by Reinhard Mueller | May 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
On the day of our foundation’s inauguration, October 25, 2019, we launched our first essay prize competition concerning the question “How Does the Digitization of Our World Change Our Orientation?” Now, after a 2-stage review process, we have...
by Reinhard Mueller | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
To promote and support the genre of philosophical short films, the FPO is launching annual short film contests regarding themes and concepts relevant to the philosophy of orientation. The first competition is about the theme of “orientation and...
by Reinhard Mueller | Mar 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
“One of the greatest challenges of journalism is the need to pay attention, to keep up constantly on what’s happening in the world and one’s area—to orient oneself to what I call, in my title, the ever-changing now.” Carlin Romano, who teaches philosophy...
by Reinhard Mueller | Jan 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Olga Faccani, our first Hodges doctoral dissertation fellow, was the second guest in Reinhard Mueller’s video podcast show. With him, Olga discussed not only her path from growing up in Italy to her academic studies in Classics at UC Santa Barbara, but also her...
by pwle | Dec 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Timon Georg Boehm and Reinhard G. Mueller are organizing a seminar at the 2022 ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association) conference that is taking place in Taipei on June 15-18, 2022. In this seminar, entitled “Orientation in and through Texts,” we seek to...
by pwle | Jul 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
After receiving many high-quality contributions, the FPO engaged in a careful two-stage selection process, first by examining the application materials and second via a Zoom meeting with the four finalists, and is now pleased to announce its very first Hodges doctoral...
