Tag: outreach
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Opportunity to Volunteer to Teach Online Courses for Ukrainian Universities
A pair of philosophers have created a program through which people can volunteer to team-teach online courses at Ukrainian universities.
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Prison Experiments with Stoicism Courses for Inmates; Results Unclear
“Violence has plummeted in a Norfolk [England] prison where inmates have been learning Greek philosophy,” the Eastern Daily Press reports. But violence has not plummeted…
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Philosophy Department Survival Strategies: Local Student Recruitment
Some readers have noticed the alarming frequency with which posts in the category of “Cuts and Threats to Philosophy Programs” appear here. Given the…
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Support Philosophy Outreach
Wisdom’s Edge Foundation is a non-profit organization that aims to “bring philosophy to the edges of society.”
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World Philosophy Day Is this Thursday
World Philosophy Day is the third Thursday of November. That’s this Thursday. Is your department doing anything to mark the day? Are you?
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Have an Idea for a Philosophy App?
About five years ago, Caleb Ontiveros, a former philosophy graduate student who went into software engineering, wrote a guest post for Daily Nous about…
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Sanders Foundation Names 44 Philosophy in Media Fellows
The Marc Sanders Foundation has announced the names of forty-four philosophers selected to take part in its Philosophy in Media fellowship program this summer.
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Offering Free and Low-Cost Philosophy Programs to the Public
Wisdom’s Edge Foundation is a non-profit organization that “brings philosophy to the edges of society.”
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The Philosophy Garden (guest post)
A group of philosophers at the University of Birmingham have a new project: The Philosophy Garden.
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The Fourth Branch (guest post)
“We shouldn’t attempt to fit ‘outreach’ or ‘engagement’ into one of the existing three categories [of research, teaching, or service]. It doesn’t fit neatly…
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Ethics Center Hires Director of Storytelling and Public Engagement
The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University has brought on reporter, audio producer, podcast host, Peabody-award nominee, and educator John Biewen as its…
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UMass Center for Philosophy and Children Wins Grant
Last year, the Department of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, created a Center for Philosophy and Children (see this post). Now the…
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Philosophy Organization Serves Women Recovering from Homelessness and Prison, and Others
Wisdom’s Edge Foundation is a non-profit organization that aims to bring philosophy-based classes to people who do not have access to traditional university offerings…
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Elon Launches Freedom & Democracy Summer Program for High School Students
An interdicisplinary team of professors at Elon University are launching a philosophy-centric residential summer program on democracy and civic engagement for underserved students entering…
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UMass to Create Center for Philosophy and Children, High School Philosophy Summer Program
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is creating a Center for Philosophy and Children, and part of its development is…
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Having a Say in What You Believe and Finding “New Ways of Being”
One way philosophy professors try to interest new students in philosophy is by appealling to the idea that philosophy can help them be more…
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Bringing Philosophy to Those in Need (guest post)
“There are those who are unable to attend formal classes in philosophy because of life situations, i.e., homelessness, re-entry from prison, working several jobs,…
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Free Online NYU Event to Bring Philosophy to High School Students
The Annual High School Philosophy Conference @ NYU, a free, online event aimed at introducing high school students to philosophy and motivating them to…