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Upcoming Events

All events are located in the Center unless otherwise noted in the event information. 

Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 1:00pm: Lunchtime Talk, Roger Ward (Georgetown College), "Dewey, Meliorism and the Task of Community" (Flyer) - Livestream: 

Fall 2025: John Dewey's Experience and Nature: A Centennial Celebration Conference

Recent Events

Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:00 Noon: Lunchtime Talk, Crispin Sartwell, "Realism, the Characteristically American Philosophy" 

October 17-19, 2024: Workshop on John Dewey, Race, and Colonialism

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 1:00pm: Lunchtime Talk, Stephen Houchins (SIUC), "Dewey's Philosophy of Language: Sources Past and New" (SCRC Alwin C. Carus Research Grant Recipient Talk) (Video)

Friday, April 5, 2024 at 12:00 Noon: Lunchtime Talk, Dan Hicks (University of California, Merced), "Defusing the Democracy Defense: Scientists as Epistemic Representatives" (Flyer) (Video)

Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 12:00 Noon: Lunchtime Talk, Juan Manuel Saharrea (UCCor-Argentina / Texas A&M), "The Experimentalist Approach in Dewey’s Theory of Democratic Education" (Flyer)

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 1:00pm: Lunchtime Talk, Kollin Fields (Greenville University), “War, Education, & Democracy: The Competing Views of John Dewey and Albert Jay Nock” (Flyer)

Monday, March 4, 2024 at 1:00pm: SAAP Practice Talks by Matthew J. Brown, Sunshine Heenen, Andrii Leonov, and Stephen Houchins

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 1:00pm: Lunchtime Talk, Shi Jin (Fudan University), “Dewey and Heidegger: Overcoming the Tradition From Human's Practical Life” (Flyer)

October 24, 2023: Dewey Dialogues Public Lecture, Alee Quick, "Journalism is democracy’s watchdog: That’s why we need news literacy" (Flyer) 

October 12-14, 2023: Conference, John Dewey and His Legacy for Education. 

March 21, 2023: Lunchtime Talk, Philipp Dorstewitz on “Digital disembodiment: Pragmatism, crypto anarchism and new participative relationships.” Flyer.