Philosophy department at Royal Holloway, University of London linktr.ee/rhulpirp https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-education/departments-and-schools/philosophy/https://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3mgdsqcly5k2jHenry Somers-Hall discusses existentialism, fear, and love in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/an-existentialist-philosopher-on-why-we-should-not-let-fear-dictate-love-27545505 Mar 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdsqcly5k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3mgdslc5qas2jPublication Alert: Two (yes, TWO) recent papers in the UK's top history of philosophy journal by G. Anthony Bruno: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09608788.2025.2606705 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09608788.2025.259623305 Mar 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdslc5qas2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3mgdshpmrwk2jIf you're putting off doing something until later, why not have a read of Rebecca Roache's recent essay on procrastination in the interim? psyche.co/guides/how-to-think-differently-about-procrastination-and-make-progress05 Mar 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdshpmrwk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3mgdsg2v5zk2jRebecca Roache was featured on the Oxford Uehiro Institute’s ‘Women in Ethics’ series on Instagram last month -- check it out here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUF9kJpDXT8/?hl=en05 Mar 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdsg2v5zk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3m3p4pvaqjc2vNew publication alert! Dr John Sellars edited a new book, The Cambridge Companion to Marcus Aurelius' Meditations https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-companion-to-marcus-aurelius-meditations/36243C0EA3099B4E0774E43D765D431E21 Oct 2025 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3p4pvaqjc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3m3p4esysjc2vCheck out Dr Rebecca Roache’s @rebeccaroache.bsky.social podcast interview on her book, For F*ck’s Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun https://www.prindleinstitute.org/podcast/2425-05-roache/21 Oct 2025 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3p4esysjc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3m2263fdut22gWhat is so awkward about awkward silences? Dr Rebecca Roache explains it in this article: https://aeon.co/essays/whats-so-awkward-about-an-awkward-silence30 Sep 2025 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2263fdut22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lzq36tdwl22hDr Suki Finn examines the political, philosophical, and legal aspects of transgender pregnancy and parenting. https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/stories/protecting-the-rights-of-transgender-parents/26 Sep 2025 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzq36tdwl22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lyd2rdpruc2lDr Anthony Bruno has published a new book, Facticity and the Fate of Reason After Kant, with Oxford University Press! Available here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/facticity-and-the-fate-of-reason-after-kant-9780198875673?q=facticity&cc=gb&lang=en#08 Sep 2025 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyd2rdpruc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lsljxlfns22jSuki Finn writes for the Institute of Art and Ideas on the changing nature of pregnancy and gender: https://iai.tv/articles/the-way-human-life-is-created-is-changing-and-the-world-isnt-ready-auid-3241?_auid=202027 Jun 2025 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsljxlfns22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lqtyrw32gs2jThis is taking place tomorrow! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jun 2025 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqtyrw32gs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lq7taxeu5s2y@michaelbacon.bsky.social 's new grant is featured in this month's issue of the @leverhulme.ac.uk newsletter 📰📰 Read the short piece here: https://www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetrust/leverhulme-trust-may-2025-newsletter/full-view.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawKeiE5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmP6x76hItsx7PUOJl7ekrTIvJboBRkqx_1vvSLoxfYmjHpDzFVyTaE0mbv7_aem_nf4X8kDeEyGXnAlkoJj8KQ28 May 2025 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq7taxeu5s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lplowive4224Dr Roberto Buonamano who is visiting us from the University of Technology Sydney will be presenting "From the Exception to Form-of-Life: What Agamben's political ontology can tell us about human rights" 4-5:30pm on Friday 6th June in Room 1-02 in Senate House - we hope to see you there! 🧑‍🏫📚20 May 2025 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lplowive4224https://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lo6mfymgcc26@michaelbacon.bsky.social writes in @psyche.co about what the philosophy of pragmatism can offer us in uncertain times 👓📰 https://psyche.co/ideas/to-resist-dogma-and-accept-uncertainty-think-like-a-pragmatist02 May 2025 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo6mfymgcc26https://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lle73ri2tc25Last two sessions today and next week! 📚🖥️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2025 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lle73ri2tc25https://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3ljmohlz76s2fThe women and FLINTA in Philosophy group is back from reading week tomorrow for lunch and informal discussion 1-2pm in McCrea 1-29 and on Teams (tinyurl.com/4fwc462v) 🥪👩‍🏫05 Mar 2025 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljmohlz76s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3ljkvck4vms2yWe're delighted to be welcoming Prof. Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha to the RHUL Bedford Square Building, next Wednesday 12th March 1-3pm for a talk on "The Deterritorializing Tagore: Desire, Sahajiya Schizo-poetics and Intercultural Nomadism" We hope to see you there! @crasshlive.bsky.social04 Mar 2025 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkvck4vms2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lj5lootmpk25Χαίρετε! Philosophy students and staff are this week enjoying a field trip to Athens co-organised with the philosophy society featuring informal sessions at key sites 🏛27 Feb 2025 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5lootmpk25https://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lijhd66ubs2zOur PhD student Justin Moll will present "The Political Implications of Cognition as Disclosure and the Kompridis-Habermas Debate" at the research seminar today along with @irenearahal.bsky.social from PIR on "The structure of political belief systems in late adolescence" [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2025 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijhd66ubs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lhsynmc4ts2oRoyal Holloway staff and students at any level can access free and confidential writing advice and support from our new Royal Literary Fund fellow @tonywhite.bsky.social Scan the QR code in the poster to book a 1:1 session!10 Feb 2025 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhsynmc4ts2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lhgbo7baws2xDrs Suki Finn and Lyn Johnstone will be restarting the Women +FLINTA in Philosophy Group at RHUL, meeting every Thursday 1-2pm from tomorrow 6th February in McCrea 1-29 👩‍🏫👩‍🎓📚 All female, lesbian, intersex, nonbinary, trans or agender staff and students with an interest in Philosophy welcome!05 Feb 2025 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgbo7baws2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lgzpluexk22bReminder that this is this evening! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2025 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzpluexk22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lgppekaams2nJoin us online on Friday 5pm-6pm for the launch of our former PhD student, Gozde Hussain's book "Islamic Doctrines and Political Liberalism" Dr Hussain will be joined by @jseglow.bsky.social and Prof Mohammad Fadel from the University of Toronto https://www.eventbrite.com/e/islamic-doctrines-and-political-liberalism-online-book-launch-tickets-1137782360669?aff=oddtdtcreator27 Jan 2025 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgppekaams2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosophyrhul.bsky.social/post/3lgdclzbl3226Hello Bluesky!! 👋 [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jan 2025 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:ipnoiwyo3mzsdpykpd4fyfws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgdclzbl3226