C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien Reading Group - Spring 2025

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This Spring, join PRÉCIS Postdoctoral Research Associate Dr. Z Quanbeck for a reading group on C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. We will read and discuss Lewis’ A Grief Observed and Tolkien’s On Fairy Stories. All readings will be done during the session, and no prior familiarity with Lewis or Tolkien is expected.

We will meet Tuesday, February 11, February 18, February 25, and March 18, from 6:00pm-7:20pm in Wooten Hall 301. Dinner will be served, and reading materials will be provided.

You may sign up here.

This reading group is designed for undergraduates, but all Princeton students are warmly invited.

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Dr. Z Quanbeck is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Philosophy and Religion. He joined the Princeton community after receiving his Ph.D. in Philosophy from UNC-Chapel Hill. His research interests include epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion, and the history of philosophy. His research focuses especially on interpreting Kierkegaard’s ethics of belief and showing how a Kierkegaardian framework can make distinctive contributions to the contemporary ethics of belief literature.

PRÉCIS, which stands for “Philosophy, Religion, and Existential Commitments in Society,” is an initiative of the Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion (3PR), in collaboration with the Philosophy Department. The initiative is primarily focused on undergraduates and aims to foster philosophical and theological reflection on how we should live. The popular course “PHI 211: Philosophy, Religion, and Existential Commitments” is also an initiative of PRÉCIS. 

Please email Sebastian Hayden (sahayden@princeton.edu) for more details.