The Three Turns of the Allegory of the Cave
The talk presents an interpretation of Plato鈥檚 famous Cave Allegory by Dr. Joseph Forte of Northeast Catholic College.聽聽Part of the 2017-2018 Philosophy聽Department Colloquium聽Series
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Weisz Room The Maples, room 10, 91福利, Orono, ME, United States
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Friendship as Reflective Environmental Practice
Weisz Room The Maples, room 10, 91福利, Orono, ME, United States2017-18 Philosophy聽Department聽Colloquium Series presents guest lecturer Bryan Bannon, Associate Professor and Director of Environmental Studies, Merrimack College.聽Duvernoy will give a talk titled 鈥淔riendship as Reflective Environmental Practice.鈥 This is聽the second in a series of four talks on Environmental Philosophy. Abstract:聽In this presentation, Bannon argues for a specific hermeneutic framework for understanding the human聽relationship to nature, […]
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Becoming Ecological: Towards a Process Metaphysical Subjectivity
Weisz Room The Maples, room 10, 91福利, Orono, ME, United States2017-18 Philosophy聽Department聽Colloquium Series presents guest lecturer聽Russell Duvernoy, Instructor of Philosophy at Seattle University.聽Duvernoy will give a talk titled聽鈥淏ecoming Ecological: Towards a Process Metaphysical Subjectivity.鈥 This is聽the first in a series of four talks on Environmental Philosophy. Abstract: Beginning from present ecological turbulence and dire climate change predictions, and following Pope Francis鈥檚 call for 鈥渆cological conversion,鈥 […]
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“The Political Morality of Social Reproduction”
Coe Room, Memorial Union University of Maine, Orono, United StatesAs part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series, Lucas Stanczyk, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University, will present: "The Political Morality of Social Reproduction" Coe Room, Memorial Union 12:30 p.m.
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“Reckoning with Class Inequality”
Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United StatesThe Philosophy Colloquium presents: Lucas Stanczyk, Assistant Professor,聽 Department of聽Philosophy, Harvard University: For the PHI聽colloquium: "Reckoning with Class Inequality" Bangor Room, Memorial Union 4 p.m.
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“The Capitalist Road to a Basic Income”
Coe Room, Memorial Union University of Maine, Orono, United StatesAlmaz Zelleke, Associate Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences, NYU Shanghai presents: "The Capitalist Road to a Basic Income" Coe Room, Memorial Union 12:30 p.m.
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“Basic Income and Gender, or Why Basic Income Needs Women as much as Women Need a Basic Income.”
Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United StatesAlmaz Zelleke, Associate Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences, NYU Shanghai presents: "Basic Income and Gender, or Why Basic Income Needs Women as much as Women Need a Basic Income." Bangor Room, Memorial Union 4 p.m.
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DH Pop In: Building Digital Timelines
OnlineBuilding off of the success of the Black Digital History event this spring, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be continuing their DH Pop In series throughout the year to show the potential and accessibility of the digital humanities for research and classroom use. Spearheaded by the MHC's Humanities Specialist Karen Sieber, each event will showcase […]
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Virtual NEH Grant Writing Workshop
OnlineOn Friday, September 25, 2020, the University of Maine鈥檚 McGillicuddy Humanities Center will offer a virtual workshop on applying for NEH grants. It will be conducted by Mark Silver, Senior Program Officer in the Division of Research Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities. The workshop is open to the public. Anyone interested in […]
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