Philosophy

Philm Club invitation - Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)

The CEU Department of Philosophy  cordially invites you to the next screening of its PhilmClub:

Eraserhead
Directed by David Lynch
USA, 85 minutes.

The workshop is focused around a close reading of Plutarch of Chaeronea's treatise on Plato's Timaeus.

The event forms part of the 'What is it to be human?' project hosted by the Philosophy Department of Central European University and funded by the National Development Agency / MAG Zrt.

Attendance by invitation.

For the next three weeks we have chosen three movies that capture, in a broad sense, different aspects of the academic life.  The distinct perspective found in each of the films could provide one with a glance on how generally human concerns fit the coordinates of a life dedicated to knowledge and research. The topics will go from a story about rivalry and academic success, to a humorous perspective on writing and literature, and, finally, to the intertwining of personal drama with the teaching activity.

The CEU Department of Philosophy  cordially invites you to the next screening of its Philm Club:

Mary and Max, 2009

Directed by Adam Elliot

92 minutes

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. (imdb)

Friday, November 9th, 6 pm

Zrinyi 14/room 412

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to the next screening of its Philm Club:

La Source des Femmes, France, 2011

Directed by Radu Mihaileanu

135 minutes

The Department of Philosophy & the Provost’s Office at CEU

cordially invite you to a public lecture by

ALEX ROSENBERG  (Duke University)                                                                                                                                                                                         on

From Rational Choice to Reflexivity: Learning from Sen, Keynes, Hayek, and Soros

at 17:30 on Wednesday, November 21, 2012

“Mistakes in Politics” a public lecture by Alan Ryan

For the first time since its debut the PhilmClub is organized exclusively by women, so we thought it appropriate to have this burden of responsibility reflected in our screening selections, too. For the next weeks, we will be screening films that raise questions about the human condition from the perspective of female characters whose stories will take us to different cultures and have us confront, alongside the heroines, various life-situations. So far we have selected three films, and we are asking you, the audience to select the fourth one.