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On Not Standing a Chance: Black Life and (the Problem of) the Object | Biko Mandela Gray

Cultural & Special Programs November 21, 2018

Biko Mandela Gray delivers the Fall 2018 Ferris E. Reynolds Lecture in Philosophy. Gray offered the following overview of his lecture: Tamir Rice never stood a chance— in life or death. Timothy Loehmann’s statement demonstrates, the 9-1-1 call’s “description was of a black male,” who, once Loehmann saw Rice, “appeared to be over 18 years […]

How Did the Holocaust and Human Rights Intersect (and was it a Good Thing)? | Samuel Moyn

Jewish Studies March 13, 2014

In Moyn’s lecture, “How Did the Holocaust and Human Rights Intersect (and was it a Good Thing)?,” he considers the relationship between the Holocaust and its memory, and the rise of human rights norms and movements. Surveying the post-World War II era, he asks why not only Holocaust consciousness but also human rights activism came […]

Stand Your Ground | Kelly Brown Douglas

Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, & Society April 25, 2016

Kelly Brown Douglas is a professor of religion at Goucher College with areas of expertise in Women’s Theology and Sexuality & Black Church studies. In her “Stand Your Ground” lecture, she addresses the evolution of the Black Lives Matter campaign and the construction of the black body historically, and in today’s society. (268)

Cooking Is Interpretation | Robert T. Valgenti

Teaching & Learning Technologies November 3, 2016

Cooking is a practical, technical, and even an artistic endeavor. But could it be a philosophical one? Is philosophy baked into the very art of cookery? Philosopher Robert Valgenti explores this possibility in thought, the senses and a convivial gathering aimed at expanding our understanding of culinary practices. Valgenti is associate professor of philosophy at […]

It’s Chomping All The Way Down | Lisa Heldke

Teaching & Learning Technologies April 25, 2017

In “It’s Chomping All the Way Down: Guts, Dirt and Fundamental(ish) Metaphysical Concepts,” Lisa Heldke, Professor of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College, explores the four different ways to understand what it means to be a “person” in the age of the microbiome. At every moment, we are awash in news accounts of research into the […]