Nietzsche in pop culture

Nihilist Arby's

I would like to use the Nihilist Arby's twitter feed as a challenge to anthropology and the humanities to fully embrace despair.

Welcome to Arbys
You already experienced the eternal nothingness of death before you were born & soon you'll die again
How may I help you?

— Nihilist Arby's (@nihilist_arbys) May 26, 2016

Brownbag next week

date/time: THU 27 OCT, 11:45-1:00

place: TBD

reading: Martha Nussbaum, Anger and Forgiveness, ch. 2

lunch: provided by department

http://dailynous.com/2016/10/17/sandra-bartky-1935-2016/

Sandra Bartky (1935-2016) Sandra Bartky, Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, died earlier today.  Professor Bartky was known for her influential writing in feminist philosophy and phenomenology, as well as work on existentialism and critical theory. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. According to a post at Feminist Philosophers, Professor Bartky was one of the founding members of theSociety for Women in Philosophy (SWIP). You can learn more about Professor Bartky and her work at this page as well as at this entry at Wikipedia, and the aforementioned post at Feminist Philosophers.

SPEL Colloquium: Friday 14 October

SPEL Colloquium


David Boonin
Professor of Philosophy and Director, Center for Values and Social Policy
University of Colorado, Boulder

"Posthumous Harm"


UUW 324
3pm-5pm

Workshop about to start

2016–17 WORKSHOPS*

PROGRAM IN SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ETHICAL, AND LEGAL PHILOSOPHY (SPEL)

PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT, BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY

*Mandatory for all first- and second-year SPEL students other than terminal MA students unless noted.  Everyone else is welcome and/or encouraged to attend. Students going on the market should attend all Fall seminars.

FALL 2016

7 OCT            Something about teaching

                        IASH Conference Room (LN-1106) 

                        3:30-4:45

wtf

https://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/professors-receive-packets-of-poop?utm_term=.eyxl1rLZ86#.eszJ0zmKg9


UPDATE: The NYTimes is on it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/books/someone-mailed-feces-to-four-philosophers-a-disquisition.html?emc=edit_th_20161008&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=72160715

Registration

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News from the Graduate School

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