The UPEI Philosophy Reading Group, facilitated by Dr. Max Schaefer, sessional instructor, Faculty of Arts, will hold its first meeting of the 2024–2025 academic year on Wednesday, September 25, from 7:00–8:00 pm, at the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, 97 Queen Street. 

At this meeting, the group will discuss a reading from Gernot Böhme’s The Aesthetics of Atmospheres. A theory of atmospheres first began to take shape in psychiatrist Hubertus Tellenbach’s study and treatment of certain mental disorders and has been a growing movement in philosophy in recent years. To date, atmospheres have been studied in relation to a variety of fields, including psychopathology, politics, advertising, architecture, and urban studies.

The group meets once a month at the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre and is regularly attended by students and faculty across a range of disciplines. In the past, participants have discussed works from philosophers such as Alain Badiou, Alva Noë, Giorgio Agamben, Julie Reshe, and Byung-Chul Han, among others.

If you are interested in attending this upcoming meeting or any in the future, please contact Dr. Schaefer at mschaefer@upei.ca for more information.