The American Weil Society
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Happy birthday Simone Weil. RIP. You hated when what's going on in the US happened in the 1930s and 1940s.
@weilsociety.bsky.social
@weilsociety.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Happy birthday Simone Weil. RIP. You hated when what's going on in the US happened in the 1930s and 1940s.
@weilsociety.bsky.social
@weilsociety.bsky.social
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Website and official publication date tbd, but my book, “Revolutionary Pessimism: Simone Weil’s Antifascist Politics” will be published in Fall/Winter 2026 with Stanford University Press!
January 28, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Website and official publication date tbd, but my book, “Revolutionary Pessimism: Simone Weil’s Antifascist Politics” will be published in Fall/Winter 2026 with Stanford University Press!
Great to see @politico.com include Simone Weil's "On the Abolition of All Political Parties" on this list! Why not join our reading group and have the incredible Dr. Scott Ritner guide you through this wonderful text?! Visit our website to register! www.politico.eu/article/13-b...
13 books to help you survive 2026
Required reading for an age of upheaval.
www.politico.eu
January 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Great to see @politico.com include Simone Weil's "On the Abolition of All Political Parties" on this list! Why not join our reading group and have the incredible Dr. Scott Ritner guide you through this wonderful text?! Visit our website to register! www.politico.eu/article/13-b...
If you didn't have a chance to join the reading group to discuss Weil's "Forms of the Implicit Love of God essay" with @katelawson.bsky.social, it is now available online: youtu.be/ic0MqDHfCdw
"Forms of the Implicit Love of God" with Dr. Kate Lawson
YouTube video by American Simone Weil Society
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January 11, 2026 at 6:52 PM
If you didn't have a chance to join the reading group to discuss Weil's "Forms of the Implicit Love of God essay" with @katelawson.bsky.social, it is now available online: youtu.be/ic0MqDHfCdw
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Of all the philosophers I had my students in my intro Continental philosophy of religions class read this past semester, the one they most connected to was Simone Weil, because they all said her focus on attention resonated with them in an age of constant social media stimulation.
Could AI relationships actually be good for us?
Could AI relationships actually be good for us?
From companionship to psychotherapy, technology could meet unmet needs – but it needs to be handled responsibly
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December 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Of all the philosophers I had my students in my intro Continental philosophy of religions class read this past semester, the one they most connected to was Simone Weil, because they all said her focus on attention resonated with them in an age of constant social media stimulation.
It is just under 2 weeks until our next lecture/ reading group session on "Forms of the Implicit Love of God" with AWS Board Member Dr. Kate Lawson @katelawson.bsky.social Register now for an excuse to get reading and thinking during the busyness of the season! simoneweilsociety.org/events/readi...
Reading Group 3: Weil and God — American Weil Society
Reading Group Three: Weil and God
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December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It is just under 2 weeks until our next lecture/ reading group session on "Forms of the Implicit Love of God" with AWS Board Member Dr. Kate Lawson @katelawson.bsky.social Register now for an excuse to get reading and thinking during the busyness of the season! simoneweilsociety.org/events/readi...
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one of the great, pernicious myths perpetrated about higher ed—which media, higher ed administrators, politicians, and a number of faculty are complicit in spreading—is that humanities departments close due to some combination of cratering student demand and unjustifiable cost. It’s not true
My humanities dept was relevant. Majors were up. Courses were 100% enrolled. Revenue positive, GE serving, etc etc. We were still eliminated.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
'For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it. Indeed, the most useful lesson the humanities have to offer today is a profoundly countercultural one: Difficulty is good, an end in its own right.' 2/2
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
one of the great, pernicious myths perpetrated about higher ed—which media, higher ed administrators, politicians, and a number of faculty are complicit in spreading—is that humanities departments close due to some combination of cratering student demand and unjustifiable cost. It’s not true
Dear colleagues:
Today is the final day to submit to our 2026 Colloquy.
Send your 250-word abstracts and short bios to: [email protected]
Please indicate whether you will present in person or online (at the earlier online conference in April).
Link Below!
Today is the final day to submit to our 2026 Colloquy.
Send your 250-word abstracts and short bios to: [email protected]
Please indicate whether you will present in person or online (at the earlier online conference in April).
Link Below!
2026 Colloquy Registration — American Weil Society
Join us at Texas A&M University April 23-25 for the annual Simone Weil Colloquy. Weil has so much to tell us about humanity's contemporary and historical issues with roots, exile, and migration. T...
simoneweilsociety.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Dear colleagues:
Today is the final day to submit to our 2026 Colloquy.
Send your 250-word abstracts and short bios to: [email protected]
Please indicate whether you will present in person or online (at the earlier online conference in April).
Link Below!
Today is the final day to submit to our 2026 Colloquy.
Send your 250-word abstracts and short bios to: [email protected]
Please indicate whether you will present in person or online (at the earlier online conference in April).
Link Below!
Today is the final day to submit to our 2026 Colloquy.
Send your 250-word abstracts and short bios to: [email protected]
Details: simoneweilsociety.org/membership-1...
Please indicate whether you will present in person or online (at the earlier online conference in April).
Send your 250-word abstracts and short bios to: [email protected]
Details: simoneweilsociety.org/membership-1...
Please indicate whether you will present in person or online (at the earlier online conference in April).
2026 Colloquy Registration — American Weil Society
Join us at Texas A&M University April 23-25 for the annual Simone Weil Colloquy. Weil has so much to tell us about humanity's contemporary and historical issues with roots, exile, and migration. T...
simoneweilsociety.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Today is the final day to submit to our 2026 Colloquy.
Send your 250-word abstracts and short bios to: [email protected]
Details: simoneweilsociety.org/membership-1...
Please indicate whether you will present in person or online (at the earlier online conference in April).
Send your 250-word abstracts and short bios to: [email protected]
Details: simoneweilsociety.org/membership-1...
Please indicate whether you will present in person or online (at the earlier online conference in April).
If you missed @cynthiarwallace.bsky.social Dr. Cynthia Wallace's insightful talk and the rich discussion with fellow AWS members at our reading group on "The Iliad, or, Poem of Force", please feel free to watch the video. This is a conversation you will want to hear!
youtu.be/zrk-GXF_E8c?...
youtu.be/zrk-GXF_E8c?...
"The Iliad, Or, Poem of Force" with Dr. Cynthia Wallace
YouTube video by American Simone Weil Society
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you missed @cynthiarwallace.bsky.social Dr. Cynthia Wallace's insightful talk and the rich discussion with fellow AWS members at our reading group on "The Iliad, or, Poem of Force", please feel free to watch the video. This is a conversation you will want to hear!
youtu.be/zrk-GXF_E8c?...
youtu.be/zrk-GXF_E8c?...
We have confirmed our keynote speaker for our online conference. Stephen West from the podcast @philosophizethis.bsky.social will be joining us to speak about Simone Weil. Accepting abstracts until December 15. Please join us!
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We have confirmed our keynote speaker for our online conference. Stephen West from the podcast @philosophizethis.bsky.social will be joining us to speak about Simone Weil. Accepting abstracts until December 15. Please join us!
In efforts to make the society more inclusive and available to a broader audience, this spring we will be adding an online option for our annual conference for those who would like to present but cannot be there in person. Please consider submitting your abstract. Deadline extended to December 15.
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In efforts to make the society more inclusive and available to a broader audience, this spring we will be adding an online option for our annual conference for those who would like to present but cannot be there in person. Please consider submitting your abstract. Deadline extended to December 15.
The deadline to register for this event is November 10! Please join us!
"the contradiction lodged within the soul tears it to shreds.”
Please join me online for a talk/conversation about Simone Weil's remarkable essay "The Iliad, or The Poem of Force" on Thursday, November 13, at 2:00 ET, hosted by @weilsociety.bsky.social
simoneweilsociety.org/events/readi...
Please join me online for a talk/conversation about Simone Weil's remarkable essay "The Iliad, or The Poem of Force" on Thursday, November 13, at 2:00 ET, hosted by @weilsociety.bsky.social
simoneweilsociety.org/events/readi...
Reading Group 2: Weil and Literature — American Weil Society
Reading Group Two: Weil and Literature
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November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The deadline to register for this event is November 10! Please join us!
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The @CBCradio.bluesky.social Show and Podcast "Ideas" aired an episode on October 20 on Simone Weil featuring Scott Ritner and Kate Lawson of @WeilSociety.bluesky.social
Listen here:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Listen here:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The @CBCradio.bluesky.social Show and Podcast "Ideas" aired an episode on October 20 on Simone Weil featuring Scott Ritner and Kate Lawson of @WeilSociety.bluesky.social
Listen here:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Listen here:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Here's the podcast link for those not in Canada (or in Canada too)!
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https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/16176502-can-abolishing-political-parties-topple-fascism
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https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/16176502-can-abolishing-political-parties-topple-fascism
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Here's the podcast link for those not in Canada (or in Canada too)!
open.spotify.com/episode/7xUah9…
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/can���
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/16176502-can-abolishing-political-parties-topple-fascism
open.spotify.com/episode/7xUah9…
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/can���
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/16176502-can-abolishing-political-parties-topple-fascism
Tonight syndicated across Canada at 8pm!
The cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Show and Podcast Ideas will air an episode on October 20 on Simone Weil featuring the AWS's own Scott Ritner and Kate Lawson as well as Michael Ignatieff! More information including direct links to come!
CBC/Radio-Canada (@cbcradiocanada.bsky.social)
Public broadcaster | Diffuseur public 🇨🇦
―
Inform, enlighten and entertain.
Renseigner, éclairer et divertir.
cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Tonight syndicated across Canada at 8pm!
The cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Show and Podcast Ideas will air an episode on October 20 on Simone Weil featuring the AWS's own Scott Ritner and Kate Lawson as well as Michael Ignatieff! More information including direct links to come!
CBC/Radio-Canada (@cbcradiocanada.bsky.social)
Public broadcaster | Diffuseur public 🇨🇦
―
Inform, enlighten and entertain.
Renseigner, éclairer et divertir.
cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Show and Podcast Ideas will air an episode on October 20 on Simone Weil featuring the AWS's own Scott Ritner and Kate Lawson as well as Michael Ignatieff! More information including direct links to come!
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The @weilsociety.bsky.social is hosting its annual colloquy at Texas A&M in April '26, as well as an online conference. This group was invaluable for me during my MFA program and thesis-writing process as I read work by and about Simone Weil. Register, and as Weil would say, attend.
October 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The @weilsociety.bsky.social is hosting its annual colloquy at Texas A&M in April '26, as well as an online conference. This group was invaluable for me during my MFA program and thesis-writing process as I read work by and about Simone Weil. Register, and as Weil would say, attend.
Call for Papers is extended to December 15! And we have an online presentation option for those who cannot attend in-person!
October 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Call for Papers is extended to December 15! And we have an online presentation option for those who cannot attend in-person!
Last day to submit!
One week left to submit your abstract. A few reminders: 1) We encourage papers that align with the theme, but ALL Weil-related papers are welcome, 2) All voices, backgrounds, and disciplines within and beyond academia are welcome, and 3) ... 🧵
simoneweilsociety.org/events/2026-...
simoneweilsociety.org/events/2026-...
2026 Colloquy at Texas A&M University — American Weil Society
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September 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Last day to submit!
One week left to submit your abstract. A few reminders: 1) We encourage papers that align with the theme, but ALL Weil-related papers are welcome, 2) All voices, backgrounds, and disciplines within and beyond academia are welcome, and 3) ... 🧵
simoneweilsociety.org/events/2026-...
simoneweilsociety.org/events/2026-...
2026 Colloquy at Texas A&M University — American Weil Society
simoneweilsociety.org
September 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
One week left to submit your abstract. A few reminders: 1) We encourage papers that align with the theme, but ALL Weil-related papers are welcome, 2) All voices, backgrounds, and disciplines within and beyond academia are welcome, and 3) ... 🧵
simoneweilsociety.org/events/2026-...
simoneweilsociety.org/events/2026-...
In our first reading group, Dr. Cristina Basili (University of Bologna & New School for Social Research) shared her incredible insights on Weil's essay "Prospects: Are we Headed for a Proletarian Revolution?" Check out the video and consider joining us for our next session!
youtu.be/FpWmMm8bBeM?...
youtu.be/FpWmMm8bBeM?...
“Prospects: Are we Headed for the Proletarian Revolution?” with Cristina Basili
YouTube video by American Simone Weil Society
youtu.be
September 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
In our first reading group, Dr. Cristina Basili (University of Bologna & New School for Social Research) shared her incredible insights on Weil's essay "Prospects: Are we Headed for a Proletarian Revolution?" Check out the video and consider joining us for our next session!
youtu.be/FpWmMm8bBeM?...
youtu.be/FpWmMm8bBeM?...
The AWS encourages all types of Weil-informed scholars, artists, thinkers, activists, and writers from every background and discipline to submit an abstract to our 2026 conference on Roots, Exile, and Migration: simoneweilsociety.org/events/2026-...
2026 Colloquy at Texas A&M University — American Weil Society
simoneweilsociety.org
September 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The AWS encourages all types of Weil-informed scholars, artists, thinkers, activists, and writers from every background and discipline to submit an abstract to our 2026 conference on Roots, Exile, and Migration: simoneweilsociety.org/events/2026-...
Reminder: Call for Papers for the AWS 2026 Colloquy is due September 30. Send your 250 word abstract and 100 word bio to [email protected] on the topic of "Roots, Exile and Migration" in Weil's thought. The conference will be at Texas A&M April 23-25 2026.
September 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Reminder: Call for Papers for the AWS 2026 Colloquy is due September 30. Send your 250 word abstract and 100 word bio to [email protected] on the topic of "Roots, Exile and Migration" in Weil's thought. The conference will be at Texas A&M April 23-25 2026.
The AWS will be hosting a virtual Simone Weil reading group this coming school year. We will read four different works drawn from Weil's writings on literature, politics, and spirituality and we would love for all Weil enthusiasts to join us: simoneweilsociety.org/events . 🧵
August 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The AWS will be hosting a virtual Simone Weil reading group this coming school year. We will read four different works drawn from Weil's writings on literature, politics, and spirituality and we would love for all Weil enthusiasts to join us: simoneweilsociety.org/events . 🧵