News and agendaThe Exploring New Vistas in Historiography of Science colloquium series continues this Spring with a dive into the even deeper waters of the Philosophy of History. On Thursday, 10 May 2012, Dr. Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen will present his ongoing research in this field in Leiden.
On Thursday, 10 May 2012, Felicitas Kraemer (Philosophy & Ethics, TU Eindhoven) will present the last lecture of the Spring 2012 series of Practical Philosophy Colloquia: ‘Towards a Neosentimentalist Account of Guilt’.
Due to Easter, the Queen's Birthday, Liberation Day, Ascension Day and Whitsun Day the buildings of the Faculty of Humanities will have limited opening hours.
Curious about guest lectures and other events that take place at the Faculty of Humanities? This page contains an overview of all English Humanities related events in Leiden.
From 16-19 April 2012 Professor Ronald de Sousa (University of Toronto, Canada) will be visiting Leiden University to present a series of four lectures on the philosophy of love.
If you want acces to the university library or don't have a university ID yet, you need a Leiden University Card (LU-Card). Find out how you can quickly and easily apply for one here.
Learn how to apply for a job in English! Visit the workshop on Thursday 16 February 2012, 9.15 – 11.00 hrs. Room: Van Wijkplaats 4/004
The Celebration of the Dies Natalis takes place today at 15:00 hrs in the Pieterskerk, Pieterskerkhof 1A in Leiden. There will be a live video broadcast of the ceremony, and a simultaneous translation will be provided in English.
On Friday, 21 October 2011 the Institute for Philosophy will host the symposium 'Frege in Leiden'.
In week 45, 7-12 November 2011, the Institute for Philosophy will host a mini-course by visiting professor Vanessa Lemm, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute of Humanities at the Diego Portales University, Santiago de Chile.
On 6 and 7 June LUCL will host a workshop on the representation of gradability, that will be of interest to both linguistics and students of philosophy of language.
On 11 and 12 February 2011 the Leiden Institute for Philosophy will host the workshop 'Nietzsche the Kantian? Reading Nietzsche and Kant on the Sovereign Individual, Freedom and the Will.'
The University will be switching to a new business travel booking system in the near future. Employees will be able to book their business trips via a new ‘travel portal’ supplied by ATP Business Travel. This travel agency will explain how to use the booking system during two information sessions, to be held on the 17th and the 25th of March.
On Monday, 20 December 2010 the Leiden Institute for Philosophy organizes a one-day conference on Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.
On Thursday 16 December and Friday 17 December 2010 the Leiden Institute for Philosophy will host the workshop "Cosmopolitanism and Conflict".
Announcements of the annual ZENO Lectures series in philosophy sponsored by the Research Institute ZENO, which comprises the research of the philosophy departments at Leiden University and Utrecht University. Next lecture on 16 December 2010 by Prof. Beatrix Himmelmann (Tromsø, Norway).
On Tuesday, 7 December 2010 Prof. Alan Thomas (Tilburg University) will present the next lecture in the Practical Philosophy Colloquia series 2010-2011.
On 25-26 November 2010, the Institute for Philosophy of Leiden University organises a workshop on the implications of empirical research on mental causation and free will.
Almost fifty years ago, Hans-Georg Gadamer’s Truth and Method (1960) appeared. Among philosophers and theologians, this classic study of interpretation has enjoyed a spectacular reception history. But what sort of Gadamerian influences can be traced in the humanities?
On Tuesday, 8 June the last lecture of the colloquium series Exploring New Vistas in the Historiography of Science of 2009-2010 will be given by prof. dr. Klaas van Berkel (University of Groningen).
