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Prof. Martha Craven Nussbaum at UoC
American philosopher will be visiting the University of Cologne as the eighth Albertus-Magnus Professor
Prof. Dr. Martha Craven Nussbaum will be visiting the University of Cologne as the eighth Albertus-Magnus Professor and holding two lectures and a seminar.
Lectures
1. Lecture: "Religious Toleration: Fundamental Principles"
Tuesday, 19. June, 19.30h, Aula (auditorium 1 & 2) (Main Building):
2. Lecture: "Banning the Burqa: Consistency and Self-Examination"
Thursday, 21. June, 19.30h, Aula (auditorium 1 & 2) (Main Building):
Seminar (Application obligatory)
Seminar: "Political Emotions: Why Love Matters for Justice."
Wednesday, 20. June, 16.30 h, Tagungsraum im Seminargebäude (Albertus-Magnus-Platz):
The Albertus Magnus Professorship was established at Cologne University in commemoration of the medieval universal scholar Albertus Magnus (1193-1280), who from 1248 until 1254 headed the studia generalia of the Dominican Order in Cologne, counting also Thomas Aquinas among his pupils.
The appointment to this professorship goes to a personage of international renown who in public lectures and seminars addresses topical issues that play a general role in many fundamental sciences, but also in public debate. Albertus Magnus is considered one of the spiritual fathers of the University, founded in 1388.
Martha Craven Nussbaum, born 1947 in New York City, is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics as a member of the Law School, the Department of Philosophy, and the Divinity School since 1996. Furthermore, she is an associate in the Classics Department and, since 2003, in the Political Science Department. She is member of the committee on Southern Asian Studies, board member of the Human Rights Program, as well as founder (2002) and coordinator of the Center for Comparative Constitutionalism (comparative constitutional studies) at the University of Chicago. Together with Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum founded the Human Development and Capability Association in the year 2004, as whose president she served, succeeding Sen, from 2006 to 2008. Martha Nussbaum has received more than thirty honorary degrees for her work and has been a guest professor, for example, in Paris, Oxford, UCLA, Oslo, New Delhi and Harvard.
Martha Nussbaum is one of the most prominent philosophers of our time. She refers to herself as an Aristotelian and thus the starting point of her works on practical philosophy is the question of the good life. The importance of emotions for an adequate ethics is also rooted in her profound knowledge of ancient philosophy. Beyond that, however, Martha Nussbaum has developed distinctive positions in the philosophical debates of today concerning the question of liberal feminism, as well as in political philosophy for multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism and concerning the question of international justice. Along with Amartya Sen, she is an advocate of the Capability Approach within development ethics. Lastly, she has been concerned with questions as to the importance of religion and its role within society for many years.
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