Philosophy Forum Series Online for Fall 2022 Opening Presentation set for Sept. 14
Tue, 09/13/2022 - 02:00pm | By: David Tisdale
Dr. Stephen Asma, professor of philosophy at Columbia College (Chicago) will present 鈥淭hinking about Monsters: A Philosophy of Horror and Vulnerability鈥� Wednesday, Sept.14, at 6:30 p.m. in the opening lecture for The University of 51逗奶 Mississippi鈥檚 (USM)
online Philosophy Forum for fall 2022. His presentation, supported by the USM Foundation
and Fairchild Lecture Funds, will be available via Zoom and based in part on his 2009
book On Monsters: an Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears (Oxford University Press).
Asma was a 2014 Fulbright Scholar at Beijing Foreign Studies University and a 2018
recipient of a Henry Luce Foundation grant. His research includes study of friendship
in the digital age. He is the author of 10 books, and his writing is also regularly
featured in the New York Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education and Aeon magazine; he is often sought by media outlets for his expertise on a wide range of
topics.
At Columbia College, Asma is also a fellow in its Research Group in Mind, Science
and Culture, and has been an invited lecturer worldwide, including at Harvard University,
Brown University, the University of Chicago, the University of Amsterdam, and at the
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, among many other venues. In addition
to his academic work, Asma previously was a professional musician, playing with such
musical legends as Bo Diddley and Buddy Guy.
Fall 2022 Philosophy & Religion Forum presentation times are CST and available at
the following Zoom link:
Zoom meeting login information:
*Meeting ID: 889 1299 1603
*Passcode: Forum
The USM Philosophy program is housed in the College of Arts and Sciences鈥� School of Humanities. Dr. Amy Slagle, associate professor of religion, is coordinator for the series. Learn more about the program at /undergraduate-programs/philosophy.php.