Kathy Wilkes at the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik: Philosophy, Courage, and much more
Kathy Wilkes at the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik: Philosophy, Courage, and much more
Author(s): Nada Bruer LjubišićSubject(s): Social Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Published by: KruZak
Keywords: Kathy Wilkes; Inter-University Centre (IUC); Philosophy of Science; Open Society Foundation; Central and East-European scholars; dissemination of information;
Summary/Abstract: The text presents the activities of Dr. Kathleen Vaughan Wilkes, a philosopher from the University of Oxford in the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik (IUC) from the beginning of the 1980s to the end of the millennium. Dr. Wilkes was co-directing the longest standing IUC course Philosophy of Science, but she also initiated other IUC academic programmes. As a member of the IUC governing bodies, she was highly engaged in securing scholarships for participants from Central and East Europe in IUC programmes, mostly through the Open Society Foundation. Dr. Wilkes played a crucial role in spreading information from the city of Dubrovnik during the attacks of the Yugoslav People's Army in 1991 and during Croatian’s struggle for independence, for which she was awarded honorary citizenship and posthumously one of the squares was named after her.
Journal: Croatian Journal of Philosophy
- Issue Year: XXII/2022
- Issue No: 66
- Page Range: 293-302
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
