Tag: philosophy

Steve Wilkinson Endowed Professor of Sports Ethics and Tennis Tommy Valentini (Philosophy/Athletics) gave the Keynote Address at the United States Tennis Association’s Northern Section Annual Conference/Tennis Weekend, where the theme was “Elevating Your Tennis Journey.” In the address delivered on November 15, Valentini discussed ways in which we make the most of our tennis journey…

Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) gave a talk (online) for the Department of Philosophy at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, on November 20, World Philosophy Day. The talk, entitled “Stuck on You: Thinking Parasitically,” explored themes in her new book, Parasitic Personhood and the Ontology of Eating.

Doug Huff (Philosophy, retired) recently published a novel, The Silk Road, an international espionage thriller.

Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) was an invited speaker at an online symposium, Food and the Microbiome, sponsored by Culinary Mind, a research center and academic network promoting philosophical thinking on food based at University of Milan. Heldke presented a talk entitled “Chomping unto death: a parasitic conception of human personhood,” based on her recently published book…

Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) published a book entitled Parasitic Personhood and the Ontology of Eating with Routledge.

Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) was an invited participant in a conference hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, on the topic “The Future of Food.” Heldke’s presentation was based on her forthcoming book, Parasitic Personhood and the Ontology of Eating.

Peg O’Connor (Philosophy) recently presented two papers at international conferences. The first was “Fractured Persons: Wholeness and Unity in Survivors of Sexual Violence,” at the Philosophy of Psychiatry and Lived Experience Conference. The second was “Hindering the Essential Arts of Personhood: The Moral Crisis of Childhood Trauma” at the conference of the Association for Practical…

Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) spent two days at Eagle Hill School in Hardwick, Massachusetts, leading workshops and participating in an all-school assembly as part of the school’s Reading in Common program. This year’s book was Philosophers at the Table: on Food and Being Human, which Heldke co-authored.

Peg O’Connor (Philosophy) was a guest in a public health ethics class at New York University. Students had read her book, Higher and Friendly Powers: Transforming Addiction and Suffering, and asked questions about building resources for individuals and communities.