Philosophy Departments as Sites of Collective Intellectual Activities: a Decline? (guest post & poll)

Philosophy Departments as Sites of Collective Intellectual Activities: a Decline? (guest post & poll)

Has there been “a marked decline in faculty participation in seminars, colloquia, reading groups, and other intellectual gatherings that once formed the core of academic life”? Annalisa Costella (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and Kritika Maheshwari (Delft University of Technology) think so. In the following guest post, they share views about the importance of various in-person events and activities typical of philosophy departments, as well as t…