About Conversations from the Classroom with Dr David Kennedy
Conversations from the Classroom is a space of encounter for people interested in Catholic education. It features engaging conversations with prominent figures from Irish education and beyond. Topics include: the management and governance of education; LGBTQ+ perspectives in Catholic Education; the Politics of Irish Education and ongoing developments in the professional practice of the educator. The series is an academically rigorous, but accessible resource. Created & produced by Dr David Kennedy. Music written and played by Dr David Kennedy & recorded at Crossroad Recording Studio, Kilkenny.
Learnification, Existential-Education, and Givenness: Exploring the Task and Purpose of Education with Prof Gert Biesta
In this episode, I am joined by Prof Gert Biesta (Professor of Education, The University of Melbourne, Australia). Prof Biesta is also Emeritus Professor of Public Education in the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy (https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/centre-public-education-and-pedagogy) at Maynooth University, Ireland & Adjunct Professor, Department of Pedagogy, Religion, and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway. In 2025, he was recognised in the prestigious World’s Top 2% of Scholars in Education comprised by Stanford University and Elsevier.
In this episode, we explore the task and purpose of education, Prof Biesta's notion of learnification, his critique of what he refers to as a 'hermeneutical world-view', and his ongoing engagement with phenomenology.
Click Here (https://www.gertbiesta.com/) to access Prof Biesta's Professional Profile
25 Sept 2026
GenAI, Politics, & Truth: The Common Good in a Digital Age
In this episode, Prof Nathanial Persily, (James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and the Co-Director of the Stanford Law AI Initiative, Stanford University) explores GenAI, its implications for democracy, the importance of understanding truth as a common good, the increased importance of engaging religious and philosophical voices in attempting to grapple GenAI, and cultivation of an "accountability ecology".
Click Here (https://law.stanford.edu/nathaniel-persily/) for Prof Persily's Full Professional Profile at Stanford University
Click Here (https://law.stanford.edu/publications/?primary_author=Nathaniel%20Persily&page=1)for Prof Persily's Recent Publications
Click Here (https://law.stanford.edu/ai-initiative/) for the Stanford Law Initiative
Click Here (https://hai.stanford.edu/?utm_source=SCPD&utm_medium=Website&utm_campaign=SCPD) for the Stanford University Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence
1 Sept 2026
Theopoetics, Phenomenology, and the Future of Religion with Prof John D. Caputo
In this episode, Prof John D. Caputo (Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus, Syracuse University & David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Villanova University) discusses his radical theology, theopoetics, phenomenology, and the future of religion in the light of his most recent book 'A Radical God' (Columbia University Press, 2026) which represents, perhaps, one of the most sustained and systematic statements in his efforts to offer a radical re-description of what theology is doing when it speaks of God.
Click Here (https://johndcaputo.com/) to view Prof Caputo's Professional Profile
Click Here (https://cup.columbia.edu/book/a-radical-god/9780231566063/) for Purchase Information about his recent book - 'A Radical God: Theopoetics, Phenomenology, and the Future of Religion' (Columbia University Press, 2026 )
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