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Prison Experiments with Stoicism Courses for Inmates; Results Unclear

“Violence has plummeted in a Norfolk prison where inmates have been learning Greek philosophy,” the Eastern Daily Press reports. But violence has not plummeted in the prison, and it’s unclear whether whatever changes have occurred there have anything to do with inmates learning philosophy. (more…)

New Philosophy Outreach Program: Philosophy Smash

A philosopher at the University of Birmingham, Henry Taylor, has a new philosophy outreach program.

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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 current political winds, there might be more cuts coming. What can philosophy departments do to improve their chances of survival? (more…)

Support Philosophy Outreach

Wisdom’s Edge Foundation is a non-profit organization that aims to “bring philosophy to the edges of society.” (more…)

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? (more…)

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 apps as a form of public philosophy and an app he developed, Stoa, with which people can do Stoic exercises, read Stoic philosophers, meditate, and “begin to embody Stoicism”. (more…)

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. (more…)

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.” (more…)

The Philosophy Garden (guest post)

A group of philosophers at the University of Birmingham have a new project: The Philosophy Garden. (more…)

The Fourth Branch (guest post)

“We shouldn’t attempt to fit ‘outreach’ or ‘engagement’ into one of the existing three categories . It doesn’t fit neatly into those categories. And, more importantly, all of us should be doing it as part of our jobs, not just a few of us. We are in an all-hands-on-deck situation.” (more…)

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 “director of storytelling and public engagement.” (more…)

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 Center has won a $250,000 grant to support its programs. (more…)

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 in philosophy. (more…)

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 their senior year of high school. (more…)

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 the piloting of a summer philosophy program for high school students that will serve as a “bridge-to-college experience” for the participants. (more…)

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 independent thinkers, to take control over or responsibility for their own thoughts, to have more of a say in what they believe. (more…)

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, working a fulltime job, can’t afford to pay for classes, anxious about formal education, caring for others, and of course, most recently, a global pandemic. That’s why we go to these communities and offer ..

The University of North Carolina’s Parr Center for Ethics has created a new “bridge” program to bring the center’s National High School Ethics Bowl (NHSEB) to new areas of the country, with a focus on under-resourced schools and underserved communities. (more…)

A Pandemic Ethics Book Club with the General Public (guest post by Jesse Hamilton)

“If philosophy is to thrive, it must be sensitive and responsive to the world it is meant to engage with. The non-philosophers in our reading group shed light on a world that may be difficult for us philosophers to see and point out aspects of lived experiences that we may not have access to.” (more…)

The 2020 International Philosophy Olympiad: Online and Inclusive

The International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO) is a philosophy writing competition and set of workshops and lectures for high school students, sponsored by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP). Held in various cities around the world since its start in 1993, the IPO was to take place this year in Ljubljana, Slovenia, but owing to the pandemic,..

Reed-Sandoval’s “Philosophy for Children in the Borderlands Field School” Wins Major Grant

Amy Reed-Sandoval, assistant professor of philosophy and participating faculty in the Latinx and Latin American Studies Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has won a Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship to support her Philosophy for Children in the Borderlands Field School. (more…)

Philosopher-Led Prison Education Program Receives $1 Million Grant

The Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP), an initiative “to provide a high-quality liberal arts education to incarcerated students in Illinois” while reducing recidivism, led by Northwestern University professor of philosophy Jennifer Lackey, has received a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to expand its programs. (more…)

The Philosophy Museum (guest post by Anna Ichino)

The following is a guest post by Anna Ichino, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Milan. A version of it first appeared at the blog, Imperfect Cognitions. (more…)

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