Prof. Drew Leder (Loyola University Maryland) will propose in this lecture that to be embodied is also to be susceptible to illness, injury, aging, and other challenges. But he will also explore how people "heal" (become existentially whole) even in the face of such adversities. There turns out to be a whole chessboard of different strategies people employ when one's life, and body, start to fall apart.

This lecture will be held at UBC’s The Wall Collaboration Centre located in The University Centre - Sage Catering (6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1). As on previous occasions, we will host a pre-lecture reception featuring appetizers, charcuterie, coffee and a juice bar from 12:00 PM to 12:50 PM. You are cordially invited. No RSVP required.

In addition, it will be recorded and subsequently posted on our YouTube channel and on the Recorded Lectures section of our website.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Drew Leder

Drew Leder has blended an unusual array of interests and accomplishments in scholarly and “public” philosophy. He is a full professor teaching Western and Eastern Philosophy at Loyola University Maryland, residing in Baltimore. He has an M.D. from Yale University School of Medicine, as well as a Ph.D. in philosophy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

His books include The Healing Body: Creative Responses to Illness, Aging and Affliction ‎(Northwestern University Press, 2023); The Distressed Body: Rethinking Illness, Imprisonment, and Healing (University of Chicago Press, 2016); The Absent Body (University of Chicago Press,1990); among others.