{"id":134,"date":"2015-01-01T22:48:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T22:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2025-10-26T19:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T19:01:14","slug":"workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CoverBook launch! The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy<\/strong>
\nOat & Bean, 26 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BA<\/p>\n

12 November 2025, 6.00pm – 7.30pm.<\/p>\n

There will be a short speech about the relevance of existentialism today (probably at about 6.45).<\/p>\n

“A great selection of texts, thorough and adventurous. I can’t imagine a better way to meet the existentialists in all their diversity.”
\n\u2013 Sarah Bakewell<\/strong>, author of At The Existentialist Caf\u00e9<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Everyone is welcome! No need to register. Just turn up.<\/p>\n

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Oxford University Department of Continuing Education<\/strong>Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA<\/p>\n

A residential course of four talks on French existentialism with discussions.
\nTalks will be given by Kate Kirkpatrick and Jonathan Webber.<\/p>\n

2.45pm on Saturday 11th to 2.00pm on Sunday 12th January 2020<\/p>\n

Further details and a booking form are available at the OUDCE website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Existentialism Today<\/strong>
\nSt George’s Bristol, Great George St, Bristol, BS1 5RR\"\"<\/p>\n

24 October 2019
\n7.00pm – 9.00pm<\/p>\n

Julian Baggini interviewed Kate Kirkpatrick and Jonathan Webber about the relevance of the works of Beauvoir and Sartre today.<\/p>\n

A recording of this conversation is now available as an episode of the Microphilosophy podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Philosophy in the Bookshop : 1 December 2018<\/strong>
\nNorrington Room, Blackwell’s Bookshop, 50 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BQ<\/p>\n

11.00am – 12.00pm<\/p>\n

Nigel Warburton will interview Jonathan Webber<\/p>\n

There may well be mince pies and mulled wine.
\nThere will certainly be books. Lots of books.<\/p>\n

Free! Please register your interest<\/a> in advance.<\/p>\n

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Fanon, Beauvoir, and the Existentialist Ethics of Freedom : 8 November 2018<\/strong>
\nSing Lit Station, 22 Dickson Road, #02-01, Singapore 209506\"\"<\/p>\n

8.00pm \u2013 10.00pm<\/p>\n

Farhan Idris will interview Jonathan Webber via Google Hangout at 8pm<\/p>\n

Followed by discussion of central chapters of the book at 9pm<\/p>\n

Free! Space is limited. To attend, you need to register in advance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Book<\/a>Book Launch party: 3 October 2018\u00a0<\/strong>
\nI Want To Ride My Bike caf\u00e9, 26 Park Place, Cardiff<\/p>\n

6.00pm \u2013 8.00pm
\nThe caf\u00e9 will be serving cakes, teas, coffees, beers, wines, ciders, juices, and fizzy pop.<\/p>\n

There will be some books. There will be brief words about the book, probably around 6.45.<\/p>\n

Supported by The Royal Institute of Philosophy<\/p>\n

Everyone is welcome! No need to register \u2013 just turn up!<\/p>\n

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\nThe Future of Existentialism workshop: 22 January 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

A one-day workshop for people considering doing postgraduate research on the theoretical, biographical, or literary works of Beauvoir, Fanon, Sartre or other existentialist thinkers.<\/p>\n

Each participant gave a short paper analysing or applying some aspect of existentialism.<\/p>\n

Participants were required to have been awarded, or be currently studying towards, a Bachelors or Masters degree in a discipline relevant to their paper. UK travel and accommodation expenses were covered by the workshop.<\/p>\n

Event was held at Cardiff University. Participants were selected through the workshop’s\u00a0call for papers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Rethinking Existentialism in Psychotherapy: 13 January 2016<\/strong>
\nMontague Room, Senate House, London WC1E 7HU<\/p>\n

10.00 – 16.30<\/p>\n

Legacies of Colonialism<\/strong>
\nLennox Thomas, psychotherapist and vice-chair of the Refugee Therapy Centre
\nJonathan Webber, philosopher at Cardiff University<\/p>\n

Drama and Play<\/strong>
\nEva Koumpli, psychodrama psychotherapist
\nRebecca Pitt,\u00a0researcher at The Open University<\/p>\n

The Lived Body<\/strong>
\nKatherine Morris, philosopher at Oxford University
\nMiles Clapham, consultant psychiatrist and Lecturer at the Philadelphia Association<\/p>\n

Registration costs were just \u00a310 at the standard rate, \u00a35 for students\/unwaged.
\nThe conference attracted 50 registrants.<\/p>\n

Recordings of the conference talks are available on the project’s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Simone de Beauvoir workshop: 25 November 2015<\/strong>
\nAberdare Hall, Cardiff University
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\n9.30am – 6.00pm<\/p>\n

Beauvoir’s Methods of Ethics<\/strong>
\nRafe McGregor (Leeds)<\/p>\n

Metaphysics, Existentialism and Political Categories in The Second Sex<\/strong>
\nStella Sandford (Kingston)<\/p>\n

Beauvoir and the Ambiguities of Motherhood<\/strong>
\nAlison Stone (Lancaster)<\/p>\n

Beauvoir on Masculinity: Thinking about the First Sex and Beyond<\/strong>
\nUrsula Tidd (Manchester)<\/p>\n

Beauvoir’s Derivation of the Categorical Imperative<\/strong>
\nJonathan Webber (Cardiff)<\/p>\n

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Frantz Fanon workshop: 19 September 2015<\/strong>\"photo
\nPearson Lecture Theatre, UCL main entrance
\nGower Street, London WC1E 6BT<\/p>\n

9.30am – 4.00pm<\/p>\n

Fanon and Ambedkar: combatting race and caste<\/strong>
\nMeena Dhanda (Wolverhampton)<\/p>\n

Fanon at 90<\/strong>
\nLewis Gordon (Connecticut)<\/p>\n

Colonialism and Medicine<\/strong>
\nAzzedine Haddour (UCL)<\/p>\n

Fanon as Psychiatrist and Existentialist<\/strong>
\nJonathan Webber (Cardiff)<\/p>\n

Event organised in collaboration with Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman<\/del><\/a>, who was then Research Associate in the Philosophy of ‘Race’ at UCL.\u00a0Held the day after the UK Sartre Society conference on Existentialism, Race, and Gender<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and very well attended.<\/p>\n

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\nSartre Afternoon: 20 May 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

room G.16, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol<\/p>\n

2.00pm \u2013 Is Sartre a Dualist?<\/strong> \u2013 Matthew Eshleman (UNC Wilmington)<\/p>\n

3.00pm \u2013 Sartre\u2019s Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions<\/strong> \u2013 Jonathan Webber (Cardiff)<\/p>\n

Then on to a cafe for tea and cake. With thanks to Havi Carel<\/a> and the University of Bristol’s Philosophy department for hosting this event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Book launch! The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy Oat & Bean, 26 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BA 12 November 2025, 6.00pm - 7.30pm. There will be a short speech about […]","protected":false},"author":318,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":117,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":818,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}