The American Weil Society
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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!
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"The Iliad, Or, Poem of Force" with Dr. Cynthia Wallace
YouTube video by American Simone Weil Society
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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
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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:
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Listen here:
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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
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…
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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
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!
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Public broadcaster | Diffuseur public 🇨🇦
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Inform, enlighten and entertain.
Renseigner, éclairer et divertir.
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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) ... 🧵
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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
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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!
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“Prospects: Are we Headed for the Proletarian Revolution?” with Cristina Basili
YouTube video by American Simone Weil Society
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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
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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 . 🧵
"But to destroy cities, either materially or morally, or to exclude human beings from a city, thrusting them down to the state of social outcasts, this is to sever every bond of poetry and love between human beings and the universe." - SW "Forms of the Implicit Love of God" #philosophy #politics
July 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"But to destroy cities, either materially or morally, or to exclude human beings from a city, thrusting them down to the state of social outcasts, this is to sever every bond of poetry and love between human beings and the universe." - SW "Forms of the Implicit Love of God" #philosophy #politics
Keynotes are confirmed: Anne Norton and Nicolas de Warren. Remember to submit your abstract and bio to [email protected] and share widely!
July 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Keynotes are confirmed: Anne Norton and Nicolas de Warren. Remember to submit your abstract and bio to [email protected] and share widely!
Call for Papers. Announcing the AWS 2026 Colloquy.
#callforpapers #philosophy #politics #exile #migration
#callforpapers #philosophy #politics #exile #migration
June 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Call for Papers. Announcing the AWS 2026 Colloquy.
#callforpapers #philosophy #politics #exile #migration
#callforpapers #philosophy #politics #exile #migration
Check out this article on Large Language Models, translating Weil’s La Condition Ouvrière and Taylorization in the Global Labor Journal
William Tilleczek, 'Practice or Product? Labour, Training, and the “Ethics” of AI'
William Tilleczek, 'Practice or Product? Labour, Training, and the “Ethics” of AI'
Practice or Product? Labour, Training, and the “Ethics” of AI | Global Labour Journal
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June 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Check out this article on Large Language Models, translating Weil’s La Condition Ouvrière and Taylorization in the Global Labor Journal
William Tilleczek, 'Practice or Product? Labour, Training, and the “Ethics” of AI'
William Tilleczek, 'Practice or Product? Labour, Training, and the “Ethics” of AI'
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So excited to be a part of this incredible team!
As of yesterday, our new Board took over with Benjamin Palmer Davis (Texas A&M) serving as President, Inese Radzins (Cal State Stanislaus) as Vice President, and @katelawson.bsky.social (Kings University Halifax) as Webmaster.
June 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
So excited to be a part of this incredible team!
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🎧 Perfect post-read listen: a three-part primer on “How to Read Simone Weil” on one of my favorite pods (Yale’s “For the Life of the World”)
cc @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social @weilsociety.bsky.social @evanrosa.bsky.social @cynthiawallace.bsky.social @simoneweiluk.bsky.social
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#philsky
June 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🎧 Perfect post-read listen: a three-part primer on “How to Read Simone Weil” on one of my favorite pods (Yale’s “For the Life of the World”)
cc @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social @weilsociety.bsky.social @evanrosa.bsky.social @cynthiawallace.bsky.social @simoneweiluk.bsky.social
#philsky
cc @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social @weilsociety.bsky.social @evanrosa.bsky.social @cynthiawallace.bsky.social @simoneweiluk.bsky.social
#philsky
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Does anyone know of translations of Giovanni Amendola’s La democrazia italiana contro il fascismo. 1922-1924 in French, Spanish, or (gulp) Russian? It’s not available in English and I can’t read Italian.
June 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Does anyone know of translations of Giovanni Amendola’s La democrazia italiana contro il fascismo. 1922-1924 in French, Spanish, or (gulp) Russian? It’s not available in English and I can’t read Italian.
As of yesterday, our new Board took over with Benjamin Palmer Davis (Texas A&M) serving as President, Inese Radzins (Cal State Stanislaus) as Vice President, and @katelawson.bsky.social (Kings University Halifax) as Webmaster.
June 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As of yesterday, our new Board took over with Benjamin Palmer Davis (Texas A&M) serving as President, Inese Radzins (Cal State Stanislaus) as Vice President, and @katelawson.bsky.social (Kings University Halifax) as Webmaster.
No Spencer, Thank you for your wonderful contributions to Weil Scholarship and thought!
Extremely grateful to be recognized in this way by @weilsociety.bsky.social, especially after writing about Weil as a schoolteacher for the past three years. Thank you so much!
June 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
No Spencer, Thank you for your wonderful contributions to Weil Scholarship and thought!