Reading Groups

The department generally has several reading groups active during the academic year with both faculty and graduate student attendees. Current groups include:
 
Ancient Philosophy Reading Group
 
Coordinator: Salvador Escalante
This is an interdisciplinary reading group for students in History, Classics, Politics and Philosophy. We are reading a section of Plato's Philebus (31b-42c), his most important work on pleasure. This is a translation and commentary reading group, so it requires some knowledge of Greek. (If you're just getting started or your Greek is a bit rusty, fear not! We will go slowly.)

We will be meeting on Fridays from 11.00 to 12.20 am at SH 5617 (PHIL Conference Room). All are welcome.

(The library has Jon Burnet's edition of the Philebus, which we are using. You can also find the Loeb edition, with facing English translation, at loebclassics.org).

For questions, reach out to Salvador Escalante salvad@ucsb.edu

Feminist Philosophy Reading Group

The Fem-Phil Reading Group will resume in Fall 2025 and continue throughout the 2025–26 academic year. A virtual planning meeting will be held before the fall quarter to decide on readings, the meeting schedule, and other logistics.

If you're already on the reading group email list, please keep an eye on your inbox for updates.

If you’d like to join the email list, please contact the organizers. For easier communication, we recommend using your institutional email address when reaching out:

·       Elinor Mason, Organizer: elinormason [at] ucsb [dot] edu, elinormason@ucsb.edu

Logic and Philosophy of Science Reading Group
 
Coordinator: Thomas Barrett
Currently on hiatus
 
MAP "Canon B-Sides" Reading Group
 
Coordinator: Jessica Wood
Currently on hiatus.