Established after World War II to prevent future world wars, the United Nations remains central to the pursuit of global harmony and stands as a symbol of democracy and human rights. However, in 2024, worldwide conflict and rising power tensions pose major challenges to multilateral cooperation, making the organization’s role in managing international peace and […]
The Free Speech Project and the Future of the Humanities Project co-hosted a virtual panel discussion about the international refugee crisis on Jan 24. The event was part of the two organizations’ Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues series, which discussed the international misconceptions of the refugee crisis and potential solutions. Michael Scott, the.
The Free Speech Project and the Future of the Humanities Project co-hosted a virtual panel discussion about the international refugee crisis on Jan 24. The event was part of the two organizations’ Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues series, which discussed the international misconceptions of the refugee crisis and potential solutions. Michael Scott, the.
In this lecture, Robert S. Miola will argue that Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1623) reflects local and specific contemporary stereotypes about the barbarous Scots and the civilizing English just as it interrogates racial prejudices and the myths of national identity. If positive cultural encounters acknowledge others in their otherness to build mutual communication and trust, as Pope Francis would […]
John Milton’s great epic poem Paradise Lost (1667) retells the story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve and their subsequent expulsion from the garden of Eden. In this talk Daniel Shore, professor and chair of the English Department at Georgetown University, will investigate the limits of possible experience through the motif of […]