Colloquium 2024
Boston College hosted the first annual Summer Colloquium of the Program of Global Ethics and Social Trust June 18-20, 2024. We were pleased to welcome our international members to Boston for these days of meeting and conversation.
Since September 2023, Professors Katie Young and Jonathan Laurence have each been chairing a working group on "Climate Change and Migration" and "Democracy, Governance and Education," respectively. After a year of hybrid meetings, the two groups met in person from June 18 to June 20th here at BC for several days of conversation and collaboration.
The Summer 2024 Colloquium will be held on Boston College Campus June 18-20, 2024. Please see an overview schedule below, or download the full schedule here.
Tuesday, June 18th
Opening Reception: 5:00-6:00pm at Connolly House, 300 Hammond Street
Opening Dinner: 6:15-8:00pm at Gasson Hall, Room 112
Wednesday, June 19th (Juneteenth)
Meetings: 9:00-2:45pm at the BC Conference Center, 2101 Commonwealth Avenue
Panel: "Ethics and the University" 3:00-5:00pm at the BC Conference Center, 2101 Commonwealth Avenue
Featuring panelists Chris Higgins, Linda Hogan, Juan Larrain, and Hanqin Tian; Moderator James Keenan SJ. Reception to follow
Dinner: 6:30-8:30pm
Thursday, June 20
Meetings: 9:00-5:00pm at the BC Conference Center, 2101 Commonwealth Avenue
Reception and Dinner: 5:00-7:30pm at the BC Conference Center, 2101 Commonwealth Avenue
Friday, June 21
Cultural excursion: The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
The Summer 2024 Colloquium will bring together working group members from all over the world. For full information on the working group members, please see the pages on the Working Group on Democracy, Governance & Education and on the Working Group on Climate Change & Migration.
We are delighted to welcome special guests Juan Larrain, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and Vidya Ann Jacob, Christ University. We are also grateful to our panelists, Chris Higgins, Linda Hogan, Juan Larrain, and Hanqin Tian, who will be presenting at the Panel on Wednesday at 3:00-5:00pm.
Please contact Jessie Saeli at globalethics@bc.edu with any questions about the colloquium.
Colloquium Highlights
- June 18, 2024
Opening Reception and Dinner
- June 19, 2024
Day 1: Panel on “University Ethics and Social Trust”
On Wednesday, June 19th we are hosting a panel on “University Ethics and Social Trust” in light of our work over the past year, and we expect a robust conversation to follow. The panel will feature four participants: Linda Hogan from Trinity College, Dublin; Juan Larrain from Universidad Católica in Santiago; Hanqin Tian, Schiller Institute Professor and inaugural director of the Center for Earth Systems Science and Global Sustainability at BC; and Lynch School professor Chris Higgins, author of the recently published Undeclared: A Philosophy of Formative Higher Education.
- June 20, 2024
Day 2 and Closing Reception and Dinner
“I think social trust across the globe needs to be rebuilt in a very different way and that, as Boston College becomes more and more globally engaged, we can propose models for more credible and lasting impact in responding to our world that is ever more precarious.”