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The Ethics of Now with Adriane Lentz-Smith. Emmy-winning writer and creator of "The Good Place" Michael Schur on What's so funny about the quest for moral perfection? Friday, October 14, 2022, 7:00pm, Nasher Museum of Art. dukeethics.org. Kenan Institute of Ethics at Duke University logo. Image of Michael Schur in collared shirt and sweater, smiling, in black and white against a red brick background.

The Ethics of Now with Michael Schur

Nasher Museum of Art 2001 Campus Dr., Durham, United States

As the creative force behind shows like “Parks and Recreation” and “The Good Place,” Mike Schur has a gift for crafting communities of people flawed, absurd, and utterly endearing. His book shows the same perspicacity and generosity, while offering the funniest Moral Reasoning 101 class you’ll likely ever take. Join Duke History professor Adriane Lentz-Smith […]

The Ethics of Now with Ricky Moore

Durham Arts Council 120 Morris St, Durham, NC

James Beard Award–winning local chef Ricky Moore serves up North Carolina seafood prepared with creativity and heart. His cooking honors coastal Carolina traditions, showing us how sustainable cuisine is care for our communities and our planet. Join host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Moore on Food as Care. This event takes place at the […]

Black and white photograph of Angela Garbes against a stylized red brick background. Text reads: The Ethics of NOW with Adriane Lentz-Smith. Author of Essential Labor and Like a Mother Angela Garbes on radicalism, justice, and mothering Friday, January 27, 2023 7 p.m. Durham Arts Council dukeethics.org/eon Kenan Institute for Ethics logo

The Ethics of Now with Angela Garbes

Durham Arts Council 120 Morris St, Durham, NC

Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane-Lentz Smith for a conversation with Angela Garbes on radicalism, justice, and mothering. Author of Essential Labor and Like A Mother Angela Garbes takes us beyond platitudes to talk about mothering as work—work that is power-bound but also lifted up by radical hope. Through an approach that is […]

The Ethics of Now with Adriane Lentz-Smith and Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience, and Society Kim TallBear on "Being in Good Relation." Friday, April 21, 2023. 7:00pm. Durham Arts Council. dukeethics.org/eon. Black and white headshot of Kim TallBear against a red brick background. Kenan Institute for Ethics logo.

The Ethics of Now with Kim TallBear

Durham Arts Council 120 Morris St, Durham, NC

Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane-Lentz Smith for a conversation with Kim TallBear on being in good relation. Author of Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science and The Critical Polyamorist blog, Kim TallBear thinks deeply and creatively about how to “be in good relation,” whether in how […]

The Ethics of Now with adrienne maree brown

Durham County Main Library 300 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC, United States

Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with adrienne maree brown on justice and imagination. adrienne maree brown grows healing ideas in public through her multi-genre writing, her music, and her podcasts. Informed by 25 years of movement facilitation, somatics, Octavia E. Butler scholarship, and her work as a […]

The Ethics of Now with Adriane Lentz-Smith. Philosopher and African American Studies Scholar Tommie Shelby on The Case for Prison Abolition and The Hard Questions It Raises. Friday, November 17, 2023. 7:00pm. Durham Arts Council. dukeethics.org/eon. Kenan Institute for Ethics logo. Black and white headshot of Tommie Shelby against a red brick background.

The Ethics of Now with Tommie Shelby

Durham Arts Council 120 Morris St, Durham, NC

Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Tommie Shelby on the case for prison abolition and the hard questions it raises. Philosopher and African American Studies Scholar Tommie Shelby pushes us to engage hard questions of crime, punishment, justice, and culpability. The author of The Idea of Prison […]