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...will be serving as the class marshal for his class’s 25th reunion ceremonies. Key KSG administrators have expressed their pleasure with the selection of Kristof, who joins Donna E. Shalala, the former secretary of health and human services and Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen, a Lamont University professor emeritus, on the roster of KSG commencement speakers past and present. “Kristof understands the importance of storytelling as a means for bringing the struggles of the world into the living rooms of America,” said Sarah B. Sewell, the Director of the KSG?...
...first inter-school center, the Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, celebrated its 20th anniversary this weekend, and its graduates, benefactors, and current members turned out in force to eat, drink, and—of course—debate. A keynote address on Friday by Lamont University Professor Amartya Sen, a former fellow at the center, and two panels on ethics drew prominent guests and speakers alike, including former Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine, Harvard Corporation member Nannerl O. Keohane, and University President Derek C. Bok, who was a driving force behind the center’s creation in the 1980s...
...unbelievers?” Rushdie asked. “Where is the Kwanzaa of the atheist? Surely we can make one up.” Rushdie followed his speech with a reading from his latest novel “Shalimar the Clown.” Other conference speakers included Amartya Sen, Lamont University Professor and Nobel Laureate of Economics; E.O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus; and Steven Pinker, the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology. “In my case, I study the human mind. The brain is shaped by natural selection. I still feel there is a place...
Like many who see so much of our world falling prey to violence and depravity, Lamont University Professor and Nobel Prize-winner Amartya L. Sen is searching for an explanation for how otherwise rational people can turn against their neighbors and commit heinous acts of cruelty.In “Identity and Violence,” his latest book, Sen argues that “violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people.” Using historical examples and a personable style, Sen creates a simple yet powerful discourse on individual choice and identity...
...official cellars remaining on campus is tucked away in the “O” entryway of Eliot House. It belongs to the renowned Society of Fellows, a select group of legendary Harvard luminaries such as Lamont University Professor Amartya Sen and Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value Elaine Scarry. The cellar has about 700 to 800 bottles, and has in recent years turned more towards Australian and Chilean wines, rather than the traditional French, according to Diana Morse, the society’s administrator...