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Apply to one of MSU's Graduate Degree Programs in Philosophy for Children
 

New IAPC Publications: Lipman Autobiography and P4C Practitioner Handbook
 

Fall 2008 IAPC Newsletter

July 2-4: "Evaluation of and in Philosophy for Children" 14th Bi-Annual ICPIC Conference, University of Padua, Italy

Sept. 10-12: “Philosophical Thinking for Global Change: Education in Uncertain Times,” conference at University of Cumbria.  Info. from office@cdec.org.uk

December 27-30: "Philosophy, Education and the Care of the Self," IAPC Session at the 2009 Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, New York Marriot Marquis, Manhattan.

January 3-11: 13th International P4C Conference/Workshop in San Cristóbal, México
 

May 20-27: 2009 Advanced IAPC Summer Seminar in Philosophy for Children
 

March 5-8: Association for Practical and Professional Ethics 18th Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio
 

February 11-13: "The Art of Thinking: 2009 Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology" in Cape Town, South Africa (contact Jolandi Ackermann: Jolandi.Ackermann@uct.ac.za)
 

Monday, December 29, 1:30 - 4:30: "Philosophy for, with and of Children," IAPC session at APA Eastern Division 105th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia Marriot Downtown
 

Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2:00 p.m.: Alexandra Perry & Maughn Gregory (chairs): “Philosophy for, with and of Children,” Educational Foundations Colloquium, 2160 University Hall
 

November 28: “Philosophy, philosophy are you there?  Doing philosophy with children,” Symposium, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece, under the auspices of Greek National Committee of UNESCO
 

October 26, 3:00-5:00: Celebration of Lipman Autobiography "A Life Teaching Thinking," Green Hill Housing, West Orange
 

October 16-19, 2008: "Philosophy of Interculturality" International Conference organized by the ACPC Austrian Center of Philosophy with Children in Graz, Austria
 

October 19-23, 2008: “Menon – Developing Intercultural Dialogue through Philosophical Inquiry” post-conference workshop organized by the ACPC Austrian Center of Philosophy with Children in Graz, Austria
 

July 30-August 5: The XXII World Congress of Philosophy, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
 

April 11-14: Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MA
 

March 21-24: AACS Seventh Annual Meeting, Teachers College
 

March 24-28: AERA 2008 Annual Meeting
 

January 3-11: 11th International P4C Conference/Workshop in San Cristóbal, México; Conference theme: "From Child to Adolescent as a Critical Thinker"
 

Spring 2008 IAPC Newsletter
 

October 21-23: International Workshop: "The Arc of Inquiry in Philosophical Dialogue" in Graz, Austria, organized by the Austrian Center of Philosophy with Children
 

October 18-21: International Conference: "Philosophie - Globalisierung und interkulturelles Verstehen" ("Philosophy -- Globalization and Intercultural Understanding") in Graz, Austria, organized by the Austrian Center of Philosophy with Children
 

October 9: Socratic Athletica! Philosophy of Sports Day at Yogi Berra Museum
 

July 2, 1:00-2:30: Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series: "Robotics and Philosophy in the Classroom" by Gunter Heim
 

June 4-7: XIII Bi-Annual Conference of ICPIC: "Philosophical Inquiry with Children: A Meeting Point between Cultures and Identities," at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  Post-conference seminar June 10-11th: "Exploring Connections: Philosophy for Children and Jewish Studies."
 

May 10, 2007, 5:30-7:00: Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series: "The Past, Present and Future of Teaching Logic" by Raymundo Morado
 

March 22, 5:30-7:00 p.m.: Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series: "Adam Smith's Philosophy of Education," by Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein
 

Tenth International P4C Conference/Workshop in San Cristóbal, México, January 3-11, 2007. Conference theme: "The Community of Inquiry and Intercultural Understanding"
 

"Philosophy for Children: An Introductory Workshop" January 12, 9:00-3:30 at The University Children's Center
 

September 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m. "Children don't need to prepare for democracy, they need to practice it!" IAPC Colloquium with Dr. Gilbert Burgh, The University of Queensland, Australia
 

September 4-7: "Filosofía Para Niños y Niñas: Conferencia / Taller para promover el pensamiento crítico y reflexivo en las poblaciones infantiles," Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San Jose, Costa Rica
 

June 27-29, 2006: North American Association for Community of Inquiry (NAACI) Seventh Bi-Annual Conference: "Democracy and Ethics in Philosophical Dialog," at Laval University, Ste-Foy, Québec City, Canada
 

Saturday 17 June – Monday 19, 2006 "Talking Thinking: The 2nd EPIC International Conference on Philosophical Inquiry and Lifelong Learning," University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland UK
 

May 25-8: Second International Research-and-Practical Conference: “Philosophy for Children: A Man in the midst of People,” at Moscow State University
 

Spring 2006 Newsletter
 

February 2006: "P4C & Rationality  in the New World: An Interview with Matthew Lipman & Ann Margaret Sharp," online at P4C.Iran
 

Friday, January 13: Philosophy for Children Introductory Workshop
 

January 3-11, 2006: Ninth International P4C Conference/Workshop in San Cristóbal, México. Conference theme: "Caring Thinking"
 

January 2006: The IAPC has moved to a suite of offices in the new University Hall.  Click here to see a live web camera of our new home (we're behind the three windows on the middle level on the far left).  Our new mailing address is simply: IAPC, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ  07043, USA.
 

October 20-23: "Philosophical Foundations of Innovative Learning – Philosophische Grundlagen innovativen Lernens”: the 20^th Anniversary Conference of The Austrian Center of Philosophy with Children (ACPC), Graz/Austria
 

Tuesday, October 11, 7:30 p.m.: Bradford School PTA Philosophy Night
 

Monday, October 3, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. "P4C and Child Centered Community Development in Africa" a day of reporting, discussion and planning with Sven Coppens of PLAN International, at the IAPC.
 

Philosophy for Children Workshop in Cape Town, South Africa, September 2005
 

Philosophy for Children Graduate Colloquium Series
 

July 17-22: "Peace, Justice and Education": the ICPIC Bi-Annual Conference at the National Museum of History in México City, including day trip to Teotihuacán; arrivals on the 17th and departures on the 22nd. Estimated costs: Registration fee $200 USD; Hotels $60 - $100 / day; Meals $30 / day.
 

EducationNews.Org Interview with Maughn Gregory Monday, May 9, 2005
 

Philosophy for Children courses in MSU Summer Camp June 27 - July 15 & July 18 - August 5, 2005
 

IAPC Newsletter Spring 2005 (pdf)
 

"Studying Philosophy: Smart Move" Atlantic City Press April 27, 2005
 

"Kids Ponder the Big Questions" New Jersey Star-Ledger April 14, 2005
 

Saturday, April 9: Dept. of Early Childhood, Elementary, and Literacy Education & NJNER Annual Spring Conference: "Children's Opportunities -- Our Responsibilities" with IAPC Workshops
 

Friday, April 1: Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series: Oleksandr V. Tyaglo, Chair of the Department of Philosophy & Political Science, National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv, Ukraine: Democracy and Critical Thinking, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the IAPC
 

Tuesdays, March 1, 8 & 22, 4-6 p.m. NJNER Mini-Courses at Cedar Grove High School, include Philosophical Spirituality For Educators by Maya Levanon. Phone (973) 655-5231 for information.
 

Friday, March 4, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series: Dr. Bruce Novak, Foundations in Education, Northern Illinois University: The Opening of the American Heart: How We Can End the War of “Jihad” and “McWorld” By Cooperatively and Publicly Instituting a Moral, Educative Democracy
 

Scotland Today TV News Story on "Philosophy for Schoolkids" (video clip)

February 27, 2005 Radio Interview of Maughn Gregory on "Equal Time for Freethought," WBAI 99.5 FM New York (archived for download)

January 27-29 Inter-regional Philosophy for Children conference in Moscow; contact Larisa Retyunskikh (retun@online.ru); conference in English and Russian.

January 13, 9:00 - 3:00 IAPC Introductory Philosophy for Children Workshop
 

January 3-11: Eighth International P4C Conference/Workshop in San Cristóbal, México.
 

December 3, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.: Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series: Professor Nina Yulina, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow: Richard Rorty
 

IAPC Newsletter Fall 2004
  Online (html)
  Online (PDF via Adobe)  
 

November - December 2004: Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series
 

November 2004: IAPC 30th Anniversary

November 6, 2004: 20th Anniversary Commemoration of the Centro Brasiliero de Filosofia para Crianças in São Paulo; contact President Darcísio Muraro at cbfc@cbfc.com.br
 

October 7, 10:00 - 12:00: "Teaching Children Philosophy" film discussion by Thomas E. Wartenberg, professor of philosophy at Mount Holyoke College, at Kopps Lounge, Russ Hall.  Professional Development Hours & Refreshments provided. 
 

September 9 - 11: International Conference on the Teaching of Philosophy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 

September 10 - 12: Global Conference "Philosophy with Children: Transdisciplinary Perspectives," Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
 

IAPC Annual Report for Academic Year 2003-2004
  Online (html)
  Online (pdf)
 

IAPC Newsletter Summer 2004
  Online (html)
  PDF via Adobe

July 5 - 8: North American Association for Community of Inquiry (NAACI) 6th Bi-Annual Conference, in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.  Contact Eugenio Echeverría for information.
 

Philosophy Night at Livingston High School, June 8, 2004

University graduates first doctoral students (Insight Online 5/03/2004)

IAPC Interviews by Saeed Naji, Iranian Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS) in Teheran:
  Lipman Interview, Part I, in Persian at IHCS website (click on “Publications,” and “P4C")
  Lipman Intreview, Part I, in English at Norwegian website “Philosophy with Children & Youth”
  Lipman Interview, Part I, in Persian at Mehrnews Press
  Lipman Interview, Part II, in English at Norwegian website “Philosophy with Children & Youth”
  Sharp Intreview in English at Norwegian website “Philosophy with Children & Youth”

Thursday, April 29, 1:00 – 3:00 at IAPC, special presentation by Jeanne McCarty, vice president of the Jane Goodall Institute and P4C Bridge Student Katrina Macht on “Roots & Shoots and Philosophy for Children”

 

Thursday, April 22: Bring Your Daughter to Work Day, with IAPC event.

 

On the Job with Mark Weinstein (InsightOnline feature 04/05/04)
 

March 25-29: "Encouraging Philosophical Thinking" Conference and meeting of SOPHIA (European Philosophy for/with Children Center Directors), in Graz, Austria, organized by Austrian ICPIC Representative Dr. Daniela Camhy 

IAPC Newsletter Winter 2004
  PDF via Adobe
  Online (html)

Spring Seminar Series: "Educating for Democracy and Diversity" at Bergen Community College

January 3-11, 2004: Seventh International P4C Conference/Workshop in San Cristóbal, México.