Meet
SamueL Loncar, Ph.D.
Dr. Samuel Loncar is a writer, institution builder, consultant, keynote speaker, and applied ethicist. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Marginalia Review of Books, Founder and Director of the Institute for the Meanings of Science, Co-Founder of The Writing College, Creator of the Becoming Human Project and host of Becoming Human: A Show for a Species in Transition, featuring his work as a teacher and interviewer.
As a consultant and speaker, he builds bridges between the ivory tower and the public square, and he has worked with clients like the United Nations, Oliver Wyman, Red Bull Arts, Ximalaya FM, and Flagship Pioneering.
Born in Athens, Greece, Samuel's ancestors’ diverse origins give him global roots: in Okinawa, Japan, among the Chippewa (or Ojibwe) people, and in Eastern Europe (Poland and Croatia), and motivate his mission to unite the ancient and the modern.
While earning his Ph.D. at Yale University, Samuel was a Junior Fellow at the MacMillan Center’s Initiative on Religion, Politics, and Society, a John H. Hord Fellow, and the recipient of a Baron Foundation Grant for his research on antisemitism.
He has taught and lectured in America and Europe, from Yale University to Otto-Friedrich University, Bamberg, and offers consultations, classes, and workshops on science, philosophy, religion, and technology.
His writing has been translated into Chinese, Farsi, and Portuguese, and his work has been featured at the Max-Planck Institute for the History of Science, Mosaic Magazine, the Toynbee Prize Foundation, The Browser, Arts & Letters Daily, and elsewhere.
His book, Becoming Human: Philosophy as Science and Religion from Plato to Posthumanism, is forthcoming from Columbia University Press.
What People Are Saying
“Samuel is asking the most important questions
our culture needs to answer, and he brings
historical context and wisdom
to the conversation that our
questions require.”
Jon Morgan
Founder & Principal
Sound Fund Advisors
“Samuel Loncar is smart and persuasive
and a joy to listen to. His writing is
both lively and profound. And his erudition
is so contagious that it makes you
want to drop everything. . .”
Costica Bradatan, Ph.D.
Philosophy Editor, LA Review of Books
Professor of the Humanities in the Honors College at Texas Tech University & Honorary Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Queensland
Selected Impact
Samuel Loncar’s speaking and writing has reached an audience of over 1,000,000. His writing has been translated into Chinese, Farsi, and Portuguese, and his work has been featured at the Max-Planck Institute for the History of Science, Mosaic Magazine, the Toynbee Prize Foundation, The Browser, Arts & Letters Daily, and elsewhere.
Max-Planck Institute for the History of Science
Founded in 1994, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin is one of the more than 80 research institutes administered by the Max Planck Society. It is dedicated to the study of the history of science and aims to understand scientific thinking and practice as historical phenomena.
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Chartered in 1987, the Toynbee Prize Foundation exists to contribute to the development of the social sciences, as defined from a broad historical view of human society and of human and social problems.
Work with Samuel
Samuel is available for consulting and speaking. His client list includes:
Oliver Wyman
United Nations
Flagship Pioneering
Trinity Wall Street Retreat Center
Sarah Meyhos’ Cloud of Petals
Shabtai, NYC & Shabtai, Yale
Otto-Friedrich University, Bamberg
Ximalaya, FM, the largest audio company in China