Paris Institute for Critical Thinking

A Cloud in Love, a children's tale by Nazim Hikmet, translated from Turkish into English by Evrim Emir-Sayers, audio recording by David Selim Sayers (Paris, France), 2023. Read the story here: https://parisinstitute.org/a-cloud-in-love/ soundcloud: @parisinstitute instagram: www.instagram.com/parisinstitute/ facebook: www.facebook.com/parisinstitute.org/ twitter: twitter.com/Paris_Critical linkedi...

Our thirty-sixth interview is with Zachary Foster Middle East Scholar (San Francisco, USA) by David Selim Sayers (Paris, France) Wednesday, October 11, 2023 PICT Voices is an interview series conducted by PICT faculty with notable members of the broader PICT community. Our goal is to present our community with a variety of voices across the spectrum of the humanities and critical, creative thinkin...

Our fourth guest is Iain T. Benson, legal scholar (Sydney, Australia) Monday, December 17, 2022 Nothing that was built over centuries can collapse overnight. And while the paper on which the Ottoman Empire ceased to exist in 1923 degrades a little more with each passing day, the legacy of the empire it officially ended is very much alive today. Welcome to The Last Ottoman, with David Selim Sayers,...

Our sixteenth interview is with Jacob Soll, philosophy scholar (LA, USA) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Thursday, February 9, 2023 Welcome to Bookaholics. If there is one vice that all PICT faculty have in common, it’s our addiction to the written word. And while we crave the written word in all its forms, we have a special hunger for the book, perhaps the most enticing way in whic...

Our fifteenth interview is with Stuart Dischell, poet (Greensboro, USA) by Stephanie Papa (Paris, France) Tuesday, January 10, 2023 Welcome to Bookaholics. If there is one vice that all PICT faculty have in common, it’s our addiction to the written word. And while we crave the written word in all its forms, we have a special hunger for the book, perhaps the most enticing way in which words were ev...

Our sixth interview is with Jan Age Sigvartsen, theologian (Michiana, USA) Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Death has become a taboo in the West, almost completely banished from our lives. But meditating upon death, at least according to Cicero, is the quintessential task of philosophy, and it is this task that PICT core faculty member Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte takes up in Dates With Death. Dates With Deat...

Our thirty-fifth interview is with David Kilpatrick, philosophy scholar (NYC, USA) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Monday, November 21, 2022 PICT Voices is an interview series conducted by PICT faculty with notable members of the broader PICT community. Our goal is to present our community with a variety of voices across the spectrum of the humanities and critical, creative thinking...

Our fourteenth interview is with Dipali Mathur, humanities scholar (Edinburgh, UK) by Iain Mackenzie (Canterbury, UK) Thursday, November 3, 2022 Welcome to Bookaholics. If there is one vice that all PICT faculty have in common, it’s our addiction to the written word. And while we crave the written word in all its forms, we have a special hunger for the book, perhaps the most enticing way in which...

Our third guest is Zachary Foster, Middle East Scholar (San Francisco, USA) Wednesday, November 2, 2022 Nothing that was built over centuries can collapse overnight. And while the paper on which the Ottoman Empire ceased to exist in 1923 degrades a little more with each passing day, the legacy of the empire it officially ended is very much alive today. Welcome to The Last Ottoman, with David Selim...

Our thirteenth interview is with Benedict Beckeld, philosophy scholar (NYC, USA) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Saturday, September 10, 2022 Welcome to Bookaholics. If there is one vice that all PICT faculty have in common, it’s our addiction to the written word. And while we crave the written word in all its forms, we have a special hunger for the book, perhaps the most enticing w...

Our fifth interview is with Simcha Raphael, Psychotherapist & Rabbi (Philadelphia, USA) Friday, August 26, 2022 Death has become a taboo in the West, almost completely banished from our lives. But meditating upon death, at least according to Cicero, is the quintessential task of philosophy, and it is this task that PICT core faculty member Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte takes up in Dates With Death. Dates...

Our twelfth interview is with Nina Power, philosophy scholar (London, UK) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Thursday, May 5, 2022 Welcome to Bookaholics. If there is one vice that all PICT faculty have in common, it’s our addiction to the written word. And while we crave the written word in all its forms, we have a special hunger for the book, perhaps the most enticing way in which wo...

Our second guest is Mortaza Behboudi, journalist (Kabul, Afghanistan) Friday, June 3, 2022 Nothing that was built over centuries can collapse overnight. And while the paper on which the Ottoman Empire ceased to exist in 1923 degrades a little more with each passing day, the legacy of the empire it officially ended is very much alive today. Welcome to The Last Ottoman, with David Selim Sayers, a po...

Our first guest is Atom Egoyan, filmmaker (Toronto, Canada) Friday, May 13, 2022 Nothing that was built over centuries can collapse overnight. And while the paper on which the Ottoman Empire ceased to exist in 1923 degrades a little more with each passing day, the legacy of the empire it officially ended is very much alive today. Welcome to The Last Ottoman, with David Selim Sayers, a podcast seri...

Our fourth interview is with Annik Wüthrich, Egyptologist (Vienna, Austria) Wednesday, April 6, 2022 Death has become a taboo in the West, almost completely banished from our lives. But meditating upon death, at least according to Cicero, is the quintessential task of philosophy, and it is this task that PICT core faculty member Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte takes up in Dates With Death. Dates With Death...

Our third interview is with Charles King, historian (Omaha, USA) Monday, April 4, 2021 Death has become a taboo in the West, almost completely banished from our lives. But meditating upon death, at least according to Cicero, is the quintessential task of philosophy, and it is this task that PICT core faculty member Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte takes up in Dates With Death. Dates With Death hopes to make...

Our eleventh interview is with a Felix Ó Murchadha, philosophy scholar (Galway, Ireland) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Monday, April 4, 2022 Welcome to Bookaholics. If there is one vice that all PICT faculty have in common, it’s our addiction to the written word. And while we crave the written word in all its forms, we have a special hunger for the book, perhaps the most enticing...

Our tenth interview is with a Carlo Salzani, philosophy scholar (Vienna, Austria) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Welcome to Bookaholics. If there is one vice that all PICT faculty have in common, it’s our addiction to the written word. And while we crave the written word in all its forms, we have a special hunger for the book, perhaps the most enticing way...

Our ninth interview is with Adam Kadlac, philosophy scholar (Winston-Salem, USA) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Monday, February 21, 2022 Welcome to Bookaholics. If there is one vice that all PICT faculty have in common, it’s our addiction to the written word. And while we crave the written word in all its forms, we have a special hunger for the book, perhaps the most enticing way...

Our thirty-fourth interview is with Sophia Rosenfeld, historian (Philadelphia, USA) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Monday, February 14, 2022 PICT Voices is an interview series conducted by PICT faculty with notable members of the broader PICT community. Our goal is to present our community with a variety of voices across the spectrum of the humanities and critical, creative thinkin...

Our thirty-third interview is with Wolfgang Pannek, theatre maker (Sao Paulo, Brazil) by Anton Bonnici (Paris, France) Saturday, November 13, 2021 PICT Voices is an interview series conducted by PICT faculty with notable members of the broader PICT community. Our goal is to present our community with a variety of voices across the spectrum of the humanities and critical, creative thinking. To achi...

Our second interview is with Sarah Iles Johnston, classics scholar (Ohio, USA) Monday, November 8, 2021 Death has become a taboo in the West, almost completely banished from our lives. But meditating upon death, at least according to Cicero, is the quintessential task of philosophy, and it is this task that PICT core faculty member Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte takes up in Dates With Death. Dates With De...

Our first interview is with Sheldon Solomon, social psychologist (Saratoga Springs, USA) Thursday, June 24, 2021 Death has become a taboo in the West, almost completely banished from our lives. But meditating upon death, at least according to Cicero, is the quintessential task of philosophy, and it is this task that PICT core faculty member Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte takes up in Dates With Death. Date...

Our thirty-second interview is with Joseba Zulaika, anthropologist (Reno, USA) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Thursday, September 16, 2021 PICT Voices is an interview series conducted by PICT faculty with notable members of the broader PICT community. Our goal is to present our community with a variety of voices across the spectrum of the humanities and critical, creative thinking....

Our thirty-first interview is with Wolfgang Streeck, economic sociologist (Brühl, Germany) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Monday, July 12, 2021 PICT Voices is an interview series conducted by PICT faculty with notable members of the broader PICT community. Our goal is to present our community with a variety of voices across the spectrum of the humanities and critical, creative thin...