Colloquium
Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series
Spring 2026
Thursdays, 5:30pm – 7:00pm, 433 Horace Mann
(Reception to follow in 334 HM)
January 29
The Graced Imagination: Storytelling and the Search for Truth, Beauty and Goodness in the
Liberal Arts
Margarita Mooney Clayton, Princeton University
February 12
Becoming Oneself by Not Being Oneself
Sulki Song, Ph.D. student, Philosophy and Education Program
February 26
Bearing Witness to the Pain and Beauty in the World: An Author-Meets-Critics Encounter
Chair: Sara Hardman, Philosophy and Education Program
Book/ Author: The Witness as Educator by David T. Hansen, Philosophy and Education Program
Commentators:
Rachel Longa, Yale University
Darryl De Marzio, Portsmouth Academy
Megan J. Laverty, Teachers College, Philosophy and Education Program
March 12
Philosophy as Gesture: Returning to the Unfinished Body
Chris Moffett, Digital Futures Institute, Teachers College
March 26
Reconceptualizing Pity for Moral and Social Justice Education
Emy Cardoza, Ph.D. student, Philosophy and Education Program
April 2
Things Never Were as They Should Have Been: Rethinking the Moral Dimension of History
Education
Simón Ganitsky, Ph.D. student, Philosophy and Education Program
April 16
How Beautiful it is to be This Way with You: Articulating Pedagogy Through the Lens of Relational Aesthetics
Samantha Piede, Ph.D. student, Philosophy and Education Program
April 30
Presentation of theses, Master of Arts students, Philosophy and Education Program
May 7
Program Spring Party
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Program Colloquium, please contact the Colloquium coordinator, Professor David Hansen. His email address is hansen@tc.edu