Prof. Winfried Löffler from the Department of Christian Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck visited the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford in November 2019.
At the University of Oxford Prof. Löffler was working on a project which was based on the working hypothesis that the historical conditions for the emergence of analytic philosophy in Great Britain around 1900 were much broader than the usual view permits, i.e. that the analytic style of philosophizing was foreshadowed by a broader range of figures and that a sort of “para-analytic” philosophy flourished, in relative detachment from the mainstream Moore/Russell/Wittgenstein traditions, well into the 20th century (William R. Sorley and John Cook Wilson might provide initial examples). Beyond catalogue and literature studies, his research consisted in its first stage in large-scale inspections of the relevant shelves of some relatively untouched older philosophy libraries at Oxford.
Beyond conducting his research, Prof. Löffler presented a paper on “Empirical Evidence Against Free Will? A Case Study in Neuro-Mythology” at the Ian Ramsey Center on 4 November 2019.

Read the report of his stay in Oxford here:

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On November 18 and 19, 2019, the OEAD Hochschultagung took place at the University of Vienna. 
One of the main topics this year was Brexit and future cooperations with UK universities.

Andy Mackay (Director Europe, British Council) talked about "The UK's role in the world, soft power and international relationships Post-Brexit". After his talk, a panel discussion has held where Martin Gilbert (Director British Council Österreich, British Council), Wolfgang Bogensberger (European Commission), Sabine Seidler (Rector TU Vienna) and Barbara Weitgruber (Sektionschefin BMBWF) participated.
Vice Rector Bernhard Fügenschuh, Dr. Barbara Tasser and BritInn from the University of Innsbruck took part at the OEAD Hochschultagung 2019 as well.

From 3 - 6 November 2019, Dr. Natasha Kersh from the Institute of Education at the University College London (UCL) visited the Department of Organisation and Learning at the University of Innsbruck.
Prof. Annette Ostendorf welcomed Dr. Kersh to Innsbruck and together they were working on the project "Developing research cooperation between UCL and the University of Innsbruck through networking and research meeting".
Read the report of Dr. Kersh's stay in Innsbruck here:

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