Services to the profession
summerschool 07 on metaphysics
This term, I am organising a graduate summer school on metaphysics: click here for more information.
mailing lists
Want to be informed about what happens in philosophy? Consider subscribing to one or several of the following mailing lists:
- for information about philosophy in Switzerland, job offers, grants and fellowships: www.sequitur.ch/sequitur-list/ (volume: approx. 1 email per week). To send an email to the list, click here.
- for information about the graduate seminar in Geneva: ALL-PHILO on unilist.unige.ch (vol.: approx. 1 email per week).
- for information about philosophical events in France: click here to subscribe by sending an empty message (vol.: approx. 1 email per week), to send a message to the list, click here.
- for information about philosophical events in Germany: become a member of GAP (vol.: approx. 1 email per week), to send a message to the list, click here.
- for information about philosophical events in Continental Europe: subscribe to the list (vol.: approx. 1 email per week), to send a message to the list, click here.
- for information about philosophical events in Britain, general philosophical topics and announcement of major conferences all over the world: philos-l (vol.: approx. 5 emails per day, includes most of the ESAP list).
summer schools
I have been organising the following summer schools in Geneva (5 workshops each):
past graduate colloquia
I have also been organising some students' colloquia:
- winter term 05/06
- summer term 04
- winter term 03/04
- winter term 02/03
- summer term 02
- winter term 01/02
dialectica
Since 1999, I am managing editor of the Swiss philosophy journal dialectica, now published by Blackwell.
sequitur
In December 2003, Norbert Anwander, Davor Bodrozic and Martino Mona and myself founded sequitur, the national association of philosophy graduate students.
Since then, I've been involved in the organisation of:
- 1st conference June 22 2002
- 2nd conference March 15 2003
- 3rd conference October 18 2003
- 4th conference April 24 2004
- 5th conference October 22-23 2004
- 6th conference April 8, 2005
- 7th conference October 29, 2005
- 8th conference, March 31th and April 1st, 2006
PhilEAs
I helped founding the association PhilEAs of students in philosophy at the university of Geneva. I am responsable of their groups "Relations" and "Fiesta" and help them organise their series of talks.
FAQ for students
Here are is a FAQ for students of philosophy in Geneva:
- Guide pratique pour les étudiants en philosophie
- Pourquoi étudier la philosophie ?
- Comment étudier la philosophie ?
- Comment commencer à étudier la philosophie ?
- Comment écrire un travail de séminaire ?
- Comment écrire un mémoire en philosophie ?
- Le nouveau plan d'études et différentes informations Bolognaises
- inscription ? la liste ALL-PHILO
bibliographies
Unfortunately, I sometimes prefer compiling bibliographies to serious thinking. Here are some results:
- for students:
- For professionals:
- Some special-purpose bibliographies hopefully to be posted soon.
journals
Here is a list of electronic editions of philosophy journals and the holdings of Swiss libraries (additions very welcome).
Iris research project on formal concepts
In the first half of 2003, I've been associated to the Iris research project on formal concepts, for which I designed and maintain a website.
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