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Further events of interest can be found in the College of Social Sciences and International Studies events calendar.
Past Egenis events can be found here.
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| 8 June 2023 | 14:00 | IDSAI Seminar: 'Developing a resilient Data Science profession: observations from the UK’s national skills landscape' with Matthew Forshaw, Senior Advisor for Skills at the TuringAbstract: In this talk, Dr Forshaw will explore the recent developments in the national data skills landscape, and advances in professionalisation of the data science occupation through certification and accreditation. This talk will draw upon labour market analysis studies in collaboration with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and outline emerging policy directions. This interactive session will explore the roles of industry and academia in delivering the data skills training required to equip the current and future workforce with skills required to confidently address current and future data challenges. Full details | Add event |
| 12 June 2023 | 15:30 | Egenis Book launch: Mind as Metaphor, by Adam Toon—with a response by Professor Daniel D. Hutto (University of Wollongong)This event will celebrate the publication of Adam Toon’s new book, Mind as Metaphor: A Defence of Mental Fictionalism (Oxford University Press, 2023). Full details | Add event |
| 16 June 2023 | 15:00 | Egenis: First discussion session on American Metabolism with author Hannah Landecker (UCLA)We are delighted to host Professor Hannah Landecker, a top STS scholar and world-leading expert on the social and historical study of metabolism and sciences thereof. In these two interactive sessions, Professor Landecker will be discussing with us chapters from her forthcoming book American Metabolism.. Full details | Add event |
| 19 June 2023 | 11:00 | Egenis: Second discussion session on American Metabolism with Hannah Landecker (UCLA)We are delighted to host Professor Hannah Landecker, a top STS scholar and world-leading expert on the social and historical study of metabolism and sciences thereof. In these two interactive sessions, Professor Landecker will be discussing with us chapters from her forthcoming book American Metabolism. Full details | Add event |
| 19 June 2023 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar: "Cloud Coyotes in Los Angeles", Prof Christopher Kelty (University of California, Los Angeles)Coyotes (Canis latrans) exist throughout North America and increasingly thrive in dense urban spaces; they also cause controversies when they eat small pets or seem to pose a threat. Based on fieldwork in Los Angeles, and an archive of over 400 conversations collected from the online application Nextdoor (2015-2019), we theorize the emergence of what we call the cloud coyote. Full details | Add event |
| 23 June 2023 | 15:00 | Egenis book launch: Drawing Processes of Life, Molecules, Cells , Organisms. Gemma Anderson and John Dupre (University of Exeter)Drawing Processes of Life is the product of biologists, philosophers, and artists working together to formulate new ways of representing our new approach to life. It is a mutualistic symbiosis, where identities are transformed, information and nutritive substances shared, and where new organisms emerge.. Full details | Add event |
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| 8 - 9 June 2023 | 12:00 | Workshop - Past Material, Past Minds: Philosophy, Cognition & ArchaeologyThis workshop addresses methodological, theoretical and philosophical issues across cognitive archaeology and paleoanthropology. How are inferences drawn from material items to cognitive and social capacities? And from fossil and other specimens to demographic, behavioural and phylogenetic dynamics? What can knowing past minds tell us about the nature of cognition? How should cultural innovation and evolutionary novelties in the paleontological and archaeological records be treated? How should we understand the ontology of artefacts and specimens, and how does this relate to archaeological and paleoanthropological practice?. Full details | Add event |
| 26 - 27 June 2023 | 10:00 | Workshop: Reconciling New Mechanism and ProcessualismMechanism and processualism are two comparatively new philosophies of science. Both can claim especially good uptake among biologists, and philosophers of biology and medicine. However, since their introduction, they have been in conflict with one another. Taken separately, they have different ontological underpinnings, provide different descriptions of target phenomena, and even entail different things about what biological science is and how scientific discoveries are made. We think it is time to aim for some reconciliation.. Full details | Add event |
| When | Time | Description | Add to your calendar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 - 9 June 2023 | 12:00 | Workshop - Past Material, Past Minds: Philosophy, Cognition & ArchaeologyThis workshop addresses methodological, theoretical and philosophical issues across cognitive archaeology and paleoanthropology. How are inferences drawn from material items to cognitive and social capacities? And from fossil and other specimens to demographic, behavioural and phylogenetic dynamics? What can knowing past minds tell us about the nature of cognition? How should cultural innovation and evolutionary novelties in the paleontological and archaeological records be treated? How should we understand the ontology of artefacts and specimens, and how does this relate to archaeological and paleoanthropological practice?. Full details | Add event |
| 8 June 2023 | 14:00 | IDSAI Seminar: 'Developing a resilient Data Science profession: observations from the UK’s national skills landscape' with Matthew Forshaw, Senior Advisor for Skills at the TuringAbstract: In this talk, Dr Forshaw will explore the recent developments in the national data skills landscape, and advances in professionalisation of the data science occupation through certification and accreditation. This talk will draw upon labour market analysis studies in collaboration with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and outline emerging policy directions. This interactive session will explore the roles of industry and academia in delivering the data skills training required to equip the current and future workforce with skills required to confidently address current and future data challenges. Full details | Add event |
| 12 June 2023 | 15:30 | Egenis Book launch: Mind as Metaphor, by Adam Toon—with a response by Professor Daniel D. Hutto (University of Wollongong)This event will celebrate the publication of Adam Toon’s new book, Mind as Metaphor: A Defence of Mental Fictionalism (Oxford University Press, 2023). Full details | Add event |
| 16 June 2023 | 15:00 | Egenis: First discussion session on American Metabolism with author Hannah Landecker (UCLA)We are delighted to host Professor Hannah Landecker, a top STS scholar and world-leading expert on the social and historical study of metabolism and sciences thereof. In these two interactive sessions, Professor Landecker will be discussing with us chapters from her forthcoming book American Metabolism.. Full details | Add event |
| 19 June 2023 | 11:00 | Egenis: Second discussion session on American Metabolism with Hannah Landecker (UCLA)We are delighted to host Professor Hannah Landecker, a top STS scholar and world-leading expert on the social and historical study of metabolism and sciences thereof. In these two interactive sessions, Professor Landecker will be discussing with us chapters from her forthcoming book American Metabolism. Full details | Add event |
| 19 June 2023 | 15:30 | EGENIS seminar: "Cloud Coyotes in Los Angeles", Prof Christopher Kelty (University of California, Los Angeles)Coyotes (Canis latrans) exist throughout North America and increasingly thrive in dense urban spaces; they also cause controversies when they eat small pets or seem to pose a threat. Based on fieldwork in Los Angeles, and an archive of over 400 conversations collected from the online application Nextdoor (2015-2019), we theorize the emergence of what we call the cloud coyote. Full details | Add event |
| 23 June 2023 | 15:00 | Egenis book launch: Drawing Processes of Life, Molecules, Cells , Organisms. Gemma Anderson and John Dupre (University of Exeter)Drawing Processes of Life is the product of biologists, philosophers, and artists working together to formulate new ways of representing our new approach to life. It is a mutualistic symbiosis, where identities are transformed, information and nutritive substances shared, and where new organisms emerge.. Full details | Add event |
| 26 - 27 June 2023 | 10:00 | Workshop: Reconciling New Mechanism and ProcessualismMechanism and processualism are two comparatively new philosophies of science. Both can claim especially good uptake among biologists, and philosophers of biology and medicine. However, since their introduction, they have been in conflict with one another. Taken separately, they have different ontological underpinnings, provide different descriptions of target phenomena, and even entail different things about what biological science is and how scientific discoveries are made. We think it is time to aim for some reconciliation.. Full details | Add event |