The University of Chicago Law School presents the 2022 Dewey Lecture in Law and Philosophy featuring Dipesh Chakrabarty.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022
12:15PM - 1:20 pm
University of Chicago Law School, Classroom V

This lecture will present some reinterpretations of certain key texts on humanism by the Indian poet and thinker Rabindranath Tagore in light of recent discussions of anthropogenic climate change and the critiques of humanocentric thinking they have sometimes given rise to.  

*This event will be available both in person and remotely.  Please register via the zoom link if you plan to attend remotely.

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This convening is open to all invitees who are compliant with UChicago vaccination requirements and, because of ongoing health risks, particularly to the unvaccinated, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures.