Fall 2026 Schedule at Philosophy Portal
Metamodern cultural theory, Science fiction as hyperstition, Land's Xenosystems, Marxism and Politics, Sex and Society, and the Žižek Lectures
Our schedule
- Metamodern cultural theory with Greg Dember (September 2026)
- Science fiction as hyperstition with Bryce Nance (October 2026)
- Land's Xenosystems with Michael Downs (November 2026)
- Marxism and Poltics with Chris Cutrone (September-December 2026)
- Sex and Society "The Gender Sessions" with Rebecca Rose Prentence (September-December 2026)
- The Zizek Lectures (September-December 2026)
The Portal live event space
The Portal is an online philosophy community building a future-oriented learning network. Our community is a hotspot for those looking to invest time in self-education and social networking through an intellectual life that is transdisciplinary and transcendent of traditional academic incentives.
We host up to seven live events every month including full courses, reading groups and sharing circles (all of which are made available indefinitely as recordings for members).
How does it work?
The Portal aims to be the best education for the lowest price.
We are pioneering a philosophical form of education that leverages network thinking and communal learning. Our interdisciplinary dialogue and dialectic platform is designed for those who wish to invest in a process of self-education and social networking. You will find figures from underground theory and philosophy scenes, as well as liminal web culture scenes.
As a member, you will have access to our two-plus years of recorded history. As The Portal continues to grow and build, we aim to provide more to our members for less.
Members have access to four to seven live events every month, including full courses, reading groups, and sharing circles.
Members are welcomed to all live events, but this is not an expectation. All events are recorded and uploaded the day after. Members have access to the recordings indefinitely.
The Portal offers full flexibility to access courses at any time: some members attend all or most of the live events, some attend a month that is specifically geared to their interests, and some choose primarily to access the recordings.
Learn moreOur events from September to December 2026:
About Philosophy Portal
Philosophy Portal is an online education platform dedicated to studying the greatest works of the modern world, and also an active living community committed to thinking deeply about the implications of these studies for the contemporary world.
Are you tired of feeling like a mirror for the latest algorithmic trends, summaries, and opinions? Sick of platforms sacrificing real understanding for quick certainties and reality itself for immediate entertainment?
In an age ruled by endless feeds and noise, Philosophy Portal offers a pause from the doom scroll thriving on distraction —a refuge from the attention economy.
At its core, our project recognizes a deeper crisis: the modern condition is not merely information overload but a loss of the conceptual logic and resources needed to navigate an increasingly complex world. Philosophy here is reclaimed as an urgent tool for personal and social reflection, not a luxury—one that binds continental philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, radical theology, and emancipatory politics into an engaged dialectic informing the human spirit.
There is no retreat from digital technology, but the possibility to use the online world for a collective experiment in remembering how to think and act in a new form. We invite you back to slower rhythms, patience, and immersion in both the greatest works of the modern world, and a living para-academic network.
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