Studium: An Arts and Humanities Podcast
Studium hosts long-form conversations with practitioners and thought leaders trained in the arts and humanities. Our question: what are the arts and humanities good for? Our guests have used their training to build careers in a variety of fields - politics, technology, drama, art, museums, academia, and more.
Visit the Collaborative's YouTube channel to view the video version of Studium, along with short clips from all episodes.
The podcast is an initiative of Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, CT. It is presented by Dr. Jon Sozek, Director of Arts and Humanities Collaborative at the College, and hosted by himself and other members of the College's faculty.
Studium: An Arts and Humanities Podcast
Episode 2 - Politics and the love of wisdom
What has politics to do with philosophy? In this episode, Jon Sozek interviews Devin Avshalom-Smith, Alder of Newhallville (Ward 20) in the City of New Haven, Connecticut. Devin shares about how his own practice of philosophy informs his work to serve the community of Newhallville. Philosophy, he reminds us, is a verb - not just a topic or field of study! We learn about Devin's published work on W.E.B. DuBois and how phenomenology and existentialism -- especially the work of Franz Fanon -- has influenced his thinking. The episode concludes with some reflection on the future of New Haven and Newhallville and a call to young people to "crack a book" and follow their passion -- all the way to informed action in pursuit of justice.
Featuring
- Mr. Devin Avshalom-Smith, Alder of Newhallville in New Haven, CT
- Dr. Jon Sozek (host), Director of the Arts and Humanities Collaborative, Albertus Magnus College
Visit the Collaborative's YouTube channel to view the video version of Studium, along with short clips from all episodes.
