Engaging the Contemporary (EtC) 2022, is the seventh edition of a series of an annual international conference organised by the Department of Philosophy of the University of Malta. EtC seeks to promote an interdisciplinary approach to a variety of current debates, valorising the coming together of academics and graduate students to present rigorous papers about topics they are researching. EtC has hosted several prominent as well as up-and-coming scholars from all over the globe, promoting a professional and friendly approach, emphasising the role of engagement and on-going discussion about philosophical issues pertaining to contemporary times.
Below is a list of all Engaging the Contemporary conferences held so far:
EtC 2014: Derrida and Foucault
EtC 2015: Agamben and Rancière
EtC 2016: Phenomenology and Speculative Realism
EtC 2017: Issues in Contemporary Political and Social Philosophy
EtC 2018: Reconfiguring the Aesthetic
EtC 2019: The Philosophical Turn towards Religion
This year's theme- Confronting Ethics- seeks to examine and bring into discussion recent engagements with the history of ethics as well as present-day ethical theories and practices as confronted by contemporary philosophers. The aim of the conference is to bring together various philosophical traditions into a conversation that furthers our understanding of the ethical perplexities that beset contemporary times.
For the full call for paper of this year's edition, kindly click here.
Conveners
Prof. Claude Mangion
Dr Jean-Paul De Lucca
Organising Team
Robert Farrugia
Francois Zammit
Dr. Kurt Borg
Keith Pisani
Niki Young
Enquiries
Robert Farrugia
Francois Zammit
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