My department is hiring in political theory! apply.interfolio.com/125396

Defending Socrates: Political Philosophy Before the Tribunal of Science a.co/d/6lq5E3n

Matt Dinan Alex Priou Borden Flanagan @badibangaazongi Leo Moradi Christopher Utter Who else? Tag 'em. I promise to get Priou a lil tipsy and start revealing the mystery of being

🎓🔥🧯🔥🎓 OUT NOW Jacob Howland on Higher Education We sat down with University of Austin (UATX) Provost and Director of the Intellectual Foundations Program to discuss the current state of higher education and UATX's efforts to forge a new path. LISTEN: directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/…

PTI EVENT TOMORROW NIGHT: Hugh Liebert “Plutarch's Education for Citizenship” Monday, February 5th, 5:30-7:00 pm ET This event is being held in-person in Kerwin Hall 301 and broadcast live on Zoom. The Zoom link is: us02web.zoom.us/j/86245635409.

Thurs, April 4, at 5:30 p.m.: Join SPA Prof. Borden Flanagan & Dir. of the Project on Civil Dialogue Lara Schwartz, Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill, and Jonathan Marks as they explore how shifting perspectives can lead to more productive, healthier discussions. RSVP: bit.ly/4asNLDI

PANEL DISCUSSION ON CAMPUS FREE SPEECH THIS THURSDAY!

Alfarabi, Book of Letters (Kitab Al-Haruf) – Zaytuna College Bookstore bookstore.zaytuna.edu/products/alfar…

Thoughts and prayers for my freshman student who mistakenly read Filmer's Patriarcha instead of Locke's Second Treatise.

“A salutary change would be effected if pol sci depts in graduate schools would regard it as more important to train people who can teach well in college the principles of 🇺🇸 government than to train men for research along ‘behavioralist’ lines” Ashbrook Center does this well

I learned late last night that the great Eva Brann of St. John's College passed away peacefully yesterday at the age of 95. In lieu of many chaotic words, I post below the Seikilos Epitaph, which I think should be sung at the death of every philosopher. 1/3

A giant, who did much for liberal education on this continent.

A story: Bruell was teaching Thucydides regularly when he first got to Boston College. In early 1972, when teaching T. for the third time, he felt he was beginning to approach him properly. He said he had never read a book where he was more convinced of being in the presence of

I will be in Boston Wednesday (tomorrow) through Sunday for the NPSA. My panel: “Socratic Science and Political Philosophy in Plato, Aristotle, and the Pre-Socratics” With Christopher Utter Peter Haskett Derek Duplessie Hope to see people there!

Calling all Hertog Foundation alumni: read #Genesis with Christopher Utter in #HumanitiesAtHertog this summer!

I'm excited to help advance our Lincoln Scholars program at American University as the new Associate Director! I can't wait to meet our new students at orientation and continue our work this fall with sunyata, Thomas W. Merrill, Borden Flanagan and many other fantastic colleagues and students.

I’m leading the one in the middle! Apply to come Study with me!

Hmmmm. events.sjc.edu/event/adam-smi…

I was so happy to welcome our new cohort of Lincoln Scholars today with Thomas W. Merrill and sunyata!

Socrates is everyone's possession and no one's possession, he is not your friend, and he is definitely not a vehicle for bourgeois self-creation. I review Agnes Callard's "Open Socrates" for The Bulwark, link in next>>>