Inaugural ΦBK Lecture Series in New York City, January 15
Five days before President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office, ΦBK members in New York City will participate in the inaugural Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Series, “The Changing of the Guard in Washington — What to Expect?” The speaker, broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff from “The News Hour with Jim Lehrer,” will discuss the outlook for the new president, problems facing the United States, and the domestic and international issues his administration will face.
Immediately following Woodruff’s lecture, Bill Baker will serve as the moderator in a roundtable discussion with other journalists. Baker is the Claudia Aquaviva Distinguished Professor of Education Journalist-in-Residence at Fordham University, president emeritus of Educational Broadcasting Corporation and executive-in-residence at the Columbia University Business School.
The lecture will be held on the evening of January 15, 2009, at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus. A wine and cheese reception will follow the lecture.
To register for this event, click here. Tickets must be purchased online prior to the event. The cost is $25 per person.
This program was developed by the ΦBK national office in Washington, D.C., in cooperation with ΦBK Association of New York.
The Society plans to expand its Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Series to other parts of the country in order to provide its members with greater opportunities for intellectual fellowship and to allow the Society to return to its historic role of participation in a larger, national dialogue about the important issues of our time.
Since its founding in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa has stood for freedom of inquiry and expression, disciplinary rigor, breadth of intellectual perspective, the cultivation of skills of deliberation and ethical reflection, the pursuit of wisdom, and the application of the fruits of scholarship and research in practical life.
The Society champions these values in the confidence that a world influenced by them will be a more just and peaceful world.