I am enjoying writing a short lecture titled "Deus sive Machina" for a colloquium later this week at Exeter College, Oxford, & the Centre for Theology, Law, and Culture. I'm looking at Homeric robots, scholastic androids, Descartes' beast-machines, La Mettrie's man-machines, & AI.
Author: David Lloyd Dusenbury
David Lloyd Dusenbury is a philosopher, historian of ideas, Times Literary Supplement contributor and senior fellow at Budapest's Danube Institute. The author of I Judge No One and The Innocence of Pontius Pilate (published by Hurst and Oxford University Press), he is also Chair for Jewish-Christian Relations at the University of Antwerp.
Nemesius of Emesa at Károli Gáspár University, Budapest
A pleasure to give a talk today about a Syrian philosopher-bishop (4th c.) & a Palestinian philosopher-monk (7th c.) at Károli Gáspár University in Budapest. Just the start of a brilliant three-day conference organized by my friend, Prof. Alex Leonas --
Philip K. Dick’s one-line theodicy
Mock on, mock on, Voltaire -- the title of Philip K. Dick's 1977 essay is a stunning, one-line, anti-Candide: "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others". A thought to carry into the new year -- (& in case we've forgotten, PKD was a Christian: "Dick drifted away from the… Continue reading Philip K. Dick’s one-line theodicy
“I Judge No One” at the University of Alabama
Tomorrow at the University of Alabama, I'll be talking about I Judge No One,, on the kind invitation of Prof. Yuliya Minets (author of The Slow Fall of Babel: such an evocative title). See here. Do join if you can.
“Innocence of Pontius Pilate” at Yale Law School
On Monday, 27 November 2023, I gave an invited lecture titled "The Innocence of Pontius Pilate: Early Modern Readings of the Roman Trial of Jesus" at Yale University. I am very grateful to Yale Law School for hosting the event.
“I Judge No One” at Princeton University
On Tuesday, 28 November 2023, I gave a seminar on my new book, I Judge No One: A Political Life of Jesus, at Princeton University. I am very grateful to Princeton's Department of Religion for hosting the event. Link here.
Podcast on Jan Patočka & the future of Europe
It was a pleasure to talk with Zechariah Mickel, recently, about Jan Patočka's 'heretical' philosophy of history, Christianity, & the future of Europe. (The themes of my next Hurst book.) Listen here, in Wipf & Stock's new "Patočka Booth" series.
“Nemesius of Emesa on Human Nature” at Harvard University
Such a pity that a mild indisposition that hit me in New York City prevented me from giving a scheduled talk, last week, at Harvard University's Dumbarton Oaks Research Library in Washington, D.C. - I'll hope to report to them in future on Nemesius of Emesa; & in the meantime, I remain grateful for their… Continue reading “Nemesius of Emesa on Human Nature” at Harvard University
“The Innocence of Pontius Pilate” at Yale Law School
Tomorrow at Yale Law School, I'll be talking about The Innocence of Pontius Pilate on the kind invitation of Prof. James Q. Whitman. We'll be in the Sterling Law Buildings, Room 110, at 5.30pm. Do join if you can --
“The Innocence of Pontius Pilate” at NYU Law
What do early modern theories of religious toleration owe to the gospels? Tomorrow at NYU Law, I'll be talking about The Innocence of Pontius Pilate on the kind invitation of Prof Joseph H H Weiler. Such an honor to join his legendary seminar on The Trial of Jesus.
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