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
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.
James F. Keenan, SJ

Working Groups

Climate Change and Migration

Democracy, Governance and Education

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