2021 Spring A Broader History of Thought


January 7, 2021

Featuring Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Tuesday, May 4 at 4pm Featuring Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò discussing ỌMỌLÚÀBÍ: DOING ETHICS IN THE KEY OF YORÙBÁ

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Featuring Chad Hanson

Thursday, April 22 at 5PM Chinese Daoism: A Religion of the World of Science

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Featuring Anne Waters

Thursday, April 8 at 4pm Featuring Anne Waters discussing Where We Belong: Life – Land – Spirit

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Featuring Parimal Patil

Tuesday, March 23 at 4pm Featuring Parimal Patil discussing Desire, Action, and Moral Motivation in the Philosopher’s Stone

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Featuring Nkiru Nzegwu

Thursday, March 11 at 4pm Featuring Nkiru Nzegwu discussing Ọkụ Extenders: Women, Sacrality, and Transformative Art

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Featuring Lisa Reihana & Rereata Makiha

Tuesday, March 2 at 4pm A Lecture on Māori and Polynesian Thought Cultural Technologies in Māori Contexts Lisa Reihana (Ngāpuhi, Ngātihine, Ngāi Tu) is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice spans film, sculpture, costume and body adornment, text and photography. Since the 1990s Reihana has significantly influenced the development of contemporary art and contemporary Māori art in Aotearoa New Zealand. […]

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January 6, 2021

Featuring Miri Albahari

Thursday, February 25 @ 4:00pm Via Zoom https://scrippscollege.zoom.us/j/92134718751 A Lecture on Indian Thought The Foundations of Buddhist Teaching and their Philosophical Implications Dr Miri Albahari is a Philosophy Lecturer at the University of Western Australia and is the author of Analytical Buddhism: The Two-Tiered Illusion of Self. The book was converted from a Ph.D thesis […]

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Featuring Ajume Wingo

Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:00-5:30 PM Via Zoom https://scrippscollege.zoom.us/j/93278166996 In the Shade of Power: The Power to the Powerless A general political problem is how to balance the need for concentrated power in the hand of the state — needed for effective governance — against the egalitarian desire to equalize power. Post-colonial African politics has […]

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