World Philosophy Day, 19 November 2009
For this year’s 2009 edition of World Philosophy Day, celebrated since 2005, the Russian Federation is at the honor as a host of the international celebration of the Day, which will take place from 16 to 19 November in Moscow and in Saint Petersburg. Various other activities will also take place at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris as well as in numerous countries in all regions around the world.
Ever since its inauguration as a “Philosophy Day at UNESCO” in 2002 and particularly since its institutionalization in 2005 as a “World Philosophy Day”, this celebration of philosophy has inspired much enthusiasm. With its aim to bring philosophy closer to everyone, academics, students and the general public alike have all shown great interest in this activity that offers new opportunities and space for philosophical reflection, critical thinking and debate.
The Russian Federation is this year’s host of the international celebration of the Day, which will take place in Moscow and Saint Petersburg from 16 to 19 November. The general theme chosen by the Russian hosts for this international event is “Philosophy in the Dialogue of Cultures“ - a theme that will gather for discussions and debates philosophers, students, academics, diplomats from Russia but also from other countries in the world. This celebration will precede the commemoration of 2010 - International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Several activities are also planned to take place at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris, namely:
* Launch of publication Philosophies d’ailleurs, edited by Roger-Pol Droit, 10 November 2009;
* Symposium and debate on the occasion of the launch of the publication "Les Grecs, les Arabes et nous : Enquête sur l'islamophobie savante" (“The Greeks, the Arabs and us: an inquiry on erudite Islamophobia”), Fayard Editions, "Ouvertures", edited by Irène Rosier-Catach, Alain de Libera, Marwan Rashed, Philippe Büttgen and Barbara Cassin, 12 November 2009;
* Colloquium on Pierre Clastres, organized by the Collège international de philosophie, 18-20 November 2009;
* International Congress on John Stuart Mill, organized by the Collège de France and the University of Paris VII, 19 November 2009;
* 9th Meeting on New Philosophical Practices, organized by the Association Philolab, the IUFM of Créteil (Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres/ Academic Institute for Teacher Training) and the magazine Sciences Humaines, 18-19 November 2009.
Finally, in UNESCO’s Member States, a variety of activities organized by different partners, including National Commissions, UNESCO Field Offices, universities, associations, research centres, specialized NGOs and institutes, will gather numerous philosophy enthusiasts, namely philosophy students, teachers, professors and researchers.
International Network of Women Philosophers sponsored by UNESCO
UNESCO has the pleasure to announce the creation of the Website of the International Network of Women Philosophers, an information portal available to women philosophers throughout the world and to other friends of philosophy.
* What is the Network?
* The directory of the Network
* Becoming a member of the Network
* The Network in the world
* The Information Bulletin
Dear Women Philosophers,
Dear All,
On the occasion of 8 March, International Women's Day, it is our pleasure to welcome you to the website of the International Network of Women Philosophers sponsored by UNESCO is now available online at the following address:
www.unesco.org/shs/philosophy/women_philosophers.
This new information portal has been designed for the members of the Network, for women philosophers themselves, as well as for their friends, independent of gender or discipline.
Its aim is to be useful and informative, but, above all, to create genuine links within the philosophical community at national, regional and international levels. It ails to provide you with full information regarding the Network, its founding members, its objectives, its structure. It also contains a directory of women philosophers working in different countries throughout the world and who now number more than 1200. We are very happy that they are the first users of this website.
It is now then up to you to takes possession of this website, to enrich it, to share it, and to make it your own, with the constant objective of working in favour of the practice of philosophy by women.
The International Network of Women Philosophers sponsored by UNESCO is your own network. It belongs to you just as the future of philosophy belongs to youx.
We invite ou to use this new website to help make the primary mission that UNESCO’s Constitution exhorts us to engage in, that of intellectual and moral solidarity, into a tangible reality!
Have a nice visit!
Pierre Sané Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences
Moufida Goucha Chief of the Human Security, Democracy and Philosophy Section
Fuentes:
http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12911&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=11637&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html