HarvardSpeak LA: How to Build a Culture of Intellectual Vitality at Harvard -- A Conversation with Harvard Philosophy Prof. Ned Hall
Prof. Edward J. Hall is the Norman E. Vuilleumier Professor of Philosophy, Director of Undergraduate Studies and former Chairman of the Philosophy Department at Harvard University. The event will be moderated by Neil B. Morganbesser ’86.
Thursday, May 15, 2025 @ 5:00-6:30pm
Virtual Event via Zoom (details sent after registration)
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Cost: No charge
Contact: Neil Morganbesser, nmorganbesser@gmail.com
About our Speaker:
Prof. Hall graduated from Reed College in 1987 and earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy at Princeton. He taught at MIT until 2005, when he came to Harvard. Prof. Hall works on a range of topics in metaphysics and epistemology that overlap with philosophy of science. Prof. Hall is a 2020 Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa’s Alpha/Iota Prize for Excellence in Teaching at Harvard, and his GenEd course, “Reclaiming Argument: Logic as a Force for Good” is dedicated to helping students “come to see argument not primarily as a contest to be won or lost, but as something that should be reclaimed for a more noble purpose: building genuine understanding between people, even across profound differences of viewpoint.” Prof. Hall will discuss the current climate of discourse on campus, as well as ideas and initiatives underway to improve it.
About HarvardSpeak LA:
HarvardSpeak LA is a program designed to bring preeminent Harvard faculty and researchers to discuss current topics of interest with the Harvard Club of Southern California through one-hour webinars, consisting of a presentation followed by Q&A. Recent HarvardSpeak LA events have included Senior Research Fellow Loretta Mickley on “Wildfires in the Western U.S.” and Astronomy Prof. Avi Loeb on “Evidence of Extraterrestrial Intelligence?” in February, Law School Prof. Randall Kennedy on his forthcoming book, “How We Overcame: Protest, Law, and the Demise of Jim Crow” in March, and retired government Prof. Harvey Mansfield in April.
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