Concordia Philosophy Student Weekly Tabloid Vol. 17
We’re officially past the halfway mark of the semester. Hopefully everyone has had at least a decent semester. Don’t give up!
P.s. check out our new weekly book recommendation section at the end 😉📕
Also, check out some of the various interesting events listed below.
Here’s the 17th Volume of the Concordia Philosophy Student Weekly Tabloid! Bringing you all the hottest and best events and relevant philosophy news.
This week, we disseminate news about:
- Our October executive meeting
- A call for editors!
- A philosophy speaker talk
- Various Concordia events:
- A roundtable discussion on social transformation
- Help with your semester and academic writing
- A lecture series on sensation
- And more!
- A new “weekly book recommendation” section
SoPhiA October Executive Meeting
SoPhiA will be holding our October Executive Meeting on Thursday Oct 27th, at 4:15pm in the SoPhiA space of the philosophy department.
All students are welcome to attend to hear what we’re up to and provide input.
We’ll discuss:
- Planning a special general assembly to discuss grievances on behalf of philosophy students (as was mandated in the Annual General Assembly)
- Proposing a change to our by-laws in relation to executive attendance
- Discuss the department award task force
- Discuss interest in creating a book reading club
Contact us for the meeting agenda.
Call for Editors: The SoPhiA Review
Are you interested in taking part in a cool editing project? Want to be part of a fledging journal?
SoPhiA is hoping to bring back this year its annual undergraduate journal, The SoPhiA Review! And we need your help!
We’re looking for people with a good eye, a capacity to read different texts, the ability to work in a team, and solid editing skills. The candidates will be part of the editor team to read, edit, design, and publish student works in our annual journal!
The journal is usually published in the winter term, but the recruiting and planning of the journal occurs in the late fall.
Contact president dot sophia at asfa dot ca for more info.
Who: The SoPhiA Review
What: A call for editors
See some previous published works on our website.
Philosophy Department Speaker Talk: “Social Norms in Nonhuman Animals”
The Concordia philosophy department is hosting their third speaker talk of the semester.
Kristin Andrews is York Research Chair in Animal Minds and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto will present a talk on Social Norms in Nonhuman Animals.
“She will develop an operationalized account of social norms as a socially maintained pattern of behavioral conformity within a community and offer methods for studying social norms in wild and captive primate populations.”
Who: Kristin Andrews
What: Philosophy Speaker Talk
When: Friday November 4th, 3-5pm
Where: J.W McConnell Building, room LB-362
Various Events
There are several events in the next week that may be interesting to philosophy students. Here are a few:
- Healthy YOU at CU information table: October 27, 10am-3pm
- “If you are looking for answers to questions about healthy living then drop by Health Services’ weekly wellness table. Health Promotion Specialists will be there to answer your questions and provide reliable, evidence-based information.”
- Book Launch and Fireside Chat with Alex D. Ketchum: October 27, 4:40pm
- “Dr Ketchum will be joined by Dr Natalie Kouri-Towe in a conversation about finding better ways to share knowledge and connect with public audiences through acts of public scholarship – whether this is through social media and online content, or through in-person events and exhibitions. They will also discuss how to make public scholarship accessible and inclusive for as many groups and ability types as possible by encouraging scholars to design with disability in mind and to publish work in open access formats.”
- Mental Illness and the World Order: October 28, 11am
- “This talk examines the way specific discourses reveal a postcolonial neurosis, which typifies the country’s political system and national economy. I argue that everyday discourses of madness offer a political critique and moral response to the historical injustices and the socioeconomic precarity Angolans experience in the postwar moment.”
- The Basics of Academic Writing: November 1, 1:15pm
- Are you struggling with writing your philosophy essays?
- “This short workshop will help you plan a writing assignment, understand what your professors expect from your writing, explore strategies for structuring your papers, and discover online resources for further help.”
- Back on Track: Recovering your semester: November 2, 11:45pm
- Are you struggling with making it through the semester?
- “Do you feel the semester isn’t going as well as it should? Are you behind on your readings? Projects piling up? Disappointed with your midterm results? This workshop can give you ideas on how to change your current strategies and get you back on track. ”
- From symptoms to systems: What does social transformation really mean?: November 2, 12pm
- “Together, we will consider how each person’s understanding of transformative change is impacted by their own experiences and expertise. More importantly, we will ask: what does it take to truly transform systems of oppression and exploitation? Who needs to be around the table? And how can we ensure that the solutions we put forward don’t replicate the mistakes of the past?”
- Mushroom Workshop: November 3, 6pm
- Hosted by Le Frigo Vert, an anticapitalist and anticolonial space on campus.
- “Hands on mushroom workshop where you will learn about how to use mushrooms as food, medicine, and recreationally. Make and leave with your very own mushroom tincture!”
- Sensation lecture series: November 4, 11am
- “According to the conventional wisdom, sensation occupies the lowest rung of the perceptual apparatus, next comes perception, and the crown goes to cognition. This virtual lecture series aims to upset this pyramid by arguing that far more goes on at the level of sensation than is commonly thought.”
See more of Concordia’s events
The New SoPhiA Space (SoPhiA Agora)
Do you wish there was a dedicated space for philosophy students on campus?
Are you looking for a place to connect with peers?
Need a cool spot to find conversation and discuss philosophy?
Here’s a bit of a teaser, but SoPhiA is currently working on upgrading our current space to make it more cozy, communal, open, and inviting. Stay tuned for updates!
👀
SoPhiA Book Library: Weekly Book Recommendation
This week’s highlighted book:
Membranes: Metaphors of Invasion in Nineteenth-Century Literature, Science, and Politics
“In Membranes, Laura Otis examines how the image of the biological cell became one of the reigning metaphors of the nineteenth century. At the heart of her story is the rise of a fundamental assumption about human identity: the idea that selfhood requires boundaries showing where the individual ends and the rest of the world begins.
Otis argues that belief in impermeable personal and national borders is increasingly dangerous. Defying the traditional boundary between science and the humanities, she concludes by proposing a notion of identity based on relations and connections.”
If you didn’t know, SoPhiA has a library of over 650 books! We have books from different domains of philosophy and some outside philosophy (psychology, business, political science, and even novels). We even have textbooks for some of your courses! (e.g., PHIL-210, 235, 260, 266, and more)
You can borrow a book for an hour, or even the whole semester. Just drop by our office or send us an email.
You can see our complete library of books online on our Librarika virtual library.
What: Books!
Where: The SoPhiA library (in our office space)
Do you know of any cool philosophy-related events in Montreal or the Concordia Community? Please let us know and we will advertise them here!
**Pictures are for representative effect only and aren’t actual photos of the events, products, or services we report on.
Students of Philosophy Association 