Nikolaidis, University College London All welcome. For further information please contact Michael Hand at...
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  • Birmingham Branch Seminar

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    24th February 2027

    The putative quality of education: the privatisation of the desire to know  Henrique Lima, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil All welcome. For further information please contact Michael Hand at...
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  • Birmingham Branch Seminar

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    31st March 2027

    The art of covert no-saying: a new typology of educational resistance  Jason Cong Lin, Education University of Hong Kong All welcome
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  • Birmingham Branch Seminar

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    28th April 2027

    Encountering the strange, confronting the difficult: philosophers of education against the tide?  Nicki Hedge, University of Glasgow All welcome. For further information please contact Michael...
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  • Birmingham Branch Seminar

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    19th May 2027

    What does thinking critically actually mean?  Gerry Dunne, Marino Institute of Education, Dublin All welcome. For further information please contact Michael Hand at m.hand@bham.ac.uk
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  • Birmingham Branch Seminar

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    16th June 2027

    Technological relationships: who bears what obligations? Ka Ya Lee, University of Hong Kong All welcome. For further information please contact Michael Hand at m.hand@bham.ac.uk
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