University of Bradford The Better Angels of Our Nature and the Last World War lecture, Wednesday 24 February 2021, 5-7pm

This lecture with Professor Steven Pinker is for the University of Bradford alumni: 

"The Better Angels of Our Nature and the Last World War" Wednesday 24th February 2021, 5pm - 7pm   Hope you are doing well. We are really delighted that the Inaugural Adam Curle Peace Lecture is being organised by the Division of Peace Studies and International Development (PSID) in the Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences honouring the memory of Adam Curle, who in 1973 became the world's first professor of peace studies here at Bradford. The first lecture in this series is titled "The Better Angels of Our Nature and the Last World War" delivered by Professor Steven Pinker and will explore some key questions examined in his books. Is violence inherent in human psyche? Are we living in a world of ever increasing conflicts and insecurity or in fact has there been a long peace? How do we come to terms with genocides and mass atrocities? Is there hope? These are some of the profound questions as important today as they have been in Adam Curle's time in Bradford.   Professor Steven Pinker will be giving this lecture on the topic The Better Angels of Our Nature and the Last World War.  Steven Pinker is Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard, and a public intellectual well known for his work on linguistics, language, and understanding the causes and effects of wars and violence. He is author of numerous best-selling books including 'The Better Angels of Our Nature' and 'Enlightenment  Now'.   He is a recipient of eight honorary doctorates and many teaching awards and has won prizes of the National Academy of Sciences for his work on vision and language. His current research includes historical and current trends in violence much discussed in the Better Angels.  The lecture will be chaired by Prof Shirley Congdon, Vice Chancellor of University of Bradford. If you need any more information you can contact the Convenor of the lecture Prof PB Anand.   Book your Place Now   We hope you will be able to join us. With best wishes, PB Anand     Alumni and Development Office  University of Bradford  Richmond Road, Bradford, BD7 1DP, UK +44 (0) 1274 23 3086 alumni@bradford.ac.uk www.bradford.ac.uk/alumni     Copyright © 2020 University of Bradford Alumni,  All rights reserved.

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