Past Events
The Department of French and Italian at Stanford University presents:
The 2024 Michel Serres Distinguished Lecture
Professory Sandra Laugier (Philosophy, Université…
“Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote”: Borges y la crítica
A talk by Dr. Andrés Lema-Hincapié (University of Colorado, Denver)
The Philosophy + Literature Focal Group welcomes Robert Pippin (Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago) for a workshop titled “Atmosphere as World…
The Contemporary and Philosophy + Literature are happy to invite you to TWO events on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 featuring Jennifer Banks, author of Natality: Toward a Philosophy of Birth (W.W. Norton, 2023) and senior executive…
The Contemporary and Philosophy + Literature are happy to invite you to TWO events on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 featuring Jennifer Banks, author of Natality: Toward a Philosophy of Birth (W.W. Norton, 2023) and senior executive…
The Philosophy + Literature Focal Group welcomes Elaine Auyoung (English, University of Minnesota) for a workshop titled "Epistemic…
** THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. DATE TBD.**
The Philosophy + Literature Focal Group welcomes Prof. Nir Evron (Tel Aviv University) for a…
The Philosophy + Literature Focal Group welcomes Prof. Manuel Vargas (University of California, San Diego) for a workshop: "José Vasconcelos and the Aesthetic…
Philosophy + Literature will host an in-person workshop with Nick Zangwill (University College London).
Formalism, Meaning and Architecture
The Research Workshop in Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts is proud to host a talk by Dr. Ana Ilievska:
Shelley’s Frankenstein is about ChatGPT:
Philosophy + Literature will host an in-person workshop with Martin Hägglund (Yale University).
The Life and Death of Rational Animals
Philosophy + Literature will host a virtual workshop with Daisy Dixon (Cardiff University).
Before the session, please read Prof. Zumhagen-Yekplé’s draft chapter of her book, A Different Order of Difficulty.
Join Phil + Lit for a workshop with Karla Oeler (Art and Art History). Contact Grant gdowling [at] stanford.edu (gdowling[at]stanford[dot]edu) for the…
Before the session please read Julian's draft (to be added to our email list for Julian's paper please contact gdowling [at] stanford.edu (gdowling[at]…
How do we know the world, and what does poetry have to do with it? This question has exercised theologians, natural philosophers, and neuroscientists down the ages.
This is a pre-read session. To receive a copy of Pardis's paper before the workshop, please email gdowling [at] stanford.edu (gdowling[at]stanford[dot]edu)…
The Philosophy and Literature Initiative warmly invites you to its last Winter event.
The Philosophy + Literature Initiative invites the Stanford community to an online screening of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020). The screening will be followed by a friendly conversation on the movie.
N.B. The movie is available on…
This chapter on the Russian-Israeli poet Zelda Schneerson Mishkovksy (1914-1984) focuses on the poetic construction of religious femininity in a literary tradition dominated by secular male poets.