To open its 10th Anniversary commemoration events, Collegium Institute will host a reception featuring remarks by Professor Arthur Brooks of Harvard University on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 5pm in University City.  This event highlights Collegium’s “Professions and the Good Life” initiative which brings together its programs in Legal Humanities, Medical Humanities, and the Philosophy of Finance.  These student fellowship cohorts engage with scholars and practitioners on the quest to explore how their professional vocations can be integrated with commitments to virtue ethics, justice, and humanistic inquiry into life’s central questions.  Our event begins with refreshments at 5pm, features remarks and Q&A with Prof. Brooks from 6pm - 7pm, and continues with a reception until 8pm. 

Arthur C. Brooks is the William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School where he teaches courses on leadership and happiness. He is also a columnist at The Atlantic, where he writes the popular “How to Build a Life” column. Brooks is the author of 12 books, including the 2022 #1 New York Times bestseller From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life. He speaks all around the world about love and happiness, giving more than 150 speeches and lectures per year in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In 2016, he was selected as one of Fortune Magazine’s “50 World’s Greatest Leaders” and was awarded seven honorary doctorates.  Read more about Prof. Brooks here.

This event is co-sponsored by Penn’s Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society.

Date & Time: Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 5:00pm ET

Location: The Study at University City
20 S 33rd St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104

This event will not be live-streamed or recorded.

RSVP: This event is free and open to the public. Students, scholars, and professionals are encouraged to attend.