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Reading Groups & Seminars

  • Bioethics Reading and Discussion Group
    Bioethics Reading and Discussion Group
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, Oct 03
    Oct 03, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Zoom accessible to accepted registrants
    A virtual reading and discussion group for physicians and physicians-in-training, led by Dr. Aaron Kheriaty
  • Value in a Human Life: A Philosophical Reading Group (Fall 2023)
    Value in a Human Life: A Philosophical Reading Group (Fall 2023)
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Oct 04
    Oct 04, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Palo Alto, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    What makes for a good human life? What confers value on our lives? What seems to confer a value which is in fact delusive? And what is the relative place and rank each of the many apparent goods holds in a complete and flourishing human life?
  • Zephyr Poetry Society (Fall 2023): Inaugural Meeting
    Zephyr Poetry Society (Fall 2023): Inaugural Meeting
    Wed, Oct 11
    Oct 11, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Palo Alto, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    The Zephyr Poetry Society is a venue for the collective reading, discussion, and appreciation of the great poems of the English poetic tradition.
  • Zephyr Poetry Society (Fall 2023)
    Zephyr Poetry Society (Fall 2023)
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Oct 25
    Oct 25, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Palo Alto, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    The Zephyr Poetry Society is a venue for the collective reading, discussion, and appreciation of the great poems of the English poetic tradition.
  • 2023–4 Undergraduate Fellowship: Value in a Human Life
    2023–4 Undergraduate Fellowship: Value in a Human Life
    October 4 & 18; November 1, 15, & 29
    October 4 & 18; November 1, 15, & 29
    Palo Alto, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    This fellowship is open to undergraduate students at Stanford University. The deadline for applications is Saturday, September 30th.

Past Reading Groups

  • Bioethics Reading and Discussion Group
    Bioethics Reading and Discussion Group
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, Sep 05
    Sep 05, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Zoom accessible to accepted registrants
    A virtual reading and discussion group for physicians and physicians-in-training, led by Dr. Aaron Kheriaty
  • The Everlasting Man Reading Group
    The Everlasting Man Reading Group
    Multiple Dates
    Mon, May 08
    May 08, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT
    Zoom link to be sent to registrants
    A virtual reading group for Stanford undergraduates and recent alumni led by Annika Nordquist
  • Ethics, Happiness, Virtue: Nicomachean Ethics I-II
    Ethics, Happiness, Virtue: Nicomachean Ethics I-II
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, May 03
    May 03, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM PDT
    Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    A dinner reading group for Stanford and Silicon Valley community members led by Patricio A. Fernandez
  • The Everlasting Man Reading Group
    The Everlasting Man Reading Group
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Apr 20
    Apr 20, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
    Zoom link to be sent to registrants
    A virtual reading group for Stanford undergraduates and recent alumni led by Annika Nordquist
  • Bioethics Reading and Discussion Group
    Bioethics Reading and Discussion Group
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Mar 22
    Mar 22, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Zoom accessible to accepted registrants
    A virtual reading and discussion group for physicians and physicians-in-training, led by Dr. Aaron Kheriaty
  • Carl Schmitt's The Concept of the Political
    Carl Schmitt's The Concept of the Political
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, Feb 28
    Feb 28, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    A reading and discussion group on Carl Schmitt's "The Concept of the Political," led by Courtney Hodrick.
  • What Is Love’s Work? Introducing Gillian Rose’s Social Philosophy
    What Is Love’s Work? Introducing Gillian Rose’s Social Philosophy
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, Jan 24
    Jan 24, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PST
    Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    A dinner reading group for students and young professionals in the Bay Area.
  • Bioethics Reading and Discussion Group
    Bioethics Reading and Discussion Group
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Dec 28
    Dec 28, 2022, 4:00 PM PST – Dec 29, 2022, 5:00 PM PST
    Details will be sent upon acceptance
    A reading and discussion group for physicians and physicians-in-training, led by Dr. Aaron Kheriaty
  • Republics and Revolutions (Fall 2022)
    Republics and Revolutions (Fall 2022)
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Dec 01
    Dec 01, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    Republics and Revolutions is a dinner reading group for young professionals in the Bay Area.
  • Ethics Reading Group - The Abolition of Man
    Ethics Reading Group - The Abolition of Man
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Nov 02
    Nov 02, 2022, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
    Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    A reading and discussion group on C. S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man, led by Molly Gurdon Pinkoski
  • Carl Schmitt's Land and Sea
    Carl Schmitt's Land and Sea
    Multiple Dates
    Mon, Oct 31
    Oct 31, 2022, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM PDT
    Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    A reading and discussion group on Carl Schmitt's Land and Sea and its many implications for contemporary political questions, led by Courtney Hodrick.
  • The Price of Free Will- The Grand Inquisitor
    The Price of Free Will- The Grand Inquisitor
    Fri, Jul 01
    Jul 01, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    A dinner reading group on Dostoyevsky's 'The Grand Inquisitor' for students and professionals in the Bay Area.
  • In Defense of Icons
    In Defense of Icons
    Wed, Jun 29
    Jun 29, 2022, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    A seminar discussing On the Divine Images by John of Damascus and the role of art in Christian worship.
  • The Problem with Suffering- The Grand Inquisitor
    The Problem with Suffering- The Grand Inquisitor
    Fri, Jun 24
    Jun 24, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    A dinner reading group on Dostoyevsky's 'The Grand Inquisitor' for students and professionals in the Bay Area.
  • Republics and Revolutions Reading Group (Spring 2022)
    Republics and Revolutions Reading Group (Spring 2022)
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Jun 23
    Jun 23, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    Republics and Revolutions is a dinner reading group for young professionals in the Bay Area.
  • Sophocles' Antigone
    Sophocles' Antigone
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, May 24
    May 24, 2022, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
    Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    This reading group for students and young professionals will explore perennial questions through the careful reading of the Sophocles' Antigone.
  • Learning from Schopenhauer: Nietzsche and Houellebecq
    Learning from Schopenhauer: Nietzsche and Houellebecq
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Feb 23
    Feb 23, 2022, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM PST
    Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    A reading group on Nietzsche’s Schopenhauer as Educator and Houellebecq’s In the Presence of Schopenhauer led by J.G. Amato (Stanford University)
  • Republics and Revolutions Reading Group (Winter 2022)
    Republics and Revolutions Reading Group (Winter 2022)
    Multiple Dates
    Mon, Feb 14
    Feb 14, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    Republics and Revolutions is a dinner reading group for young professionals in the Bay Area.
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