Dialogue Series Schedule
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the schedule for the Spring 2025 Dialogue Series
Unless otherwise indicated, all events will take place in Comal 116.
A full copy of this semester's Dialogue Series calendar can be viewed here.
Week I
Reckoning With Our History
| Monday, Feb. 17 | 4:00 p.m. | The Community of Wolves | ΦΣΤ Tau Talks Sarah Stanaland (Philosophy) & Ernesto Ramirez (Philosophy Graduate Student) |
| Tuesday, Feb. 18 | 12:30 p.m. | Patriots or Cosmopolitans? | Dialogicians (Dialogue Class) |
| Wednesday, Feb. 19 San Marcos Public Library 625 East Hopkins St. | 3:30 p.m. | What It’s Like to be Black in San Marcos and at TXST | Moderator, Dwonna Goldstone (History & African American Studies) |
| Thursday, Feb. 20 | 12:30 p.m. | Erasing History: Why Telling the Whole Story is Important | Dialogicians (Dialogue Class) with Guest Interlocutor: Dwonna Goldstone & Blacks, Film, & Society Class |
| Friday, Feb. 21 | 12:30 p.m. | Managing Wilderness: A History of Control and Consequences | Engaged Ecology Spotlight Sarah Stanaland (Philosophy) Ernesto Ramirez (Philosophy Graduate Student) |
Week II
Democracy and Education
| Monday, Feb. 24 | 4:00 p.m. | Pedagogies of Transformation and Emancipation | ΦΣΤ Tau Talks Dylan Dunn (Philosophy Graduate Students) |
| Tuesday, Feb. 25 | 12:30 p.m. | John Dewey Ad Hominem | Dialogicians with Guest Interlocutor Jason O’Brien (Assistant Director, Academic Engagement) |
| Tuesday, Feb. 25 | 2:00 p.m. | The Quest for Weird Colleges | Rebecca Raphael (Philosophy & Religious Studies) |
| Wednesday, Feb. 26 San Marcos Public Library 625 East Hopkins St. | 3:30 p.m. | Academic Freedom Panel | Texas State Faculty Faculty Senate Academic Freedom Committee |
| Thursday, Feb. 27 | 12:30 p.m. | Critical Pedagogy and Democracy | Dialogicians |
| Friday, Feb. 28 | 12:30 p.m. | Environment Education and Reconnection with Freshwater Ecosystems | Engaged Ecology Spotlight Rob Dussler (Education Coordinator, The Meadow Center) |
Week III
Gender
| Monday, Mar. 3 | 11:00 a.m. | Theorizing Feminist Knowledge and Agency: An Overview | Rebekah Ross (Philosophy) & Feminist Theory Class |
| Monday, Mar. 3 | 2:00 p.m. | Gender and Language | Yzabel Lugo (Philosophy Graduate Student) |
| Monday, Mar. 3 Zoom | 4:00 p.m. | Resisting Anti-Trans Propaganda Via Peirce’s “Evolutionary Love” | ΦΣΤ Tau Talks Greg Moses (Philosophy) |
| Tuesday, Mar. 4 | 9:30 a.m. | Religions Beyond the Gender Binary | Rebecca Raphael (Philosophy & Religious Studies) with Religion, Health, and Embodiment Class |
| Tuesday, Mar. 4 | 12:30 p.m. | What’s So Complicated about Sex and Gender? | Levi Crowder (Philosophy Dialogue Student) |
| Wednesday, Mar. 5 San Marcos Public Library 625 East Hopkins St. | 3:30 p.m. | Exploring Community-Engaged Research with LGBTQ+ Organizations | Dana Sayre (Applied Sociology Graduate Student) |
| Thursday, Mar. 6 | 12:30 p.m. | Aristophanes’ Search for the Missing Half in Plato’s Symposium | Miranda Blaha (Philosophy Graduate Student) |
| Thursday, Mar. 6 | 2:00 p.m. | “Sober Curious” or “Semi-Sober”? An Exploration of the Moderation Movement in the United States as “Trendy Teetotalism” or “Neo-Temperance” | Colleen Myles (Geography and Environmental Studies) |
Week IV
Religion and the Public Square
| Monday, Mar. 17 | 4:00 p.m. | Religious Misogyny | ΦΣΤ Tau Talks Jo Ann Carson |
| Tuesday, Mar. 18 | 12:30 p.m. | Religion, Politics, and Education | Gavin Reichert (Philosophy Dialogue Student) |
| Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00 p.m. | Anzaldua’s Cultural Ambivalence | Erika Linam (Philosophy Graduate Student) |
| Wednesday, Mar. 19 San Marcos Public Library 625 East Hopkins St. | 3:30 p.m. | The Flag and the Cross | Jo Ann Carson (Philosophy) |
| Thursday, Mar. 20 | 12:30 p.m. | Liberty of Conscience: Religious Pluralism and Democracy | Christopher Hall (Philosophy Alumnus) & Jonathan Spolar (Philosophy Dialogue Student) |
| Friday, Mar. 21 & Saturday, Mar. 22 | 12:00-5:00 p.m. Times TBA | 28th Annual Texas State Philosophy Student Symposium | Schedule Forthcoming |
Week V
Latin American Political Philosophy
| Monday, Mar. 24 | 4:00 p.m. | The Cosmic Race Revisited | ΦΣΤ Tau Talks |
| Tuesday, Mar. 25 | 12:30 p.m. | American Pragmatism Meets Latin American Philosophy | Dialogicians |
| Wednesday, Mar. 26 San Marcos Public Library 625 East Hopkins St. | 3:30 p.m. | Decolonization of Latin America | Jeff Gessas (Philosophy) |
| Thursday, Mar. 27 | 12:30 p.m. | Lessons from Zapatista Luis Villoro on Liberation Philosophy | Bobbie Cortez (Philosophy Dialogue Student) |
| Friday, Mar. 28 | 12:30 p.m. | Mignolo & Maps | Engaged Ecology Spotlight Juan Robaina (Philosophy) |
Week VI
Ancient Ethics
| Monday, Mar. 31 | 4:00 p.m. | Philosophy Ready at Hand: Then and Now | ΦΣΤ Tau Talks Elektra Jordan (Philosophy) |
| Tuesday, Apr. 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Ancient Ethics: An Overview | Dialogicians |
| Wednesday, Apr. 2 San Marcos Public Library 625 East Hopkins St. | 3:30 p.m. | A Still Relevant Ancient Question: Can Virtue Be Taught? How? | Elektra Jordan (Philosophy) |
| Thursday, Apr. 3 | 12:30 p.m. | Stoicism Redux | Emily Anderson & Sara Vehle |
| Friday, Apr. 4 | 12:30 p.m. | The Ancient Roots in the Future of Engaged Ecology | Engaged Ecology Spotlight Vince Lopes (Professor Emeritus, Biology) |
Week VII
The Human Condition
| Monday, Apr. 7 | 4:00 p.m. | Topic TBA | ΦΣΤ Tau Talks Zachary Poston & Sarah Stanaland (Philosophy) |
| Tuesday, Apr. 8 | 12:30 p.m. | Hannah Arendt on Revolution | Dialogicians |
| Wednesday, Apr. 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Rosemarie Garland-Thompson on Disability and Human Nature | Letty Pugh (Philosophy Graduate Student) |
| Wednesday, Apr. 9 San Marcos Public Library 625 East Hopkins St. | 3:30 p.m. | Phillit Circle: Teaching Philosophy & Literature in a Texas Prison | Dwonna Goldstone (History & African American Studies) Zachary Poston (Philosophy) |
| Thursday, Apr. 10 | 12:30 p.m. | Tragic Optimism | Dialogicians |
| Friday, Apr. 11 Zoom | 12:30 p.m. | Hannah Arendt on Environmental Ethics | Engaged Ecology Spotlight Rika Tsuji & Benn Johnson (Environmental Philosophy, University of Rhode Island) |
Week VIII
Waging Peace
| Monday, Apr. 14 | 4:00 p.m. | Topic TBA | ΦΣΤ Tau Talks Mason Strohmeyer |
| Tuesday, Apr. 15 | 12:30 p.m. | Peaceweaving | Dialogicians |
| Wednesday, Apr. 16 San Marcos Public Library 625 East Hopkins St. | 3:30 p.m. | Public Reading & Discussion: MLK’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail | Moderators: Greg Moses (Philosophy) & Dwonna Goldstone (History & Africa American Studies) |
| Thursday, Apr. 17 | 2:00 p.m. | Topic TBA | Sarah Stanaland (Philosophy) |
| Friday, Apr. 18 | 12:30 p.m. | The Human Handprint: Domestication, Wildness, and Moral Responsibility | Engaged Ecology Spotlight Ron Stockdreher (Philosophy) |
Week IX
Ecological Justice
| Saturday, Apr. 19 The Meadows Center 211 San Marcos Springs Dr. | For full schedule see | 12th Annual Earth Day Festival https://www.meadowscenter.txst.edu/education/earth-day.html | |
| Saturday, Apr. 19 The Meadows Center | 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Environmental Activity and Dialogue | Engaged Ecology Initiative |
| Monday, Apr. 21 | 11:00 a.m. | TBA | Hayden Yates (Filmmaker) |
| Tuesday, Apr. 22 Earth Day | TBA | Panel: Reaffirming the Sacredness of Mother Earth | Engaged Ecology Initiative |
| Wednesday, Apr. 23 | 11:00 a.m. | Topic TBA | Gary Perez (Miakan-Garza Band of the Coahuiltecan People) |
| Wednesday, Apr. 23 San Marcos Public Library 625 East Hopkins St. | 3:30 p.m. | Ogoni Justice | Sarah Stanaland (Philosophy) |
| Thursday, Apr. 24 | 12:30 p.m. and beyond | Philocycling: Philosophy on Wheels | Juan Robaina (Philosophy) & San Marcos Cyclists |
Talk of the Times and Tau Talks are open forums on current events and philosophical issues led by members of Phi Sigma Tau, the philosophy honor society
The Acorn Symposium Dialogues are co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, the Philosophy Dialogue Series, and The Acorn: Philosophical Studies in Pacifism and Nonviolence.
The Philosophy Dialogue Series Program Endowment supports the Philosophy Dialogue Series and its outreach activities at the San Marcos Public Library.
Co-sponsors of the Philosophy Dialogue Series are the American Democracy Project, College of Liberal Arts, Common Experience, Gina Weatherhead Dialogue Fund, Alliance, Step Up For State, Sustainability Studies, The Alkek Library, Humanities Texas, National Endowment for the Humanities, ΦΣΤ (Phi Sigma Tau, the philosophy honor society), University Seminar, The New York Times, Honors College, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Vice President for Student Affairs.
If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact 512.245.2285 at least 72 hours in advance of the event.
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