February 4, 2020
John Cabot University hosted a workshop called “Sex in Posthuman Times,” which tackled various topics like sex robots, sexuality, deep porn, and agency, on Saturday, February 1, 2020.
February 4, 2020
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November 27, 2019
JCU’s Department of History and Humanities organized a talk called "The Axial Age: An Age of Transformation in Ethics and Religions" on November 25, 2019.
November 27, 2019
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November 19, 2019
JCU Department of History and Humanities welcomed Professor Riccardo Dottori who gave a talk on “Giorgio de Chirico and Philosophy.”
November 19, 2019
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November 18, 2019
In an interview with a leading Dutch scientific news website, Professor Sorgner commented on the latest developments in the field of genome editing.
November 18, 2019
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November 6, 2019
Philosophy professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner rebuts Elon Musk’s claim according to which we would be living in highly-complex computer simulation.
November 6, 2019
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October 31, 2019
The JCU Department of Communications invited Paul B. Preciado to take part in the second edition of the Digital Delights and Disturbances lecture series.
October 31, 2019
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October 17, 2019
JCU Philosophy Professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner was invited to give the opening presentation at a leading conference “Otiose Leisure and the Body” in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, on October 13.
October 17, 2019
September 26, 2019
History and Humanities Department Professors Brunella Antomarini and Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, along with Professor Francesco Lapenta, Director of the JCU Institute of Future and Innovation Studies organized a day-long discussion called AI: III Post-Human Studies Workshop at John Cabot University on September 21, 2019.
September 26, 2019
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April 24, 2019
The JCU Communications Department hosted the event “Geert Lovink - Sad by Design: on Platform Nihilism” as the last segment of the Digital Delights Series, on April 10, 2019.
April 24, 2019
March 4, 2019
In the March 2019 edition of the German equivalent of "The Atlantic", the "Cicero Kulturmagazin", a detailed interview has been published, which is entitled "Der Übermensch ist unsere Hoffnung" ("The Overhuman is our Hope").
March 4, 2019
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February 27, 2019
Parietti introduced the German philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt (1906 - 1975) as one of the most important political thinkers of the 20th century. Her works, such as “The Origins of Totalitarianism” (1951), “The Human Condition” (1958), and “On Revolution” (1963) undoubtedly attest to the uniqueness of her understanding of politics.
February 27, 2019
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February 5, 2019
JCU philosophy professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner was invited to giving the opening keynote address at a winter school at the University of Tallinn, Estonia dedicated to posthumanities. Posthumanities and Posthuman Studies address the impact of emerging technologies from a humanities perspective.
February 5, 2019
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November 13, 2018
Professor Stefan Sorgner attends Austrian Patent Ceremony as a judge, and discusses Metahumanities in Seoul-based conference.
November 13, 2018
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October 3, 2018
Professor Brunella Antomarini welcomed Professor Nefeli Misuraca to her PH 304 Philosophy of Art and Beauty class on September 27, 2018. Professor Misuraca gave a lecture called The Mirror as Technological Device, which explored how such a simple device has affected the representation of reality.
October 3, 2018
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October 1, 2018
JCU philosophy professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner's work in transhumanism has been recognized internationally in the past few months. Forbes magazine recently published an article on the “Ethics of Transhumanism,” which illustrates Sorgner's philosophical reflections.
October 1, 2018
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May 28, 2018
Together with Prof. Maria Sinaci, JCU philosophy professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner just edited the essay collection Ethics of Emerging Biotechnologies: From Educating the Young to Engineering Posthumans.
May 28, 2018
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May 2, 2018
At the “Rome Nietzsche Workshop” held at JCU, ten scholars discussed their current research on Nietzsche’s ethics and criticisms of morality, his conceptions of reality, emotions, the soul, and “will to power,” and his relations to Hume, Kant, and Schopenhauer on March 30th and 31st.
May 2, 2018
April 20, 2018
The Department of History and Humanities and the JCU Institute for Entrepreneurship welcomed Flavia Di Mario on March 27th for a lecture titled “The 'Invisible Hand' of Economy: from Adam Smith to Venture Capitalism.”
April 20, 2018
April 20, 2018
JCU Philosophy Professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner was invited to be a jury member by the Austrian patent agency to vote for the most innovative inventions of 2018.
April 20, 2018
April 12, 2018
The Department of History and Humanities welcomed Professor Robert Louden from the University of Southern Maine on Tuesday, March 13th. Professor Louden is an expert on Immanuel Kant’s ethics and was invited to discuss the philosopher’s views on love, sex, and marriage.
April 12, 2018
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