University Center for Human Values

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Eisgruber and von Blumenthal to speak at Academic Freedom event

September 27, 2023

UCHV’s Academic Freedom Initiative will have its first event this coming Monday, October 2. The gathering will pursue two tasks: scholars will revisit the normative and…
UCHV launches Future Values Initiative

September 25, 2023

Advances in science and technology have outpaced careful inquiry into their ethical implications. New tools like CRISPR and large language models may hold tremendous…
UCHV launches Academic Freedom Initiative

September 11, 2023

Academic freedom is under threat in many parts of the world – including in at least parts of the United States. Against this background, UCHV is launching an…
Jan-Werner Müller appointed to German Education Ministry’s advisory council on freedom

September 5, 2023

The German Ministry for Education and Research is inaugurating a special academic year dedicated to the topic of freedom.
Acceptance speech by Peter Singer for the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Humanities

June 26, 2023

Peter Singer's acceptance speech at the BBVA Foundation's Frontiers of Knowledge Awards in Bilbao, Spain on June 20.

News

Eisgruber and von Blumenthal to speak at Academic Freedom event

Sept. 27, 2023

UCHV launches Future Values Initiative

Sept. 25, 2023

Jan-Werner Mueller on Climate Authoritarianism in Project Syndicate

Sept. 18, 2023

Peter Singer and Andrew Chignell to participate in Farm Days Festival 2023

Sept. 6, 2023

Jan-Werner Müller appointed to German Education Ministry’s advisory council on freedom

Sept. 5, 2023

Political theory podcasts series spotlights latest publications by Melissa Lane and Philip Pettit

Aug. 31, 2023

Sally A. Nuamah Receives the 2023 Ralph J. Bunche Award

Aug. 10, 2023

Events

Daniel Bell (University of Hong Kong): "On the Confucian Communist Comeback in Contemporary China"

Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Location

Laura Wooten Hall, Room 301 (Kerstetter Room)

Program in Ethics and Public Affairs

Transitions to Democracy Revisited Workshop

Fri, Sep 29, 2023, 9:00 am – Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 5:00 pm

Location

Sept. 29, Wallace Hall, Room 300. Sept. 30, Laura Wooten Hall, Room 301 (Kerstetter Room)

Forum for the History of Political Thought

The Princeton Faculty Symposium on Altruism

Fri, Sep 29, 2023, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Location

Betts Auditorium

UCHV Conferences, Workshops & Special Events

Harmania: A Conference in Honor of Gilbert Harman

Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 9:00 am – Sun, Oct 1, 2023, 2:00 pm

Location

Maeder Hall Auditorium, Room 002

UCHV Conferences, Workshops & Special Events

Academic Freedom: Normative, Legal, and Empirical Perspectives: A Discussion

Mon, Oct 2, 2023, 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Location

Laura Wooten Hall, Room 301 (Kerstetter Room)

Forum for the History of Political Thought

Martin Loughlin (London School of Economics & Political Science): "The Case Against Constitutionalism"

Wed, Oct 4, 2023, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Location

Laura Wooten Hall, Room 301 (Kerstetter Room)

UCHV Conferences, Workshops & Special Events

Miguel Vatter (Deakin University): “Earth as Home: Elements of a Planetary Political Theology”

Thu, Oct 5, 2023, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Location

Corwin Hall, Room 127

Political Philosophy Colloquium

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