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Civil Discourse

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The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is committed to building an inclusive academic environment that fosters critical thinking, empathy, and mutual understanding. Recognizing civil disagreement as essential to university life, the Civil Discourse...

Joshua D. Greene Selected for Civil Discourse Professorship

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Civil Discourse Events

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FAS creates new professorships in civil discourse and AI

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Preparing for the semester ahead

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Dear Faculty, Researcher, and Staff Colleagues, As we prepare for the start of the spring semester, I want to share progress on a number of fronts, and express my sincere gratitude to all those lending their expertise and insights to help us move forward...

Ethics IRL: Campus Ethics in the Digital Era

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Has social media turned free speech into free fall? Where do we draw the line between expression, harm, and accountability in a digital world? Can universities show us a better way to disagree online? Ethics IRL is a new forum from the Edmond & Lily Safra...

Dean's Office Staff

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Hopi Hoekstra Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences C. Y. Chan Professor of Arts and Sciences Xiaomeng Tong and Yu Chen Professor of Life Sciences fasdean@fas.harvard.edu Valerie Beilenson Deputy Chief of Staff and Director, Civil...

Competing Viewpoints, Contested Facts - Civil Discourse and Teaching Faculty Lunch

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Come join Dan Carpenter (Government), Ned Hall (Philosophy), and faculty colleagues over lunch to discuss a teaching challenge that strikes at the core of the academic enterprise: how do we teach when our students suspect our views on course material...

Update on FAS Initiatives

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With our spring semester now well underway, I write to share two announcements of new efforts spanning the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

GAI Dialogues Series

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The GAI Dialogues series is a multi-part discussion series to examine how Generative AI impacts FAS’s educational mission. This combines two FAS priorities—civil discourse and Generative AI. While the format will vary, this series is intended to present...

What Ties a Nation Together?

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Each year the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics hosts its Civil Discourse Series, which brings together panelists with different perspectives for a conversation on a timely public issue. This year we ask: What ties a nation together? We’ll explore...

Opening conversation on more, better discourse

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Summit, hosted by College, PEN America, gathers speakers, workshops as part of Harvard Dialogues initiative