John Dewey Society
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John Dewey Society
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The purpose of the John Dewey Society is to foster intelligent inquiry into problems pertaining to the place and function of education in social change, and to share, discuss, and disseminate the results of such studies.

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The John Dewey Society 2026 conference Call for Proposals is officially open! The conference will be held in Montréal, Canada from August 10-12, 2026.

Proposals are due March 1, 2026.
December 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

The John Dewey Society 2026 conference Call for Proposals is officially open! The conference will be held in Montréal, Canada from August 10-12, 2026.

Proposals are due March 1, 2026.
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Book 145: “Reconstruction in Philosophy” by John Dewey

Thanks to @thehangedman.com & @deweycenter.siu.edu for choosing this (new to me) Dewey text for our Fall book club read. Looking forward to our last session today 📚 // @johndeweysociety.bsky.social

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November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In this guest authored piece for the JDS Democracy Initiative, Gert Biesta asks, "What kind of midwifery education can perform vis-à-vis democracy?"

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November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Ninni Wahlström responds to Dewey's quote: "Democracy is a way of life controlled by a working faith in the possibilities of human nature…"

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School and Democracy
Ninni Wahlström’s response to October’s quote was published in “School and Society,” a Swedish, online newspaper/blog.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Heidelberg Center for American Studies is calling for submissions to their conference on Contested Authority, Trust in Transition: Making Sense of the American Landscape.

Submissions include an abstract of 250 words and a short bio Due Nov. 15.

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November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Journal of School of School and Society is seeking submissions for their next issue (11.1). Their call for public scholarship asks: What does fear look like today, and how should we navigate it in our democratic and educational endeavors?
September 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Michele S. Moses and Terri S. Wilson (University of Colorado Boulder) recently published a chapter in the AERA Handbook on Policy Research (2025). Their chapter, titled “Philosophy and Education Policy,” explores the ways in which philosophical inquiry may contribute to policy research.
September 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Dialogue in Democratic Education Conference June 11-12, 2026

University of Oulu, Finland

Paper submissions due November 30
September 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Check out Jim Garrison’s interview in the “I Am An American Philosopher” series from the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (SAAP).

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I Am An American Philosopher: Jim Garrison
“Extending Emerson’s essay “The American Scholar” suggests that American philosophy must mean what happens when those who colonized the Americas begin to think for themselves while pursuing w…
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September 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Check out the latest contribution to the JDS Democracy Initiative on Substack. Ninni Wahlstrom reminds us that schools are sites for conducive for renewing our democracy each generation.

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The Meaning of Belonging in a Globalized World
Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Book 116: ‘KNOWING AND THE KNOWN’ by John Dewey and Arthur F. Bentley

Found a new (to me) Dewey book! Still a few more to go to my goal of read EVERYTHING he wrote, but I’m working on it. // @johndeweysociety.bsky.social @deweycenter.siu.edu

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August 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Robert Karaba's letter to the editor reminds us of Dewey's claim that “democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.”

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Letters to the Editor: Aug. 20
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August 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Subscribe for free to the John Dewey Society Democracy Initiative on Substack to engage with original essays written by Deweyan scholars. #democracy #philosophy #johndeweysociety

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The JDS Democracy Initiative | Substack
With this Democracy Initiative, members of the John Dewey Society seek to bring the resources of the philosophy of pragmatism to bear in these fraught times. Click to read The JDS Democracy Initiative...
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August 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM