Dr Peter Vardy and Dr David Webster in conversation about what it means to be human today. The short conversation touches on Artificial Intelligence, the possibility of free will, and the nature and purpose of education.
Dr David Webster from the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics team at the University of Gloucestershire in conversation with Dr Martin Wood (who is teaching on the RPE course at the moment too) – we discuss: what what Martin’s study of Hinduism has entailed – and issues related to it. We’ll be talking more with Martin over coming weeks/videos!
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Dr David Webster from the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics team at the University of Gloucestershire in conversation with Dr Ben Trubody about the idea of the Shadow Academy – the dark side of the academic world…
This is an initial conversation that we will add to in the coming weeks..
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Dr David Webster from the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics team at the University of Gloucestershire in conversation with Dr Robin James about using popular music in the teaching of philosophy.
Robin James is Associate Professor of Philosophy at UNC Charlotte. She is author of two books: Resilience & Melancholy: pop music, feminism, and neoliberalism and The Conjectural
Body: gender, race and the philosophy of music.Her work on feminism, race, contemporary continental philosophy, pop music, and sound studies has appeared in The New Inquiry, Noisey, SoundingOut!, Hypatia, differences, Contemporary Aesthetics, and the Journal of Popular Music Studies. She is also a digital sound artist and musician, and often works as a member of citation:obsolete.
See Robin’s blog at http://www.its-her-factory.com/
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Just a cross-posting from our History friends..
This year, we’re opening out our annual History competition to everyone – not just University of Gloucestershire History students! To coincide with Black History Month, we’re asking people to nominate individuals in any or all of the following three categories: ‘Unheard Voices in Black History’, ‘Creating New Black Icons’ and ‘Celebrating Local Black Heroes’.
Black History Month takes place every October across the United Kingdom, USA and Canada. Its purpose is to celebrate, commemorate and raise awareness of the history of African diaspora. First celebrated in the UK in 1987, it has since become an annual opportunity to discuss African histories of all kinds – and to ensure the debate, discussion and attention is not restricted only to each October.
At the University of Gloucestershire, we try to do our bit. Last year, for example, we took part in the events organised by the Cheltenham West End Partnership, and along with the Gloucestershire Historical…
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If you’re looking for our 2015 Essay Competition, and have ended up here – hop over 
to the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics Course blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/2015-religion-philosophy-ethics-essay.html – where you’ll find the questions, deadline, and all the details you need!
This is the video of a lecture by Peter Tatchell entitled: ‘Organised Religion: The greatest global threat to human rights?’
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The Peter Tatchell Foundation has its website at: http://www.petertatchellfoundation.org/
This event was jointly organised by Gloucestershire Humanists, Swindon Humanists, Gloucestershire Philosophical Society, and The School of Humanities (at the University of Gloucestershire).
It took place at the FCH Campus of the University, in Cheltenham, on July 16th, 2015.
