Spring 2026
Pre-Term Seminar
Begin the World Over Again: The Ethics of Revolution
Saturday 1/10 | Elm Library
A pre-term seminar on the ethics of political revolution, from the ancient world through to the present day. More info…
Reading Groups
The Philosophy of Everyday Life
Thursdays | 6.00–7.30pm | Elm Library
A series of discussions about the deep questions that underlie everyday human experiences and activities. Topics for the spring include sport, clubs, rituals, and wisdom. More info…
The Legacy of Alasdair MacIntyre
Wednesdays | 4.00–6.00pm | Elm Library
A three-part series of seminars exploring Alasdair MacIntyre’s influence on philosophy, political theory, and theology and religious studies. More info…
Liberty in American Thought
Thursdays | 12.00–1.30pm | Elm Library
Is there a central concept of freedom that marks American political thought, or are there many? Are appeals to freedom philosophically interesting or mere rhetoric? A reading group examining influential debates about the nature of freedom in American thought from the founding to the present. More info…
Friday Speaker Series
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Eva Brann’s Liberal Learning
1/30 Daniel Schillinger (Yale University)
Gerontocracy in America
2/13 Samuel Moyn (Yale University)
The Student in Plato’s Socrates
2/20 Stephanie Almeida Nevin (Yale University)
Art and the Vocation of Caregiving
3/27 Catherine Ricketts (Villanova University)
Trust in Universities: Lessons from History
4/3 Benjamin Bernard (Yale University)
The Polymath in the Age of AI
4/10 Paul Grimstad (Yale University)