Potsdam, Germany, and Zoom; 5 and 19 May 2022.

The William James Center of the University of Potsdam is organizing its 11th “William James Scholar in Residence” workshop event with Sami Pihlström (University of Helsinki).

William James Scholar in Residence 2022

Sami Pihlström, University of Helsinki

Lecture, 5 May 2022:

“William James, Humanism, and the Humanities: Pragmatism and the Critique of Meaning”

4-6pm, University of Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais 10, house 11, room 0.09

This lecture will also take place online over zoom.

Workshops, 19 May 2022:

Workshop I:

“Humanism and Antitheodicism in Jamesian Pragmatism”

12-2pm, University of Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais 10, house 11, room 2.22

This workshop will also take place online over zoom.

Workshop II:

“On Some Literary Influences and Receptions of William James’s Humanistic Philosophy of Religion”

2-4pm, Universität Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais 10, house 19, room 1.19

Please register for the events: william-james-center@uni-potsdam.de

After you register, you will receive the zoom-links for the lecture on 5 May and Workshop I on 19 May. The texts for the workshops should be read in advance and will be sent after registration. These texts are work-in-progress not to be quoted or referred to without explicit permission of the author.