523. WHY DO WE NEED THE HUMANITIES? A LIVELY DIALOGUE BETWEEN PROFESSORS

John Lutz and Peter Josyph

In this five-part series, John Lutz and Peter Josyph will explore the enduring importance of the Humanities. Based on Professor John Lutz’s recent series of podcasts, these conversations will address how the Humanities can play an essential role in our personal and professional lives, as well as enhance democratic citizenship. The dialogue will range from the importance of educating our emotions to the centrality of narrative and meaning-making, to the role of the Humanities in a flourishing democracy and how they provide a useful foundation for understanding our civic responsibilities. With an emphasis on perspective-taking, diversity, and dialogue, the Humanities have a unique ability to enlist our sympathy for others, provoke empathy or compassion, and reveal our kinship with nature and other living things. The Humanities also emphasize our common journey through life and our creative potential in ways that we neglect at our peril.

Join us for this insightful and inspiring series, which will help us to better understand the value of the Humanities. In the course of these lively dialogues, many of our beloved classics will be used to illustrate why these disciplines are more than worth fighting for, especially in an era when institutions of higher learning are foolishly casting them aside. At the end of each “performance” a Q&A session will follow, so you won’t want to miss this unique opportunity to participate in a discussion that makes a difference!

 

10:30-12 noon

5 Sessions 

Wednesdays, January 14, 21, 28 and February 4, 11

Fee:  $120