Reading Weekend

Every year the Philosophy department organises a Reading Weekend for staff, postgraduates and undergraduates. The Reading Weekend normally takes place in the second semester of the year and is held in a youth hostel in Derbyshire.

The Reading Weekend is a bit like a mini-conference. Students present some of their recent work and then there is a discussion after each session. However, you can attend without presenting anything - though most people find that they end up contributing to the discussions. It's all done in a friendly and supportive atmosphere and is a great place to have a seminar.

It's not all hard work of course: there's a walk around the beautiful countryside, trips to the pub, a Philosophy quiz . . .

All students in second and third years can attend: all you need to do is sign up when the lists are put up in the department (about a month before the Reading Weekend takes place). We will bus you out there early on the Saturday morning and bring you back on the Sunday. Places are limited, though, and given out on a first-come-first-served basis. So book early!

This year's Reading Weekend will take place on 10th-11th March 2012. 

If you have any enquiries in the meantime, please contact this year's organiser Kate Harrington (k.harrington@sheffield.ac.uk).

Click on the photos to the right for pictures of previous Reading Weekends.

Reading Weekend 2012

10th- 11th March 2012

Programme


Saturday 10th March


9.30 am Departure from department (please turn up on time!)

10.30 am Arrive Youth Hostel, Eyam

Tea/coffee on arrival

11.00 - 1.00 Talk 1: Jonathan Parry - A Dilemma for Collectivist Approaches to Just War Theory

1.00 Lunch

1.30 - 4.15 Free time (optional walk in the Peaks or in Eyam Village)

4.15 Tea/coffee

4.30 - 6.30 Talk 2: Cathy Hopkinson - Zeno and the Arrow Paradox

6.30 Evening meal

7.30 Optional trip to a local pub


Sunday 11th March


9.00 Breakfast

10.30 – 12.30 Talk 3: Charlotte Alderwick - In Defence of Metaphysics

12.30 Lunch

1.30 - 3.30 Talk 4: Tom Quinn - Can We Trust Our Intuitions About Harm?

3.30 Tea/coffee

4.00 Departure