Keynote and TED Talks
HUMS Lecture Hall, Paterson Hall 303
Light refreshments will be served at the break
No cost, registration required.
Saturday October 3rd: 1:00 p.m to 4:00 p.m.
Opening Address
Professor Emeritus and Former Director of the College Farhang Rajaee
COH: A Manna from Heaven?
TED Talk Speakers
Catherine Keresztesi
One Mouth, Two Ears: Why Disciplined Listening Might Save Us
When problems become complex, our instinct is to speak more, explain more, persuade more, and defend our positions.
But the problems that increasingly define our world:
- polarization
- climate change
- reconciliation
- workplace culture
- mental health
- belonging
- democracy itself
…are not suffering from a lack of opinions. They are suffering from a lack of disciplined listening.
The Humanities taught me to think.
Cultivating Safe Spaces taught me to listen.
And I have come to believe that listening is one of the most transformative forms of leadership available to us today.
What We Can Learn From Vaccine Hesitancy
Alexandra Garigue
Swords Down, Clearances Up — A Medievalist’s Guide to National Security
Cody Pelletier
Lament no more? Nation building in a new geopolitical order.
Keynote Speaker
Professor and Associate Dean Paul Keen, author of Imagining What We Know. A Defense of the Humanities in a Utilitarian Age
Running Wild: The Humanities in a Dangerous Time