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Philosophy department at Royal Holloway, University of London
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New publication alert! Dr John Sellars edited a new book, The Cambridge Companion to Marcus Aurelius' Meditations

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The Cambridge Companion to Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
Cambridge Core - Classical Philosophy - The Cambridge Companion to Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
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October 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Check out Dr Rebecca Roache’s @rebeccaroache.bsky.social podcast interview on her book, For F*ck’s Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun
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Rebecca Roache: The Ethics of Swearing - The Prindle Institute for Ethics
Our 2024-2025 season continues with a conversation with Rebecca Roache (Royal Holloway, University of London) on her new book, For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun. Here, Roache ex...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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What is so awkward about awkward silences? Dr Rebecca Roache explains it in this article:

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What’s so awkward about an awkward silence? | Aeon Essays
What is it about lulls in conversation that make them so very uncomfortable? It has to do with how we connect with each other
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September 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Dr Suki Finn examines the political, philosophical, and legal aspects of transgender pregnancy and parenting.

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Protecting the rights of transgender parents
Dr Suki Finn examines the political, philosophical, and legal aspects of transgender pregnancy and parenting.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Dr Anthony Bruno has published a new book, Facticity and the Fate of Reason After Kant, with Oxford University Press!

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September 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Suki Finn writes for the Institute of Art and Ideas on the changing nature of pregnancy and gender: iai.tv/articles/the...
The way human life is created is changing, and the world isn't ready | Suki Finn
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June 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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This is taking place tomorrow!
philosophyrhul.bsky.social Philosophy at RHUL @philosophyrhul.bsky.social · May 20
Dr Roberto Buonamano who is visiting us from the University of Technology Sydney will be presenting "From the Exception to Form-of-Life: What Agamben's political ontology can tell us about human rights" 4-5:30pm on Friday 6th June in Room 1-02 in Senate House - we hope to see you there! 🧑‍🏫📚
June 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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I am very grateful to @leverhulme.ac.uk for awarding me a Research Followship to research a project on psychoanalysis. @aeon.co @rhulpir.bsky.social @philosophyrhul.bsky.social @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social

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May 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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@michaelbacon.bsky.social 's new grant is featured in this month's issue of the @leverhulme.ac.uk newsletter 📰📰
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May 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Dr Roberto Buonamano who is visiting us from the University of Technology Sydney will be presenting "From the Exception to Form-of-Life: What Agamben's political ontology can tell us about human rights" 4-5:30pm on Friday 6th June in Room 1-02 in Senate House - we hope to see you there! 🧑‍🏫📚
May 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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@michaelbacon.bsky.social writes in @psyche.co about what the philosophy of pragmatism can offer us in uncertain times 👓📰
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To resist dogma and accept uncertainty, think like a pragmatist | Psyche Ideas
Founded in 19th-century America, the philosophy of pragmatism promises imaginative ways of coping with our circumstances
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May 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Last two sessions today and next week! 📚🖥️
philosophyrhul.bsky.social Philosophy at RHUL @philosophyrhul.bsky.social · Mar 5
The women and FLINTA in Philosophy group is back from reading week tomorrow for lunch and informal discussion 1-2pm in McCrea 1-29 and on Teams (tinyurl.com/4fwc462v) 🥪👩‍🏫
March 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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The women and FLINTA in Philosophy group is back from reading week tomorrow for lunch and informal discussion 1-2pm in McCrea 1-29 and on Teams (tinyurl.com/4fwc462v) 🥪👩‍🏫
March 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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We're delighted to be welcoming Prof. Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha to the RHUL Bedford Square Building, next Wednesday 12th March 1-3pm for a talk on "The Deterritorializing Tagore: Desire, Sahajiya Schizo-poetics and Intercultural Nomadism"
We hope to see you there!
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March 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Χαίρετε!
Philosophy students and staff are this week enjoying a field trip to Athens co-organised with the philosophy society featuring informal sessions at key sites 🏛
A group of approximately 20 students and a couple of staff members stand on a hillside overlooking Athens, it is sunny and looks warm enough that a few are carrying their jackets. They are smiling and posing, looking at the camera.
February 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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This time last week was PhD day on campus!
PhD students @irenearahal.bsky.social and Justin Moll gave excellent presentations at our research seminar, before the opening of the new LSS PhD office later in the afternoon which was also well attended by department staff 🥳🍕
Irene Arahal, a white woman with dark hair and glasses, wearing a light grey shirt over a dark green t shirt and black trousers. She is stood at the front of a classroom in front of a screen showing a slide entitled "Modelling the political belief networks" and is in the middle of speaking, using her hand to highlight a point. Justin Moll, a white man with dark blonde hair and a moustache. He is wearing a grey suit with a blue shirt. He is stood at the front of a classroom next to a screen showing a slide with the title "Political implications of cognition as disclosure". He is gesturing with his hands as he speaks. The photograph is taken from behind two people's heads. Karia Hartung, Aine Bennett, Lucia Frigo and Kat Osborne, four white women in casual clothes, stand together in an office in front of the windows. They are smiling and have their arms around each other. Aine is holding and gesturing to a small blue plaque. Somebody holds a cardboard sign behind them that says "happy office warming" A group of approximately 20 people stood chatting, drinking soft drinks and eating pizza in a brightly lit office space. There are boxes of pizzas open on the tables and a cardboard sign reading "happy office warming"
February 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Our PhD student Justin Moll will present "The Political Implications of Cognition as Disclosure and the Kompridis-Habermas Debate" at the research seminar today along with @irenearahal.bsky.social from PIR on "The structure of political belief systems in late adolescence"
rhulpir.bsky.social PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · Jan 20
Our spring term research seminar schedule just dropped!
Join us on Wednesday at 1pm in McCrea 201 for the first talk from Joe Hoover on "The Dangers of Utopia: World Building and the Careful Practice of Hope"
A poster with the text: "PIR Research Seminar, Royal Holloway, University of London Spring Term 2024-25 Wednesday 22nd January, 13.00 Joe Hoover (Queen Mary), ‘The Dangers of Utopia: World Building and the Careful Practice of Hope’ Wednesday 29th January, 13.00 Elin Bjarnegard (Uppsala University), ‘Autocratic Genderwashing: Women’s Rights as Authoritarian Strategies’ Wednesday 5th February, 13.00 Mariam Abouelenin (King’s College London), ‘Mapping life course trajectories of young mothers in the family justice system in England’ Wednesday 12th February, 13.00 Catherine Charrett (University of Westminster), ‘Palestinian anti-imperial diplomacy: between negotiations and international solidarity’ Wednesday 19th February, 13.00 PhD roundtable Wednesday 5th March, 13.00 Alasia Nuti, (University of York), 'We Fight with Our Dead': On Thanatoactivism’ Wednesday 12th March, 13.00 Leonardo Carella (University of Oxford), ‘The Anti-Cooptational Coalition: Introducing Proportional Representation in Two-Round Systems’ Wednesday 19th March, 13.00 Thomas Fleming (UCL), ‘The Politics of Procedural Change in the UK House of Commons’. Wednesday 26th March, 13.00 Jared Finnegan (UCL), ‘Green industrial policy in the voting booth: The electoral effects of the Inflation Reduction Act’ Wednesday 2nd April, 13.00 Arturo Chang (University of Toronto), ‘Indigenous Sovereignty and the Construction of Postcolonial Citizenship in the Andes’"
February 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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We have two events next week for LGBTQ+ History Month 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
@jessicalynntalks.bsky.social will be discussing "what it means to be transgender" and presenting a piece called "Undeterred" on Wednesday 19th 2-4pm and Thursday 20th 11-1
Register here for location: forms.office.com/e/K1RavXWScU
A poster advertising the talks. There is a photograph of Jessica Lynn on the left, a blonde woman with a long side fringe in a burgundy top and black skirt, sat on a wooden bench. The text says: "LGBT+ History Month events with Transgender Activist and Kinsey Institute Global Ambassador Jessica Lynn School of Law and Social Sciences workshop: • Wednesday 19th February 2025, 2-4pm • Egham campus – follow QR code/link for location and sign-up All staff and students are invited… … to join Jessica Lynn who will discuss "What it means to be transgender", opening conversation and fostering a respectful atmosphere. Organisers and sponsors: RHUL EDI, LSS EDI, RHUL UCU, Gender Institute. Contact: suki.finn@rhul.ac.uk. Sign-up: https://forms.office.com/e/K1RavXWScU Royal Holloway University of London talk and Q&A: • Thursday 20th February 2025, 11am-1pm • Egham campus – follow QR code/link for location and sign-up"
February 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Royal Holloway staff and students at any level can access free and confidential writing advice and support from our new Royal Literary Fund fellow @tonywhite.bsky.social
Scan the QR code in the poster to book a 1:1 session!
A poster advertising the work of the RLF fellows. The background of the poster is a warm yellowy-orange and in the centre of the poster is a cartoon of a man with a beard holding a book and a pen talking to a younger woman holding a book and typing on a laptop. They are surrounded by more books and thought bubbles containing cartoons about writing and academia. The text at the top of the poster says "get free help with your academic writing from a professional, published writer". The text underneath the image says "Free one-to-one 50-min sessions. In-person or online. Confidential. Available to students and Staff. Find out more and book a tutorial today www.rlf.org.uk" Below this is the RLF education logo and a QR code.
February 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Drs Suki Finn and Lyn Johnstone will be restarting the Women +FLINTA in Philosophy Group at RHUL, meeting every Thursday 1-2pm from tomorrow 6th February in McCrea 1-29 👩‍🏫👩‍🎓📚
All female, lesbian, intersex, nonbinary, trans or agender staff and students with an interest in Philosophy welcome!
February 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Reminder that this is this evening!
philosophyrhul.bsky.social Philosophy at RHUL @philosophyrhul.bsky.social · Jan 27
Join us online on Friday 5pm-6pm for the launch of our former PhD student, Gozde Hussain's book "Islamic Doctrines and Political Liberalism"
Dr Hussain will be joined by @jseglow.bsky.social and Prof Mohammad Fadel from the University of Toronto
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A book front cover which is mainly made up of an image of a modernist tower block with glass windows in the background and a minaret in the foreground. In the centre is the title of the book "Islamic Doctrines and Political Liberalism: Muslim's Sincere Support". Underneath this is the author's name: Gozde Hussain. The publisher's name, Palgrave Macmillan, is in the bottom right corner. The title of the book series "The Modern Muslim World" is in the top right corner.
January 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Join us online on Friday 5pm-6pm for the launch of our former PhD student, Gozde Hussain's book "Islamic Doctrines and Political Liberalism"
Dr Hussain will be joined by @jseglow.bsky.social and Prof Mohammad Fadel from the University of Toronto
www.eventbrite.com/e/islamic-do...
A book front cover which is mainly made up of an image of a modernist tower block with glass windows in the background and a minaret in the foreground. In the centre is the title of the book "Islamic Doctrines and Political Liberalism: Muslim's Sincere Support". Underneath this is the author's name: Gozde Hussain. The publisher's name, Palgrave Macmillan, is in the bottom right corner. The title of the book series "The Modern Muslim World" is in the top right corner.
January 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Hello Bluesky!! 👋
rhulpir.bsky.social PIR at Royal Holloway @rhulpir.bsky.social · Jan 22
We're going our separate ways 😢 all philosophy related news will now be on @philosophyrhul.bsky.social and this account will be for Politics and IR
Give them a follow and please wish our social media assistant luck in remembering which political theorists think of themselves more as philosophers!
January 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM