• To develop research in philosophy (especially in the fields marked below) through original publications, supervision of PhDd theses, organization of international conferences and workshops.
• To enrich Modern Greek Literature with scholarly translations of classical philosophical texts as well as of important interpretative studies.
Philosophical Research and Translation Lab
Department of Philosophy and Social Studies
Objectives
Topics
Ancient Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Kant and German Idealism, Critical Theory, Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology, Aesthetics and Theory of Art, Ethics/ Animal Ethics, Philosophy for Children
* The field of biotethics is the subject studied at of the Bioethics Lab.
Members
(FACULTY) Konstantinos Androulidakis, Chloe Balla, Katerina Bantinaki, Konstantinos Kavoulakos, Konstantinos Koukouzelis, Evangelia Papadaki, Jannis Pissis, Konstantinos Sargentis, Spyros Tegos, Panos Theodorou, Stavroula Tsinorema, Maria Venieri, Irini-Fotini Vilitanioti. (RESEARCHERS) Fotini Vassiliou (instructor, academic year 2018-19), Stavros Kouloumentas (instructor, academic year 2018-19), Chrestos Gregoriou (Michelis chair, spring semester 2019), Kalliopi Papamanoli (post-doc), Sevastiana Samarkou (Phd candidate, secretarial support)
Research Projects (after 2010)
Translation of G. Lukács, Die Theorie des Romans
Plato and the Image: alleviating the tension between theory and method
History and Praxis: Georg Lukács’ Philosophy of Praxis
Aesthetic Perception: Analytic and Phenomenological Perspectives in Dialogue
Democratization of Art and Emancipation of the Individual: Aesthetics and Politics in the Work of Jacques Rancière
Hegel’s Critique of Empiricism and Idealism as Forms of Dualism
Events
Events
• «Plato on sophistic, eristic, and antilogic». Organized by Chloe Balla. Rethymno, May 29-30, 2018
• «Consciousness and Intentionality». Extra muros activity (Athens, University of Crete). Organized by Maria Venieri, Amalia Tsakiri. Athens, July 7, 2017
• «48th Husserl Circle Meeting: Crete 2017». Organized by Panos Theodrou & Fotini Vassiliou, Rethymno, July 5-8, 2017
• «Aesthetic Perception – Problems and Approaches». Organized by Katerina Bantinaki, Fotini Vassiliou. Rethymno, June 30, 2017
• «Plato’s Chian intellectuals: The cultural and historical background of the Euthydemus». Extra muros activity. Organized by Chloe Balla. Kambos, Chios, June 27-28, 2017
• «From ancient Greece to the modern curriculum: Where does philosophy fit?» (Philosophy for Children/European Network SOPHIA). Organized by Chloe Balla, Rethymno, September 2- 3, 2016
Departmental Colloquia
Staff Seminar (directed by Kostas Kavoulakos):
http://fks.uoc.gr/_/pw/site/assets/files/1012/seminario_didaskonton_ee_2017.pdf
http://fks.uoc.gr/_/pw/site/assets/files/1012/seminario_didaskonton_xe_2016b.pdf
Ancient Philosophy Seminar (directed by Chloe Balla):
http://fks.uoc.gr/_/pw/events/seminarioarxaiasfilosofias2016xe/
Contact
Tel.: (+30) 28310 77217
E-mail: balla@uoc.gr
