The Center for Psychological Humanities & Ethics promotes conversation between the psychological sciences and humanities to advance our understanding of the enduring ethical questions at the heart of human existence.

Upcoming Offerings

A Guestbook Project Conversation: James Mahoney Award for Narrative Hospitality with Colum McMann
A Guestbook Project Conversation: James Mahoney Award for Narrative Hospitality with Colum McMann
Thursday, November 21st
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. EST
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A Guestbook Project Conversation: James Mahoney Award for Narrative Hospitality with Colum McMann

A Guestbook Project Conversation: James Mahoney Award for Narrative Hospitality with Colum McMann

Thursday, November 21st

6:00 - 7:30 p.m. EST

Join us for A Guestbook Project Conversation with Colum McCann, National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin, and renowned philosopher Richard Kearney. The event will also feature the presentation of the annual James Mahoney Award for Narrative Hospitality, given by the Guestbook Project, which promotes storytelling as a tool for empathy and community-building.

Open to the public. No CEUs, no streaming. Details to follow.

Human Strivings in William Shakespeare and Erich Fromm
Human Strivings in William Shakespeare and Erich Fromm
Monthly sessions beginning January 6, 2025
7:00-8:30 p.m. EST
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Human Strivings in William Shakespeare and Erich Fromm

Human Strivings in William Shakespeare and Erich Fromm

Monthly sessions beginning January 6, 2025

7:00-8:30 p.m. EST

In this offering series, Sandra Buechler, Ph.D. will lead the group as they explore human motivations as depicted by the psychoanalyst Erich Fromm and the playwright William Shakespeare.

Sessions will be held: 01/06/25, 02/03/25, 03/03/25, 04/07/25, 05/05/25

Registration coming soon!

Emerson for Clinicians: Forging the American Psyche
Emerson for Clinicians: Forging the American Psyche
Monthly sessions beginning January 13, 2025
7:00-8:30 p.m. EST
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Emerson for Clinicians: Forging the American Psyche

Emerson for Clinicians: Forging the American Psyche

Monthly sessions beginning January 13, 2025

7:00-8:30 p.m. EST

In this offering series, Matt Clemente, Ph.D. will lead the group as they explore Ralph Waldo Emerson's influential ideas and his impact on psychology, philosophy, and contemporary thought. 

Sessions will be held: 01/13/25, 02/10/25, 03/10/25, 04/14/25, 05/12/25

Honoring Philip Cushman

Philip Cushman, a moral and political luminary in the field of psychology, died on August 22, 2022, the victim of a hit-and-run accident.
 

A beloved teacher, scholar, and clinician, Phil is remembered for his rich analysis of how the self has been conceptualized in the field of psychology, along with his historical and critical exploration of the moral and political horizons of psychotherapy.
 

With the establishment of this endowed Fund, created to honor Phil and foster his moral imagination for the field of psychology, we will continue this critically important work for generations to come.

The argument over the question of whether or not psychology is or is not a philosophical science is, for psychology, a struggle for its very existence.
~ Wilhelm Wundt

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