Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, and the School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh present Prague – Edinburgh Summer School in History: Enlightenment Studies.
Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, 11 – 15 July 2022.
Event is supported by ERASMUS+ programme and the Fund of Strategical Partnerships, Charles University Prague.
Summer School venue: Fakulta humanitních studií, Pátkova 2137/5, 182 00 Praha 8 - Liběň, Lecrure room B (0.03)
Day 1 (Monday 11 July):
9:20 – 9:30 Opening (TA and TK)
9:30 – 10:50 The Origins of the Scottish Enlightenment (AR)
10:50 – 11:10 Coffee break
11:10 – 12:30 The Culture of the Mind: Transforming Logic (TA)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13: 30 – 14:50 Hume´s Philosophy in Historical Perspective (TK)
14:50 – 15:10 Coffee break
15:10 – 16:30 Rationality versus horror. The problems of the military enlightenment and military culture on the example of the career of the Scottish military engineer Charles Bisset (1717 - 1791) (PW)
16:30 – 18:30 Prague´s Little Quarter short walk
18:30 – 21:00 Dinner at “Času dost” restaurant
Day 2 (Tuesday 12 July):
9:30 – 10:50 From the Sciences of Being to the Science of Mind: Metaphysics, Physics, and Pneumatics (TA)
10:50 – 11:10 Coffee break
11:10 – 12:30 Disciplinary specialisation in the early modern Scottish universities (AR)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13: 30 – 14:50 Deafness as Difference. Some positive views of deafness in the 18th-century philosophy (JF)
14:50 – 15:10 Coffee
16:00 – 19:00 Botanical Garden excursion and /or Šutka Swimming Pool
19:30 – 21:00 Dinner at Pilsner Beer Pub “Kobyla”
Day 3 (Wednesday 13 July):
9:30 – 10:50 The Presbyterian Kirk and intellectual change (AR)
10:50 – 11:10 Coffee break
11:10 – 12:30 Moral Culture: Reason and Sentiment in Ethics (TA)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 16:30 Control the space and its dwellers in an enlightened city. Lecture and guided tour in the footsteps of the police and municipal administration of Prague, 1770-1820 (PH)
Day 4 (Thursday 14 July):
9:30 – 10:50 Enlightenment as the Revolution in Gift Exchange (VČ)
10:50 – 11:10 Coffee break
11:10 – 12:30 Slavery and Enlightenment (MK)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
15:00 – 16:00 Faces of War: Excursion to Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures (MK)
Day 5 (Friday 15 July):
10:00 – 10:40 Studying History subjects at the School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh (TA and AR)
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 Academic round table
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Lecturers:
Professor Thomas Ahnert (TA), Doc. Dr. Veronika Čapská (VČ) Doc. Dr. Josef Fulka (JF), Doc. Dr. Pavel Himl (PH), Prof. Dr. Markéta Křížová (MK), Dr. Tomáš Kunca (TK), Dr Alasdair Raffe (AR), Dr. Petr Wohlmuth (PW)
Registration for the event:
Students enrolled for the course are already registered and became members of PSSH MS Teams group. Event is open to participation of academics and students of Charles University and University of Edinburgh, but please register via mail to organiser no later than 30 June. Number of seats for academics and students not enrolled for the course is 40, more may be registered to MS Teams group including access to recordings and other materials. Both dining hall and FHS Café will be operating from 11th to 15th July.
Event organiser and enquiries: Dr. Tomáš Kunca (Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities),
Navazující magisterský studijní program
Filosofie v kontextu humanitních věd
Univerzita Karlova
Fakulta humanitních studií
Pátkova 2137/5
182 00 Praha 8 - Libeň
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