Worldviews and World Politics
ZoomPrasenjit Duara and Bentley Allen discuss the role that worldviews play in shaping world politics, focusing particularly on how the background assumptions of the liberal imaginary stimulate environmental degradation. These observations lead them to consider the role that worldview transformation must play in allowing humanity to address the many, pressing crises of the day. Prasenjit […]
Virtues & Vocations Presents Anthony Jack: Why does higher education struggle with its commitment to equity?
ZoomDuring spring 2021, Virtues & Vocations is offering a series of conversations at noon on Tuesdays. Reimagining Education: Character, Commitment and Community will consider issues in pre-professional and professional education related to character, purpose and vocation. On March 9, we are thrilled to welcome Harvard professor of education and author of The Privileged Poor, Anthony […]
Facing the Anthropocene Webinar: Willie Jennings
ONLINEIn the Facing the Anthropocene series, Norman Wirzba interviews leading scholars in political economy, history, anthropology, theology, philosophy, environmental humanities, and law, in order to examine the conditions under which a hopeful future might be imagined. Willie James Jennings is Associate Professor of Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University. He is the author of the […]
Human Rights in Practice: Food Insecurity, Human Rights, and Climate Change
ZoomWith guest speakers: Tina Huang, Research Analyst, World Resources Institute Kurt Tjossem, Regional Vice President, East Africa, International Rescue Committee Duke Law hosts a number of human rights events, ranging from lectures to symposiums to workshops and panels. The Human Rights in Practice event series, organized by Duke Law's International Human Rights Clinic and […]
Virtues & Vocations Presents Dr. Rana Awdish: What makes a good doctor?
ZoomDuring spring 2021, Virtues & Vocations is offering a series of conversations at noon on Tuesdays. Reimagining Education: Character, Commitment and Community will consider issues in pre-professional and professional education related to character, purpose and vocation. On March 16, we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Rana Awdish. Dr. Rana Awdish and Kenan Institute for Ethics […]
Facing the Anthropocene Webinar: Joyce Chaplin
ONLINEIn the Facing the Anthropocene series, Norman Wirzba interviews leading scholars in political economy, history, anthropology, theology, philosophy, environmental humanities, and law, in order to examine the conditions under which a hopeful future might be imagined. Joyce Chaplin (BA, Northwestern; MA, PhD Johns Hopkins) is the James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard […]