AIPCT is pleased to present a seminar on the pressing topic of values in Russia, by AIPCT Fellow Professor Diana Prokofyeva. The seminar will be on Thursday evening, January 11, beginning at 7 PM CST. The seminar is an in-person event at AIPCT but those not able to be present…
Seminar on the Philosophy of Paul Weiss AIPCT is pleased to announce a seminar on the philosophy of Paul Weiss, to be led by AIPCT Fellow Robin Friedman. The seminar will introduce Weiss’s work with some commentary, but presupposes no prior knowledge of Weiss and his philosophy. (Details below.) The…
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,…
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…
The AIPCT is pleased to be hosting the 13th Biennial Personalist Summer Seminar. The Seminar normally gathers at Western Carolina University, but the dates of other conferences and early student arrival at WCU has made it necessary to move this summer’s meeting to AIPCT. As usual, we will compare the…
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…
The Soul and Its Body The Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity and the AIPCT are pleased to announce the 2023 Spring Creativity Conference, March 16, 2023, 11:00 AM until 8:00 PM. In-person attendance is by invitation only, for health reasons, but anyone can join on-line by sending a request…
Near Death Experiences and the Nature of Consciousness The AIPCT is pleased to announce that this years’ Spring reading group, is a manuscript of a yet to be published book by Robert De Filippis on Near Death Experiences and the Nature of Consciousness. The group will meet in person, Saturday…
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,…
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…