Fall Reading Group: David Graeber’s Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value, beginning Sept. 19, led by Sabrina Hardenbergh

Fall Reading Group 2023 AIPCT is pleased to annouce its Fall 2023 Reading Group: David Graeber’s Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value: The False Coin of Our Own Dreams, led by Sabrina Hardenbergh. The study is on Tuesday evenings at 7, in-person at AIPCT, 411 N. 9th Street, Murphysboro, IL,…

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AIPCT Annual Institute Lecture: Scott R. Stroud, University of Texas, “Why Is Bhimrao Ambedkar so Important for the History of Pragmatism?” October 11, 2023

The AIPCT is pleased to announce that, in recognition of its seventh anniversary, we will have Scott R. Stroud, Professor of Communication Studies, University of Texas, Austin, presents “Why is Bhimrao Ambedkar so Important for the History of Pragmatism?” The lecture will be an in-person event, October 11, 2023, at…

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Lewis E. Hahn Lectures, July 15, 2023: Erin McKenna, Resisting the Logics of Domination: Ecofeminism and Pragmatism

The AIPCT, the SIU School of Communication Studies, and the Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity (FPC) are pleased to announce the 2023 Lewis E. Hahn lectures, honoring the work and ideas of Erin McKenna. This year, in addition to Professor McKenna, we welcome Lee McBride and Tess Varner to…

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Music and Thought: Lift the World (Things We Learned from the Pandemic) – with Curtis & Loretta, Sunday, September 25, 3 PM

AIPCT is pleased to partner with Cousin Andy’s Coffeehouse in sponsoring the return of Curtis and Loretta, Minneapolis storytellers, folklorists, songwriters, and musicians, with an new presentation: Lift the World (Things We learned from the Pandemic). The CD by the same name will be released October 21, and a single,…

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“The Chameleon Novelist: Melville’s Typee,” Mikołaj Wiśniewski, SWPS University, Poland, Friday Sept. 23, 11 AM cdt

AIPCT is pleased to announce the residency lecture of Mikołaj Wiśniewski, “The Chameleon Novelist: Herman Melville’s Typee,” Friday, September 23, 2022, at 11 AM. The lecture is here. To attend on-line, send a request for the Zoom link to: personalist61@gmail.com Summary: Herman Melville’s narrators have attracted a great deal of…

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Residency Lecture: Gioia Iannilli, “John Dewey’s Theory of Perception as an Aesthetics of Familiarity”

Please join us at Scratch Brewing Company on Friday July 15, 5:30-7:30pm for a special lecture, in person only, by Dr. Gioia Laura Iannilli. Dr. Iannilli is Senior Assistant Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Bologna. This summer she is visiting the Special Collections Research Center as recipient of the Alwin C. Carus…

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