# Dialectical Thinking in the Humanities ## expand\_more ![Hegel](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/mahindra/files/dialectical.jpg?itok=d1NzYhcX) Every academic year, the Dialectical Thinking in the Humanities seminar hosts a weekly reading group on a work relevant to our theme. This year we are reading Adorno/Horkheimer's *Dialectic of Enlightenment* alongside various works in aesthetics (by Lukacs, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Wollheim). We meet Tuesday nights at 6 p.m. (usally on Zoom) to discuss. All are welcome to the reading group -- no matter what level of knowledge. If you would like to join our reading group, please email one of the seminar organizers. ## Past Events [### Reimagining the Atom: Badiou, Hegel, Žižek ](/event/reimagining-atom-badiou-hegel-zizek?occ_id=0)May 5, 2026 | 5:00PM - 7:00PM EDT [### The People without Age. Civilization, civility and the rise of European age consciousness in the 18th century ](/event/people-without-age-civilization-civility-and-rise-european-age-consciousness-18th-century?occ_id=0)Apr 28, 2026 | 6:00PM EDT [### Dubbing Utopia in the Early Korean American Novel ](/event/dubbing-utopia-early-korean-american-novel?occ_id=0)Apr 23, 2026 | 6:00PM EDT [ More past events arrow\_circle\_right ](/calendar/past_events?f%5B0%5D=event_hwp_c_seminars%3A170371) ## Chairs [### Jess Keiser ](/people/jess-keiser) ![Jess Keiser](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/jess_keiser.jpg?itok=YAuVI_tm) [### Robert Lehman ](/people/robert-lehman) ![Robert Lehman](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/robert_lehman.jpg?itok=wfLQefxl) [### Samantha Matherne ](/people/andrew-warren) ![Samantha_Matherne](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/samantha_matherne.jpg?itok=LTiGujjV) ## Graduate Student Coordinator [### Carly Yingst ](/people/carly-yingst) See also:- [ Seminars ](/page-type/seminars)