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Now Hiring: Part-Time Research Assistant

Roger Berkowitz, the Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center is looking to hire a Part Time Research Assistant to assist with a book project.

Alan Rickman on Storytelling and Considering What's Possible

Alan Rickman reflects on the human need for storytelling and considering what's possible in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 1/17/16

In our Amor Mundi, we reflect on the successes of anti-establishment presidential candidates, contemplate the Internet's effect on reading, and much more.

Japan's Collective Self-Defense: On Arendt, Sovereignty, and Peace

To identify freedom with free will has brought the “most dangerous consequence,” for it allows us to claim freedom at the price of all others' sovereignty.

"You Ain't No Muslim, Bruv": On Religion, Doctrine, and Violence

Ian Storey discusses the hashtag #YouAintNoMuslimBruv as a symbol of humankind's ability to resist a kind of violence that is bound to doctrine.

Understanding the Initium of Humanity

A supporter of the HAC discusses understanding and humanity as an initium in this week's Library feature.

David Bowie on Thinking and Creativity

David Bowie reflects on how judgment and negative thinking can stifle creativity in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 1/10/16

In our Amor Mundi, we reflect on how life pressures us to remember some pasts over others, check in on the state of American rage, and much more!

Leading Students Into the World

The authority of teachers lies, at least in part, in their ability to set aside judging and to present the world as it is to their students.