On Wednesday, April 16 at 6:30 PM at the North Memorial Library Dr. Adamson presented “Philosophy from Everywhere, for Everyone: Podcasting Global Philosophy” for our the Humanities Today Lecture Series. Since 2010, Peter Adamson has been producing the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, a podcast that has been downloaded more than 45 million times across nearly 700 episodes, covering not just …
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Halifax Humanities’ African Heritage Month Public Lecture
On February 25 at the North Memorial Library, we opened up our classroom and invited the public to join us for a special lecture and Q&A with Dr. Harvey Amani Whitfield as a collaboration with African Heritage Month at Halifax Public Libraries. Dr. Whitfield shared about his research on the life of Statia Hopefield and the historical context of slavery …
The Humanities Today Lecture Series
The Humanities Today Lecture Series examines the role the humanities play in our lives and the lives of communities on the periphery of or excluded from the traditional avenues of humanities education. This series is supported by funds donated in the memory of Renate Usmiani, a professor of the Department of English at Mount St. Vincent University, remembered and beloved …
Halifax Humanities 101
Join our free course modelled after the curriculum of the Foundation Year Program at the University of King’s College! The class is a “Great Books” program where students will read works of Western literature, philosophy, political theory, and theology, and look at works of art. The course moves chronologically, beginning in Ancient Mesopotamia and ending in the present day. Along the way, we think about big themes like beauty, justice, community, and power.
Halifax Thinks
Halifax Thinks is an opportunity for those interested in philosophy, literature, and art to take a University-level course that works with your busy schedule. Its curriculum is based on the interdisciplinary Great Books model offered in the Foundation Year Programme (FYP) at the University of King’s College. Students receive a collection of recorded lectures written and delivered by university professors which …
Registration Open for Fundraising Program – Halifax Thinks
Halifax Thinks: The Ancient World The 2025 session of Halifax Thinks will take us back to the beginning of Western thought. Plunge yourself into cultures both alien, and yet all too familiar as we’re guided by thinkers like Homer, Sappho, Plato, Virgil, Plotinus, Ovid and many more. Take a trip with us back in time, starting October 19, 2025. Students …
Halifax Humanities 101 Applications Open
Halifax Humanities 101 is now accepting applications for its 2025/2026 class! We are once again offering a FREE 8-month humanities course to adults living on low incomes in HRM. The class is modelled on the Foundation Year Programme at the University of King’s College, and takes students on a tour through the philosophy, literature, art, theology, theatre, and political theory …
Introducing the Bonita Shepherd University Access Program
In memory of its very first student, The Halifax Humanities Society is pleased to name its University Access Program in honour of Bonita Shepherd. Bonita Shepherd was a groundbreaker, not only in being the first to apply to the Halifax Humanities full-year class, but also in taking up the possibility of continuing on to university classes. The Bonita Shepherd University …
The Angus Johnston Seminar
Graduates of Halifax Humanities 101 are invited to join the Angus Johnston Seminar, a reading group of Halifax Humanities alumni that meets once a week from September to April each year. Some members of the Seminar have been returning each year for over a decade. Topics discussed have included Gender, Canadian Literature, Storytelling, Russian Literature, Goethe’s Faust, and World Religion. …
Perspectives Online Course
In Fall 2020 Halifax Humanities introduced its first online course, Perspectives. The goal of the class was to introduce students from across the province to the process of studying philosophy, literature, and art in a welcoming, accessible, online environment. The class ran for six weeks, and students met online via Zoom twice a week from 7pm-8pm to grapple with the …