Colloquium
Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series
Spring 2026
Thursdays, 5:30pm – 7:00pm, 433 Horace Mann
(Reception to follow in 334 HM)
January 29
The Graced Imagination: Storytelling and the Search for Truth, Beauty and Goodness in the
Liberal Arts
Margarita Mooney Clayton, Princeton University
February 12
Becoming Oneself by Not Being Oneself
Sulki Song, Ph.D. student, Philosophy and Education Program
February 26
Bearing Witness to the Pain and Beauty in the World: An Author-Meets-Critics Encounter
Chair: Sara Hardman, Philosophy and Education Program
Book/ Author: The Witness as Educator by David T. Hansen, Philosophy and Education Program
Commentators:
Rachel Longa, Yale University
Darryl De Marzio, Portsmouth Academy
Megan J. Laverty, Teachers College, Philosophy and Education Program
Note: this session convenes in Thompson Hall 136
March 12
Philosophy as Gesture: Returning to the Unfinished Body
Chris Moffett, Digital Futures Institute, Teachers College
March 26
Reconceptualizing Pity for Moral and Social Justice Education
Emy Cardoza, Ph.D. student, Philosophy and Education Program
April 2
Town Hall meeting
Faculty and students, Program in Philosophy and Education
April 16
How Beautiful it is to be This Way with You: Articulating Pedagogy Through the Lens of Relational Aesthetics
Samantha Piede, Ph.D. student, Philosophy and Education Program
April 23: Master's Degree student presentations (I)
Sam Bolourtchi: A Cinematic Take on a Philosophical Dilemma: Breaking the Fourth Wall in Education
Zev Grossman: A Crisis in Art
Zixuan Huang: On Common Experiences and the Value of Having Common Experiences in Education
Deema Khumayis: Reanimating Education: The Fluidity of Folktales in the Digital Age
Seungyoon Lee: Distinctive Individuality and Social Fragmentation: Education Relational Individuality in an Age of Isolation, Negation, and Fragmentation
Brittany Ober: What Is a Poetics of English Language Teaching, and Why Is it Important?
Stephen Onley: The Consent of the Incompetent: Can a Republic Govern Those It Refuses to Educate?
Jiaqi Zhu: The Philosophical Core of Education Lies in Promoting Human Well-being: The Practice of Cultivating an “Integrated Personality”
Addison Zipter: The Need for Philosophy in Undergraduate Teacher Education
May 7
Program Spring Party
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Program Colloquium, please contact the Colloquium coordinator, Professor David Hansen. His email address is hansen@tc.edu