International Centre for Philosophy NRW (IZPH)

In line with contemporary developments and with a global orientation we support intercultural and interdisciplinary exchange in the field of philosophy and ans disciplines.

In addition to guest lectures, symposiums and visiting professorships, this includes an international course of studies as well as an international doctoral college and exchange programs for undergraduates and doctoral students.

News from the IZPH

2nd Student Conference Bonn
Auf den Punkt – Philosophieren mit explizierten Begriffen The conference format “Auf den Punkt – Philosophieren mit explizierten Begriffen.” is entering its second round. After an exciting student conference last year, we want to offer...
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Prof. Dr. Monika Kaup: Tom McCarthy's Neo-Neuro-modernism: Reconfiguring Proustian Memory in Remainder
Prof. Dr. Monika Kaup: Tom McCarthy’s Neo-Neuro-modernism: Reconfiguring Proustian Memory in Remainder On November 4th (16:00-19:00, IZPH, Poppelsdorfer Allee 28), Prof. Dr. Monika Kaup from the University of Washington in Seattle will speak on ‘Tom McCarthy’s...
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Kants Project of Enlightenment: 14th International Congress celebrating the 300th birthday of Immanuel Kant
Kants Project of Enlightenment The 14th International Kant Congress will be organized and hosted by the Institute for Philosophie of the University of Bonn and the Kant-Society (Germany). In celebration of the 300th anniversary of Kant’s birth, and in view...
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Publication of the Robert Curtius Lecture with Nigel Smith
Publication of the Ernst Robert Curtius Lecture with Prof. Nigel Smith on Youtube On December 18th, 2023, Prof. Nigel Smith (Princeton University) held the 12th Ernst Robert Curtius Lecture under the title “Is Poetry Political Thought?”, which was...
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Abhay Ashtekar: Einstein's Universe and the Quantum
Abhay Ashtekar: Einstein’s Universe and the Quantum Abhay Ashtekar (Physics Department, Penn State, US  and Perimeter Institute, Canada) Our notions of space and time underwent a radical change just over a 100 years ago. Through general relativity, gravity...
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14th International Summer School: The Good in German Idealism
14th International Summer School in German Philosophy: The Good in German Idealism This year’s Summer School will focus on a central issue in value theory: the good. We will explore some of the major conceptions of the good in German Idealism, starting from...
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Gender and Digital Media
Gender and Digital Media Join us for our get together on Monday, 08th July at the IZPH, where we will discuss Gender and Digital Media in a casual enviroment with our current Mercator Visiting Professors! Neda Atanasoski is Professor and Chair of the Harriet...
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Objectivity in the Humanities
Together with a group of distinguished guests (see poster) we will discuss the nature and scope of objectivity in the humanities. Our fundamental question is how and in what way the methodologies and target-system of the various disciplines classified as “the...
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Call for applications: tutor in epistemology
Until June 2nd 2024, you can apply as a philosophy student for the positions at Markus Gabriel’s chair to accompany the introductory lecture on epistemology as a tutor. LehrstuhlGabriel-TutorienET-Ausschreibung-H2-2024Download
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ICPH-Director Markus Gabriel advertises two student assistant positions at his chair
Interested students from Bonn can apply to the Chair for Epistemology, Modern and Contemporary Philosophy until June 2nd 2024. LehrstuhlGabriel-HilfskraftAusschreibung-H1-2024-1Download
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Our partner, the Center for Science and Thought, is hiring new student assistents
Our partner research centre, the Center for Science and Thought, is looking to strengthen its team: three student assistant positions (SHK/WHF) have been advertised there. Interested parties have until 2 June to apply. 2024-01-CST-Ausschreibung-SHK-WHFDo...
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Mercator Lecture for AI in the Human Context: Prof. Dr. Walther Ch. Zimmerli - Artificial Intelligence - Hype or Myth?
Mercator Lecture for AI in the Human Context Since Chat GPT we are witnessing another global AI hype. In his public Mercator-lecture Swiss philosopher Walther Ch. Zimmerli, at present Mercator Visiting Professor for Artificial Intelligence in the Human Context...
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