The AIPCT is pleased to announce its Fourth Annual Institute Lecture. Louise W. Knight, “John Dewey and Jane Addams Debate War.” The lecture was Monday evening, December 2, at 7 PM. It can be viewed here. She presented her research on the debates John Dewey (1859-1952) and Jane Addams (1860-1935) had over the issues of…
The AIPCT is pleased to announce an evening of poetry and song in its Music and Thought series. Traveling acoustic musician, Tom Begich, performs original music and the occasional poem around the country with his wife, Sarah Sledge. An evening with Tom and Sarah features rich songwriting, storytelling, superb harmony, and a journey down the…
The AIPCT is pleased to host researchers from the University of Calabria, Italy, and its Center for Dewey Studies. The lectures maybe accessed here. Dr. Giuseppe Spadafora is a full Professor of Didactics at the University of Calabria. He taught in seven Italian universities over the years, also providing many lectures in different foreign universities…
The lecture is here. The AIPCT is pleased to announce the residency lecture of Marcin Rychter, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Dr. Rychter has been in residence at AIPCT from mid-August to early October of 2019, and is part of an exchange program between SIUC and the University of Warsaw…
The AIPCT is pleased to announce that its fall reading group will commence Thursday, September 19, 2019, at 7:30 pm. The reading for the fall will be R. Buckminster Fuller, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth (1969). The reading schedule is below. The leader for this fall is Cornelius Crane, a fellow of the AIPCT. Corny…
The lecture is available here. The American Institute of Philosophical and Cultural Thought is pleased to announce the second annual William S. Minor Lecture. Dr. Gioia Laura Iannilli, recipient of the 2019 William S. Minor Dissertation Fellowship, will present her research under the title “‘Experience Design’ and Creativity: Starting from John Dewey’s Conception of Substance…
7:00 PM: The lecture is available here. Kenneth W. Stikkers, “Rethinking Economics as Moral Philosophy.” Professor Stikkers presents the fifth Lewis Hahn Memorial Lecture at AIPCT in Murphysboro on July 27, 2019, at 7:00 PM. The lecture is sponsored by the Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity and its affiliated Societies for the Philosophy of…
The AIPCT is pleased to join our fellow organizations and a number of our Fellows in holding International Philosophy of Culture Week. All events are in Warsaw, but it may be possible post these events later as recordings (they will be in the middle of the night in Illinois). IPoC Week posters (dragged) IPoC Week…
The American Institute of Philosophical and Cultural Thought is pleased to announce “The Town that Music Saved,” a presentation and concert in the AIPCT Music and Culture series. Beginning from a grant by the Vermont Arts Council, Dana and Susan Robinson collected stories and composed songs depicting the relation of music and community in difficult…
“Common Ideals shared by Eastern Orthodoxy and Erich Fromm’s Humanism” The American Institute of Philosophical and Cultural Thought is pleased to announce a public seminar on Eastern Orthodox religion and humanistic psychology. The seminar will be April 8, 2019, at the AIPCT, 411 N. 9th Street, Murphysboro, IL. The event is free and open to…