2010 Theme: Evaluation, Judgement and Critique

The Theory and Philosophy Summer School is an intensive course in theories, concepts and methods of inquiry designed for the needs of postgraduate students & researchers, especially doctoral candidates, in the Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences, in Sociology, Philosophy, History, Anthropology, Politics, Languages, Arts, Literature and Classics, from universities throughout Ireland, Europe and North America who are developing theoretical and interpretive paradigms for their research.

Location: Blackwater Castle, Cork , Ireland

Teaching Staff: School of Philosophy & Sociology, National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC), plus international guests (TBA)

ECTS: 5 credits (with an option for 10)

    Inquiries to: admin@tapss.ie

Included among this year's distinguished guest speakers are:

Gerard Delanty (Professor of Sociology at Sussex University)
He has published extensively on various issues concerning social and political theory, European identities, globalization, nationalism and the
cultural and historical sociology of modernity.

Ronnie de Sousa (Professor of Philosophy [Emeritus] at University of Toronto)
His principal research interests include Philosophy of emotions, Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of biology, psychoanalysis, epistemology and
Philosophy of sex.

Elena Esposito (Sociology of Communication at the University of Modena-Reggio Emilia)
She has published a number of works on the theory of social systems, media theory and social memory, and is currently working on an analysis
of the financial markets as a social system.

Talia Welsh (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
She writes on the connection between phenomenology and psychology and has published articles in French, German, and English on issues of
embodiment and child psychology. 

Stephen Guy-Bray (Professor at the Department of English, University of British Columbia, Canada)
His principle interests are in the fields of Renaissance and Classical literature and poetry read through the lens of queer theory and sexuality.

Michael Cronin (holds a Personal Chair in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Dublin City University , Ireland)
He has dealt with and published extensively on the issues of translation, language, identity, and globalization.

Tom Kemple (Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia , Canada)
His current research interests are concerned with the rhetorical, literary and deconstructive dimensions of classical and contemporary social 
theory.

Bill Jordan (Professor of Social Work at University of Plymouth)
His research interests include comparative social policy, poverty and social exclusion, immigration and social cohesion, and social work and
political ideology.

To optimize students' learning experience at TAPSS the number of participants will be limited to 30.