Exploring the deepest and oldest questions.

What does it mean to live a good life? How should we understand our place in the world? What can ancient wisdom offer us in a fragmented modern age?

The Notre Dame Centre for the History of Philosophy (CHOP) engages with enduring questions like these, which have shaped human thought across centuries. Our expertise spans the ancient, medieval, and modern periods of the Western intellectual tradition and beyond, with particular strength in the history of philosophy across the three Abrahamic faith traditions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

We host major research initiatives, offer unique teaching programs, host a vibrant program of academic and public events, collaborate with Australian and international partners, and mentor the next generation of scholars in the field.

Our mission is to advance public and academic understanding of the philosophical traditions we inherit from the past, and to show how they can help us cultivate flourishing lives and communities in the present.

https://www.notredame.edu.au/chop

Contact the host of CHOP Seminar - Karyn Lai (UNSW): The Zhuangzi on Place