Paideia Lecture Series

In ancient Greek, the word paideia means "education" or "instruction." Paideia was the process of educating humans into their true form, the real and genuine human nature. Since self-government was important to the Greeks, paideia, combined with ethos (habits), made a man good and made him capable as a citizen or a king. This education was not about learning a trade or an art—which the Greeks called banausos, and which were considered mechanical tasks unworthy of a learned citizen—but was about training for liberty (freedom) and nobility (the beautiful).

The Center for Global Development, Technological Change and Entrepreneurship is proud to announce its innovative on-line lecture series. The Center invites a guest speaker, for example, Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Director of the Center on Global Prosperity at The Independent Institute. Through this website there will be a topic that our guest will be willing to briefly cover followed by a controversial initial question to be asked to the guest-speaker, for example: Is globalization a solution to global poverty? Based on this first answer, faculty and students will be able to engage in futher debate with the speaker during a month. Two or three on-line guest-speakers can be invited simultaneously to add dynamics to the website. Also, a student discussion forum can also be developed so students can voice their opinions on a more informal peer to peer discussion.