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Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 5 – 7pm
Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, and Cornel West, professor of the practice of public philosophy at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, will discuss the deep character required to engage thoughtfully and respectfully in vibrant conversations that explore diverse viewpoints.
Suggest a Speaker or Topic
The Pepperdine community is invited to participate in developing a robust roster of speakers with diverse backgrounds and perspectives for the President's Speaker Series. Submit a speaker or topic for consideration by completing the suggestion form. All submissions will be considered and evaluated based on programming needs.
Contact Name: President's Office
Contact Email: alumni@pepperdine.edu
Speaker: About the Speakers, Robert George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University and is a visiting professor at Harvard Law School. He has served as chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and as a presidential appointee to the US Commission on Civil Rights. George has also served on the President’s Council on Bioethics and as the US member of UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Science and Technology. He was a judicial fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States, where he received the Justice Tom C. Clark Award., A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Swarthmore College, George holds degrees from Harvard University and Oxford University, in addition to 19 honorary degrees. He is a recipient of the US Presidential Citizens Medal, the Honorific Medal for the Defense of Human Rights of the Republic of Poland, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Baylor University has named its new Washington, DC-based program the Robert P. George Initiative in Faith, Ethics, and Public Policy. His most recent book is Conscience and Its Enemies., Cornel West is a professor of the practice of public philosophy at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. West has written 20 books and edited 13. He is best known for Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and for his memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. His most recent book, Black Prophetic Fire, offers an unflinching look at 19th- and 20th-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies., West is the co-host, along with Tricia Rose, of The Tight Rope, a weekly podcast that welcomes listeners and guests as thought collaborators with the revered hosts and public intellectuals. He is a frequent guest on the Bill Maher Show, CNN, C-Span, and Democracy Now. He has a passion for communicating with a vast variety of publics in order to keep alive the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.—a legacy of telling the truth and bearing witness to love and justice. West graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in three years and obtained his MA and PhD in philosophy at Princeton University.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 5 – 7pm
Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, and Cornel West, professor of the practice of public philosophy at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, will discuss the deep character required to engage thoughtfully and respectfully in vibrant conversations that explore diverse viewpoints.
Suggest a Speaker or Topic
The Pepperdine community is invited to participate in developing a robust roster of speakers with diverse backgrounds and perspectives for the President's Speaker Series. Submit a speaker or topic for consideration by completing the suggestion form. All submissions will be considered and evaluated based on programming needs.
Contact Name: President's Office
Contact Email: alumni@pepperdine.edu
Speaker: About the Speakers, Robert George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University and is a visiting professor at Harvard Law School. He has served as chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and as a presidential appointee to the US Commission on Civil Rights. George has also served on the President’s Council on Bioethics and as the US member of UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Science and Technology. He was a judicial fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States, where he received the Justice Tom C. Clark Award., A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Swarthmore College, George holds degrees from Harvard University and Oxford University, in addition to 19 honorary degrees. He is a recipient of the US Presidential Citizens Medal, the Honorific Medal for the Defense of Human Rights of the Republic of Poland, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Baylor University has named its new Washington, DC-based program the Robert P. George Initiative in Faith, Ethics, and Public Policy. His most recent book is Conscience and Its Enemies., Cornel West is a professor of the practice of public philosophy at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. West has written 20 books and edited 13. He is best known for Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and for his memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. His most recent book, Black Prophetic Fire, offers an unflinching look at 19th- and 20th-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies., West is the co-host, along with Tricia Rose, of The Tight Rope, a weekly podcast that welcomes listeners and guests as thought collaborators with the revered hosts and public intellectuals. He is a frequent guest on the Bill Maher Show, CNN, C-Span, and Democracy Now. He has a passion for communicating with a vast variety of publics in order to keep alive the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.—a legacy of telling the truth and bearing witness to love and justice. West graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in three years and obtained his MA and PhD in philosophy at Princeton University.