BOOK LAUNCH
Feed the Soul: Lessons from Aristotle on Living Well with E.J. Dionne, Jr. at Politics & Prose
Thursday, January 7, 2027 - 7:00pm
Politics and Prose at 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW
5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC
Feed the Soul Events
2026 Events
November 11, 2026
Ingleside, Kings Farm, Veterans Day
“Don’t Just Say “Thank you for your Service
November 19, 2026
RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute
Healing Moral Injury Panel Online
December 3, 4 & 5, 2026
Celebrating Peter Singer, Princeton Conference, Princeton NJ
Lives Well Lived: Princeton University, Center for Human Values
Nancy on Panel with Paul Bloom and Josh Greene:
Psychological and Philosophical Perspectives on Living Well
2027 Events
Book Launch:
Thursday, January 7, 2027 - 7:00pm
Nancy Sherman — Feed the Soul: Lessons from Aristotle on Living Well - with E.J. Dionne, Jr. Politics and Prose at Conn. and Nebraska Aves, DC
Tuesdays, January 12, 19, 26, February 2, 2027, 1-2 pm
92nd St Y Roundtable online 4 session course Feed the Soul: Lessons from Aristotle on Living Well
Sign up here to join the informal course.
January 14, 2027, 12-12:45 pm
Graham School at U. of Chicago Fireside Chat
Online
Thursday, January 21, 6 pm
Humanities Center, Old North, Georgetown Univeresity
Feed the Soul: with Paul Elie of the NYer
Georgetown University Humanities Center and Lannan Center
January 26, 2027
Book Signing at The Daily Stoic Ryan Holiday’s Painted Porch, Austin TX
February 3, 6-7:30 pm
St. John's and the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
Feed the Soul: Lessons from Aristotle on Living Well
With Brendan Boyle and Marcus Hedahl
February 4, 2027, 6 pm
Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington DC
Feed the Soul: Lessons from Aristotle on Living Well
3100 Whitehaven Street NW
With Rachel Singpurwalla
Tuesday, February 9, 12:30-1:30 pm
Feed the Soul: Lessons from Aristotle on Living Well
Book talk to Midshipmen and Naval Academy Faculty
USNA, Annapolis
Past Events
2026
October 15 , 2026
Wake Forest University Webinar
Educating Character Initiative:
Feed the Soul: Lessons from Aristotle on Living Well
September 30, 2026
Netherlands National Care System for Veterans
Keynote Address: The Veteran’s Soul: Lessons in Flourishing
Recorded Keynote
June 8-10
Public Lecture and talks: Resilience and Stoic Calm in Professional Practices
University of South-Eastern Norway, Drammen/Oslo
April 10, 4 pm
Feed the Soul: Lessons from Aristotle on Living Well
Endowed CUA Lecture Catholic University of America
March 25, 4 pm
Feed the Soul: Lessons from Aristotle on Living Well
Public Lecture at Ohio University
March 28, 12-4 pm
Anxiety: Lessons from the Stoics & Aristotle on Finding Calm
2025
Nancy in conversation with Josh Colangelo-Bryan at Politics & Prose Union Market Nov. 13 7pm: THROUGH THE GATES OF HELL: American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay
2024
April 21, 3 pm
Kensington Town Day Of the Book Festival
Guest Speaker and Interview
May 25-27
Hay-On-Wye (Wales)
How the Light Gets In: World’s Biggest Ideas and Music Festival
“Humanity and the Gods of Nature” - Nancy Sherman with Peter Singer and Slavoj Zizek
“Something For Nothing” May 25th - 18:45 Nancy Sherman with Dan Ariely and Paul Bloom
“Unleashing the Self” - May 26th - 16:00 Nancy Sherman with James Riley and Jess Defino
2023
Nov. 30-Dec. 1
Aspen Institute Roundtable: Public Philosophy & First Principles
Self-Cultivation with Washinton Post columnist Christine Emba and Yale College of Arts&Sciences Dean and philosopher Tamar Gendler
Nov. 16, 2023
"Stoic Consolations.” Distinguished Lecture in Philosophy,
Weber State University, Ogden,UT
January 27, 2023 - 4 pm ET
2023 Elton Endowed Lecture/George Washington University:
“Stoics on Stuff: Consolations on Attachment and Loss”
(l-r) Jacki Lyden, Natasha Tretheway, Aminatta Forna, and Nancy Sherman for the event on February 8, 2023, "Reading and Writing the Body/Writing with Trauma”
February 8, 2023 - 6 pm ET
Lannan Center, Georgetown University, Copley Living Room:
"Reading and Writing the Body/Writing through Trauma”
Panel Discussion with Novelist Aminatta Forna, former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Tretheway, and Nancy Sherman Moderated by NPR’s Jacki Lyden
February 10, 2023 - 12 pm CT
DePaul University: “Stoics on Stuff: Attachment and Loss”
March 21, 2023
Presidential Invitation/Georgetown U. Convocation Keynote: “A Life of Learning”
I was honored to give the Keynote at the International Society for Military Ethics-Europe (EuroISME) in Athens in May 2023 at the Hellenic Air Force Academy aka "Schole (School) Icarus"! My talk was on Stoic consolations on the destruction of cultural heritage. Ukraine was on everyone's mind.
May 10-12, 2023
EuroIsme/Athens, Greece
Keynote: Is Military Stoicism Really Stoicism?
May 18, 2023 - 4 pm PT
Seattle University: Title TBA
May 23-25, 2023
U. of NewSouth Wales AUS
Kant and Stoic Ethics: “AngerReinstated”
Oct. 21, 2023
Nancy will be giving a talk at Stoicon 2023 (virtual), 2:30 pm ET
Dancing with the Stoics on how dance can foster fellowship and fun! Tickets
2022
April 7, 2022 - Virtual
Parr Center for Ethics, UNC-Chapel Hill: “Stoics on Stuff: Consolations on Attachment and Loss”
April 28, 2022 - 12-1:30 pm
Naval War College, Newport, RI Keynote: Military Stoicism
May 21, 2022 - Virtual
Plato’s Academy: “Aristotle & the Stoics on Flourishing”
October 1, 2022 - Virtual
Stoicon Women Keynote: “Courage is Not Just Facing Fear”
October 12, 2022
Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen: Keynote: “Stoic Wisdom: Resilience, Post-9/11 Military Culture, and the Care of Soldiers and Veterans”
November 11, 2022 - 5 pm Virtual
Temple U. Philosophy/Law Conference Women and War: Feminist Approaches to War and Violence. Keynote: “Is Military Stoicism Really Stoicism?”
December 3, 12 pm ET Virtual
Plato’s Academy: Ancient Philosophy for Modern Leadership/ “Stoic Wisdom: Courageous Defiance
2021
April 15 at 5 pm ET
Endicott College, ME Tadler Ctr Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience
May 14 at 6 pm ET
Politics and Prose: P&PLive!
Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience
Moderated by Ezekiel Emanuel
May 15 at 12 pm ET
Stoicon-x Military
May 25 at 7 pm ET
House of SpeakEasy
“I Scream, You Scream”
2020
February 4, 2020 - 4 pm
Emerson College
Bill Bordy Theater at 216 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
“Between Art and Life: Stoic Grit and Compassion”
Feb 21, 2020
U. of Texas Law School at Austin
Bookfest for John Deigh: From Psychology to Morality
With Fellow Symposiast, Martha Nussbaum
March 18, 2020—Cancelled due to COVID
Loyola College, New Orleans, LA
Keynote at Cultural Heritage and the Ethics of War Conference:
“Stoic Consolations on the Destruction of Stuff. . . in War and Peace”
May 20, 2020—Cancelled due to COVID
Keynote at Justice Involved Veterans: National Institute of Corrections, at American University in DC,
Even Stoics Suffer Moral Injury
July 29-30, 2020—Virtual
ISME (International Society for Military Ethics) with COL Tony Pfaff
Moral Injury and Repair for a Stoic Warrior in Autonomous Warfare