Roundtables – The Helix Center

This roundtable will examine the nature of love across different forms and perspectives, considering insights from history, neuroscience, psychoanalysis, poetry, and other disciplines.

Sat
Dec 6th
2014

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French Surrealism: A Revolution of the Mind

This roundtable will explore French Surrealist poetry in translation, situating it within the broader history and activities of the Surrealist movement from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Sat
Mar 26th
2016

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Understanding Genius II: Women

This roundtable will explore why women’s genius is often less readily recognized than men’s, using that disparity as a starting point to examine how historical definitions of genius, along with gender norms, institutions, and cultural beliefs, have shaped whose contributions are visible and valued.

Sat
Jun 8th
2019

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Status

This roundtable explores status anxiety—what status means, why it matters, and why it drives human behavior. It examines the pursuit of status from historical, psychological, sociological, and biological perspectives to better understand its role in shaping our desires and social lives.

Sat
Nov 16th
2024

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Otherness

This roundtable discusses the concept of Otherness, its origins, significance, and its role in current political polarization, with insights from philosophers, psychoanalysts, social theorists, and historians.

Sat
Mar 7th
2026

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Where Have All the Isms Gone?: On the Evolution of Knowledge

This roundtable explores how traditional intellectual movements and paradigms have fragmented in the postmodern era, challenging the idea of coherent disciplinary progress. It considers how the internet, social fragmentation, and AI are reshaping how knowledge is organized, produced, and understood.

Tag: history

Love, the Interrogative

French Surrealism: A Revolution of the Mind

Understanding Genius II: Women

Status

Where Have All the Isms Gone?: On the Evolution of Knowledge