Speaker Series
COMIT's speaker series bring leading scholars, practitioners, and public intellectuals into conversation around the questions at the heart of our research program. Each series opens a line of inquiry to wider audiences—building the relationships and shared language through which deeper collaboration becomes possible.
featured conversations
A conversation with Akeel Bilgrami and Cornel West
Identity, Spirituality, and Social Change
An exploration of how spiritual traditions can shape our societies, our selves, and our visions of social change.
A conversation with Seyla Benhabib and Kwame Anthony Appiah
The Future of Cosmopolitanism
A discussion of how cosmopolitan ideas shape ethical and political thought in an age of increasing interdependence.
upcoming conversations
A Conversation with erin Murphy-graham, shahrzad sabet, and benjamin schewel.
The AI Phase Change: Human Potential and Global Justice
Exploring the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, human potential, and global justice.
A Conversation witH XYZ
Beyond Intelligence: Rethinking the Human in the Age of AI
What does AI reveal about what we actually are, and what horizon of human possibility opens when we take that question seriously.
spring 2024, past series
The idea of oneness has emerged as an important concept within a growing number of scholarly debates. This series brings together a diverse group of leading thinkers to explore notions of oneness and to consider their implications for some of the pressing social and ethical questions we face today. Guided by the conviction that the principle of oneness contains rather than contradicts the robust expression of diversity, The New Discourse on Oneness invites dialogue across a wide spectrum of fields including physics and philosophy, history and ecology, as well as Black, Indigenous, Indian, and Chinese thought.
spring 2024, past series
The Rural Transformations series explores sustainable development in rural settings. In Spring 2024, it shifts focus to Rural America's role in climate commitments, emphasizing valuing rural knowledge, transcending traditional development models, empowering communities, and equipping producers. The goal is a future where Rural America thrives as a hub of climate-adaptive, vibrant communities, challenging historical urban-rural power dynamics.
Past Series
