Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change

The Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change aims to make philosophy education more inclusive and speak to a multitude of experiences. @PhilosophyUMN

[Dr. Tender Lettuce 🥬 @tenderlettuce]

having an excellent week

[Dr. Tender Lettuce 🥬 @tenderlettuce]

last day of the most wonderful week 🥲

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

Working hard on our new early modern philosophy syllabi!!

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

Julie Walsh (@juliekrwalsh) fills us in on how she reaches her course on freedom, with wonderful suggestions for how to add units to early modern courses!

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

Philosophers go to the Museum!

Today we visited @artsmia, where curators guided us through various collections, explaining how expanding the canon plays out in their work.

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

CCEC co-founder Dwight Lewis, Jr. (@dwightklewis) presented on Anton Wilhelm Amo (& friends). It was an inspiration to hear about how he teaches Amo!

(Dwight pictured here at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.)

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

Alice Sowaal goes over her syllabus and how she supports her students’ community and exploration of non-canonical figures!

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

Julie Walsh (@juliekrwalsh) spotlights Zera Yacob, Walda Heywat, and Im Yunjidang. Really exciting to hear how she teaches these figures and about the opportunities to teach a broader set of figures and topics!!

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

CCEC co-founder Bennett McNulty (@BennettMcnulty) presents on how and why he teaches about Kant’s racism.

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

CCEC co-founder Jessica Gordon-Roth and CCEC research assistant Kylie Shahar walk us through Anne Conway’s Principles with special attention to her monism.

Coming soon to an early modern course near you: an exciting unit on Conway!!

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

@UMNCDSC co-founder Angela Carter presented on academic ableism and on moving from accommodation to access!

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

Julie Walsh (@juliekrwalsh) kicks off day 3 by walking through her early modern philosophy syllabus! So many great pedagogical strategies!

(Cool shirt! 😄)

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

CCEC co-founder Dwight K. Lewis, Jr. (@dwightklewis) helps us think about our positionality, what we care about, and how they do (and should!) inform our course design and class presence.

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

CCEC co-founder Jessica Gordon-Roth presents on her syllabus and flipping the script of early modern philosophy!

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

To kick off day 2, @PhilosophyUMN Professor Tamara Fakhoury presented on instructor positionality and how it affects our teaching.

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

Eddie O’Byrn helped us all work through teaching with ambition and compassion (for our students and ourselves!).

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

CCEC co-founder @BennettMcnulty presenting on backwards course design: building the syllabus around our goals for student development.

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

CCEC co-founder @dwightklewis guides us through setting community standards and expectations

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

@PhilosophyUMN alumni Jason Smartwood and Ian Stoner present on centering our courses on teaching *skills*

[Minnesota Center for Canon Expansion and Change @MNCCEC]

☀️☀️☀️CCEC Summer Program 2023☀️☀️☀️

@juliekrwalsh kicks off the 2nd annual summer program, telling about how the early modern canon was formed, how to dismantle it, and how to feel less alone in philosophy!

(zoom in on the slide for a boggling quote)