Events
Center for Public Philosophy
Ethics Bowl Invitational
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWhat It Is: Every Spring the Center for Public Philosophy holds an Outreach Invitational for high schools that have never participated in the Regional Ethics Bowl. This is a fun, low-stakes way to get their feet wet. This year we have a grant to host ten schools designated LCFF+ by the state of California–schools at […]
Center for Public Philosophy: High School Ethics Bowl
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWhat is an Ethics Bowl? The Ethics Bowl is a collaborative yet competitive event, more nuanced than debate, in which teams are presented with a series of wide-ranging ethical dilemmas and are asked to analyze them; they are then judged on the basis of their analyses. An exciting tournament, it is also a way for […]
World Philosophy Day at Humble Sea Brewing Co.
Humble Sea Brewing Company 820 Swift St, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWorld Philosophy Day? Yes, it is a thing! Falling on the third Thursday of each November, World Philosophy Day celebrates the value and practice of philosophy. This year, The Center for Public Philosophy and Humble Sea Brewing Co. are partnering to celebrate together. Come join us! Featuring an Ask-a-Philosopher Booth staffed by some of your […]
Center for Public Philosophy: High School Regional Ethics Bowl
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesTeams of up to five high school students have the fall semester to develop their thinking on 15 real-world ethical questions (“cases”) put out in early September by the National High School Ethics Bowl organization. In the Winter, each team participates at a regional tournament (“bowl”). The team that is deemed to have displayed the […]
Prof and a Pint: “Polarization and Public Discourse: How We Got Here and What We Do Now”
Forager, San Jose 420 S 1st St, San Jose, CA, United StatesPolitical discourse in the United States is devolving. From social media to Washington D.C. closed-mindedness, confirmation bias, and agenda-driven reasoning are undermining the possibility for constructive dialogue. Where do these destructive tendencies come from? Are they the result of a person’s upbringing, or intelligence, or education? A matter of their character? Our research is beginning […]
Doing Scholarship in Public: Podcasts, Print Media, and the Urgency of the Humanities
Humanities 1, Room 202An informal conversation and open Q & A with Barry Lam about his work as a public scholar, launching a podcast, and his advice about getting started in public scholarship.
Faculty Ethics Bowl: Ethics and the Far Future
University Center University Center University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWhat role should thinking about the far future—1,000 years ahead and more—play in research on campus? Faculty at UC Santa Cruz have widely divergent views on this question and it's something the administration needs to decide on soon. Some say we should allocate significant resources; others say very little. This will be the focus of UC […]
*ROOM CHANGE* NOW IN 420 – Thi Nguyen: “The Gamification of Public Discourse”
Humanities 1, Room 420 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe pleasures of games include, among other things, the experience of a fantasy of value clarity. In games, our goals and values are clear, quantified, and easy to apply and […]
Imagining Otherwise: Resisting and Queering Racial and Gender Violence
Humanities 2, Room 259A Philosophy and MAP (Minorities and Philosophy) sponsored Colloquium. Co-sponsored by the Center for Public Philosophy and the Humanities Institute This talk will explore how gender violence intersects with racist and transphobic violence and how those intersections are erased or distorted in public discourse. Professor Medina will examine the communicative dysfunctions that exist around gender […]
Can We Talk? What Makes Campus Conversations So Tough, And How To Do Better
University Center, Bhojwani Room CA, United StatesIn the classroom and other campus spaces, scorn and indignation for people we disagree with are preventing productive discussion on contested issues. On especially hot-button topics, there's even a growing tendency to remain silent rather than risk rebuke. We've got to do better. But how? Join us for a presentation by and collaborative discussion with […]