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International Academic Event on Breathing, Peace & Philosophy

Cilvēku grupa sēž un stāv gaišā telpā, klausoties pasākuma prezentācijā
Photo: Toms Grīnbergs, LU

At a time when debates on ecology, human nature, and ethics are becoming increasingly urgent, renewed philosophical attention to breathing and temperament as fundamental conditions of human experience opens up new ways of thinking about the interrelations between philosophy, culture, and life itself. Such perspectives invite a deeper reflection on the human–environment relationship and encourage both existential and scholarly inquiry.

On 5 February 2026, from 12:00 to 15:30, an academically rigorous yet open and collegial event will take place at the University of Latvia (Kalpaka Boulevard 4, Riga). Doctoral students, philosophers, researchers, and scholars from the humanities and related fields are warmly invited to engage with innovative interdisciplinary perspectives and to discuss some of today’s most pressing philosophical themes, including breathing, ecology, temperament, rhythm, and crime fiction.

PhD, Prof. Lenart Škof is Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies at the Science and Research Centre Koper (Slovenia), as well as Dean of the Faculy ISH at Alma Mater Europaea University. His research focuses on respiratory philosophy, intersubjectivity, ethics, and peace. He is the author and editor of numerous  monographs and scholarly volumes on breathing, philosophy, ethics, and religion.

PhD Pier Francesco Corvino ir starptautiska projekta THuNB (Temperamental roots of the human–Nature bond) vadītājs, kurā temperaments tiek aktualizēts kā nozīmīga filosofiska kategorija cilvēka un dabas pamatattiecību  izpratnē.

Programme

12:00–13:30 PhD, Prof. Lenart Škof – “The Forgetting of Breath in the Humanities”

13:30–14:00 Coffee break

14:00–15:00 PhD Pier Francesco Corvino – “The Curious Case of Temperament: On Elementality Between Ecocriticism and Crime Fiction”

15:00–15:30 Closing remarks

Organisers:
Dr.phil.  Ineta Kivle, Leading Researcher in the History of Ideas at the University of Latvia and founder of the interdisciplinary research series phronesis–praxis–paideia;
Dr.paed., Prof. Zanda Rubene, Director of the Doctoral School of the University of Latvia;
Dr.phil., Prof. Raivis Bičevskis, Tenured Professor at the University of Latvia;
in cooperation with the Science and Research Centre Koper (Slovenia) and its Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies, directed by PhD, Prof. Lenart Škof.

Registration.

Information : ineta.kivle@lu.lv , tel. +371 29418434 

We look forward to welcoming you!

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