Lecture by Acclaimed Author Concludes Scranton Story Project
Harvard University professor and author Danielle Allen, Ph.D., spoke at the 2023 T. Linus Hoban Forum Lecture and humanities lecture, which formally concluded the Scranton’s Story, Our Nation’s Story project. From left are: Matthew Meyer, Ph.D., professor of philosophy at the University, who served as moderator of the question and answer session of the lecture; Julie Schumacher Cohen, director of Scranton’s Story, Our Nation’s Story project and the assistant vice president of community engagement and government affairs at the University, who provided the welcome at the talk; Dr. Allen; and John Mascelli, Esq., president of the Lackawanna Bar Association, who provided the introduction of speaker.The University of Scranton, Lackawanna Bar Association and additional community partners hosted a keynote lecture, “Who are We as a Nation? Educating for Democracy,” featuring Danielle Allen, Ph.D., James Bryant Conant University Professor and director of the Allen Lab for Renovating Democracy at Harvard’s Kennedy School’s Ash Center. The talk, which took place in November on campus, served as the 2023 T. Linus Hoban Forum Lecture and humanities lecture, formally concluding the Scranton’s Story, Our Nation’s Story project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional information and ongoing resources are available at www.scranton.edu/scrantonstory.
