2025/2026 Program 

Winter 2026

 — January 20, 2026

• Mark Migotti (University of Calgary; The Apeiron Society of Calgary):  “Excellence of a Human and Political Kind”: Socrates and the City; Rhetoric and Argument; Philosophy and Truth.

 — February 10, 2026: 

• Jim Hume (University of Calgary): Performing Philosophy 

 — February 24, 2026: 

• Ahmed Al-Juhany (University of Calgary; The Ageful Project): Making Philosophy Usable -- Lessons From the Ageful Project  

 — March 10, 2026: 

• John Ellard (University of Calgary): Technology, Modern Culture, and Personal Integrity — An Unprecedented Challenge 

 — March 24, 2026:

• Indignity & Indigenous Philosophy (TBD) 

 — April 7, 2026:

• University of Calgary Honours Students — An Overview of Cutting Edge Research In Philosophy

2026 Kananaskis Symposium 

 — Theme: The Ethics and Politics of Narratives ​
 -- Date: May 2-3, 2026. 
 — Speakers:

• Agnes Tam (University of Calgary) 
• Martin Wagner (University of Calgary). 

Our Next Event

Mark Migotti (University of Calgary; The Apeiron Society of Calgary):  “Excellence of a Human and Political Kind”: Socrates and the City; Rhetoric and Argument; Philosophy and Truth
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Description: In the bulk of this talk I will mine the first few pages of Socrates’s speech in response to the charges laid against him of not believing in the gods of the Athens for insight into his conception of philosophy and his approach to it. In the course of doing this, I will comment on his characteristic mode of philosophical discussion, the elenchus; a testing of beliefs by question and answer, objection and refutation, and on his conception of the good life for human beings.

Event Details

— Time:19:00–21:00. 

— Location: Scandinavian Centre, 739 — 20th Ave NW, Calgary. 

— Admission fees:
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• Members:  Free (membership details here)
• Non-members:  $10.00
• Students:  $5.00

— Parking and Site Access Information:

There is parking at the back of the Scandinavian Centre and street parking around the building. The room can be accessed through the back door of the building and is found on the left side of the hallway once you enter.