Arts Faculty News

The newly formed Research Unit in European Philosophy in the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies brings together experts and scholars in the areas of Aesthetics, Ancient Philosophy, the History of Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Hermeneutics and Philosophy and Judaism.

The unit’s core members are:

• Professor Andrew Benjamin (Director)
• Associate Professor Dirk Balzy
• Dr Franz-Josef Deiters
• Dr Michael Fagenblat
• Associate Professor Karen Green.

Forthcoming events for this year include:

• Workshop on Hegel’s Aesthetics (11 November 2009)
• Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy Annual Conference: Philosophy and the Work Of Art (29, 30 November & 1 December 2009)

During the course of 2010 workshops and seminars are planned on ‘Hellenism and Continental Philosophy’, Hamlet and a series of lectures on the ‘Philosophy, Theory and the History of Art’.

EU Registration for The External Relations of the European Union conference is now open.

Visit the Monash European and EU Centre site

Professor Pascaline Winand, Director of the Monash European and EU Centre, has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration and International Relations.

The Jean Monnet Programme was established by the European Commission in 1990 to promote ‘excellence in teaching, research and reflection on European integration’ in universities around the world. Jean Monnet Chairs are awarded to academics teaching European integration studies.

Linnea Andersson, an honours student with the Monash European and EU Centre, is a winner of the CERC Jean Monnet thesis prize.

Monash European and EU Centre

European Commission: The Jean Monnet Programme for understanding European integration