The UNC Institute of Politics and PPE are hosting a Civic Ideas Summit on Friday, October 26-Saturday, October 27. Friday will feature a keynote by John B. King, former U.S. Secretary of Education under President Obama at 6:00 PM in … Read more
Entrepreneurship and Ethical Action Colloquium: A Duke, UNC, Stanford community conversation Is entrepreneurship education amoral? Interested and concerned about principled and ethical entrepreneurship? Want to learn more about how certain celebrated startups like Theranos and Uber went wrong? Come join … Read more
The Carolina Forum for Ethics presents a panel discussion on Moral Obligations to Returning Veterans featuring Wayne E. Lee, Hilary Lithgow, and Albie Masland. Please join us as we examine the ethical duties that civilians, colleges/universities, our society, and our government owe to returning … Read more
Held in collaboration with Better Angels, this workshop brings together 5-7 self-identified conservative-leaning students and 5-7 self-identified liberal-leaning students for a day of moderated activities and discussions that clarify disagreements, reduce stereotyped thinking, and begin building the relationships needed to find … Read more
The American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institute released "A Consensus Plan for Reducing Poverty and Restoring the American Dream." The PPE Program is hosting a one day intensive seminar, with two of the co-authors, Robert Doar (AEI) and Richard … Read more
This is an invitational colloquium that brings some of the best PPE Undergraduates from around the country to Chapel Hill for two days of intensive discussion of material that has been read in advance.
The workshop, which will be filled with talks and comments by, and discussions with, some of Jerry’s students over the years, will include lunch and then a dinner party at Jerry and Leslie’s home, where philosophers will be joined by … Read more
An intensive one-day workshop for faculty and graduate students on papers in progress by our PPE Research Assistant Professors: 10:00 – 10:30 RISE Biscuits, Coffee, Polite Conversation in Caldwell HallAll sessions will be in Caldwell 213 10:30 – 11:50 Fabian … Read more
NC State will hold a regional seminar for meritorious and interested students attending NC State, Duke, and UNC-CH on Friday October 25, 2019 from 12.30-5 p.m. at the Stateview Hotel on Centennial Campus in Raleigh. Students will participate in two sessions to discuss readings on topics … Read more
The PPE Program and Carolina Public Humanities are hosting a workshop on February 8 looking at the opioid crisis through the lens of the humanities. We hope to bring together a unique and interdisciplinary set of voices to discuss the opioid crisis from … Read more
An intensive afternoon workshop for faculty and graduate students on papers by our two new PPE Research Assistant Professors: Asya Passinsky and Kirun Sankuran. Come welcome them, get to know their work, and engage with interesting ideas. Schedule 1 - … Read more
PPE Core Faculty member Doug MacLean is retiring June 30, 2021. This workshop is in his honor, celebrating him, his work, and his commitment to philosophical discussion. The Workshop will consist of three virtual sessions, the first two will … Read more
