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Providence Philosophy Club June Meetup!

Encuentro de junio del Club de Filosofía de Providence

Date: Jun 25, 2026 25 de June, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM 18:00 – 19:00
Location: Symposium Books, 240 Westminster St., Providence, RI 02903-1908

Providence Philosophy Club is back and we’re meeting on Thursday, June 25th at 6pm!

This month, Rebecca Brenner Graham will be running group, and she has opted to discuss existential authenticity. During the meeting, she’ll be providing a handout with guiding questions.

Below, you can find the links to the suggested readings/recordings.

Suggested reading:

Jean-Paul Sartre’s Existentialism Is a Humanism

Suggested recording:

Sky Cleary on Existentialism & Creativity

About the moderator:

Rebecca Brenner Graham is a writer, teacher, and historian, whose favorite beach reads are existentialist philosophy with an intersectional feminist bent. Rebecca is a postdoctoral research associate at Brown University and the author of Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany. She is writing a book on the American Revolution in female millennial pop culture from American Girl to Hamilton for St. Martin’s. She has a PhD in history and MA in public history from American University and a BA in history and philosophy from Mount Holyoke College. Her writing has been published in The New Republic, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, Politico Magazine, Slate, and Ms. Magazine. Prior to Brown, she taught at American University and the Madeira School, including a 12th grade philosophy elective.

El Club de Filosofía de Providence ha vuelto y nos reuniremos el jueves 25 de junio a las 6pm!

Este mes, Rebecca Brenner Graham dirigirá el grupo, y ha optado por discutir la autenticidad existencial. Durante la reunión, proporcionará un folleto con preguntas guía.

A continuación, puedes encontrar los enlaces a las lecturas/grabaciones sugeridas.

Lectura sugerida:

El existencialismo es un humanismo de Jean-Paul Sartre

Grabación sugerida:

Sky Cleary sobre Existencialismo y Creatividad

Sobre la moderadora:

Rebecca Brenner Graham es escritora, profesora e historiadora, cuyas lecturas favoritas para la playa son la filosofía existencialista con un enfoque feminista interseccional. Rebecca es investigadora postdoctoral en la Universidad de Brown y autora de Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany. Está escribiendo un libro sobre la Revolución Americana en la cultura pop femenina millennial desde American Girl hasta Hamilton para St. Martin’s. Tiene un doctorado en historia y una maestría en historia pública de American University y una licenciatura en historia y filosofía de Mount Holyoke College. Sus escritos han sido publicados en The New Republic, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, Politico Magazine, Slate y Ms. Magazine. Antes de Brown, enseñó en American University y en la Madeira School, incluyendo una optativa de filosofía para 12º grado.