Keynote Address Bissell Symposium: Dr. Stephen Post:

Stephen G. Post,Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, will be the keynote Speaker for the 2008 Bissell Symposium. Dr. Post, author of Why Good Things Happen to Good People will discuss the mental, physical and emotional implications of Giving Back. The talk will be followed by a dessert reception and book signing in Dix Dining Hall. Dr. Post in conjunction with his role at Case Western Reserve University is also a Senior Research Scholar in the Becket Institute at St. Hugh's College, Oxford University. Post is serving as President of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, which focuses on the scientific study of phenomena such as altruism, compassion, and service. He received his Ph.D. in philosophical and religious ethics from the University of Chicago (1983), where he was an elected university fellow, a fellow in the Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, and a co-preceptor in the Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr. Post's work focuses on three major areas:(1) Cognitive Disabilities and Dementia. 2) Family Caregivers and the Ethics of the Family; 3) Altruism and Compassionate Love in the Context of Scientific Research, Philosophy, Religion, Ethics, and the Professions. Dr. Linda Rea, holder of the Bissell Chair in Liberal Studies will be offering a 1 hour course that will allow students who are interested to read and discuss the book ahead of time and then engage Dr. Post when he is on campus. Informal discussions with students and facutly will be held throughout the afternoon of March 24th with the evening lecture at 7:30 pm. On Tuesday March 25th a panel discussion for faculty and students will be held in the ballroom at 12:30pm

For more information, contact:

Linda Rea
330-569-5216
Additional information at reall@hiram.edu