March 19, 2014
From Saturday, March 22 to Monday, March 24, 2014, Dr. Zachary D. Kaufman, editor of Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities, will deliver 5 book talks at a conference on “The Liberal Arts, Civic Engagement, and Social Entrepreneurship” in Istanbul, Turkey, co-hosted by Bard College and the Open Society Foundations. The talks are as follows:
This book makes an all too rare and important point: One of the distinguishing characteristics of social entrepreneurs is the way their actions and their example pave the way for peace. Kaufman gives us multiple examples here to demonstrate that the kind of empathetic leadership exhibited by these social entrepreneurs builds an alternative to conflict and contributes to the stability and security of societies.”
