Webinars and Conference Videos
Reckoning with October 7: Israel, Hamas, and the Problem of Critical Theory
In 2024, the Telos-Paul Piccone Institute will host a yearlong series of webinars on the response to October 7. More information on on TPPI's Israel initiative is available here.
Panel 1: Critical Theory in Light of October 7
With Cary Nelson, Abe Silberstein, and Manuela Connsoni
Moderated by Gabriel Noah Brahm
January 7, 2024
Panel 2: Historians on Ideology and Politics in the 1948 War: October 7 and the Aftershocks of World War II
With Jeffrey Herf, Matthias Küntzel, and Benny Morris
Moderated by Gabriel Noah Brahm
February 7, 2024
Panel 3: Sexual Violence, Feminism, and the Hamas Massacre
With Mariam Memarsadeghi, Batya Ungar-Sargon, and Nina Power
Moderated by Gabriel Noah Brahm
March 7, 2024
Panel 4
How to Teach in a (Culture) War: October 7, Antisemitism, and the Academy
With David Tse-Chien Pan, Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki, and John M. Ellis
Moderated by Gabriel Noah Brahm
April 7, 2024
China Keywords
The “China Keywords” webinar series explores a single concept essential for understanding contemporary Chinese social and political theory. The series will illuminate these concepts with an eye toward non-specialists in the West, while also addressing deep contestations of interest to experts in the field. More information on TPPI's China initiative is available here.
Webinar 1: Tianxia
With Ban Wang and Ian Buruma
Moderated by Eric Hendriks
March 21, 2024
The 2023 Telos Conference
The 2023 Telos Conference was held on March 31–April 1, 2023, in New York, NY. Further details about the conference, including the conference program, are available here.
Session 1: War and Theology
Moderated by David Pan
With Aryeh Botwinick, Andrew Wender, and Casey Spinks
Session 2: Great Power Conflict
Moderated by Marcia Pally
With Xudong Zhang, Chia-Yu Liang, and Joseph W. Bendersky
Session 3: War and Liberal Democracy
Moderated by Adrian Pabst
With Mark G. E. Kelly, Alexis Carré, and Rossen Roussev
Session 4: War Today
Moderated by Russell A. Berman
With Carl Mirra, Stephen Trynosky, and Florindo Volpacchio
Session 5: Changing Techniques of War
Moderated by Adrian Pabst
With David A. Westbrook, Mark Maguire (in absentia), and Michael K. Hill
Session 6: Sources of War
Moderated by David Pan
With Jacob Ulmschneider, Matthew J. Dal Santo, and Faisal Ahmad Qureshi
Session 7: Subjective Experience of War
Moderated by Florindo Volpacchio
With Beau Mullen, Mario Bosincu, and Camelia Raghinaru
Session 8: War as Learning Experience
Moderated by Joseph W. Bendersky
With Russell Berman, David Pan, and Adrian Pabst
Marking Telos 200: The New Politics of Class
The "Marking Telos 200: The New Politics of Class" event was held in New York, NY, October 14–15, 2022, at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College/CUNY. Further details about the event, including the event program, are available here.
Telos Perspectives on the Problems of the University System
Moderated by David Pan
Panel discussion with Marcia Pally, Joseph Bendersky, and Tim Luke
First Keynote Presentation by Joel Kotkin:
The New Class Divides and Their Implications for the Future
Moderated by Adrian Pabst
Response by Russell A. Berman
Second Keynote Presentation by Michael Lind:
The New Politics of Class
Moderated by Marcia Pally
Response by Adrian Pabst
Telos: Past and Future
Moderated by Mark Weiner
Panel discussion with Eugene Rivers, Russell Berman, David Pan, and Mark G. E. Kelly