Paris Institute for Critical Thinking

Our eighth interview is with Jonathan Rée, philosopher, historian, and author (Oxford, UK) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Thursday, June 10, 2021 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 entic...

Our first interview is with Samir Gandesha, humanities scholar (Vancouver, Canada) by Emily Laurent-Monaghan (Vancouver, Canada) Wednesday, May 26, 2021 *You can find an edited transcript of this conversation at The Thinking Cap, the PICT Student Ambassador Program's blog. Welcome to The Object Lesson, the podcast series of the PICT Student Ambassador Program. Featuring dialogues between PICT Stud...

Our seventh interview is with David Cayley, writer and broadcaster (Toronto, Canada) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Thursday, May 27, 2021 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 thirtieth interview is with Laurie Zoloth, ethics scholar (Chicago, USA) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Monday, May 10, 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 achiev...

Our twenty-ninth interview is with Michelle Coursey & Jessica Padilla, makeup artists (NYC, USA) by David Selim Sayers (Paris, France) Tuesday, April 27, 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 think...

Our twenty-eighth interview is with Peter Knight, literary scholar (Manchester, UK) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Thursday, April 22, 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 twenty-seventh interview is with Mortaza Behboudi, Journalist (Lesbos, Greece) by Evrim Emir-Sayers (Ayvalik, Turkey), Friday, March 26, 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 achie...

Our sixth interview is with Grant Snider, cartoonist (Wichita, USA) by David Selim Sayers (Paris, France) Tuesday, March 23, 2021 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 ever...

Our twenty-sixth interview is with Ole von Uexkull, philanthropist (Stockholm, Sweden) by David Selim Sayers (Paris, France) Monday, February 22, 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...

Our twenty-fifth interview is with Ivan Oransky, science journalist (New York City, USA) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Friday, February 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 th...

Our twenty-fourth interview is with Michael Czerny, Cardinal (Vatican City) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Tuesday, February 9, 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 ac...

Our twenty-third interview is with Nadine Strossen, legal scholar (New York City, USA) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Thursday, February 4, 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 thi...

Our twenty-second interview is with Burghard Baltrusch, literary scholar (Vigo, Spain) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Wednesday, January 20, 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 th...

Our fifth interview is with Edward Baring, intellectual historian (New Jersey, USA) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Monday, December 21, 2020 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 twenty-first interview is with Sunetra Gupta, theoretical epidemiologist(Oxford, UK) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Thursday, December 10, 2020 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...

Our twentieth interview is with Evrim Emir-Sayers, philosophy scholar (Paris, France) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Monday, November 30, 2020 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 think...

Our fourth interview is with Frank Furedi, sociologist (Canterbury, UK) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Tuesday, November 24, 2020 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 nineteenth interview is with Michael Barry, Middle East scholar (Venice, Italy) by Evrim Emir-Sayers (Paris, France) Monday, November 23, 2020 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 third interview is with David Newheiser, philosophy scholar (Melbourne, Australia) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Tuesday, November 17, 2020 Hope in a Secular Age: Deconstruction, Negative Theology, and the Future of Faith: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108595100 Welcome to Bookaholics. If there is one vice that all PICT faculty have in common, it’s our addiction to the written w...

PICT Honorary Lectures series IV: “Wittgenstein and the History of Philosophy,” a talk by the British philosopher and historian Jonathan Rée, co-founder of the influential journal “Radical Philosophy.” The event took place on Wednesday, January 22, 2020, at the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) and is co-sponsored by PICT and the Collège d’Études Mondiales / FMSH.

The Paris Institute for Critical Thinking (PICT) organized its first book talk and signing event on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at the Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore. The guest of the evening was British philosopher and historian Jonathan Rée, whose latest book, "Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English", was published by Penguin in late 2019.

The PICT Faculty Lectures series staged its sixth event on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. In front of a full house, PICT visiting faculty member Lauren Jimerson spoke on “Subversive Selves: Women Artists’ Nude Self-Portraits One Century Ago.” The lecture offered an assessment of three pioneering female artists who tackled the nude self-portrait: Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938), Émilie Charmy (1878-1974),...

Our first interview is with Mortaza Behboudi, Journalist (Moria Refugee Camp, Lesbos, Greece) by Evrim Emir Sayers & David Selim Sayers (Paris, France)Thursday, March 26, 2020 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 critica...

Our second interview is with Carlo Salzani, philosophy scholar (Vienna, Austria) by Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte (Basel, Switzerland) Friday, April 3, 2020 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 a...

A Four-Part Podcast Journey to the Very Heart of Boredom by Salamis Aysegul Sentug The coronavirus has given us plenty of time to ourselves. One consequence is that people around the world will experience a staggering amount of boredom. This podcast miniseries examines the very nature of this state of mind. Everyone feels boredom, but do we all understand the same thing by it? Do we all suffer fro...