The American Weil Society

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The @CBCradio.bluesky.social Show and Podcast "Ideas" aired an episode on October 20 on Simone Weil featuring Scott Ritner and Kate Lawson of @WeilSociety.bluesky.social

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The cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Show and Podcast Ideas will air an episode on October 20 on Simone Weil featuring the AWS's own Scott Ritner and Kate Lawson as well as Michael Ignatieff! More information including direct links to come!

The @weilsociety.bsky.social is hosting its annual colloquy at Texas A&M in April '26, as well as an online conference. This group was invaluable for me during my MFA program and thesis-writing process as I read work by and about Simone Weil. Register, and as Weil would say, attend.

Call for Papers is extended to December 15! And we have an online presentation option for those who cannot attend in-person!

Last day to submit!

3) While in-person attendance is always the best option for engagement, there will be a substantive online option for those unable to attend in person.

2026 Colloquy at Texas A&M University — American Weil Society

One week left to submit your abstract. A few reminders: 1) We encourage papers that align with the theme, but ALL Weil-related papers are welcome, 2) All voices, backgrounds, and disciplines within and beyond academia are welcome, and 3) ... 🧵
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YouTube video by American Simone Weil Society “Prospects: Are we Headed for the Proletarian Revolution?” with Cristina Basili

In our first reading group, Dr. Cristina Basili (University of Bologna & New School for Social Research) shared her incredible insights on Weil's essay "Prospects: Are we Headed for a Proletarian Revolution?" Check out the video and consider joining us for our next session!
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2026 Colloquy at Texas A&M University — American Weil Society

The AWS encourages all types of Weil-informed scholars, artists, thinkers, activists, and writers from every background and discipline to submit an abstract to our 2026 conference on Roots, Exile, and Migration: simoneweilsociety.org/events/2026-...

Reminder: Call for Papers for the AWS 2026 Colloquy is due September 30. Send your 250 word abstract and 100 word bio to awscolloquy@gmail.com on the topic of "Roots, Exile and Migration" in Weil's thought. The conference will be at Texas A&M April 23-25 2026.

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We ask that you register early and come to the session having read the text. Head over to our website now! The first two sessions are open for registration and we are so looking forward to reading Weil with you!

Our exciting line up includes: “Prospects: Are we Headed for the Proletarian Revolution?” with Cristina Basili, “The Iliad or Poem of Force” with Cynthia Wallace, “Forms of the Implicit Love of God” with Kate Lawson, and “On the Abolition of all Political Parties” with Scott Ritner.

Each session will be run by a different Weil scholar who will share their reading followed by an open discussion. You must be a member in good standing to attend but you will note that our membership fees are incredibly reasonable: simoneweilsociety.org/membership-1

The AWS will be hosting a virtual Simone Weil reading group this coming school year. We will read four different works drawn from Weil's writings on literature, politics, and spirituality and we would love for all Weil enthusiasts to join us: simoneweilsociety.org/events . 🧵

"But to destroy cities, either materially or morally, or to exclude human beings from a city, thrusting them down to the state of social outcasts, this is to sever every bond of poetry and love between human beings and the universe." - SW "Forms of the Implicit Love of God" #philosophy #politics

Keynotes are confirmed: Anne Norton and Nicolas de Warren. Remember to submit your abstract and bio to awscolloquy@gmail.com and share widely!

Call for Papers. Announcing the AWS 2026 Colloquy.
#callforpapers #philosophy #politics #exile #migration

Check out this article on Large Language Models, translating Weil’s La Condition Ouvrière and Taylorization in the Global Labor Journal

William Tilleczek, 'Practice or Product? Labour, Training, and the “Ethics” of AI'

So excited to be a part of this incredible team!

🎧 Perfect post-read listen: a three-part primer on “How to Read Simone Weil” on one of my favorite pods (Yale’s “For the Life of the World”)

cc @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social @weilsociety.bsky.social @evanrosa.bsky.social @cynthiawallace.bsky.social @simoneweiluk.bsky.social

#philsky

Does anyone know of translations of Giovanni Amendola’s La democrazia italiana contro il fascismo. 1922-1924 in French, Spanish, or (gulp) Russian? It’s not available in English and I can’t read Italian.

The Board invites nominations for Secretary and Treasurer at awsamericanweilsociety@gmail.com

As of yesterday, our new Board took over with Benjamin Palmer Davis (Texas A&M) serving as President, Inese Radzins (Cal State Stanislaus) as Vice President, and @katelawson.bsky.social (Kings University Halifax) as Webmaster.

No Spencer, Thank you for your wonderful contributions to Weil Scholarship and thought!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Weil colloquy at Marquette University in Milwaukee!

We’re also always happy to give recommendations about what order to read Weil’s works in, and secondary literature!

Home - Simone Weil Bibliography Although Simone Weil died very young at age 34, her essays and notebooks have been the topic of a significant volume of scholarship from a wide variety of disciplines including Religion, Philosophy, L...

We’re in the process of building up our “recommended links” page including a link to this site: simoneweil.library.ucalgary.ca