Francesco Tava
@fratava.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Philosophy at UWE Bristol (UK). Editor of Future Humanities (@futurehumanities.bsky.social). Co-founder of Thought in Action and UWE DRAGoN. Currently working on political solidarity, totalitarianism, decolonisation, and data ethics.
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Join us on Tue 7, @wshed.bsky.social cinema, 5pm, for the first screening of the new season of @thoughtinaction.bsky.social. We'll see and discuss Kathryn Bigelow's #HouseOfDynamite!
With amazing speakers, students, and friends (as always).
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Happy to see this published. @fratava.bsky.social and I can't seem to leave Jan Patočka alone.

"Philosophy as a European way of life and the role of the European intellectual in the age of technical reason."

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UWE Philosophy – the BA course I’ve had the privilege to design, lead, teach, and defend over the years – has just reached the silver medal in the Guardian League Table, the UK’s most comprehensive university ranking system. An extraordinary achievement, and one we’re immensely proud of.
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I'm pleased to share that my new monograph, "Springs of Justice: The Power of Solidarity to Build a Better World" (working title), is under contract with Oxford University Press.
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Thought in Action continues with yet another screening and discussion on Thu 27 Feb (from 3pm). This time, we'll retrieve an absolute gem: Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. With amazing speakers, students, and friends. Not to be missed! @wshed.bsky.social
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That was great fun.
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It was great talking about the #Brutalist with our wonderful speakers. Next instalment: Jeanne Dielman on 27 Feb. Watch this space for more updates. @wshed.bsky.social
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-1 to our first instalment of 2025! Join us tomorrow at @wshed.bsky.social to watch and discuss the #Brutalist. Meanwhile, check out this great podcast to know more about the film. See you tomorrow! (Everyone is welcome)
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🎉 Exciting news! The 7th season of Thought in Action
is just around the corner! 🍿 🎥 Our kickoff feature: #TheBrutalist. 🌟 Featuring Fidel Meraz (UWE Architecture) and Francesco Tava (UWE Philosophy) as guest speakers. 🗓️ Save the date: Thu 30 Jan, 15:00 at
@wshed.bsky.social
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Spent my bday teaching Hegel, Marx, and Arendt all day—and it was great! My first-year students surprised me with cake, fruit, and this card that truly warmed my heart. Wishing them all the best in becoming evil prince(sse)s who will rule this run-down world and transform it into something glorious!
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Is this going to be live streamed or recorded? Thanks.
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Call for Papers: Philosophy of Education and AI
If you are interested in contributing an article for the special issue then please submit a 300-word abstract to [email protected] by 15th December 2024. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2770...
Future Humanities
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Many congrats to our new philosophy graduates! @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social #BristolBeacon
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Anyone who thinks our benefit system is too generous, has clearly had their common sense surgically extracted by the Daily Mail.
Losing your job is financially catastrophic (esp for mortgage payers, who drop to just 12% of an average wage overnight). And our sickness benefits bill is similarly mean.
Daily Mail front page “Starmer declares war on benefits Britain” Chart showing Britain’s benefits are just a third of the OECD average, and the lowest in Europe
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“This is a watershed event in the history of international justice. The ICC has never, in over 21 years, indicted a pro-Western official. Indeed, no international court since World War II has done so."

Our story on the ICC warrant just issued for Netanyahu:

www.dropsitenews.com/p/icc-netany...
The International Criminal Court Issues 'Watershed' Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, for War Crimes in Gaza
The court rejected arguments by the U.S. and Israel that the ICC does not have jurisdiction, subjecting the officials to potential arrest in 124 countries
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To learn more about the award and to vote for the DRAGON team visit forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Glad to share that our #DRAGoN centre has been shortlisted for the 2024 #ONS Research Excellence Awards.

Since 2020, I’ve been proud to contribute to DRAGoN projects like the process evaluation of the ODI’s Research & Development Program and the UKRI DARE UK’s GRAIMatter project.
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Online seminar recap. Planned: 10' talk + Q&A with 4 respondents (me included). Reality: chair late, talk ran 30'. Two brief responses, one MEP gave a 30' random speech and left. Main speaker spoke another 25'. Time ran out before I could say a word. #badchairing?
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Great event Friday at @wshed.bsky.social! Loved seeing students/alumni discuss #WorldPhilosophy. I shared thoughts on metaphorical uses of decolonisation (Tuck/Yang/Ricoeur). Huge thanks to @stellasandford.bsky.social, Adam Loughnane, Tzuchien Tho, and Katrina Mitcheson for chairing! #UWEPhilosophy