Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature & The Arts
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Director: Dr. Peter Poellner Programme Director: Dr. Michael John Kooy Secretary: Lynda Hemsley Founded in 1985, Warwick’s interdisciplinary Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts (CRPLA) brings together scholars working in a wide range of disciplines in order to promote research across Philosophy, the Humanities, and the Arts. The departments associated with the Centre’s activities include Philosophy, English and Comparative Literary Studies, French, German, Italian and History of Art. The CRPLA both aims to reflect the interdisciplinary research interests of members working in all of these fields and to encourage productive dialogue across these areas. Previously known as the Centre for Research in Philosophy and Literature, which had a long and distinguished history, the CRPLA has recently expanded its focus to include the Arts. The re-launching of the Centre in 2007 under this new title reflects both a renewed commitment to its well-established interest in the interface between philosophical and literary disciplines and an extension of that interest explicitly to include the arts. In its new form, the CRPLA will provide a unique forum for the exchange of research expertise and for cross-departmental enquiry into the intersections between philosophy, literature and the arts. Its goal is to promote philosophical reflection both on and in these subject areas, while drawing on the expertise of subject specialists to put pressure on philosophical assumptions that might otherwise pass unquestioned in the ‘philosophy of art’, ‘philosophy of literature’ etc. The intended upshot is genuinely interdisciplinary research that poses new questions, proposes new theories and even methodologies that would not have arisen within any of the separate subject domains, left to their own devices and methodological assumptions. The CRPLA has an active programme of events that promote cross-disciplinary research, including lectures, colloquia, and major international conferences; these events run throughout the year; details can be found in the current programme. Our annual programme of events is supplemented by the contributions of distinguished Visiting Scholars. The diversity of the Centre's research is also reflected in the list of current and former Associate Fellows of CRPLA, most of whom have contributed to the Centre’s programme of research events. As a complement to its interdisciplinary research profile, the CRPLA is closely associated with both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in philosophy and literature. Members of the Centre are actively involved in teaching on the Undergraduate Degree in Philosophy and Literature and on the one-year taught MA in Philosophy and Literature and contribute to the Doctoral Programme in Philosophy and Literature. Film Philosophy Conference: Information concerning the Film-Philosophy conference can be viewed at www.warwick.ac.uk/go/film-philosophy French Studies Research Seminars: Information concerning French Studies Research Seminars can be viewed at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/french/research/seminars/ |
