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Virginia Tech Humanities Week: Keynote Address by Kwame Anthony Appiah
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2022
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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The College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech presents Virginia Tech Humanities Week's Keynote Address by National Humanities Medal winner Kwame Anthony Appiah on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech.

An ethicist and philosopher, Kwame Appiah will deliver the keynote address for the first-ever Virginia Tech Humanities Week with a reception to follow from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

Appiah, who serves as a professor of philosophy and law at New York University, will deliver "Living Well: The Humanities as a Preparation for Life" as his keynote address.

“The liberal in ‘liberal education’ means ‘befitting a free person,’ and free people are in charge of their own lives,” said Appiah. “The humanities, I’ll argue, provide important tools for managing the one great ethical task, which is making a successful human life. Some of those tools come from the sciences, too, of course; and we are enriched by engagement with both of them. The humanities and the sciences, alongside the arts, enrich our lives both at work and at leisure.”

Appiah, who authors the New York Times column “The Ethicist,” previously taught at Princeton University, Harvard University, Yale University, Cornell University, Duke University, and the University of Ghana. His work centers on African and African American studies in addition to ethics.

His award-winning publications include “Cosmopolitan: Ethics in a World of Strangers,” “The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen,” “The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity,” “As If: Idealization and Ideals,” and “The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen.”

A virtual option will also be available.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

To register for the free event, visit: https://aimsbbis.vt.edu/HumanitiesWeek2022.

Held February 7th to 11th, Virginia Tech Humanities Week will feature an array of programs showcasing the vigor and variety of the humanities across the university. Humanities Week is part of Virginia Tech’s Sesquicentennial Celebration and hosted by the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.

For more information, visit: https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/01/national-humanities-medal-winner-kwame-anthony-appiah-to-deliver.html or https://www.facebook.com/VTLiberalArts/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/344000864049372.