Symposium – Humanism Across the Atlantic: Looking for Common Ground

This symposium brings together Dutch and U.S. Humanist scholars to discuss our different approaches to Humanism.

The New York Society for Ethical Culture is proud to co-host a free symposium on September 6 and 7 bringing together Dutch Humanists from the University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht, Netherlands, and U.S. scholars to explore our different approaches to Humanism.

The symposium opens at 2:00pm on Friday 9/6. Attendance at the Friday afternoon and Saturday sessions is free and open to the public. Meals are provided free to presenters and at a $10 donation to visitors.

Leader Dr. Anne Klaeysen will moderate.

Presentations

Anjan Chakravartty: Humanism, Science, Skepticism, and the Common Good – Appignani Foundation Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Miami

Joseph Chuman: Beyond Atheism, Rationalism and Secularism and Toward the Farther Reaches of Humanism- Leader, Bergen Ethical Society and New York Society for Ethical Culture

Peter Derkx: Humanism and Aging- University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht

Marieke van den Doel: Textual and Visual Humanism in the Italian Renaissance: The Collaboration Between Artists and Humanists in the 15th and 16th Centuries- University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht

Joachim Duyndam: Humanism and Moral Resilience- University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht

Philip Kitcher: Religious Progress/Humanist Hope- John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University

Anja Machielse: Humanism and Social Resilience- University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht

Monica R. Miller: How Does it Feel to be a God? The Divine Rhetoric of Making Black Knowledge Borne- Associate Professor of Religion & Africana Studies and Director of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Lehigh University