We bring together scholars and practitioners to think deeply about the pressing questions facing humanity today.
featured events
A conversation with Akeel Bilgrami and Cornel West
Identity, Spirituality, and Social Change
An exploration of how spiritual traditions can shape our societies, our selves, and our visions of social change.
A conversation with Seyla Benhabib and Kwame Anthony Appiah
The Future of Cosmopolitanism
A discussion of how cosmopolitan ideas shape ethical and political thought in an age of increasing interdependence.
spring 2024, Current series
The idea of oneness has emerged as an important concept within a growing number of scholarly debates. This series brings together a diverse group of leading thinkers to explore notions of oneness and to consider their implications for some of the pressing social and ethical questions we face today. Guided by the conviction that the principle of oneness contains rather than contradicts the robust expression of diversity, The New Discourse on Oneness invites dialogue across a wide spectrum of fields including physics and philosophy, history and ecology, as well as Black, Indigenous, Indian, and Chinese thought.
spring 2024, Current series
The Rural Transformations series explores sustainable development in rural settings. In Spring 2024, it shifts focus to Rural America's role in climate commitments, emphasizing valuing rural knowledge, transcending traditional development models, empowering communities, and equipping producers. The goal is a future where Rural America thrives as a hub of climate-adaptive, vibrant communities, challenging historical urban-rural power dynamics.
