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2022 Pacific Division Dewey Lecture: Philosophy as Personal Quest and Collective Enterprise

2022 Pacific Division Dewey Lecture: Philosophy as Personal Quest and Collective Enterprise

Published by Jenni Sidey

Below is the audio recording of Margaret Gilbert’s John Dewey Lecture, “Philosophy as Personal Quest and Collective Enterprise,” given at the 2022 Pacific Division Meeting. The full text is available on the APA website (member sign-in is required) as well as on JSTOR.  The audio of the lecture is available here: “Philosophy as Personal Quest and Collective Enterprise” by Margaret Gilbert Margaret Gilbert is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of California, Irvine, where she was the Founding Abraham I. Melden Chair in Moral Philosophy from 2006 to 2025. Prior to joining the faculty at UCI, she taught at the University of Manchester (UK) and the University of Connecticut, where she is professor emerita. She has a BA in classics and philosophy from Cambridge University, as well as a BPhil with distinction and a PhD in philosophy from Oxford University. Her research interests are in social phenomena such as acting together, collective beliefs, social conventions, agreements and promises, and related areas of moral and political philosophy and philosophy of law, including rights theory …

British Museum Reschedules Postponed Israel Lecture Amid Protest Fears

British Museum Reschedules Postponed Israel Lecture Amid Protest Fears

Published by Jenni Sidey

The British Museum pushed back a planned lecture called “The Ancient History of Israel and Judah,” claiming that a “significant proportion” of the people expected to attend wanted to protest the event. The London museum announced the postponement on Thursday, in a release that noted that the event was part of Jewish Culture Month but did not state the name or subject of the lecture. Then, on Friday, the museum said that “The Ancient History of Israel and Judah” would now take place “early next month,” without a date specified. Related Articles The reason for the delay, the museum said on Thursday, was that many attendees allegedly sought to “deliberately disrupt the event, preventing others from participating in good faith and undermining the purpose of the programme.” Who these individuals were, and how they sought to interrupt the event, was not explained in the museum’s statement. “The British Museum fully recognises the importance of lawful protest and freedom of expression in a democratic society,” the museum said on Thursday. “Equally, we have a responsibility to …

Jeffrey Gibson’s Free Lecture, Free Admission at MCA Denver, and More

Jeffrey Gibson’s Free Lecture, Free Admission at MCA Denver, and More

Published by José Betancourt

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Industry Moves Coco Fusco and Jeffrey Gibson Named Speakers for Johns Hopkins’s Sam Gilliam Lecture Series: The artists will each deliver a free talk at the university’s Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C.—Fusco on June 8, Gibson on November 12—as part of a series supported by the Sam Gilliam Foundation. Related Articles Hamptons Black Arts Council Announces Plans for Sag Harbor Artist Residency: Founded in 2023 by artist and curator Storm Ascher, the nonprofit is raising funds to establish a permanent artist residency on Black-owned land in one of America’s oldest free Black settlements. MCA Denver Receives $1 Million Gift for Free Youth Admission: The donation from philanthropist Amanda Precourt, of the Precourt Foundation, will make entry free for all visitors 18 and under through June 30, 2031. Xavier Hufkens Takes on Richard Aldrich: The New York–based painter will show with the Brussels gallery …

2022 Central Division Dewey Lecture: The Question Is How to Live

2022 Central Division Dewey Lecture: The Question Is How to Live

Published by Jenni Sidey

Below is the audio recording of Allan Gibbard’s John Dewey Lecture, “The Question Is How to Live,” given at the 2022 Central Division Meeting. The full text is available on the APA website (member sign-in is required) as well as on JSTOR. The audio of the lecture is available here: “The Question Is How to Live” by Allan Gibbard Allan Gibbard is Richard B. Brandt Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, where he taught from 1977 until 2016. Prior to joining the faculty at Michigan, he held positions at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Chicago. He received his PhD at Harvard University. His fields of study include ethics, social choice theory, decision theory, philosophy of language, and metaphysics. His publications include Meaning and Normativity (Oxford University Press, 2012), Reconciling Our Aims: In Search of Bases for Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2008), and Thinking How to Live (Harvard University Press, 2003), as well as many articles and book chapters. Gibbard served as president of the APA Central Division from 2001 …

The Lecture I Couldn’t Give

The Lecture I Couldn’t Give

Published by Daniella Wilson

Last May, I gave a lecture at the Air War College, the Air Force’s senior service school for officers. I have taught at West Point and spoken at several other senior service schools. At the Air War College, I presented my work on the history of U.S. civil-military relations—research that later led to a book that was favorably reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and the military’s Joint Force Quarterly. The college was complimentary of my presentation and invited me to reprise my talk this school year. But last week, I was asked not to come after all. The professor who gave me the news was polite and professional, apologetic even. In a statement to The Atlantic, a spokesperson for Air University, the college’s parent institution, said, “Air University adjusted its academic schedule following the recent government shutdown, including the Air War College program, to prioritize core curriculum and program requirements. As a result, the scheduled guest lecture by Dr. Kori Schake was unable to be accommodated within the revised schedule. This was a command …

Dr Hannah Critchlow awarded 2026 Rosalind Franklin Lecture Medal – Humanists UK

Dr Hannah Critchlow awarded 2026 Rosalind Franklin Lecture Medal – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

Humanists UK hosted the 2026 Rosalind Franklin Lecture, titled ‘The Science of Fate’, delivered by neuroscientist, broadcaster, and author Dr Hannah Critchlow. Chaired by journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed, the lecture explored how our biology, our brains, and our experiences shape who we are – and what that might mean for ideas of free will, identity, and human connection. Hannah began by asking a deceptively simple question: what makes us who we are? From our habits and beliefs to our relationships and emotional lives, she said, neuroscience is increasingly showing how many of our complex behaviours are deeply biologically ingrained. Reflecting on her early experience working as a nursing assistant on adolescent psychiatric wards, she described how this first sparked her desire to understand the brain better – both to improve treatment, and to answer deeper questions about what creates our individual life stories. Hannah staged what was a Humanists UK first: a live electroencephalogram (EEG) demonstration. With an audience volunteer wired up on stage, the room watched the electrical activity of the brain in …

Germany’s Merz stresses dire risks of Iran strikes but won’t ‘lecture’ US – POLITICO

Germany’s Merz stresses dire risks of Iran strikes but won’t ‘lecture’ US – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

The U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan following the 2001 attacks on America by Al Qaeda triggered massive refugee flows to Europe, with Germany emerging as a key destination for asylum seekers. Far-right entities such as Alternative for Germany — now the largest opposition party — capitalized on rising anti-immigration sentiment to fuel their political rise. At the same time, Merz said, his government is in no position to lecture the U.S. given the failures of Europe’s own approach to Iran and Germany’s need to work with U.S. President Donald Trump to secure an end to the war in Ukraine. Merz said he “appreciated the important negotiating work” the U.S. is conducting with Russia under Trump to end the war in Ukraine, and said he hoped for “even closer” transatlantic relations to bring an end to the conflict. “Anyone who wants security, peace and justice in the Middle East must also want it in Europe,” Merz said. “That is why the German government is providing a large part of the support for Ukraine against Russian …

2022 Eastern Division Dewey Lecture: “Thinking in Good Company”

2022 Eastern Division Dewey Lecture: “Thinking in Good Company”

Published by Jenni Sidey

Below is the audio recording of Christine M. Korsgaard’s John Dewey Lecture, “Thinking in Good Company,” given at the 2022 Eastern Division Meeting. The full text is available on the APA website (member sign-in is required).  The audio of the lecture is available here: “Thinking in Good Company” by Christine Korsgaard Christine Korsgaard is Arthur Kingsley Porter Research Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Harvard University, where she taught from 1991 until 2020. Prior to joining the faculty at Harvard, she held permanent positions at Yale University, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the University of Chicago, as well as visiting positions at University of California, Berkeley and UCLA. She received her BA from the University of Illinois, her PhD from Harvard, and honorary degrees from the University of Illinois and Groningen University. She works on moral philosophy and its history, practical reason, the nature of agency, personal identity, normativity, and the ethical relations between human beings and the other animals. Korsgaard served as president of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association …

Professor Matthew Cobb awarded 2026 Darwin Day Lecture Medal – Humanists UK

Professor Matthew Cobb awarded 2026 Darwin Day Lecture Medal – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

On 12 February, Humanists UK hosted the 2026 Darwin Day Lecture, titled ‘The Genetic Age: Who Shapes Evolution Now?’, delivered by zoologist and author Professor Matthew Cobb. The lecture, chaired by Humanists UK President Janet Ellis MBE, explored the ways humans have shaped evolution – both historically and in the age of modern genetics. Matthew began by placing humanity in a long evolutionary story. From early hunting and gathering to the domestication of plants and animals, humans have always shaped the world around them. But in the 1970s, with the advent of genetic engineering, our influence took a dramatic leap: for the first time, humans could directly manipulate genomes, accelerating change to species in ways never before possible. Evolution is ‘cleverer than we are’ Quoting biochemist Leslie Orgel’s Second Rule – ‘evolution is cleverer than we are’, Matthew turned to the ecological impacts of genetic engineering. Any organism we engineer, from crops to microbes, responds to selection in unpredictable ways. Resistant insects, herbicide-tolerant weeds, and evolving viruses all remind us that nature adapts faster and …

Pete Davidson Returns to Saturday Night Live to Lecture ICE Agents

Pete Davidson Returns to Saturday Night Live to Lecture ICE Agents

Published by Daniella Wilson

The 1,000th regular episode of Saturday Night Live saw Pete Davidson return to lecture Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid ongoing tensions in Minneapolis. SNL alumni Pete Davidson joined the cold open to portray White House Border Czar Tom Homan, who was sent there “in response to the chaotic situation in Minnesota” to meet with “ICE unit commanders to clarify the mission objectives.” “My name is Tom Homan,” Davidson began. “Now I’m sure a lot of you are wondering why Greg Bovino, the last guy, was dismissed. I wanna stress that it wasn’t because he did a bad job or publicly lied about the shooting of an American citizen or even, oh, dressed like a Nazi. It was that he was filmed doing these things.” The King of Staten Island star continued, “I’m here now and we need to tighten up. That starts with remembering the mission objective. Now, who could tell me why we’re here in Minneapolis?” One faux ICE agent merely said, “Pass,” while another responded, “This could be wrong, but Army.” Davidson’s Homan …