Exploring Self and Community in Dark Times, a Conversation with Omid Safi

Getting Beyond the Problematic Ideas of "Success" and "Leadership," a conversation with Omid Safi, Professor in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

April 19  |  7:00 PM EDT

Universities, particularly elite universities like Duke, brand ourselves as places where students learn to become “Leaders” and should strive for achieving “Success.”  In this conversation, I would like for us to imagine something different: what if we were to think of success as a communal, not individual, experience?  What if we think that none of us can do well until we all do well?  In this session I will ask students to imagine what it might be to live a joyful life, a purpose-filled life, a satisfied and satisfying life that gets us beyond the model of individual, linear, résumé-building notions of “success.” More info here.

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