This semester I’m getting my students to post their final project videos on YouTube (again); that way, they have to think about a prospective audience when creating their content (of course, they’ve been instructed – and repeatedly reminded – not to post any personal information & be careful about copyrighted material). I’m looking forward to […]

The inaugural issue of the Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists is out now, and it’s open access. I have really been looking forward to reading this! I’ll probably write more on it once I have a chance to read it all, but for now, here’s the link: Journal of the History […]

Sapienza University will host the 25th World Congress of Philosophy in 2024 (Aug. 1-8) – ‘Philosophy beyond Boundaries.’ CfP: to be announced Here are the thematic sessions (as per their Facebook page, because no other formal announcement has been posted as of now): ⦁ Aesthetics and philosophies of art⦁ African philosophy⦁ Africana philosophy⦁ Bioethics and […]

August 29~September 1st, at Nanzan University (Nagoya): 5th Annual Conference of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy: ‘Philosophy and Beauty [美の哲学・哲学の美]‘   

A new restoration of Yasujiro Ozu’s silent comedy 突貫小僧 Tokkan Kozō (1929, “A Straightforward Boy”) will be streaming on Le Cinéma Club for a few days, until July 25th.  On July 27th, Tōyō University’s Inoue Enryō Research Centre (Hakusan Campus) will hold a mini-conference on the early reception of Western philosophy in Japan, 明治期の西洋哲学の受容と『哲学雑誌』(13:00~15:00). Link […]

You’re but black dots, unthreatening and bland. Yet I step closer, and then I start to shiver. I’m making out the contours of a black gas mask, and then another. And another. Under the suffocating, eerie tick-tock of the clocks, you’re trying to catch your breath. You’re now in thousands, time ticking you right by. […]