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06/10/2026

The last Thought Club: Speaker Series will be next Wednesday, June 17th, 5:30-7:30 in the Education, Philosophy, and Religion department (2nd floor) of Parkway Central Library! César Cabezas will lead our discussion. We will be discussing two texts on Indigenous Mexican ethics by James Maffie. For this one, please read beforehand if you can! If you aren’t on the email list send an email to [email protected] for copies of the texts! It’s about 20 pages total, so not too much homework. Hope to see you there! The background image for this post is Indias de Oaxaca by Felipe Staniago Gutiérrez.

Thought Club Speaker Series is made possible through the support of the Lydia Eloise Seïbert Fund.

06/08/2026

Next Monday (June 15) is our Altered Consciousness finale. Our final screening is a very intense one: Requiem for a Dream (2000). This film will explore a darker side of alterations of consciousness— addiction, and its ramifications. This film contains elements of psychological horror, disturbing scenes, and is rated R so this program is for adults only. We will be in the Montgomery Auditorium, ground floor (below 1st floor) of Parkway Central Library. Screening will start at 5:30, and time permitting discussion will follow. Hope to see you there!

06/06/2026

Happy Pride! Check out our q***r book display from the Education, Philosophy, & Religion Dept. at Parkway Central Library❣️

06/04/2026

Join us next week (June 11th) for another session of Thought Club: Speaker Series. Note that this is on a Thursday, but same time and place: 5:30 to 7:30 in the Education, Philosophy, and Religion department at Parkway Central Library. We will be joined by Rosanna Picascia from the Swarthmore College Philosophy department .philosophy to talk about debates on the existence of the self within Indian Philosophy.

05/27/2026

Next week, join us for another edition of the Thought Club Speaker Series. Max Engleman will present a lecture on the 20th century intellectual tradition of philosophical anthropology: a movement centered around rigorously defining humanness.

5:30-7:30 in the Education, Philosophy, and Religion department at Parkway Central (2nd floor). Seltzers will be available as refreshment!

05/22/2026

Psst… hey… we got maps! Not just any maps. Spooky maps. Occult Paris, Aleister Crowley: Beast in Britain, and Accused! Witchcraft trials in Britain. Come check them out!

05/13/2026

Next Wednesday, May 20, join us for another edition of the Thought Club Speakers Series! We will talk epistemology of ignorance with Manasa Gopakumar, and look in depth at her paper “Scientific Uncertainties, Public Trust, and the Risks of Consensus Messaging.” If you’re interested in theories of knowledge and ethics of science, this is for you! This program is made possible by the Lydia Eloise Seibert Fund. Seltzers will be available as refreshment. 🥂

04/29/2026

Join us next Wednesday (May 6), in the EPR department to discuss music and consciousness with Thomas Patteson. As part of the Thought Club: Speaker Series, made possible by the Lydia Eloise Seibert Fund, this talk will bring us into the world of aesthetic philosophy. Seltzers will be served as refreshments.

04/15/2026

Next Wednesday, join us in EPR for another piece of the Thought Club Speaker Series. Gabriel Rockhill will join us for a book talk and discussion on his newest book, Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? 5:30-7:30 in the Education, Philosophy, and Religion department Wednesday April 22! And don’t forget, tomorrow we have a special Thursday meeting to talk about pre-Socratic philosophy!

04/10/2026

will be in conversation with Prof. Davey Tomlinson about Daniel’s new book The Care of the Self and the Care of the Other, an exploration of the overlap between ethical practices of self-change and political engagement, activism, and intervention. Drawing on insights about ancient philosophical practices from thinkers like Pierre Hadot, the book asks how contemporary organizers, activists, and artists, including Civil Rights era figures like Martin Luther King Jr. have understood and acted on ideas about the role of transforming oneself and one’s community while transforming the political world. We will ask, with the help of these figures, just what is the relationship between the care of the self and the care of the other, of others, of the city, and of the world?

🗓️ Monday, May 4
⏰ 6:00 p.m.

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