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Meredith Drees

@MeredithDrees

Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Director of Experiential Learning, Kansas Wesleyan University

Joined March 2016
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Miles Leeson (@miles_leeson) profile pictureMiles Leeson@miles_leeson29 Nov 2023
It's publication day for @fcpwhite's 'Iris Murdoch and Remorse: Past Forgiving?', the fifth book in our @IrisMurdoch Today Series with @Palgrave @PalgravePhil @PalgraveLit. link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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Miles Leeson@miles_leeson26 Jul 2023
Publication Day! @fcpwhite and I are delighted that '@IrisMurdoch and the Literary Imagination' is now available from @Palgrave. Featuring @GillianMaryAdel, @Fionagailtomkin and many more. Huge thanks to @AmyInvernizzi, @PalgravePhil and @PalgraveLit link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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Miles Leeson@miles_leeson15 Jul 2023
A special @IrisMurdoch Birthday podcast! I'm joined by #AnneRowe to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Black Prince. soundcloud.com/user-54880425…
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Miles Leeson@miles_leeson15 Jul 2023
Next year's biennial @IrisMurdoch Conference at @chiuni will be held on the 6-8 September. CFP and more details to follow - but save the dates!
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Iris Murdoch fans, Please feel free to join us for this virtual conference on June 30th! #irismurdoch #irismurdochresearchcenter #unselfing #imagination #morals #murdoch @miles_leeson
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Dave O'Hara@Davoh24 Apr 2023
A shelfie from another very normal day of teaching philosophy, ecology, and religion.
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Proud to represent the American Society for Aesthetics at the Rutgers Institute for Diversity in Philosophy again this year! aesthetics-online.org/news/6… @ASA_aesthetics @kwucoyotes @KWU_SSC #DEI #Rutgers #KWU #aesthetics #thevalueofphilosophy #socraticdialogue #irismurdoch
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Miles Leeson@miles_leeson10 Feb 2023
Just a few days let to get your abstracts in for our @IrisMurdoch conference at Notre Dame in June! Full details on the CFP below 👇 @MeredithDrees
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Been looking forward to an episode of the @irismurdoch podcast on this one! Queued up for the walk home.
Miles Leeson (@miles_leeson) profile pictureMiles Leeson@miles_leeson9 Feb 2023
New @IrisMurdoch Podcast! I'm joined by @meganlaverty5 from Columbia @TeachersCollege, and Evgenia Mylonaki from @upatras to discuss #MetaphysicsasaGuidetoMorals. soundcloud.com/user-54880425… There's even a handout here! irismurdochsociety.org.uk/20…
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@CSLewisDaily8 Feb 2023
“If you’re thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you, you’re embarking on something, which will take the whole of you.” - C.S. Lewis
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J.R.R. Tolkien@JRRTolkien3 Jan 2023
A very happy 131st birthday to J.R.R #Tolkien! Join me today in raising a glass to toast the Professor. – at Travelers Rest, SC
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Miles Leeson@miles_leeson29 Dec 2022
New @IrisMurdoch Podcast! I'm joined by @fcpwhite and @LucyOulton to discuss Murdoch's sixth novel, 'An Unofficial Rose'. soundcloud.com/user-54880425…
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Miles Leeson@miles_leeson25 Dec 2022
Merry Christmas from Iris.
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Sam Director@sam_director_21 Dec 2022
Simple teaching strategy that I’ve found to be successful: for every paper, we identify the thesis, the argumentative strategy, and a premise-conclusion statement of the argument (or very near it). Students internalize this well, and final exam essays show them using each part.
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This book is fantastic. I’m underlining virtually every sentence. @IrisMurdoch
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Miles Leeson@miles_leeson1 Dec 2022
New @IrisMurdoch Conference Announcement! Delighted to be helping to organise alongside @MeredithDrees at Notre Dame. Full details on the poster below 👇
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Miles Leeson@miles_leeson29 Nov 2022
New @IrisMurdoch Podcast! I'm joined by @MeredithDrees from @Philosophy_ND and @goKWU and #JustinBroackes from @BrownUniversity to celebrate the 10th anniversary of 'Iris Murdoch, Philosopher' from @OUPPhilosophy. soundcloud.com/user-54880425…
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Please join us at Notre Dame this spring for a colloquium on Kant’s Theory of Religion! (Feel free to circulate this flier) #philosophytwitter #kant #aesthetics #ethics #religionwithintheboundsofbarereason #thesublime #christianphilosophers
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“Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire.” — St. Catherine of Siena
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C. S. Lewis
@CSLewisDaily20 Aug 2022
“There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” - C.S. Lewis
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