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Upcoming seminars
Unless otherwise noted, all times are for Saturday, 10am-2pm and are held at The Bourse, 111 South Independence Mall East, Suite 500, Philadelphia (5th Street between Market and Chestnut). Map.
February 29 “Black Bloc/White Riot,” AK Thompson
March 7 “Radical Education Workshop,” Glenn Wallis
March 14 “Darkness and Its Discontents,” Glenn Wallis
March 17 Tuesday 5-9pm “How We Remained Human,” Alexander Wilson
March 21 “Why is the Debt Strike Impossible?,” Joshua Ramey
April 4 “Deleuze’s Political Philosophy: An Introduction,” John Paetsch
April 7, 14, 21, 28, Tuesday evenings 6-8:30 “Meaning in Our Time of Crisis,” Glenn Wallis
May 5, 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9. Tuesday evenings 6-8:30 “For the Remains: Undoing Economic Sovereignty,” Joshua Ramey
TBA “Rebellious Mourning,” Cindy Milstein
TBA “Buddhism in Ruin,” (online) Glenn Wallis
Ongoing groups
Anarchist Reading Circle
Ludic Liberation Lab
(Non)Buddhist Practice Posse
Keep an eye on our calendar
Seminar archive
2019
“Please Select Your Jacques Lacan,” Patricia Gherovici
“Workshop: Non-Buddhist Redescription,” Glenn Wallis
“Buddhism: What Can It Offer Us Today?“ Glenn Wallis
“Revolutionary Pessimism: On Political Action Without Expectation,” Scott Ritner
“Why Marx Matters,” Gabriel Rockhill. In collaboration with the Critical Theory Workshop
“Critical and Contemplative Pedagogies for Eco-Justice,” Zack Walsh and Brooke D. Lavelle
“For Education: The College Classroom as Concrete Utopia,” Glenn Wallis
“Don’t Worry. Be Happy! Feeling Good, Bad, and Everything In Between,” Thomas Conners
“Buddhism in Ruin,” Glenn Wallis
“Ritual and Resistance,” Cleo Kearns
“Aesthetics: Toward a Radical History,” Gabriel Rockhill
“The Culture of Revolt,” AK Thompson
“How Living Well Matters in the Pursuit of Knowledge,“ Lisa Miracchi
2018
“Money and Metaphysics,” Joshua Ramey
“Anarchism and its Aspirations,“ Cindy Milstein
“Night Moves: Poetry at Present,” John Paetsch (To be rescheduled)
“Unlearning: Radical Education Theory,” Glenn Wallis
“Gilles Deleuze: Larval Subjects, Lost Time,” John Paetsch
“Darkness,” Glenn Wallis
“You must change your life: Rilke’s Poetics of Immanence,” Ulrich Baer
“Speculum of Pain: Buddhism on Illness,” Pierce Salguero
“Contemporary French Philosophy: A Primer,” Gabriel Rockhill
“Is This How It Ends? On Human Stupidity and the Meagre Promise of the Epoché,“Glenn Wallis
“Cultural Narratives and National Identities,” Alan Nadel
“How To Find What Isn’t Lost,” Akilesh Ayyar
2017
“Meditation: Self and Society,” Glenn Wallis
“Alienation and Its Antidotes: A Workshop on the Thought of François Laruelle,” Anthony Paul Smith
“Buddhism in the Age of Trump,” Glenn Wallis
“Philosophical Concepts for Thinking,” Glenn Wallis
“Critical Introduction to Buddhist Thought,” Glenn Wallis
