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Reading Groups & Seminars
Multiple DatesThu, May 02May 02, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMPalo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAJoin Zephyr for a five-part reading and discussion of Shakespeare's "Coriolanus", led by Ben Gee (PhD Candidate, Department of English).
Fri, May 03May 03, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PMZephyr House, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAAll Stanford students are invited to join Zephyr for this afternoon tea and discussion of Plato's dialogue about piety with Rupert Sparling (PhD Candidate, Philosophy).
Multiple DatesWed, May 08May 08, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMZephyr House, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAJoin Zephyr for this exploration of philosophical questions about the nature, purpose, and value of art. We will be reading R. G. Collingwood's "Principles of Art" (1938).
October 4 & 18; November 1, 15, & 29October 4 & 18; November 1, 15, & 29Palo Alto, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAThis fellowship is open to undergraduate students at Stanford University. The deadline for applications is Saturday, September 30th.
Past Reading Groups
Sat, Apr 27Apr 27, 2024, 12:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDTSheraton Palo Alto Hotel, 625 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USAA colloquium for Stanford students and Zephyr Fellows on Rene Girard's "Battling to the End" in light of contemporary geopolitics.- Multiple DatesThu, May 02May 02, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMPalo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAJoin Zephyr for a five-part reading and discussion of Shakespeare's "Coriolanus", led by Ben Gee (PhD Candidate, Department of English).
- Fri, May 03May 03, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PMZephyr House, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAAll Stanford students are invited to join Zephyr for this afternoon tea and discussion of Plato's dialogue about piety with Rupert Sparling (PhD Candidate, Philosophy).
- Multiple DatesWed, May 08May 08, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMZephyr House, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAJoin Zephyr for this exploration of philosophical questions about the nature, purpose, and value of art. We will be reading R. G. Collingwood's "Principles of Art" (1938).
Multiple DatesTue, May 14May 14, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDTAtherton, Atherton, CA, USAA monthly philosophy gathering for high school students, led by Dr. Molly Oshatz (Zephyr Institute)
Mon, Jul 15Jul 15, 2024, 10:00 AM PDT – Jul 19, 2024, 2:00 PM PDTStanford UniversityA week-long philosophy summer day camp for rising junior and senior high school students and incoming college freshmen with Dr. Molly Oshatz.
Multiple DatesTue, Sep 10Sep 10, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDTAtherton, Atherton, CA, USAA monthly philosophy gathering for high school students, led by Dr. Molly Oshatz (Zephyr Institute)- October 4 & 18; November 1, 15, & 29October 4 & 18; November 1, 15, & 29Palo Alto, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAThis fellowship is open to undergraduate students at Stanford University. The deadline for applications is Saturday, September 30th.
Academic Year 2022-2023Academic Year 2022-2023Zephyr Institute, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAStanford undergraduates are invited to apply for an internship at the Zephyr Institute
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Multiple DatesFri, Apr 19Apr 19, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMPalo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAJoin Zephyr for this two-part reading and discussion of Anselm's famous short treatise, the "Proslogion", led by Zephyr's Director of Academic Programs, Landon Hobbs.
Wed, Apr 17Apr 17, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMZephyr Backyard, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAJoin Zephyr for this evening salon with Profs. Michael McConnell (Stanford Law School) and Jonathan Gienapp (Stanford, Department of History). We will be discussing the Supreme Court's recent use of text and history as methods of constitutional interpretation.
Fri, Mar 08Mar 08, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PMPalo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAAll Stanford students are invited to join Zephyr for this afternoon tea and discussion of Plato's charming dialogue about friendship.
Thu, Feb 15Feb 15, 2024, 6:00 PM – 9:30 PMPalo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAAll Stanford students are invited to join Zephyr for this two-part exploration of the ethics of Gregory of Nyssa, led by Thomas Slabon (University of South Florida)
Wed, Feb 07Feb 07, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMPalo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAAll Stanford undergraduates are invited to join Zephyr to discuss C. S. Lewis's provocative historical analysis of the modern origins of our ideas of romantic love.
Sat, Feb 03Feb 03, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMPalo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAJoin Zephyr the evening of Saturday, February 3rd for an evening of philosophical discussion. We will be reading Aquinas's discussion of the order of charity in Summa Theologiae II-II Q. 26.
Wed, Jan 31Jan 31, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMPalo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAAll undergraduates are invited to join Zephyr for a discussion of Eleanor Stump's Thomistic account of the nature of love.
Multiple DatesTue, Jan 30Jan 30, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMPalo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USAThe Zephyr Poetry Society is a venue for the collective reading, discussion, and appreciation of the great poems of the English poetic tradition.
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