Get Out: Saturday February Lectures at Wash U

Tolerance and civic discourse will be the focus of Washington University’s Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) Saturday Lecture Series that runs throughout February.

Free and open to the public, the series is sponsored by University College, the adult, evening and continuing education division in Arts & Sciences.

Now in its 32nd year, the popular MLA series annually addresses a common theme from a variety of backgrounds.

“Tolerance and Civic Discourse” continues the lecture series theme on values and will feature Washington University faculty experts in the areas of classics, law, psychology and literature.

The lectures begin Feb. 2 and are offered every Saturday in February. All talks are set for 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in McDonnell Hall’s Goldfarb Auditorium on the Danforth Campus. 

Speakers and their topics are:

• Feb. 2: George M. Pepe, PhD, professor of classics in Arts & Sciences, “Debating the Altar of Victory: An Early Discourse on the Limits of Tolerance”;
• Feb. 9: Greg P. Magarian, JD, professor of law, “Radical Ideas and Constructive Discourse in Free Speech Theory”;
• Feb. 16: Alan J. Lambert, PhD, associate professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, “The Psychology of Stereotypes, Perception and Identity”;
• Feb. 23: Nancy E. Berg, PhD, professor of Hebrew language and literature in Arts & Sciences, “Before the Beginning: Ideology, Civility and Israeli Literature.”

Lectures can be attended individually or in the entire series, but RSVPs are requested. To RSVP, visit http://ucollege.wustl.edu/tolerance or call (314) 935-6700.