Department Events

Upcoming Events

2024 Mar 22

Harvard Review of Philosophy Lecture: Babette Babich (Fordham University), "Günther Anders’ 'Promethean Shame': Technological Ressentiment and Surveillance"

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Emerson Hall 210

Babich Colloquium

Abstract: Gunther Anders’ philosophy of technology, particularly his complex notion of ‘Promethean Shame,’ or technological ressentiment, may be brought to bear on surveillance and questions of AI...

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Past Events

2023 Dec 01

Harvard University Minorities and Philosophy Colloquium Lecture: Emmalon Davis (University of Michigan), "Building (Conceptual) Bridges: Nonideal Theory, Philosophical Whitopias, and the Critical Cartography of Mills' The Racial Contract"

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Emerson 305

Abstract: This chapter revisits the metaphilosophical critique offered in Charles Mills’ The Racial Contract. My analysis will focus on explicating Mills’ characterization of the “Racial Contract”—and nonideal theory more broadly—as a conceptual bridge. I consider three questions: (a) what is the nature of the domains such a bridge purports to connect (b) what is the function and orientation of the bridge (c) what is the relationship between once isolated domains after a bridge has been built? In answering these questions, I outline several features of the bridge’s...

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2023 Nov 04

Diversifying Philosophy 101: A Teaching Practicum

8:45am to 4:00pm

Location: 

Boston University, College of General Studies, 871 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215
Diversifying Philosophy 101 is a day-long teaching practicum for those interested in making their introductory philosophy curricula more inclusive and more representative. Five expert instructors will deliver presentations on philosophical figures from underrepresented groups—each suitable for inclusion in contemporary university syllabi. Presentations will feature... Read more about Diversifying Philosophy 101: A Teaching Practicum
2023 Nov 03

Colloquium Lecture: Paulina Sliwa (University of Vienna), "An Anatomy of Apology"

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Emerson 305
Abstract:

Apologies are a central feature of our moral lives. When we have been wronged, we often hope for nothing more than an apology. And when we are the ones to have wronged someone, we often feel compelled to apologise.Insofar as moral philosophy has taken up the practice of apology, the focus has been on apologies for grave wrongdoing or historical injustice. In contrast, my topic here are the everyday apologies we give and receive in our moral practice, which include not just grave wrongs but small...

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2023 Oct 19

Lunch in the Library

11:30am to 2:00pm

Location: 

Robbins Library, Emerson Hall 211
We invite our concentrators, graduate students, department visitors, and faculty to stop by for lunch in Robbins Library. 
 
Lunch
2023 Oct 16

Sophomore Open House

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Robbins Library, Emerson Hall 211
An informal gathering to discuss Philosophy as a concentration.

Sophomore Open House

 

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