9/27/12

St. Lawrence Speaker Examines 'Contemplative Studies'

CANTON - Brown University Religious Studies Harold Roth will give a talk titled "Contemplative Studies and the Liberal Arts" on Friday, October 5, at 4:30 p.m. in Herring-Cole at St. Lawrence University. The event, the Mackay Memorial Lecture, is open to the public, free of charge.

Director of the Contemplative Studies Initiative at Brown, Roth will argue that "a complete education should include first-hand experience in the cultivation of attentional focus, a common tool in the world's great contemplative traditions."

The Contemplative Studies Initiative is a group of Brown faculty with diverse academic specializations, united around a common interest in studying the underlying philosophy, psychology and phenomenology of contemplative experience, across time, cultures and traditions.

The Mackay Memorial Lecture was established in memory of Kathryn Fraser Mackay '77 by her family, to honor her interests and spirit. Traditionally, coordination of the lectures alternates between the departments of philosophy and religious studies.