Henry King Stanford Distinguished Professors Lecture: " Does Humanistic Education have a Future?" with Andrew Delbanco.
Thursday, February 29, 2024 7pm
About this Event
1300 Memorial Dr. Coral Gables, Fl 33146.
https://humanities.as.miami.edu/public-programs/stanford-distinguished-professors/index.html #UCreatesThe Center for the Humanities is inviting you to join us for Henry King Stanford Distinguished Professors Lecture: Does Humanistic Education have a Future? with Andrew Delbanco, Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies, Columbia University and President of the Teagle Foundation.
Our colleges and universities confront many challenges-- financial, political, pedagogical--that threaten undergraduate education in the humanities. Through the study of history, literature, and philosophy, young people encounter perennial human problems, and with the help of teachers and peers, they may develop the imagination, empathy, and analytic skills needed for building a better future. In an age dominated by technology, ideology, and rancor, how can we ensure that humanistic education has a future?
Andrew Delbanco, winner of the Great Teacher Award from the Society of Columbia Graduates, is the author of College: What it Was, Is, and Should Be (2012), Melville: His World and Work (2005), The Death of Satan (1995), Required Reading: Why Our American Classics Matter Now (1997), The Real American Dream (1999), and The Puritan Ordeal (1989), among other books. His work has been translated into several languages, including German, Spanish, Korean, Russian, and Chinese.
Professor Delbanco's essays appear regularly in The New York Review of Books and other journals, on topics ranging from American literary and religious history to contemporary issues in higher education. In 2001, he was named by Time Magazine as "America's Best Social Critic" and elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also an elected member of the American Philosophical Society, a trustee of the Teagle Foundation, the Library of America, and trustee emeritus of the National Humanities Center.
In February 2012, President Barack Obama presented Professor Delbanco with the National Humanities Medal for his writings on higher education and the place classic authors hold in history and contemporary life.
Event Details
See Who Is Interested
User Activity
No recent activity
