With Christine Goding-Doty and Virginia Heffernan
Following the Civics Lab dialogue with Christine Goding-Doty and Virginia Heffernan on Thursday, Oct. 23, we invite faculty, staff, and graduate students to attend a small-group discussion where we’ll dive deeper into what civil dialogue is—or can be—in today’s divisive and digital world. We’ll talk about what it means to be open to persuasion. We’ll consider strategies for exchanging ideas in a crowded and cacophonous public sphere—dispositions that apply not just to how we perceive complicated topics like social media but also serve us in how we teach classes, facilitate meetings, and connect with others.
Space is limited and registration is required. To join, please send an email to rsvp@humanities.wisc.edu with your name and affiliation. Light refreshments will be provided.
The workshop will be moderated by Russ Castronovo, Director of the Center for the Humanities, Hilldale Professor of the Humanities, and Tom Paine Professor of English. The workshop is a part of the Civics Lab, a series of conversations that examine the factors that impede civil dialogue and the exchange of informed perspectives. The Civics Lab is supported by a grant from the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue.