Graphisch bearbeitetes Portrait von Anna Tumarkin

The Anna Tumarkin Lectures in Philosophy present outstanding women philosophers.
Over three consecutive evenings a philosopher presents her current philosophical work.

Anna Tumarkin Lectures May 27 - 29, 2024

Laura Valentini

Laura Valentini ist Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Philosophie und Politische Theorie an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Sie arbeitet an der Schnittstelle von politischer Philosophie, Rechtsphilosophie und Moralphilosophie. Ihre Themenschwerpunkte reichen von globaler Gerechtigkeit, Demokratie und Freiheit bis zur Methodologie der Politischen Theorie und dem Verhältnis von Moralphilosophie zu sozialer Ontologie.

Laura Valentini ist die Autorin von Justice in a Globalized World und Morality and Socially Constructed Norms. 2015 wurde sie mit dem Philip Leverhulme Prize in Politics and International Relations ausgezeichnet.

Normative Powers

27. May 2024, Lecture 1:
Solving the mystery of normative powers

28. May 2024, Lecture 2:
Normative powers and conventional norms

29. May 2024 Lecture 3:
Personal sovereignty, conventional norms, and social critique

 

 

The philosopher Anna Tumarkin (1875–1951) was a pioneer in the academic world. A Russian-Jewish immigrant, she studied in Bern and, after a stay in Berlin, was the first female professor at the University of Bern, as well as one of the first women in Europe to achieve a university professorship on the normal career path. Anna Tumarkin published in the history of philosophy, philosophical psychology, and aesthetics. She also lobbied for women’s right to vote.

When and where

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Date May 27, 28, and 29, 2024
Time 6:15 pm
Location Lecture Hall 120, Main Building of the University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern
Entrance
Free entrance, no registration necessary
Apéro There will be an apéro after the lecture on May 27

 

 

 

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