Events

November 2025

Workshop: Parenthood as Transformative 

With: Anca Gheaus (Central European University) // Line Ryberg Ingerslev (University of Copenhagen) // Cornelia Schadler (University of Vienna) // Claudia Serban (Université Toulouse) // Heidi Wilm (Independent Philosopher, Vienna) // Fiona Woollard (University of Southampton) 

Organiser: Dylan Trigg 

Time & Place: November 7th, at Central European University, Vienna, Quellenstrasse 51 | D-002 Tiered 

Registration here. 

Program 

10:00—10:15 Welcome & Introduction

10:15—11:00: Fiona Woollard (University of Southampton)—"Parental Duties as Transformative: How duties to engage with our children’s interests change us”

11:00—11:45: Anca Gheaus (Central European University)—"What is the place of adults' interests in a child-centred account of childrearing?”

11:45—12:00: Coffee break

12:00—12:45: Claudia Serban (University of Toulouse)—"The Joys of Parenthood?"

12:45—14:00: Lunch

14:00—14:45: Heidi Wilm (Independent Philosopher, Vienna)—"Rhythms of Becoming: Explorations into Pregnancy with Merleau-Ponty”

14:45—15:30: Cornelia Schadler (University of Vienna): “Maybe, maybe, maybe: the production of parenthood while phasing in and out of pregnancy”

15:30—15:45: Coffee break

15:45—16:30: Line Ryberg Ingerslev (University of Copenhagen)—"Rediscovering the Past: Memory in the Context of Transformative Experiences"