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Kwame Anthony Appiah: DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD "Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers"

Tuesday, April 7- 7:00 PM

Kwame Anthony Appiah is the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. Appiah’s book, Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers, challenges readers to look beyond the boundaries that divide us to see our common humanity. It was the 2007 winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award. He has also published widely in African and African-American literary and cultural studies. Appiah has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is also a trustee of Ashesi University College in Accra, Ghana.

All lectures will be in the Young Auditorium at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Contact Susan Johnson (or 472-4766) for further information.