“Philosophy from Everywhere, for Everyone: Podcasting Global Philosophy” – The Humanities Today Lecture 2025

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 …

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 …

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 …