In this second talk of "The Good Life" speaker series, Shomu Banerjee, senior lecturer and applied microeconomic theorist in the Department of Economics, talks about living the good life (April 15, 2014). The Good Life Speaker Series seeks to facilitate a meaningful exchange of ideas on how to...

William G. Dever, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Lycoming College, and Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies, Arizona State University, presents the 2014 Tenenbaum Lecture (February 3, 2014). His illustrated lecture showcases recent archaeological evidence that reveals the differences in...

Ralph Savarese of Grinnell College advances the notion of a much less human-centered empathy by exploring the propensity in autism to attend to objects more than people (February 19, 2014). Focusing on the work of two autistic writers, Dawn Prince and Tito Mukhopadhyay, he investigates the trope...