UPDATE: The 2020 conference in Nashville, IN has, unfortunately, been cancelled due to coronavirus concerns (08/01/2020) While we are disappointed to announce that we will not be able to meet in San Francisco in April, as originally planned, we now intend to hold our conference September 24-26, 2020 in Nashville, Indiana. We will be partnering […]
Center for Dewey Studies to Open in India
To expand the study of Dewey and pragmatism, the John Dewey Society is proud to support the establishment of the first Center for Dewey Studies in India, the world’s largest democracy. JDS has graciously donated all 38 volumes of Dewey’s collected works for the center. “Our hope in supporting this Center is that future generations […]
NEW BOOK: Learning How to Hope: Reviving Democracy through our Schools and Civil Society
Learning How to Hope: Reviving Democracy through Schools and Civil Society (Oxford University Press, 2020) by Sarah Stitzlein, Ph.D. Democracy is struggling in America. Citizens increasingly feel cynical about our system and doubt they can influence public policy. Distrustful of other Americans and elected officials, some are even turning to authoritarian alternatives. Hyper-partisanship and recent […]
NEW BOOK: Islam as Education
Islam as Education: Pedagogies of Pilgrimage, Prophecy, and Jihad by Aaron J. Ghiloni Motivated by the intellectual historian Shahab Ahmed’s observation that “the history of Islamic paideia has yet to be written,” Islam as Education explores multiple forms that the search for knowledge and the transmission of wisdom have taken in Islam, focusing on the […]