DeWijzer

19/04/2022

Submissions deadline for the second issue is this sunday! The theme 'woke and censorship' is optional. But in any case this is the chance to exercise your freedom of speech. Speak now or forever hold your peace...🤐

To give you a taste of the magazine that you'd be contributing to, here's the digital version of our first issue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pGySqI3cUWinjLAPiUqjsnu6TKkdIVjt/view?usp=sharing.

05/04/2022

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT

The day before yesterday was our deadline for submissions. Luckily for all those who were short on time, we've decided to postpone that deadline until after the Easter break!

🗓 DEADLINE: 24 APRIL
📥 SUBMIT: send an email with a file attached to [email protected]

24/03/2022

Friendly reminder that Zeitgeist is open for submissions until April 3, which is next Sunday!

The theme is 'wokeness and censorship', but texts on any and all topics will be taken into consideration.

Your submission also doesn't have to be specifically written for the Zeitgeist or overtly philosophical. We want to encourage philosophy students to practice and share their non-academic writing skills, in both Dutch and English.

In summary: the bar is low, the reward is high! Who doesn't want to get their stories, poems, essays and what not, published?

16/03/2022

Zeitgeist is once again open for submissions! Our second issue of this year will focus on the topics of wokeness and censorship.

Have you been cancelled yet? Or have you ever felt the hot breath of Big Brother breathing down your neck? Do you have an opinion that might not be allowed in Russia? Tell us about it!

⌛️DEADLINE: Sunday April 3d
📝REQUIREMENTS: We're open to any and all types of printable texts of a reasonable length! Adherence to the theme is encouraged, but optional. Freedom of thought has no limitations, but human decency does offer some guidelines.
📥SUBMISSIONS: Send an email to [email protected] and attach your submission as a Word or other file.

We look forward to all your (uncensored) thoughts!

14/12/2021

Finally, the day you've all been waiting for has arrived: our first issue is out now!! 🎉

Run to the Institute to collect your copy! You can find them in the entry hall, the time-out zone, the library or the lounge. 🗞

A heartfelt thanks to NFK and all our contributors, without whom this wouldn't have been possible! 🙏

28/11/2021

Today is the final day before the deadline, exciting! ⌛

We've already received a number of beautiful submissions, but this issue wouldn't be complete without yours 😉

You have until midnight to email a document to [email protected] 📥

21/11/2021

⚠️ JUST ONE MORE WEEK TO GO UNTIL THE DEADLINE ON NOVEMBER 28 ⚠️

REQUIREMENTS - Both English and Dutch submissions are very welcome. And in every (publishable) form imaginable, so essays, poems, short stories, illustrations, cartoons, lyrics, etc.

THEME: INTIMACY AND ALIENATION - The two thought provoking concepts we've chosen as our theme, allow for a broad range of interpretations. Will you educate the masses with a scathing critique of our society or allow us a small glance into your most personal thoughts? Has philosophy uncovered the deepest core of human nature, or was it precisely philosophy that led us astray? Did the past year of social distancing sever bonds that were important to you, or did it maybe give you the opportunity to get to know yourself better? The possibilities are endless.

INSPIRATION - We want to provide an inspiring piece of poetry relating to the theme in order to spark your creativity. This is the poem 'Body of a Woman' by the famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. There's a duality to it: on the one hand, it's unmistakably a love poem appealing to a sense of bodily intimacy; on the other, the references to (inner) struggle, vengeance, loneliness and absence invoke the feeling of distance, that is to say: alienation.

SUBMIT! - Have you experienced the same tension as Neruda? Or does his male gaze bother you? Or do you consider poetry to be a bourgeois distraction from the real alienation? We, and many others, would like to hear from you, so don't be shy and write a submission!

12/11/2021

Another poster's up!!

Friendly reminder that the deadline for submissions is Sunday the 28th of November.

We have very few restrictions on submissions, also with regard to word limit. Just mail a document to [email protected] and we'll take it into consideration.

We look forward to read all your most intimate or alienated thoughts!

30/10/2021

Don't miss out on your chance to have your non-academic, philosophical submission published and be a part of the 2022 Month of Philosphy!

The deadline is the 1st of November, the day after tomorrow.

Both Dutch and English texts will be considered. You're free to choose your format: essay, short story, poem, etc.

The best part is, that you'd also already have something to submit to the upcoming Zeitgeist/DeWijzer issue, for which the deadline is november 28th.

Laatste kans! Op 1 november is de deadline voor het inzenden van bijdragen voor de bundel ‘Hoezo Intimiteit? Wat nou Vervreemding?’

Wil jij volgend jaar verschijnen in de boekhandels van Nederland en Vlaanderen? Kijk voor meer informatie op de website van Lemniscaat en stuur je bijdrage naar [email protected].

https://www.lemniscaat.nl/studentenbundel-hoezo-intimiteit-wat-nou-vervreemding/

Uitgeverij Lemniscaat Maand van de Filosofie

25/10/2021

📌 The first poster is up!! This one decorates the door to the lounge.

🔜 In the brainstorm session last Friday, we decided on the deadline for submissions: Sunday the 28th of November.

💔 We also established that the theme 'Intimacy and Alienation' allows for a broad range of interpretations. Most importantly, it covers both personal experiences with solitude during the lockdown, as well as more political approaches inspired by critical social theories.

📥 From now on, we're open for all kinds of submissions! You can email your document to [email protected].

❓ What do you guys think of the poster? And do you have an idea for a submission?

22/10/2021

If you don't want the breadmeal to end at 2 pm, you can always stay in the lounge for the brainstorm session for the first issue of the Zeitgeist!

Together we'll figure out how to fill the issue. Any (inkling of an) idea is welcome at this stage!

04/10/2021

Zeitgeist (previously known as 'DeWijzer') is the journal by and for the students of the HIW, the faculty of philosophy. It doesn't matter whether you're in the English or Dutch programme, the bachelor's or master's, the full or abridged, you're all more than welcome to write submissions!

We want to offer you a chance to broaden your philosophical writing and thinking by focussing on non-academic texts. Satire, poetry, essays, reviews, interviews, song lyrics, cartoons, illustrations, etc. - you name it! So let your imagination run wild and get your creative juices flowing.

We'll soon announce the theme of the first issue of the year, and the date of a brainstorm session. If you want to stay updated, you can like our page DeWijzer. If you want to be involved as editor or designer, you can send an email to [email protected].

We hope to hear from you!
Ruben and Tycho, editors