Winter 2024

Discussions will take place Thursdays at 5pm in Foster 505 unless otherwise noted.


February 1
“How to Theorize Concepts of Translation from Translational Practice”
David Kretz, PhD Candidate, Committee on Social Thought
Respondent: Owen Joyce-Coughlan, PhD Candidate, Theology

February 8
“The Problem of Truth in Literature and Cinema”
Robert B. Pippin, Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, the Department of Philosophy, and the College
Respondent: Rachel Wong, PhD Candidate, Committee on Social Thought

February 15

“Asceticism in Christianity, Nietzsche, and Heidegger”
Mat Messerschmidt, Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences, UChicago
Respondent: Ryan Coyne, Associate Professor of the Philosophy of Religions and Theology, UChicago

February 22
“Tragic Agency in Contemporary Videogames”
Xinyue Zhang, PhD Candidate, Committee on Social Thought
Respondent: Sam Lee, Phd Candidate, Committee on Social Thought

FRIDAY March 1, 5pm
Foster 505
“The Weakness of Will Smith”
Nishan Varatharajan, PhD Student, Committee on Social Thought
Respondent: Matthew Boyle, Emerson and Grace Wineland Pugh Professor of Humanities, UChicago

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Please contact Benjamin Salman (bsalman@uchicago.edu) or Stefanos Jones (stefanosjones@uchicago.edu) with any questions.