Great to see lots of online enthusiasm for the BBCs repeat of The Great Philosophers @profangiehobbs.bsky.social!
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Great to see lots of online enthusiasm for the BBCs repeat of The Great Philosophers @profangiehobbs.bsky.social!
@profangiehobbs.bsky.social on BBC remembering the great philosophers - Bryan Magee's classic TV program which did so much to communicate philosophy to the public!
Watch: tinyurl.com/5n6kxyc8
Enjoy!
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Have you seen the many amazing videos of many of our essays? They are here; check them out!
1000wordphilosophy.com/videos/
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Public Philosophy Network just published excellent guides on specific topics for public philosophy!
Including:
👉 migration
👉 food ethics
👉 prison education
👉 philosophy of science
👉 philosophical counselling and consulting
Link: tinyurl.com/2hh2j7jn
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Check out @RIPhilo's archive of articles from Think - useful for students, teachers, and philosophers of all stripes!
Read: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/publications...
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@theBSHP conference funding deadline is 31 October
👉 major (up to £2000)
👉 standard (up to £1000)
Tto support academic conferences, seminars, and workshops.
Details: bshp.org.uk/funding/conf...
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The philosophy blogosphere - a useful list of blogs in generalist and specialist areas of philosophy.
dailynous.com/2025/09/18/t...
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@mmmccabe.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on the value of philosophy in prisons and the work of the Philosophy in Prisons project.
Read: tinyurl.com/4rnm4mk8
More: www.philosophyinprison.com
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Society for Women in Philosophy-UK
@SWIPUK
- 1/10/25 deadline
- max £250 per event
- must be members/friends of SWIP-UK
Details: swipuk.org/funding.html
Hegel Society of Great Britain
@HegelSocietyGB
- 1/10/25 deadline
- £100 travel per speaker
- £200 max other costs
- conferences relating wholly or partly to Hegel and/or Hegelianism
Details: hegel-society.org.uk/grants/
FUNDING
British Society of Aesthetics small grants
- 1/10/25 deadline
- up to £4000
- for conferences, podcasts, videos, lectures
- must be members
Details: british-aesthetics.org/portfolio/sm...
The Society for Applied Philosophy funding deadline also 1st September.
➡️ awards up to £3000.
➡️ £6000 in exceptional cases.
➡️ applied philosophy (obvs).
➡️be environmentally sensitive.
➡️ separate grants to aid attendance of delegates with disabilities.
Details: appliedphil.org/funding/even...
FUNDING (1/2)
The deadline for @aristotsoc.bsky.social conference funding is 1st September
➡️ up to £500.
➡️ events must take place in the UK.
➡️ priority to one-off and graduate conferences.
Details: aristoteliansociety.org.uk/editorial/co...
#philosophy #funding #workshops #conference
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Check out their resources:
DRL Blueprints: diversityreadinglist.org/blueprints/
DRL YouTube: tinyurl.com/25jmyxbw
BPA Diversity: bpa.ac.uk/diversity/
#philosophy #diversity
The @diversityread.bsky.social is celebrating its 10-year anniversary!
High quality texts in philosophy written by authors from under-represented groups.
➡️texts
➡️blueprints
➡️events
Web: diversityreadinglist.org.
#DiversityAnniversaryConference
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We offer resources for UG and PG philosophers, early career philosophers, and faculty members.
Read: bpa.ac.uk/resources/
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👉public philosophy
👉learning & teaching
👉the impact of UK philosophy
👉employability
👉philosophy in schools
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The @triphilosophy.bsky.social's YouTube channel has recordings of its London lectures, annual lectures, and more!
Themes include:
👉 remembering and forgetting
👉madness and mental health
👉 passions and emotions
👉 the social dimensions of knowledge
Watch:
www.youtube.com/@TheRoyalIns...
What do we do?
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Read: bpa.ac.uk/activities/
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Great to see BBC spotlighting these fab philosophy videos created by @SAPERE_P4C and narrated by Stephen Fry.
Watch: tinyurl.com/ytzbvztn
Ideal for teaching #PSHE and #ReligiousStudies.
#philosophy #P4C #philosophyforchildren #KS2