The Institute for Humane Studies invites you to join us on Thursday, July 7, from 12:00–1:00 PM Eastern for a conversation with John Tomasi, president of Heterodox Academy, about what higher education should be at its best.
IHS president Emily Chamlee-Wright will host the conversation, which will explore the core values the two organizations share, including free speech and open inquiry, the importance of those values within the academy and beyond, and Tomasi’s vision for the future of American higher education. The conversation will be followed by Q&A.
Glenn C. Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and professor of economics at Brown University and a member of Heterodox Academy’s Advisory Council, writes, “Ideological pluralism makes everyone smarter, and it is precisely what the folks around Heterodox Academy have in mind.”
John Tomasi came to Heterodox Academy from Brown University, where he held the position of Romeo Elton 1843 Professor of Natural Theology and taught and wrote about political theory and public policy. At Brown, Tomasi was twice awarded university prizes for excellence in undergraduate teaching. He founded and directed the Political Theory Project, an independent research center at Brown that supports scholarship and encourages political dialogue on campus.
Tomasi earned his bachelor’s degree from Colby College and did his graduate work in political philosophy at the University of Arizona (M.A.) and Oxford University (B.Phil., D.Phil.). He has held positions at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton, the Department of Philosophy at Stanford, and the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard.
Emily Chamlee-Wright is the president and CEO of the Institute for Humane Studies, which supports and partners with scholars to advance a deeper understanding of classical liberal ideas in the academic, policy, and public conversations that are shaping the 21st century. She joined IHS in 2016 with an accomplished record as an academic leader, scholar, and educator. From 2012 to 2016 she served as provost and dean at Washington College and was previously the Elbert H. Neese Professor of Economics and associate dean at Beloit College. Emily earned her PhD in economics from George Mason University. She is a former W.K. Kellogg National Leadership Fellow and received the excellence in teaching award from Beloit College and a Distinguished Alumna Award from George Mason University. She has six books to her credit, including “Liberal Learning and the Art of Self-Governance” and “The Cultural and Political Economy of Recovery.”
