How to do public philosophy: a brown bag workshop with Anastasia Berg
This is a workshop aimed at graduate students and early career researchers in philosophy and cognate fields who would like to do public philosophy. Public philosophy is an increasingly valued pursuit, but it requires skills and knowledge not imparted by most graduate training. In this workshop you will:
Learn what makes for successful public philosophy,
Learn the common mistakes that philosophers make when doing public writing, and how to avoid them,
Learn how to craft a pitch for an editor,
Learn how to approach an editor with an idea,
Have the option of getting feedback from Anastasia on a pitch.
Anastasia Berg (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) is a senior editor at The Point magazine—an American literary magazine which has published philosophers like Martha Nussbaum, Agnes Callard, Robert Pippin, and Raymond Geuss. Anastasia’s writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and the LA Review of Books. Her first book, What Are Children For? On Ambivalence and Choice, is forthcoming with St Martin’s Press in the US and Oneworld Publications in the UK.
A symposium with Anastasia Berg (Hebrew University at Jerusalem)
With comments from Tom Whyman (Liverpool), Maya Krishnan (All Souls), and Rachel Fraser (Oxford). Whether or not to have children? It’s hard to ask a more loaded question. Money, health, career, love, embodiment, family, and climate change are all potentially at stake. Parenthood is also increasingly politicised — caught up in the fight over women’s reproductive rights, as well as debates over climate and AI doomerism. In What Are Children For? Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman critically probe the sources of our ambivalence, andaskwhether it is still possible to affirm the value of human life in a time of uncertainty and conflict. In this symposium, Anastasia will discuss some of the arguments of her new book, and respond to questions and critiques from three different commentators.
Location: Fitzhugh Auditorium, Cohen Quad, Walton Street Date: 13th May 2024 Time: 3.15-5.15pm