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Undergraduate & Post-Graduate Courses for 2026–2027

The full academic year of BA and MA courses, September 2026 through June 2027. Sessions meet live online; the May MA term and Commencement (May 16th) take place in person in Florence.

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September2026
Entire College
Commencement + Orientation
All Faculty
12:00 PM ETSun 6
Entire College
BA — Bachelor’s · Quarter 1
Academic Writing
Jamie Davies
11:00 AM ETSat 19, 26
BA · Tier 16 ECTS
Research Methods
Sofia Galli
11:00 AM ETSat 19, 26
BA · Tier 33 ECTS
BA Thesis Proposal
Mario D’Amato
1:00 PM ETSat 19, 26
BA · Tier 23 ECTS
Introductory Philosophy
Filippo Scafi
11:00 AM ETSun 20, 27
BA · Tier 16 ECTS
Art in Society
Francisco Gonzalez
1:00 PM ETSun 20, 27
BA · Tier 26 ECTS
MA — Master’s
Theopoetics
John D. Caputo
11:00 AM ETSat 5, 12, 19, 26
Philosophy3 ECTS
Critical Perspectives on AI
Ewa Lewandowska & Tessina Grant Moloney
10:00 AM ETSun 6, 13, 20, 27
Philosophy3 ECTS
Fear and Anxiety
Hilary Neroni
1:00 PM ETSat 5, 12, 19, 26
Psychoanalysis3 ECTS
Theopoetics
John D. Caputo
11:00 AM ETSat 5, 12, 19, 26
Theology3 ECTS
Political Theory
Asma Abbas
1:00 PM ETSat 5, 12, 19, 26
Politics3 ECTS
October2026
BA — Bachelor’s · Quarter 1
Academic Writing
Jamie Davies
11:00 AM ETSat 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
BA · Tier 16 ECTS
Research Methods
Sofia Galli
11:00 AM ETSat 3, 10
BA · Tier 33 ECTS
Social & Environmental Justice
Maya Fridjoy
11:00 AM ETSat 17, 24, 31
BA · Tier 33 ECTS
BA Thesis Proposal
Mario D’Amato
1:00 PM ETSat 3, 10
BA · Tier 23 ECTS
Religion & Power
Nicholas Laccetti
1:00 PM ETSat 17, 24, 31
BA · Tier 23 ECTS
Introductory Philosophy
Filippo Scafi
11:00 AM ETSun 4, 11, 18, 25
BA · Tier 16 ECTS
Art in Society
Francisco Gonzalez
1:00 PM ETSun 4, 11, 18, 25
BA · Tier 26 ECTS
MA — Master’s
Theatre / Theory / Politics
Arthur Bradley
11:00 AM ETSat 3, 10, 17, 24
Philosophy3 ECTS
Introduction to Psychoanalysis
Rishab Nathan
12:00 PM ETSun 4, 11, 18, 25
Psychoanalysis3 ECTS
Theological Reasoning
Barry Taylor
1:00 PM ETSat 3, 10, 17, 24
Theology3 ECTS
History of Anarchism
Francisco González Castro
1:00 PM ETSat 3, 10, 17, 24
Politics3 ECTS
Political Economy
Silvia Federici
1:00 PM ETSat 31
Politics3 ECTS
November2026
BA — Bachelor’s · Quarter 1
Academic Writing
Jamie Davies
11:00 AM ETSat 7
BA · Tier 16 ECTS
Social & Environmental Justice
Maya Fridjoy
11:00 AM ETSat 7
BA · Tier 33 ECTS
Religion & Power
Nicholas Laccetti
1:00 PM ETSat 7
BA · Tier 23 ECTS
Introductory Philosophy
Filippo Scafi
11:00 AM ETSun 1, 8
BA · Tier 16 ECTS
Art in Society
Francisco Gonzalez
1:00 PM ETSun 1, 8
BA · Tier 26 ECTS
BA — Bachelor’s · Quarter 2
Philosophy as a Way of Life
Alison Forster
11:00 AM ETSat 21, 28
BA · Philosophy3 ECTS
World Literature
Alfie Bown
11:00 AM ETSun 22, 29
BA · Literature3 ECTS
MA — Master’s
Energy and Change
Clayton Crockett
This course will also meet on Sunday the 15th.
11:00 AM ETSat 7, 14, 28
Philosophy3 ECTS
Jung
Florian Kleinau
11:00 AM ETSat 7, 14, 21, 28
Psychoanalysis3 ECTS
Energy and Change
Clayton Crockett
This course will also meet on Sunday the 15th.
11:00 AM ETSat 7, 14, 28
Theology3 ECTS
Political Economy
Silvia Federici
1:00 PM ETSat 7, 14, 21
Politics3 ECTS
Art and Anarchism
Lucy Quezada
1:00 PM ETSat 28
Politics3 ECTS
December2026
BA — Bachelor’s · Quarter 2
Philosophy as a Way of Life
Alison Forster
11:00 AM ETSat 5, 12
BA · Philosophy3 ECTS
World Literature
Alfie Bown
11:00 AM ETSun 6, 13
BA · Literature3 ECTS
MA — Master’s
Philosophy and Psychedelics
Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
11:00 AM ETSat & Sun 5, 6, 12, 13
Philosophy3 ECTS
Psychoanalysis and Psychedelics
Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
11:00 AM ETSat & Sun 5, 6, 12, 13
Psychoanalysis3 ECTS
Topics in Psychoanalysis
Gabriella Hiatt
1:00 PM ETSat 4, Sun 5, Fri 10, Sat 11
Psychoanalysis3 ECTS
Theology and Psychedelics
Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
11:00 AM ETSat & Sun 5, 6, 12, 13
Theology3 ECTS
Art and Anarchism
Lucy Quezada
1:00 PM ETSat 5, 12, 19
Politics3 ECTS
January2027
BA — Bachelor’s · Quarter 3
Global Humanities
Helen Rollins
11:00 AM ETSat 30
BA · Tier 16 ECTS
Creating History
Sofia Galli
11:00 AM ETSat 30
BA · Tier 36 ECTS
Ideas & Figures
Jamie Davies
1:00 PM ETSat 30
BA · Tier 26 ECTS
Reading for Knowledge
Nicholas Laccetti
11:00 AM ETSun 31
BA · Tier 13 ECTS
Innovations & Paradigms
Filippo Scafi
1:00 PM ETSun 31
BA · Tier 23 ECTS
MA — Master’s
Violence and Desire
Avital Ronell
11:00 AM ETSat 9, 16, 23, 30
Philosophy3 ECTS
Peirce and Semiotics
Rocky Gangle & Antonis Iliopoulos
1:00 PM ETSat 9, 16, 23, 30
Philosophy3 ECTS
Violence and Desire
Avital Ronell
11:00 AM ETSat 9, 16, 23, 30
Psychoanalysis3 ECTS
Violence and Desire
Avital Ronell
11:00 AM ETSat 9, 16, 23, 30
Theology3 ECTS
Research Methodologies
Asma Abbas
1:00 PM ETSat 9, 16, 23, 30
Politics3 ECTS
February2027
BA — Bachelor’s · Quarter 3
Global Humanities
Helen Rollins
11:00 AM ETSat 6, 13, 20, 27
BA · Tier 16 ECTS
Creating History
Sofia Galli
11:00 AM ETSat 6, 13, 20, 27
BA · Tier 36 ECTS
Ideas & Figures
Jamie Davies
1:00 PM ETSat 6, 13, 20, 27
BA · Tier 26 ECTS
Reading for Knowledge
Nicholas Laccetti
11:00 AM ETSun 7, 14, 21
BA · Tier 13 ECTS
Early Modern Philosophy
Nicolas Pantaleoni
11:00 AM ETSun 28
BA · Philosophy3 ECTS
Innovations & Paradigms
Filippo Scafi
1:00 PM ETSun 7, 14, 21
BA · Tier 23 ECTS
MA — Master’s
Sex, AI, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
Isabel Millar
11:00 AM ETSat 6, 13, 20, 27
Philosophy3 ECTS
Sex, AI, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
Isabel Millar
11:00 AM ETSat 6, 13, 20, 27
Psychoanalysis3 ECTS
Theology and Psychoanalysis
Clayton Crockett
1:00 PM ETSat 6, 13, 20, 27
Theology3 ECTS
Imperialism and Colonialism
Manuel Carrión
1:00 PM ETSat 6, 13, 20, 27
Politics3 ECTS
March2027
BA — Bachelor’s · Quarter 3
Global Humanities
Helen Rollins
11:00 AM ETSat 6, 13, 20
BA · Tier 16 ECTS
Creating History
Sofia Galli
11:00 AM ETSat 6, 13, 20
BA · Tier 36 ECTS
Ideas & Figures
Jamie Davies
1:00 PM ETSat 6, 13, 20
BA · Tier 26 ECTS
Early Modern Philosophy
Nicolas Pantaleoni
11:00 AM ETSun 7, 14, 21
BA · Philosophy3 ECTS
MA — Master’s
Affective Institutions in Digital Life and the Future of Collective Existence
Claudia Landolfi
11:00 AM ETSat 6, 13, 20, 27
Philosophy3 ECTS
Linguistics and Psychoanalysis
Eric Jobe
1:00 PM ETSat 6, 13, 20, 27
Psychoanalysis3 ECTS
Il Giullare di Dio: St. Francis and Franciscanism in Italian Radical Thought — Pasolini, Negri, Agamben
Igor Fardin
1:00 PM ETSun 7, 14, 21, 28
Theology3 ECTS
Post-Anarchism
Alberto Pacheco
1:00 PM ETSat 6, 13, 20, 27
Politics3 ECTS
April2027
BA — Bachelor’s · Quarter 4
21st Century Structures & Institutions
Chris Hedges
11:00 AM ETSat 3, 10, 17, 24
BA · Philosophy3 ECTS
Applied Ethics
Pearl Brock
11:00 AM ETSun 4, 11, 18, 25
BA · Tier 13 ECTS
Social Collaboration
Valeria Venditti & Mariano Croce
1:00 PM ETSun 4, 11, 18, 25
BA · Tier 26 ECTS
MA — Master’s
AI and Philosophy (a critical engagement)
Maxim Miroshnichenko
11:00 AM ETSat 3, 10, 17, 24
Philosophy3 ECTS
Psychoanalysis and the Body
Jamieson Webster
1:00 PM ETSat 3, 10, 17, 24
Psychoanalysis3 ECTS
Exploring Religious Practices and Phenomena
Jennifer Moe
11:00 AM ETSat 3, 10, 17, 24
Theology3 ECTS
Anarcho-Feminism and Intersectionality
Amapola Cortés
1:00 PM ETSat 3, 10, 17, 24
Politics3 ECTS
May2027
BA — Bachelor’s · Quarter 4
Epistemology & Ontology
Fr. Alexander Earl
11:00 AM ETSat 1, 8, 15, 22
BA · Philosophy3 ECTS
Digital Research Methods
Jessica Knipple
11:00 AM ETSun 2, 9, 16, 23
BA · Tier 13 ECTS
Social Collaboration
Valeria Venditti & Mariano Croce
1:00 PM ETSun 2, 9, 16, 23
BA · Tier 26 ECTS
MA — Master’s
✦ Florence, Italy  ·  In-Person Seminars  ·  May 9–15  →
Mysticism (psychoanalysis, philosophy, theology)
Simon Critchley
Time TBAWed–Sat 12–15
Phil / Theo / Psy3 ECTS
Eco-Thinking: Creation, Earth, Hope
Catherine Keller
Time TBAWed–Sat 12–15
Phil / Theo / Psy3 ECTS
Psychoanalysis: Theory and Practice
Bruce Fink
Time TBAWed–Sat 12–15
Psychoanalysis3 ECTS
Anger and Guilt: Subjective Responses to Capitalist Repression
Helen Rollins
Time TBAWed–Sat 12–15
Phil / Psy3 ECTS
The Last Word
Franco Berardi
Time TBASat 22, 29
Phil / Politics3 ECTS
Entire College
Commencement + Graduation
All Faculty · Florence, Italy
12:00 PM ETFlorence · Sun 16
Entire College
June2027
BA — Bachelor’s · June Term
Comprehensive Exams & Practicum
BA-Fakultät
Dates TBAJune Term
BA · June Term
MA — Master’s
The Last Word
Franco Berardi
1:00 PM ETSat 5, 12
Phil / Politics3 ECTS
Philosophy and Politics
Chris Hedges
11:00 AM ETSat 5, 12, 19, 26
Phil / Theo / Politics3 ECTS
Hegel
Todd McGowan
1:00 PM ETSat 5, 12, 19, 26
Phil / Psy3 ECTS

BA term structure: Quarter 1 — September 19 to November 8  ·  break weekend  ·  Quarter 2 — November 21 to December 13  ·  six-weekend break  ·  Quarter 3 — January 30 to March 21  ·  break weekend  ·  Quarter 4 — April 3 to May 23  ·  June Term: comprehensive exams and practicum.

Schedule is subject to change. Faculty, dates, and session times are confirmed term by term — please check your student portal for live Zoom links and any updates.  ·  ECTS indicates European credit value.

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