January 10th: Susan McWilliams (Professor of Politics, Pomona College), “American Road Trip Stories and American Political Thought” (Foster 505) Since long before the age of the automobile, Americans have been…
Published December 21, 2018 by aeray
October 2nd: James Kreines (Professor of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College), “Absolute Idealism and the Metaphysical Definitions of God: Hegel on Aristotle and Spinoza” (Foster 505) October 18th: Lindsay Atnip…
Published July 27, 2018 by aeray
March 29th: Michael Rutherglen (PhD student, Committee on Social Thought), “Intermittency, Transparency, & Parody: On Eliot’s Rhymes” (Foster 305) Although T.S. Eliot is most often thought of as helping to…
Published March 26, 2018 by nbellinson
January 11th: Danielle Charette (PhD student, Social Thought), “Shakespearean Monarchs in Kierkegaard’s Sickness Unto Death: Royal Case-Studies in Despair” (Foster 305) Throughout The Sickness Unto Death, Kierkegaard draws upon Shakespeare to illustrate the theatrics of…
Published December 8, 2017 by nbellinson
September 28th: Parysa Mostajir (PhD candidate, Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science), “Experience and Literature”This paper provides a pragmatist argument for the importance of literature in a healthy and progressive human…
Published September 19, 2017 by nbellinson
The Literature & Philosophy Workshop Spring Schedule is now up on our website and included below. All workshops take place in Foster 305 unless otherwise noted; documents are generally available…
Published March 27, 2017 by elizalittle
Literature & Philosophy Workshop Winter 2017 Schedule January 5th: “In Praise of Depth: or, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Hidden.” (Foster 505) Joshua Landy (Andrew B. Hammond…
Published January 12, 2017 by nbellinson
We are delighted to announce the Literature & Philosophy Workshop’s Fall 2016 schedule. All discussions take place at 4:30 p.m., in Foster 305 unless otherwise noted; a light reception follows in every…
Published March 28, 2016 by elizalittle
We’re delighted to announce our schedule for the 2016 Spring Quarter! Unless otherwise noted, all meetings take place Thursday at 4:30pm in Foster 305 and are followed by a small reception. Texts to be read in advance are…
Published January 3, 2016 by josephsimmons
We’re delighted to announce our schedule for the 2016 Winter Quarter! Unless otherwise notes, all meetings take place Thursday at 4:30pm in Foster 305 and are followed by a small reception. Texts to be read in advance…