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The study of grief has been taken up across disciplines in various ways. For some, grief is approached with an emphasis on individual symptoms and responses and similarly oriented toward individual grievers. Others attend more to the ways grief is a dynamic and relational process.
In this eight-week reading group, we will read selected, open-access works from contemporary philosophers who have taken the latter approach, considering grief’s “cultural, existential and phenomenological” dimensions.* Each week, I’ll offer an overview of the week’s paper, and then we’ll discuss it together with prompts.
A couple important things to note:
I am not a philosopher and this not a philosophy class. I often strain and struggle when I read philosophy, and find the process of reading difficult texts to be deeply rewarding. My hope here is for others to join in that process. You do not need to have any background or experience reading academic philosophy to participate.
This group is not a support group or therapeutic offering, and is not an adequate substitute for either. If you have any questions about whether this reading group would be a good fit with you and where you are in your life and process, please do reach out. I am happy to chat with you to discern if it may or may not be a fit.
Dates & Times:
Thursday mornings, beginning October 15, 2026
11am-1pm ET on Zoom
Fee: $100 for eight weeks
*I am referencing the 2021 text Cultural, Existential and Phenomenological Dimensions of Grief Experience, edited by Allan Køster and Ester Holte Kofod.
The study of grief has been taken up across disciplines in various ways. For some, grief is approached with an emphasis on individual symptoms and responses and similarly oriented toward individual grievers. Others attend more to the ways grief is a dynamic and relational process.
In this eight-week reading group, we will read selected, open-access works from contemporary philosophers who have taken the latter approach, considering grief’s “cultural, existential and phenomenological” dimensions.* Each week, I’ll offer an overview of the week’s paper, and then we’ll discuss it together with prompts.
A couple important things to note:
I am not a philosopher and this not a philosophy class. I often strain and struggle when I read philosophy, and find the process of reading difficult texts to be deeply rewarding. My hope here is for others to join in that process. You do not need to have any background or experience reading academic philosophy to participate.
This group is not a support group or therapeutic offering, and is not an adequate substitute for either. If you have any questions about whether this reading group would be a good fit with you and where you are in your life and process, please do reach out. I am happy to chat with you to discern if it may or may not be a fit.
Dates & Times:
Thursday mornings, beginning October 15, 2026
11am-1pm ET on Zoom
Fee: $100 for eight weeks
*I am referencing the 2021 text Cultural, Existential and Phenomenological Dimensions of Grief Experience, edited by Allan Køster and Ester Holte Kofod.