The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University
and the Department of History at Harvard University
invite Harvard staff and students to a lecture on History and Human Flourishing

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Jonathan Beale (Harvard) presents "What Role Should Human Flourishing Play Among Education's Aims?"

The Human Flourishing Program is hosting "Character, Formation, and Flourishing Seminar Series" 2022-2023. Meetings usually take place every third Wednesday of the month.

For more information, visit the main page: Character, Formation, and Flourishing Seminar Series

Speaker

Kristjan Kristjansson (Birmingham Jubilee Center for Character and Virtues) presents "Four Accounts of Flourishing as the Aim of Education: A Synthesis and Ten Remaining Problems"

The Human Flourishing Program is hosting "Character, Formation, and Flourishing Seminar Series" 2022-2023. Meetings usually take place every third Wednesday of the month.

For more information visit the main page: ...

Speaker

Francis Su,  Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College

Abstract

Math is more than just a way to describe the world, and it is more than just a set of skills, like doing arithmetic or factoring a quadratic. Math is a deeply human enterprise that fulfills basic human longings, such as for beauty and truth, and when properly engaged, it builds virtues like persistence, creativity, and a competence to solve problems you've never seen before. These virtues will serve you well no matter what you do in life. The deep...

For the latest details on this two-day workshop, please visit the Human Flourishing...

You are cordially invited to submit an abstract to the first instalment of the “Kierkegaard and Love Workshop” hosted by The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University on November 4-5, 2021. The Human Flourishing Program is an interdisciplinary research center within the Institute for Quantitative Social Science. The Program considers a number of important topics relevant to human flourishing, which include family, friendship, virtue, community, work, love, beauty, forgiveness, religion, purpose,...

There has been increasing interest in recent years from sides of the political spectrum in reviving robust and prosperous middle-class American communities. It seems evident that this requires renewed attention to the link between work and well-being, involving both a cultural reorientation and imaginative institutional design.

On August 10th, from 1–3pm ET, the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University will be pleased to host a webinar on the theme of love in Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Our distinguished panelists will explore how their respective traditions construe the nature and significance of love for others and for God or the transcendent.