Weird Academia
Schedule
Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
114 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47401 | Bloomington, IN
The evening gathers together leading thinkers and creators from the intellectual sphere of the Weird: IU professor Phil Ford and Canadian philosopher J. F. Martel of the Weird Studies podcast; IU professor Jacob Foster, whose work imagines a science of the possible; religious studies scholar Jeffrey Kripal, whose influential writings challenge humanists to confront the paranormal; artist Shannon Taggart, known for her uncanny spiritualist photography; primatologist Cat Hobaiter, whose research on non-human communication opens new frontiers of understanding; and public intellectual Erik Davis, whose writings on esoterica and media culture defy categorization.
Expect a night of startling ideas, unexpected connections, and intellectual explorations untethered from disciplinary constraints. Whether you’re a seeker, skeptic, or sim
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