Most places, it is the professor that imparts the wisdom to the students. But a recent initiative is offering philosophy students their own chance to take the podium.<\/p>\n
Founded by students, the Filosofisk Studenterkollokvium (FSK) organises a weekly forum where philosophy students can present their specific area of philosophical research or interest. Every Friday from 3-5pm, a nominated student will present a 45 minute lecture, followed by debate and discussion. <\/p>\n
The idea is to “bridge the gap between the social and academic life of the faculty”, says Lars Harhoff Andersen, one of the organisers of FSK.<\/p>\n
The FSK concept originated in Aarhus University, and has been running successfully at the University of Copenhagen since last semester. <\/p>\n
“When we started last January we aimed at an audience of 15 people”, says Lars. “But each week we got between 20 and 65.”<\/p>\n
The iniative\u2019s revival this semester offers a programme giving students the opportunity to learn from their peers, share knowledge, and have their ideas tested outside the classroom environment. <\/p>\n
FSK also provides a forum to explore philosophy more laterally, Lars reckons.<\/p>\n
“Some of the best talks last year were given by people who had a mixed academic background,” he says.<\/p>\n
“We had a philosophy and physics student who lectured on the relationship between Immanuel Kant and quantum-physics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Presenters range from Bachelor level students to PhDs and submit a compelling proposal before they are allocated a timeslot. Anyone is free to attend, although the talks are aimed at an audience with a background in philosophy. <\/p>\n
Talks are predominantly conducted in Danish, although like last semester, Lars hopes to fill the remaining timeslots in the semester\u2019s schedule with 1 or 2 English-language presentations. <\/p>\n
FSK presentations take place every Friday 15h-17h in room 16.2.74 at the University of Copenhagen\u2019s Humanities Faculty. For more information and the presentation schedule, students are invited to like the facebook page Facebook <\/a> for features, guides and tips on upcoming events. Follow us on Twitter<\/a> for links to other Copenhagen academia news stories. Sign up for the University Post weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Students taking centre stage, juggling their Immanuel Kant and even a bit of quantum physics. Weekly event at the philosophy department lifts off<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":11684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","expression-news_article"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n