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Past Events

2025

New York
29
May

The wisdom of history

By confronting our past and reflecting upon its lessons we can better navigate the dangerous waters ahead
New York
13
February

How to live well in a slippery world

For Aztec thinkers, the good life meant navigating a precarious path above a terrifying abyss

2024

New York
29
May

Insight or illusion?

Psychedelic insights have a curious sense of authority, but the feeling of knowing doesn’t mean they’re true

2023

New York
13
July

Africana philosophy

Encounter this liberatory emerging philosophical field with philosopher Lewis Gordon and musician Moor Mother
New York
20
April

Love, sex and existentialism

An evening exploring the romantic and carnal side of life through a trio of European existentialists, guided by the philosopher Skye Cleary and the musician Darian Donovan Thomas
New York
25
January

Is the Universe made of math?

Science writer and artist Margaret Wertheim, along with jazz pianist Dan Tepfer, explore the nature of reality

2022

New York
12
July

Speaking across the divide

Exploring communication across cultures with translator Esther Allen, maqam singer Hamid Al-Saadi and trumpeter Amir ElSaffar
New York
14
June

What work is

Anthropologist Manvir Singh and dancer-choreographers Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith ask whether work is a universal human experience
New York
10
May

Where mysticism went

Composer John Zorn, the JACK Quartet and vocalist Helga Davis join philosopher Simon Critchley in search of contemporary transcendence

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