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Feeling is Believing, Professor Donovan Schaefer, January 9-11, 2024
The Humanities Research Center is pleased to invite students and faculty to meet with our scholar-in-residence, Professor Donovan Schaefer, from the University of Pennsylvania, who will be at DKU during the first week at of the spring semester. Professor Schafer is well known for his work on affect theory and has published two major monographs […]
Superdeep #21: “Behind the Text: AI’s Absent Subjectivity” | Thu Dec 7, 6:04pm
IB 2026 | Zoom 6979897969 Superdeep ends the semester with yet another such Workshop session, with Siyu (Sue) Wang helping us see “Behind the Text: AI’s Absent Subjectivity” (…& food & drink). 6:04pm, IB 2026 | Zoom 6979897969. *** The Workshop is Superdeep‘s venue for philosophical work-in-progress research & practice. For more info or to […]
Superdeep #20: “DKU Philosophy ’23” | Thu Nov 23, 6:04pm
6:04pm | Water Pavilion Come to the Water Pavilion this Thursday, Nov 23 at 6:04pm to spend time with arcane creatures of DKU legend, the likes of which you’d normally only encounter in books, caves, or airports: the Philosophers. Members of DKU’s philosophical community (faculty & students, across Divisions) will share & discuss what we’re are […]
The Superdeep Well
The Well is Superdeep‘s joint research & reading group. We meet weekly to discuss work on a shared theme (over coffee, tea, & Pocki chocolates). Everyone (faculty, students, staff, visitors) is invited to attend and to source & draw from the Well. The Well meets on Tue ~5pm in IB 1017 (Zoom attendance: …conceivable. Reach […]
Superdeep #19: “Defying Displacement: The Case of Philadelphia Chinatown” (Caroline Aung) | Tue Oct 24, 5:30 & 6pm
5:30pm IB 1008 (IB Auditorium) 6:00 pm IB 2028 | Zoom 6979897969 The Superdeep Workshop returns on a chord of high notes: on Tue Oct 24, Caroline Aung of Philadelphia’s Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC) will join us for a presentation and interactive workshop for “Defying Displacement: The Case of Philadelphia Chinatown“. The event is Superdeep […]
Superdeep#17: “Lucid Dreams Elucidated” By Nathan Hauthaler, Weifan Mo and Siyu Wang
Reported by Dongkun Lyu The seminar was divided into three parts. Sue first introduced the Ontology of the Lucid Dream, Michelle then discussed several different “Selves” in the dream, and finally Nathan proposed the research on knowledge in dreams and related action philosophy.
Superdeep #18: “Connecting Dots on Vanishing Voices: A Computational Philosophical Inquiry” (Nielsen & Tao) | Thu Mar 23, 6:30pm
IB 2026 | Zoom 69 79 89 79 69 Join us for our 18th Superdeep workshop meeting in its 18th month. Karen Nielsen (E&L Phil ’23) and Junyi Tao (DS ’23) will showcase via “Connecting Dots on Vanishing Voices: A Computational Philosophical Inquiry”. As always, everyone is welcome to join; no prior knowledge of philosophy […]
Student Report: Superdeep#16: “ChatGPT” with Tim Fitz (Turnitin)
Reported by Dongkun Lyu (with ChatGPT) Before I started to write a report, I asked ChatGPT: “Could you please write around a 300 words seminar report for me? The date is Feb 1, 2023. People are Tim Fitz (engineer of Turnitin), Professor Daniel Lim and DKU professors and student. The content is encompassing the research […]
Superdeep #17: “Lucid Dreams Elucidated” (Mo, Wang, & Hauthaler) | Thu Feb 23, 6pm
IB 2026 | Zoom 69 79 89 79 69 Join us for our next Superdeep workshop meeting, in which Weifan Mo (E&L Philosophy ’23), and Siyu Wang (E&L Philosophy ’25), and Nathan Hauthaler will revel in “Lucid Dreams Elucidated”. Soon after the workshop, the Superdeep Nighthawks will continue to shine their late projector light on dreams […]
Superdeep #16: “ChatGPT and We” (with Tim Fitz (turnitin)) | Feb 1, 10:30am
IB 2050 | Zoom 69 79 89 79 69 Having heard much from chatty AI lately, let us humans do some talking again. Join us for a Superdeep conversation on how “ChatGPT and We” might carry on together. We’ll be joined by philosophers, computer scientists, and others from DKU, as well as special guest Tim […]
