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Philosophy summer courses in Europe
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Courses 2023
Introduction to Western Esotericism
online courseThe goal of this course is to offer an introductory overview of the study of Western esotericism. In this two-week online winter course, we will investigate the key thematic aspect...
Collegium Spinozanum
This Summer School aims at bringing together advanced students and established scholars working broadly on Spinoza’s thought, sources and reception. The goal of the Summer School i...
German Philosophy: From Kant to Habermas
top coursePlease note: Registration, prices and all information on FUBiS summer courses 2023 will be online in December 2022 on our website. Don’t miss out: students who register early can...
German Philosophy: From Kant to Habermas
top coursePhilosophy has constituted a central element in the emergence of modern German culture. In the late 18th century, German philosophy participated in the broader European Enlightenme...
Past courses
Courses 2022
Time, Money and God
Explore fundamental questions about our financial system on the nature of time, value and money. You get a stimulating engagement with key topics and thinkers at the intersection o...
Women in the History of Philosophy – Challenging the Canon
The Summer School continues the tradition of the Libori Summer School which started in Paderborn in 2017 and lasted till the outbreak of the COVID pandemics. Institute of Philosoph...
Love and Sex in Digital World: Philosophy, Ethics and Theology
Digital technologies have tremendously transformed all spheres of our life, including romantic and sexual relationships. This course is an attempt to analyse all those changes from...
The Big Currents of Philosophy
The doctrines of happiness in ancient morals Jean-Cassien Billier, philosophy, Faculty of Arts & Humanities Sorbonne Université What is philosophy? Pierre-Henri Tavo...
Critical Thinking
Do you want to improve your critical thinking skills? In everyday life we are constantly giving reasons to believe things and take decisions. In this introductory course you will l...
The History and Philosophy of the Concepts of Scientific Law and Probability
The history and metaphysics of the concepts of laws of nature and objective probabilities are closely connected with one another and with main topics in the philosophy and history...
Philosophical Lessons from and for The 'Post-Truth Era'
This philosophy course investigates what it means to live in a 'post-truth era', in which emotional or ideological motivations are often considered more valid than objective criter...
Late Antique Political Theology from the Early Church to the Byzantine Era
The course addresses a multidisciplinary and, at the same time, neglected topic in the history of Late Antiquity: the complex developments in the theories of legitimacies of power....
Reparations for Historical Injustices
Societies are significantly shaped by their histories. But how do we reckon with our past when it involves large-scale injustices such as, for example, slavery, genocide or colonia...
Love and Sex in Digital World: Philosophy, Ethics and Theology
Digital technologies have tremendously transformed all spheres of our life, including romantic and sexual relationships. This course is an attempt to analyse all those changes from...
Greek Philosophy: Ancient, Byzantine, NeoHellenic, Modern
In the Summer School we will study the relevance, timelessness and continuation of Greek Philosophy. As the “womb” that first gave birth to Philosophy around 2,500 years ago, the G...
Anatomies of the Contemporary: Borders and Encounters
What role can artistic practices play in a time shaped by deepening divisions and a thirst for new binds? How are artists involved in operations of fragmentation and unification th...
Climate Change and the Long-Term Future
online courseAfter several successful installments, the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Groningen will host its yearly Winter School, aimed primarily at advanced undergraduate studen...
Connecting the Ancient and Modern Worlds
blended courseThe University of St Andrews is steeped in tradition and known for its global outlook, ranked first in the UK by the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide in 2022. This new...
The Posthuman Life of Methods
top course online courseThe course will build on the tradition of neo-materialist, critical feminist posthuman theory that Braidotti is internationally known for. It focusses on the methodological implica...
Philosophy of Mind and Ethics: Dilemmas and Thought Experiments
This module introduces key issues in contemporary analytic philosophy of mind and applied ethics. You'll explore connections between abstract philosophical principles and matters o...
Courses 2021
Human Reasons Between Post-Contemporary Occultism and Artificial Intelligence
blended courseThe course will dwell on the social, technical and epistemological motives of trans and post-humanisms, which acquired considerable visibility in the recent 20 years in the humanit...
In and Out - Questioning the philosophical canon
online courseIN AND OUT – QUESTIONING THE PHILOSOPHICAL CANON The question of authority in philosophy, that is, the question of which past philosophers are worth studying and being taught is...
The big Currents of Philosophy
online courseStoicism Patrick Ghrénassia, philosophy, Faculty of Arts & Humanities Sorbonne Université Humanism, Transhumanism, Post-humanism Pierre-Henri Tavoillot, philosophy, Faculty of A...
Living, Working, and Studying in Times of Crises
The Italian journalist and writer Ennio Flaiano once remarked that “we are living, as usual, in a transition period.” Although written in the early 1970s, Flaiano’s witticism sound...
Courses 2020
Philosophy, Science, Antiscience
“The belief in the value of scientific truth – Max Weber once remarked – is not derived from nature, but is a product of definite cultures”. In 1938, Robert K. Merton, one of the f...
Courses 2019
Immerse Education Philosophy Summer School Programme - 16-18
Immerse Education is a residential academic programme with a diverse and enriching curriculum. Our 16-18 year old programmes are designed to provide a taster of what it’s like to s...
Medical Ethics - Moral Healthcare Dilemmas and Choices from a European Perspective
Those who are working in the medical professions are often confronted with decision making procedures that go far beyond the mere technological aspects that are involved in the cas...
Philosophy and Technology
Technology permeates human life at individual, social and global level. It affects the way we communicate, travel, do business, take care of health, practice politics, fight crime,...
Courses 2018
Summer School in Ontology
The school valorises the unavoidable pursuit of ontology, foregrounding the debate on this classical philosophical question. The school does not intend to endorse one particular ap...
The Animal (Nature/Science)
Established in 2013 and directed by Lorenzo Chiesa and Raffaello Palumbo Mosca, the Genoa School of Humanities (GSH) offers weekly series of seminars in English held by scholars of...
Courses 2017
GSH 2017 Summer Seminars: "The Mother"
Established in 2013 and directed by Lorenzo Chiesa and Raffaello Palumbo Mosca, the Genoa School of Humanities (GSH) offers weekly series of seminars in English held by scholars of...
Ontology (3rd Edition)
ISP/Ontology will provide a diverse and high-quality programme focusing on the classical questions of ontology. The course will foster a rich and lively intellectual exchange by ad...
Jewish Activism Summer School
The Jewish Activism Summer School is a program of the Universität Potsdam. We are It is a non-partisan project, unaffiliated with any political party. We , that seeks to expand y...
Political Philosophy: When Justice Isn't Fair
This course is will let you grapple with some of the key questions of political thought: What makes a just society? What does it mean to be free? Do we owe people who live on the o...
Courses 2016
Scientific World Conceptions 2016: Science, Values, and Democracy?
Science and democracy are key features of modern societies, but there have always been tensions between them, with implications for a wide range of public issues. This two-week cou...
Decision Making between Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility
The goal of this course is to prepare future managers for confronting the difficult situations that arise when making decisions in the tension-filled area between social, environme...
The Gaze
Established in 2013 and directed by Lorenzo Chiesa and Raffaello Palumbo Mosca, the Genoa School of Humanities (GSH) offers weekly series of seminars in English held by scholars of...
Critical Political Philosophy & Economy
The course will be introduction & overview of critical social theory (from German & French philosophy, Frankfurt school, psychoanalysis & structuralism to existentialism, Marxism a...
Courses 2015
New Forms of Realism in Contemporary Philosophy
The Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities - Skopje in cooperation with the International Institute of Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences (based in Athens) announces th...