Winter 2026

March 10: Adam Derek ZientekHistory Department

On the Ethics of War, Alcohol, and Cultural Romanticization

Additional Resources:

Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations by Michael Walzer


February 24: Mairaj U. Syed, Religious Studies

Reflection on Observing Ramadan + Ethical Readings to Explore


February 10: Juan Diego Díaz, Music

Exploring Black Intentionality and Cultural Continuity through African Music

Additional Resources:

Selected African Music Recordings


January 27: Carey Seal, Classics

Applying Stoics in a Post-Ethical World

Additional Resources:

Letters From a Stoic by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The Enchiridion by Epictetus

Stoicism and the Art of Happiness by Donald J. Robertson


January 13: Michael Yonan, Art History

Additional Resources:

Museums on Campus

Ways of Seeing by John Berger

Biography of Leonardo DaVinci from Walter Isaacson