Below are links to research and engagement projects on the Quartet and connected figures. Please contact us if you would like us to add your project.
Mapping the Quartet
This is an international networking site for researchers working on the Quartet and Quartet+. It includes interactive historical maps of Oxford, Cambridge and London and a self-guided walking tour of Oxford.
Philosophy in the Wild
In 2025, Midgley’s iconic biscuit tin, will transform into an anthrozoological vasculum, touring the globe to collect and communicate human-animal-relations that are non-exploitative: from mutualistic relations (e.g. between bottlenose dolphins or free-roaming dogs and people), to examples of reparation (such as successful rewilding initiatives or multispecies disaster relief), to futuristic projects in urban design or politics.
- Mara Daria Cojocaru (Philosopher-Poet)
Dorothy Emmet & the Quartet
In Parenthesis is centrally concerned with counter-traditions to the “mainstream” of British moral philosophy in the 20th century. This makes Dorothy Emmet very much a kindred spirit to the Quartet in contributing to those counter-traditions.
- Led by Lawrence Blum
Notes from a Biscuit Tin
Notes from a Biscuit Tin was a 2019 centenary celebration of Mary Midgley’s philosophical vision.
On what would have been Mary’s 100th birthday, her biscuit tin (gifted by her family after her death) began a round-the-world voyage. At twelve stops a poet and a philosopher met to share a conversation and a poem on a theme from Midgley’s work.
Young Poets
Download our worksheets to introduce young minds to the work of Midgley and find why philosophers need poets.
Philosophy by Postcard
Philosophy by Postcard was a centenary celebration of Iris Murdoch’s philosophical vision, in partnership with An Post.
Between July and September 2019 people sent postcards from all over the world to Iris Murdoch’s birthplace, each asking a philosophical question. We selected 100 and sent them on to 100 philosophers around the globe for answers. Browse the correspondence and find out more about the project.
The Somerville-group and the introduction of historical arguments in philosophy
- Gåvertsson, Frits (Researcher)
- Hansson, Jonas (Researcher)