2017 Grawemeyer Awards Lecture Series
The Grawemeyer Awards program pays tribute to the power of creative ideas, emphasizing the impact a single idea can have on the world. The 2017 recipients will visit Louisville in April to discuss their award-winning ideas.
The schedule for the 2017 Grawemeyer Awards Lecture Series (view flyer), which is free and open to the public, is as follows:
April 6
3:00 p.m., University of Louisville School of Music, Bird Recital Hall
Composer and 2016 Grawemeyer Award winner Hans Abrahamsen discussed his award-winning work during the 2016 Grawemeyer Awards Lecture Series
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Andrew Norman, Music Composition Award recipient
April 18
1:00 p.m., University of Louisville Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium
Schools for Conflict or for Peace in Afghanistan
Dana Burde, Ideas Improving World Order Award recipient
7:00 p.m., Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Caldwell Chapel
Breaking White Supremacy: The Black Social Gospel as New Abolitionism
Gary Dorrien, Religion Award recipient
April 19
5:00 p.m., University of Louisville Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium
The Political Classroom: Evidence and Ethics in Democratic Education
Diana Hess and Paula McAvoy, Education Award recipients
April 20
12:00 p.m., University of Louisville Strickler Hall, Middleton Auditorium
Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Where We Are, Where We Were and Where We’re Going
Marsha Linehan, Psychology Award recipient
