HLSL & HLS Beyond present: Why I Changed My Mind

Back by popular demand, a fifth iteration of the faculty panel Why I Changed My Mind featuring HLS faculty members’ stories of professional moments of reckoning when ideas they had previously thought settled in their worldview changed. Though (ideally) academia is a place where revising one’s ideas is a constant, in reality getting something ‘wrong’ (for students and professors) can be scary. In the current cultural climate it often feels that there is less and less room for the notion that one’s ideas can (and should!) evolve over time as new arguments, information and data emerge.  Faculty speakers will demonstrate this process in action as they share their stories on a panel moderated by Jonathan Zittrain, George Bemis Professor of International Law. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Lunch will be provided.  Featuring:

• Yochai Benkler, Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies
• Nikolas Bowie, Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law
• Samantha Power, William D. Zabel ’61 Professor of Practice in Human Rights