On June 20 Kendal will host Prof. Thomas James: for a lecture on “Kurt Hahn: The Man and the Philosophy Behind the Movement of Which Outward Bound is a Part”.
In this talk, historian James will tell us about his study of Kurt Hahn, the educator who founded schools such as Gordonstoun, which Prince Philip and Prince Charles, among others, attended, as well as Outward Bound, which offers young people expeditions and classroom experiences designed to foster an appreciation of the balance among risk, reward, and responsibility.
James will talk about “the agility of this extraordinary educator” to focus education on the deep sources of what it means to be a human being and how that can help us wrestle with the confusing state of the world in our own time.
Thomas James is a Prof. of History and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and has held many senior administrative positions at Brown, NYU, and UNC-Chapel Hill, as well as at Teachers College. He will be introduced by Ellen Lagemann.
The lecture will take place in the Gathering Room and begin at 7:30 pm.