Praxis Seminar: Research Colloquium in Practical Philosophy 2024/2025
03 JUN '25 | 17:00
Attendance is free and open to the public
The Praxis Seminar — Research Colloquium in Practical Philosophy is the central research seminar of the Practical Philosophy Research Group. It features lectures and presentations by distinguished national and international scholars, invited to share their latest work. The seminar is designed as a forum for in-depth philosophical discussion, offering a cross-cutting perspective on a wide range of topics, and fostering an enriching environment for academic exchange. Meetings take place every Tuesday during the academic year, from 17h00 to 19h00, structured as a 45-minute presentation followed by a one-hour Q&A session. Typically, a dinner with the speaker follows each session.
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Past Sessions
Praxis Group General Meeting 2024/2025 | 15 October 2024
Session 1 | 22 October 2024
Adrian Razvan Sandru (MainenLab – Champalimaud Foundation)
Re-presenting the Familiar – The Cognitive and Moral Role of Art in Kant’s Aesthetic Theory
Session 2 | 29 October 2024
Gonçalo Marcelo (University of Coimbra)
Hermeneutics as Critical Social Theory
Session 3 | 5 November 2024
Sjoerd van Tuinen (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Frogs in the Swamp: A Critique of Menno ter Braak and other Liberal Discourses on Ressentiment
International Conference Individuating Simondon: 100 Years and Beyond | 12, 13 & 14 November 2024
Workshop A produção Moderna do Espaço: Imagem, Abstração e Urbanização | 19 November 2024
Workshop Theorising Destituent Power | 26 November 2024
Session 4 | 3 December 2024
Francisco Felizol (Praxis-CFUL)
Workshop RE(a̸)SON(d̸)ANCE(s̸) (Re-)Considered – Philosophy, Performance and the Arts | 13-14 December 2024
Session 5 | 04 February 2025
Fabrizio Boscaglia (Universidade Lusófona)
Fernando Pessoa e a Filosofia Islâmica: Questões de Receção, Representação e Interpretação
Session 6 | 11 February 2025
Julie Saada (Sciences Po Paris)
Human Rights, Freedom, and Socioeconomic Rights
Session 7 | 18 February 2025
Ankica Čakardić (University of Zagreb)
Family Abolition and Dead Labour: Hegel and Marxist-Feminism
Session 8 | 25 February 2025
Nuno Ribeiro (NOVA University Lisbon)
Pluralismo Filosófico e Drama Heteronímico em Fernando Pessoa
Session 9 | 11 March 2025
Dirk-Michael Hennrich (Praxis-CFUL)
On Animal Intelligence: Modes to Deconstruct the Technosphere
Session 10 | 18 March 2025
Aaron Schuster (Amsterdam)
Session 11 | 25 March 2025
Rodrigo Castro Orellana (Complutense University of Madrid)
Session 12 | 1 April 2025
Luciana Martinez (HPhil-CFUL)
Originality and Taste: Kant on Genius
Session 13 | 8 April 2025
Pedro Galvão (Praxis-CFUL)
O que se segue da Regra de Ouro?
Session 14 | 22 April 2025
Shai Tubali (University of Leeds)
Session 15 | 29 April 2025
Ricardo Mendoza-Canales (Praxis-CFUL)
International Workshop: Situating Murdoch: Between Interlocutors and Traditions | 6-7 May 2025
Workshop Confronting (Bio)Capitalism: Critique, Feminism, and Ecology | 13 May 2025
Session 16 | 20 May 2025
Felipe Nobre Faria (NOVA University Lisbon)
Liberalismo em Crise? Desafios Demográficos e o Declínio da Confiança Social
Lisbon-Lille Conference “Paysages d’Aprés / Afterscapes / Paisagens do Depois” | 26-27 May 2025
Session 17 | 3 June 2025
Ana Miranda Mora (Utrecht)
Rage Against Violence: An Affective Conceptualization of Feminist Resistance
Workshop Hegel from the Margins | 4 June 2025
Praxis General Meeting | 17 June 2025