Civic Engagement and the Liberal Arts
Thursday, February 28
8:00 AM to 9:15 AM
Buntrock 142
William Galston, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute, and founding director of CIRCLE (The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement)
William Galston is a political theorist who both studies and participates in American politics and domestic policy. This CILA breakfast will draw upon his work in civic education. A Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, Galston is also the founding director of CIRCLE, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
William Galston will also give a public lecture at 11:30 on Thursday the 28th in the Black and Gold Ballroom. He will discuss his book, Liberal Pluralism: The Implications of Value Pluralism for Political Theory and Practice, with specific reference to questions of civic engagement. His visit to St. Olaf is part of the semester II theme, Civic Engagement and the Liberal Arts, part of the 2006-08 theme of Global Citizenship.
Galston was Executive Director of the National Commission on Civic Renewal, and worked as a policy advisor in the Clinton administration. He was chief speech writer for John Anderson's National Unity campaign, issues director for Walter Mondale's presidential campaign, and senior advisor to Albert Gore Jr. during his run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1991-1992.
Professor Galston received his B.A. from Cornell University and M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
