Hannah Arendt Center and Center for Civic Engagement Present
Sebastian Junger on Tribalism and the Human Condition
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Olin Hall
10:30 am – 2:45 am EDT/GMT-4
10:30 am – 2:45 am EDT/GMT-4
Part of the 16th annual Hannah Arendt Center fall conference on Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism
Join us for a keynote address by Sebastian Junger, the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm and Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, followed by a breakout session where participants may engage with Junger in conversation.Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM, FIRE, A DEATH IN BELMONT, WAR, TRIBE, FREEDOM and IN MY TIME OF DYING. As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a special correspondent at ABC News, he has covered major international news stories around the world, and has received both a National Magazine Award and a Peabody Award. Junger is also a documentary filmmaker whose debut film "Restrepo", a feature-length documentary (co-directed with Tim Hetherington), was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
The Hannah Arendt Center's 16th annual fall conference will bring notable speakers to Bard College in Annandale to discuss the implications of tribalist politics just weeks before the national US election. On October 17 and 18, Tribalism and Cosmopolitanism: How Can We Imagine a Pluralistic Politics will spark important conversations about the undeniable fact that tribalism is real, appealing, and dangerous, and explore how to make space for loyalty and meaning while fostering a more pluralistic politics.
Learn more about the conference at https://hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.
For more information, call 845-758-6822,
or visit https://hac.bard.edu/tribalism-2024.
Time: 10:30 am – 2:45 am EDT/GMT-4
Location: Olin Hall
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