Lectures on Tap - "Gratitude, Grace, and Hope: A Philosophical Discussion"

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Join us for an engaging evening where professors, experts, and storytellers bring their thought-provoking lectures to your favorite bar in Lower East Side, Manhattan!

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🗓️ Date: November 26th, 2025

🕡 Time: 6:30 PM

📍 Location: Lower East Side, Manhattan (exact address given in confirmation email)

📚 Lecture: “Gratitude, Grace, and Hope: A Philosophical Discussion”

🎤 Speaker: Prof. Dhananjay Jagannathan

Is gratitude an action or a feeling? Are we obliged to return favors, or is it acceptable to accept them without making any promises? Can we truly be grateful for things that belong to us, such as our lives? What is the connection between gratitude and hope? In this thought-provoking lecture, just in time for Thanksgiving, Prof. Dhananjay Jagannathan will guide us through these compelling questions, helping us think more critically about the nature of gratitude.

Dhananjay Jagannathan is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and the author of "Aristotle's Practical Epistemology," published by Oxford University Press in 2024. He is also the author of the forthcoming "Culture as Conversation," a collection of essays about cultural identity and cultural transgression, set to be published by Penguin in 2026.

Don't miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of gratitude and its profound implications!

Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌

Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.