Weird Academia Symposium

Expanding ways of understanding human life within the academy.

This event starts January 26, 2026.

Indiana University, Bloomington

Hosted by IU professors Phil Ford and Jacob Foster
With J. F. Martel, Canadian author and philosopher
Erik Davis, American author and public intellectual
Jeffrey J. Kripal, American professor of philosophy and religious thought, Rice University
Catherine (Cat) Hobaiter, British-Lebanese primatologist, University of St Andrews.

Visit https://www.possibleminds.org/weird-academia for details.

Schedule

Three public events include the opening of Shannon Taggart’s photo exhibition Séance (Jan 27) at the McCalla School Gallery, a live episode of Weird Studies following a screening of Ken Russell’s Altered States at the IU Cinema (Jan 28), and a live panel conversation among Weirdosphere luminaries at the Buskirk Chumley Theater (Jan 29).
Visit https://www.possibleminds.org/weird-academia for tickets and details.

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