The videos of our conference, which was held near Geneva 27-30 June 2017, are now available on our YouTube channel on their separate playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVzK6UpZmNq3UwRcBtgkRs0xXFug6PjVK
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New videos: Dowker and Palmer
Two recent talks are now available on our YouTube channel – follow the links above (or look at the speakers page. Enjoy!
Fay Dowker: Being and Becoming in Quantum Gravity (or The Birth of a Baby is not a Baby)
Tim Palmer: What physics needs is not a quantum theory of gravity – but rather a gravitational theory of the quantum
Speakers this Fall at UIC and Geneva announced
We have put together the program with talks at UIC and Geneva this fall semester. More details, including titles and abstracts for the talks, will follow shortly and will be updated, as always, on the speaker page, where you will also find more information:
https://beyondspacetime.net/space-and-time-after-quantum-gravity/speakers/
Looking forward to seeing many of you there. For those who will have to miss the talks, we will make the videos available as soon as they are ready!
Livestreaming planned
We plan to live stream all of the talks this week on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_VhTJBl6Mpmfjj5q832rjg) — as we think we have solved the tech problems. In the menu of options, select ‘live streams’ at around 16:15 Swiss time tomorrow, and you should see it.
New predocs at Geneva
The Geneva Center welcomes our two new predoctoral fellows, who have started earlier this week: Radin Dardashti, who is completing his PhD at the LMU Munich, and Juliusz Doboszewski, who is working on his PhD at the Jagiellonian University of Cracow. Both of them will participate in the various activities of the Templeton-funded project Space and Time After Quantum Gravity and will also give talks during spring semester. Watch this space for more on their activities!
Postdoc at Geneva
Call for Applications:
POSTDOC POSITION in PHILOSOPHY OF QUANTUM GRAVITY
University of Geneva
The philosophy of physics group at the Department of Philosophy in Geneva solicits applications for a two-year postdoctoral research position, starting 1 September 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter. A start after 1 September 2016 would shorten the postdoc to less than two years; an earlier start may be possible. The position is funded by the John Templeton Foundation grant ‘Space and Time after Quantum Gravity’. Continue reading Postdoc at Geneva
Live streaming planned for tomorrow
UPDATE: Please find the slides at http://bit.ly/1PziqTv.
We plan to livestream tomorrow’s talk at Geneva by Michael Esfeld at 16:15 (CEST). To watch it, please go to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_VhTJBl6Mpmfjj5q832rjg and then find the livestream under the tiny ‘All Activities’ button above the list of videos.
As we still are just getting our feet wet with livestreaming, it comes with no warranties, and definitely no technical support (if you have something to say to help us, please let us know after the talk!). Apologies for any frustration you encounter.
If it works, then if you email questions for the speaker to our gmail (beyondspacetimeseminar), we will try to ask them of the speaker.
Hope you can make it. Look under the project tab above for more information on the talk itself.
Geneva: PhD position in Philosophy of Science or Philosophy of Physics
Please note that for the following position, I will need someone with excellent French. Here is the ad:
Le Département de philosophie met au concours :
1 poste d’assistant-e en philosophie de la physique ou philosophie des sciences
Conditions :
Continue reading Geneva: PhD position in Philosophy of Science or Philosophy of Physics
New email distribution list for the philosophy of quantum gravity
There is now a new email distribution list to share information about events and opportunities concerning the philosophy of quantum gravity, broadly construed. Anyone can become a subscriber, and any subscriber can send a message to the list. Posts that are off topic will be deleted, however, and their senders blocked. Drive responsibly!
To subscribe, go to https://listes.unige.ch/sympa/info/beyondspacetime.
CFP Essay Prize:
Call for Papers:
Prize competition for essays on
SPACE AND TIME AFTER QUANTUM GRAVITY
Run by the University of Geneva-University of Illinois at Chicago ‘Space and Time After Quantum Gravity’ project
The investigation of quantum gravity has been central to theoretical physics for at least two decades, but philosophy has only begun to systematically engage with this field in the past few years. The purpose of this competition is to promote new work in the field, and especially engage directly with philosophy and philosophers thus-far outside of quantum gravity.
Continue reading CFP Essay Prize:
