Annenberg Visiting Scholars Program
In 2006, the Annenberg Foundation awarded Principia College a $1 million grant to endow a Visiting Scholars Program designed to draw leading scholars, diplomats, writers, and civic and business leaders to Principia for short-term teaching and speaking opportunities. Since the program's founding, more than a dozen visiting scholars have enriched student learning and engaged the broader community.
All talks by Annenberg Visiting Scholars are free and open to the public.
For additional information, contact Jim Hegarty, Director of Academic Special Programs, at James Hegarty.
Annenberg Scholars for 2017–2018
Dr. Daniel Sekepe Matjila
Dr. Daniel Sekepe Matjila is Head of the Centre for Pan African Languages and Cultural Development at University of South Africa.
Events
Community Talk: A South African Cosmology and Symbology: Nature in Folklore
September 26, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.
Wanamaker Hall
David Lubin
David Lubin is Professor of Art at Wake Forest University.
Events
Community Talk: A Monument to Racial Equality: Boston’s Shaw Memorial and the Battle Over Civil War Memory
October 24, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.
Wanamaker Hall
Susan Neiman and Kathleen Dean Moore
Principia College welcomes Susan Neiman and Kathleen Dean Moore as Annenberg Scholars for the “Moral Discourse in a Post-Truth World" program this semester.
Both active authors and scholars, Neiman and Moore are experts in the field of moral philosophy and have extensive experience engaging scholars, students, and the public in exploring the reasoning behind moral decisions and actions. Neiman’s talk will focus on totalitarianism and racism, and Moore’s on the environment.
Events
Neiman’s talk, “Working through the Past: What Americans Can Learn from Germany,” will take place on Tuesday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. Moore will deliver “The World in Our Hands: The Environmental Emergencies are a Call to Imagine” on Tuesday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m. The program will conclude with a teleconference with Neiman and Moore on Friday, April 13, at noon.
All events are in Wanamaker Hall and admission is complimentary. You may also listen live on Principia Internet Radio.