Poems for Our Time: Giving Objects Agency

Online

Interested in cultivating your inner poet? Join us for Poems for Our Time where we'll slow down, explore contemporary poetry, and connect with our creativity. Hosted by writer, workshop facilitator, and meditation teacher, Grace Bialecki. Poetry is a place of solace, a place of mystery, a place where we can delve deeper into life’s questions and…

$20.00

SF IRL Discussion Salon — What is Truth?

San Francisco San Francisco, CA

Do you enjoy making friends and connecting through discussing ideas and seeing how people think? This salon format is designed for you! We'll be collaboratively exploring the question, "What is truth?" I'm Phil, the founder of House 42, and we've been running this format of salon every Sunday in Mexico City for the past year.…

Western Canon Book Club: The Lais of Marie de France

Online

Join host Joseline Yu to uncover the intricacies of courtly love in Marie de France's lais, as part of the Western Canon Book Club series. Each of Marie de France's lais is a short French poem containing an adventure set in Brittany a long time ago. These adventures blend supernatural elements and chivalrous deeds with…

$15.00

Meaningful Shabbat Dinner IRL – Los Angeles

Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

Minh and Yael are excited to invite you to a special Shabbat dinner on Friday, April 5th. Join us for an evening of good company and meaningful conversation at Minh's backyard. We'll explore a range of Jewish themes, from the relevance of traditional values in today's world to the joys of community and connection. Plus,…

Faith and Progress – with Tara Isabella Burton, Murtaza Hussain, Joseph Keegin, and Zachary Davis

Manhattan, New York NY

Join us in New York City for a discussion of faith and progress with theologian Tara Isabella Burton, Intercept writer Murtaza Hussain, contributing editor for The Point Magazine Joseph Keegin, and Zachary Davis, Executive Director of Faith Matters and Editor of Wayfare Magazine – moderated by Plough editor Susannah Black Roberts. Food and afterparty to…

The Nature and Future of Consciousness with Anil Seth and Erik Hoel

Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience and Director of the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Anil Seth joins scientist and author Erik Hoel for a discussion of the nature and future of consciousness in this exciting SuperSalon. Long a subject of inquiry, consciousness is much theorized about and now technological developments over the past several decades…

$25.00

Thinking Like a Writer with Tara Isabella Burton

Online

Join novelist and theologian Tara Isabella Burton (Here in Avalon, The World Cannot Give, Social Creature) for a collaborative workshop designed for InterIntellect members who have followed a series of prompts and exercises (listed in the Discord) from March 1-April 8, 2024. This workshop (fiction and personal essay/creative nonfiction both welcome) is designed for InterIntellect…

Recurring Event Philosophy as Play

Philosophy as Play

Online

A light exploration of existential and abstract philosophical issues, in dialogue with Christophe Porot, a Scholar in Residence at Cambridge University and a lover of both advanced and amateur explorations of philosophy. This series of open-ended discussions will run each Tuesday in the #ii Café voice and video channel on the Interintellect community forum on…

Rethinking Forgiveness – with Agnes Callard, Elizabeth Bruenig, and Jennifer Banks

Yale University New Haven, CT

Join us for a panel on forgiveness with philosophy professor Agnes Callard and journalist Elizabeth Bruenig, hosted by Senior Executive Editor at Yale University Press Jennifer Banks, as we explore the practice of forgiveness in our unforgiving age. In recent years, forgiveness has come under increasing attack. Isn’t it unfair, many have asked, to expect…

$27.00

Can We like Beauty and Badness? A Conversation about Beauty and Morality

Online

Join Michael Spicher, a public philosopher, for an evening devoted to exploring the relationship between beauty and morality. In the 18th century, philosophers often claimed a connection between morality and beauty. They seemed to think that a virtuous person was able to comprehend beauty more fully. We don't generally think this way anymore. But we still…

$15.00