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Two prominent educators and intellectuals – Cornel West, an outspoken voice in progressive politics in the U.S., and Robert P. George, who has been called America’s “most influential conservative Christian thinker” – are coming to DePauw University Wednesday, Dec. 7. The two scholars will discuss the nation’s partisan divide and offer ways for each of us to find common ground with those whose views are different from our own.
The Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture, “Embracing Civility: Finding Common Ground in Uncommonly Fractured Times,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in DePauw’s Kresge Auditorium, located within the Green Center for the Performing Arts. Like all Ubben Lectures, it is presented free of admission charge and is open to all. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis, and no tickets will be distributed.
This lecture is the second of a two-part series devoted to free expression at DePauw. As articulated in the Statement of DePauw University Values on Freedom of Expression, “DePauw University is committed to critical inquiry and the discovery and dissemination of knowledge through teaching, scholarship and service. DePauw’s Mission to ‘develop leaders the world needs’ through ‘rigorous intellectual engagement’ requires an environment in which everyone feels safe to present their diverse ideas, even those that may seem offensive or repulsive. Members of our community examine these ideas through thoughtful discernment and informed criticism, allowing our campus community to flourish in a dynamic world. All members of the DePauw community have a duty to support free expression at the university, to refrain from actions that reduce intellectual exchange and to guarantee the rights of others to question, defend and express a wide variety of beliefs and ideas.” The Ubben Lecture “Embracing Civility: Finding Common Ground in Uncommonly Fractured Times” will put these stated values into practice and give students and community members an opportunity to engage with two prominent scholars and thought partners examining free expression.
Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. He is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer chair at Union Theological Seminary and professor emeritus at Princeton University. He taught at Union Theological Seminary, Yale and Harvard universities and at the University of Paris. West graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy at Princeton. He has written 20 books and edited 13, including “Democracy Matters,” “Race Matters,” and his most recent work, “Black Prophetic Fire.” West has made several previous visits to DePauw and was the university’s 1996 commencement speaker.
Robert P. George is McCormick professor of jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, teaching philosophy of law and related subjects. Dr. George was chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, sat on the President’s Council on Bioethics, was a presidential appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and was the U.S. member of UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Science and Technology. He is a former judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States. His books include “Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality” and “Conscience and Its Enemies.” A graduate of Swarthmore College, Professor George holds MTS and JD degrees from Harvard University and the degrees of DPhil, BCL, DCL and DLitt from Oxford University.
Established in 1986 through the support of 1958 DePauw graduates Timothy H. and Sharon Williams Ubben, the lecture series was designed to “bring the world to Greencastle.” It has presented 117 events over the past 36 years. Previous Ubben Lecturers have included Malala Yousafzai, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Spike Lee, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jane Goodall, Tony Blair and Jimmy Kimmel. Earlier in this fall, journalist and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Ressa presented a Nov. 2 Ubben Lecture.
Posted on: November 10, 2022
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