Virtues & Vocations – Social Upheaval and the Search for Meaning & Purpose with Emily Esfahani Smith
ZoomVirtues & Vocations is a national forum hosted by the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University for scholars and practitioners across disciplines to cultivate character in pre-professional and professional education. This summer, Virtues & Vocations will host Reimagining Education: Conversations on Character, Community, and Crisis. On Tuesday August 4, 2020 at noon join Emily […]
Virtues & Vocations – Lessons from HBCUs on Cultivating Purpose & Community with WSSU Chancellor Elwood L. Robinson
ZoomVirtues & Vocations is a national forum hosted by the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University for scholars and practitioners across disciplines to cultivate character in pre-professional and professional education. This summer, Virtues & Vocations will host Reimagining Education: Conversations on Character, Community, and Crisis. On August 18, 2020 at noon join Suzanne Shanahan, […]
Virtues & Vocations – Race and Purpose in Higher Education with Tressie McMillan Cottom
ZoomVirtues & Vocations is a national forum hosted by the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University for scholars and practitioners across disciplines to cultivate character in pre-professional and professional education. This summer, Virtues & Vocations will host Reimagining Education: Conversations on Character, Community, and Crisis. On August 25, 2020 at noon join Suzanne Shanahan, […]
Hayek Lecture Series – The Puzzle of Prison Order: Why Life Behind Bars Varies Around the World?
ZoomMany people think prisons are all the same—rows of cells filled with violent men whom officials rule with an iron fist. Yet, life behind bars varies in remarkable ways. Drawing on economics and a vast empirical literature on legal systems, David Skarbek, associate professor of political science at Brown University, explains why life on the […]
Reimagining the World Together: A Conversation with Jim Yong Kim and Marshall Goldsmith
Reimagining the World Together: Why Friendship Matters for Our Future is a fall series that examines the problems of the present and the possibilities for the future through moderated conversations between pairs of friends. The series is open to the public and for Duke students is also available as a course. The series, which is […]
Reimagining the World Together: A Conversation with Paul Farmer and Todd McCormack
Medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer has dedicated his life to improving health care for the world's poorest people. He founded Partners in Health to achieve this end. Todd McCormack was one of the founding Board members of Partners in Health, and is also a senior corporate vice president at IMG Media, the largest independent […]