Get ready to embark on an exhilarating journey back in time to the age of the fierce and mighty Vikings, as we step foot into this SuperSalon with renowned geneticist…
As you requested: Interintellect founder Anna Gát hosts an intimate discussion about the cultural history of suicide. "But suicides have a special language. Like carpenters they want to know which tools. They never ask why build." (Anne Sexton)…
As requested, Interintellect founder Anna Gát hosts a spooky salon on ghosts: attendees are asked to please turn off most lights in the room and light a candle so we…
Gender equality means equal access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations and needs equally, regardless of…
Join us for a discussion with Dr. Blair Kelley about her book, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class, which illuminates the adversities and joys throughout the long…
For the fourth Liberties x Interintellect salon, join Katherine C. Epstein and Celeste Marcus for a discussion of Katherine's recent Liberties essay 'Scholarship and the Future of Society.” For the first 30-45 mins of the salon Katherine and Celeste will discuss the essay, and then attendees are invited to ask questions and share their thoughts. Katherine Epstein’s essay “Scholarship and the Future of Society”…
We'll investigate what movies, TV series, and books from the West get so wrong about dictatorships, and whether this political naivety is a weakness or a superpower when it comes to real-life events. Hosted by Interintellect founder Anna Gát. Interintellect founder Anna Gát has long observed how modern Western depictions of dictatorial systems - A…
In Self-Made, Tara Isabella Burton delves into "the theories and forces behind our never-ending need to curate ourselves." In this Supersalon we will talk with Tara about how to put current "self-fashioning" into perspective, both comparatively and as a distinctive moment. Are we all Kardashians now? Does a godless, or at least perversely sacred, world…
In the tenth salon of the Ideas Shape the World - An Introduction to Social Movements series, hosts Robert Nemeth and Ferenc Laczo will discuss the civil rights movement and its impact and importance in today’s world with community organizer and consultant LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter. The civil rights movement was a…
In the 11th salon of the Ideas Shape the World – An Introduction to Social Movements series, hosts Robert Nemeth and Ferenc Laczo will discuss the alt-right movement, its origins and transformations,…
Join Interintellect founder Anna Gát as she delves into some of the most exciting historical novels of the past 200 years, from 'War and Peace', through 'The Name of the Rose',…
When the actress and writer Ilka Chase was asked, "I enjoyed your book, who wrote it for you?", she responded, "I'm glad you enjoyed it. Who read it to you?" Join this salon on the art and history of sharp retorts, with Daniel Olivieri, a writer, programmer, and rhetoric aficionado, and dive into the world…
